The most useful 10,000 words in Japanese

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Usefulness Level 5 Vocab 1401-1500

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の う さ ん ぶ つ 3
noun
agricultural produce
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ぶ ら ぶ ら 1
1. dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; swinging  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. strolling; rambling; roaming; wandering  (esp. ぶらぶらと散歩; onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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し ば 0
Most common form: しば
noun
lawn; sod; turf
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し ゅ せ き 0
1. head; chief
noun
2. chairman; governor; president  (this meaning is restricted to form 主席)
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い っ し ょ く 4 い っ し ょ く 0
1. one color; one colour; one article; monochrome
2. same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
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ひ し ょ 2
summering; going to a summer resort
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し ょ ち ょ う 0
noun
chief; head (of an office, of a laboratory)
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さ い む 1
noun
debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual)  (opposite: 債権)
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と う じ き 3
noun
porcelain; china; chinaware; ceramics; pottery
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や っ て く る 4
Most common form: やってくる
1. to come along; to come around; to turn up  (often written with kana only)
2. to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)  (often written with kana only)
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こ ろ が す 0 こ ろ が す 3
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to roll
2. to turn over; to tip over; to throw down
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み さ さ ぎ 0
noun
1. imperial mausoleum; Emperor's tomb  (see also: 御墓)
2. big hill  (this meaning is restricted to reading りょう)
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に
に 1
Most common form: 荷
noun
1. load; baggage; cargo; freight; goods
2. burden; responsibility
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じ ゅ う じ 1 じ ゅ う じ 0
cross; crossed; cruciform
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り ょ う 1
noun
finish; completion; understanding
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し ゅ う ろ く 0
1. compilation; editing
2. recording  (see also: 録音, 録画)
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お お も の 0
1. important person; big-shot; bigwig
2. big game (animal, fish); big thing; valuable thing
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ご
ご 1
Most common form: 棋
noun
go (board game of capturing territory)
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つ く 1
Most common form: つく
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be attached; to be connected with; to adhere; to stick; to cling
2. to remain imprinted; to scar; to stain; to dye
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1. lunch
2. launch  (see also: ローンチ)
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ぜ ん め ん 0 ぜ ん め ん 3
noun
1. front part; frontage; facade
2. initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
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ま き 1
Most common form: 巻き
noun
1. roll (e.g. of cloth)
2. winding
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か ん し ゅ う 0
noun
spectators; onlookers; members of the audience
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よ き 1
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
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し ゃ っ く り 1
hiccough; hiccup  (often written with kana only)
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じ さ く 0
one's own work
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な る べ く 0 な る べ く 4 な る べ く 3
as much as possible; wherever practicable  (often written with kana only)
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お や か た 3 お や か た 4
noun
1. master; boss; chief; foreman; supervisor  (see also: 子方; honorific; this meaning is restricted to reading おやかた)
2. stable master  (sumo term; honorific; this meaning is restricted to reading おやかた)
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き く 2 き く 0
Most common form: きく
noun
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
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け が 2
injury (to animate object); hurt  (often written with kana only)
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ど う 1
noun
1. trunk; torso; body; abdomen; waist
2. plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo)
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ち よ 1
noun
1. thousand years
2. very long period; forever
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そ こ な う 3
1. to harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage
auxiliary verb
2. to fail in doing
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に っ し ょ く 0
noun
solar eclipse
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そ う げ ん 0
noun
grass-covered plain; grasslands; meadows; savannah; prairie; steppe
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つ つ み 3
noun
bundle; package; parcel; bale
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せ ん 1
Most common form: せん
noun, noun (suffix)
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
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ほ う き 1
noun
the law; laws and regulations
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カ ナ ダ 1
noun
Canada  (often written with kana only)
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う で ま え 0 う で ま え 3
noun
ability; skill; facility
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ふ ち ょ う 0
bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump; out of form
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げ ん ぞ う 0
developing (film)
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う た ご え 0
noun
singing voice; (sound of) singing
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し ょ う に ん 1
noun
holy priest; saint
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け い ぶ 1
noun
police inspector
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か え っ て 1
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead  (often written with kana only)
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ひ く 0
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
to play (piano, guitar)
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あ し な み 0
noun
pace; step
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ス ニ ー カ ー 2
noun
sneaker
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ご え い 0
guard; convoy; escort
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ぼ っ ぱ つ 0
outbreak (e.g. war); outburst; sudden occurrence
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ね び き 0
price reduction; discount
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に っ け い 0
noun
Nikkei (newspaper, share index)  (abbr. of 日本経済新聞; abbreviation)
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ち ゅ う け ん 0
1. main body (of troops)
2. nucleus; backbone; mainstay; key figure
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み だ す 0 み だ す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to begin to look
2. to find out; to discover; to notice; to detect  (see also: 見出だす)
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い し ん 1
noun
1. reformation; revolution; renewal
2. Meiji Restoration
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ぼ う は ん 0
prevention of crime
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だ し ゃ 1
noun
batter  (baseball term)
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こ う し 1
noun
envoy; diplomat below the rank of ambassador (e.g. deputy chief of mission, charge d'affaires); minister (of legation)
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と う ば ん 1
being on duty
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と か 0
particle, conjunction
among other things; such things as; or something like that
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と う じ ょ う 0
embarkation; boarding (an aeroplane, airplane)
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ば ん 1
adverb, prefix
many; all
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ほ そ う 0
pavement; road surface
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さ い た く 0
adoption; selection; choice
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き ょ う え ん 0
appearing together; co-acting; co-starring
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た い べ つ 0
general classification
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お ん し 1
noun
Imperial gift
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し す う 2
noun
index; index number; exponent (e.g. in floating-point representation); characteristic
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ち ょ ち く 0
savings
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ま こ と 0
Most common form: 真
adverb, noun
1. truth; reality
2. sincerity; honesty; integrity; fidelity
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ち ょ さ く 0
writing; book
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シ ャ ン プ ー 1
shampoo
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ひ ば な 1
noun
spark
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ま ん げ つ 1
full moon
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み な す 0
Most common form: 看做す
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate  (often written with kana only)
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あ ん じ ゅ う 0
living in peace; being content with one's present position
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ひ じ ょ う き ん 2
noun
part-time work
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ざ っ か 0
noun
miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries
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お ま け 0
1. freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; bonus; an extra  (often written with kana only)
2. price reduction; discount  (often written with kana only)
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こ ん じ ゃ く 0
noun
past and present
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expression, adverb, 'no' adjective
in great numbers
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し ょ は ん 0
noun
first edition
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'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to awaken
2. to disabuse
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こ ん に ち は 4
interjection (kandoushi)
hello; good day (daytime greeting)  (こんちは is col.; often written with kana only)
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か ん き 0
ventilation
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(describes state resulting from an action)
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ぎ ふ 0
noun
Gifu (city)
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ち ゃ く じ つ 0
steady; sound; trustworthy; solid
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か つ ぐ 2
'gu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder
2. to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative
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ご う 1
noun
1. 0.18039 litres (liters)
2. 0.3306 metres square (meters)
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や わ ら ぐ 3
'gu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to soften; to calm down; to be mitigated
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が ん こ 1
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
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ふ け い き 2
Most common form: 不景気
business recession; hard times; depression; gloom; sullenness; cheerlessness
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ぶ ん り つ 0
segregation; separation; independence
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よ う ふ う 0
Western style  (see also: 和風)
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ち ょ う 1
noun
guts; bowels; intestines
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て い し ん 0
noun
communications (e.g. post, tele.)
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if; in case; supposing  (often written with kana only)
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