The most useful 10,000 words in Japanese

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Usefulness Level 5 Vocab 1901-2000

This collection contains 100 words.
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い ち お く 2
noun
100,000,000; one hundred million
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し っ と 0 し っ と 1
jealousy; envy
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げ ん ち 1
noun
commitment; pledge; promise
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こ こ ろ が け る 5
Most common form: 心掛ける
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
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お や が い し ゃ 3
Most common form: おやがいしゃ
noun
parent company
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ま い そ う 0
burial
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そ う ぎ ょ う 0
establishment (of a business, etc.)
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に じ ゅ う 1
noun
20; twenty
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そ う ち ょ う 1
noun
(college) president; secretary-general
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と つ じ ょ 1
suddenly; all of a sudden
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き た ア イ ル ラ ン ド 6
noun
Northern Ireland
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お う と つ 0
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness
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ま じ わ る 3
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to cross; to intersect; to join; to meet
2. to associate with; to mingle with; to consort with
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と う ぶ 1
noun
1. head; cranium
2. cephalic
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ち ょ う か ん 0
noun
secretary (government); director; chief
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じ ゅ う し ん 0
noun
1. centre of gravity (center)
2. centroid; barycenter
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も う れ つ 0
violent; vehement; raging; stout; intense; spirited; stormy
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ほ く り く 0
Most common form: ほくりく
noun
region west of Tokyo on Japan Sea side of Japan
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noun, noun (suffix)
debt; loan
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expression
certainly!  (often written with kana only)
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も は ん 0
noun
exemplar; exemplification; exemplum; model; example
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じ ょ う と う 0
1. superiority; first-class; very good
2. (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
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し ゅ ち ょ う 2 し ゅ ち ょ う 0
noun
head (of organization, organisation); chief
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せ ん ざ い 0
potentiality; dormancy; latency
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お お ぐ ち 0
1. big mouth
2. boastful speech; tall talk
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ひ あ た り 0
noun
1. exposure to the sun; sunny place
2. per day  (this meaning is restricted to form 日当たり, 日当り, 日当)
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し ゃ な い 1
within a company; in-house
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い っ か つ 0
all together; batch; one lump; one bundle; summing up
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な か ゆ び 2
noun
1. middle finger; long finger; second finger; tall finger
2. middle toe; third toe
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こ う ぶ つ 1
noun
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
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さ ん ち 1
mountainous district
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し ゃ せ い 0
sketching; drawing from nature; portrayal; description
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し ん が た 0
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
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さ っ と 1 さ っ と 0 さ っ と 3
1. quickly (esp. actions)  (often written with kana only)
2. suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
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え い こ う 0
noun
glory
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た い に ん 0
retirement; resignation; stepping down
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-like; sort of; similar to; resembling  (colloquialism)
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の う き ょ う 0
noun
agricultural cooperative  (see also: 農業協同組合; abbreviation)
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め ぐ ま れ る 0 め ぐ ま れ る 4 め ぐ ま れ る 5
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
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て ん こ う 0
change schools
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か い こ う 0
opening a school
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suru verb - special class, intransitive verb
1. to come to an end
2. to rest
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り ょ う ほ う 0
remedy; medical treatment
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う ち ゅ う か ん 2
noun
between right and center fielders (centre)  (baseball term)
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か わ ぐ つ 0
noun
leather shoes; leather boots
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い る 1
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
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ぼ き ん 0
fund-raising; collection of funds
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そ う き ゅ う 0
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
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ま っ さ つ 0
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
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し つ れ ん 0
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
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ほ う ぼ う 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over
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す っ と 0 す っ と 1
Most common form: スッと
1. straight; quickly; directly; all of a sudden  (スーッと and すうっと are more emphatic; onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. quietly; gently; softly  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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じ ゅ う に が つ 5 じ ゅ う に が つ 0
Most common form: 12月
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
December
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そ っ ち ょ く 0
frankness; candour; candor; openheartedness; directness
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へ ん か く 0
1. change; transformation; innovation; reform; revolution; revolutionizing; upheaval
2. Reformation
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と う め ん 0
'no' adjective, noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. current; urgent; pressing; impending
2. to confront (an issue); to face (up to something)
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け っ せ ん 0
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
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た ん ぼ う 0
searching; hunting for news story; journalist
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か く へ い き 3
Most common form: かくへいき
noun
nuclear weapons
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あ ぶ ら 0
noun
fat; tallow; lard; grease  (see also: 油)
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た じ ゅ う 0
multiple; multiplex
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ね ん し 1
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
New Year's call; beginning of the year; New Year's greetings
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ほ う が ん 0
noun
1. inclusion; comprehension; implication
2. to include; to comprise; to contain; to implicate
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じ し ゅ う 0
self-study; teaching oneself
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は つ び ょ う 0
attack (disease)
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お め で と う 0
interjection (kandoushi)
congratulations!; an auspicious occasion!  (see also: おめでたい; often written with kana only)
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し め ん 1
noun
space (page)
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か い せ い 0
clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather
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は ん れ い 0
noun
(judicial) precedent
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し つ れ い 2
1. discourtesy; impoliteness  (see also: 無礼)
expression
2. Excuse me; Goodbye  (see also: 失礼します)
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こ こ ん 0
ancient and modern times; all ages; past and present
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ね っ す る 0 ね っ す る 3
suru verb - special class
to heat; to heat up
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ふ っ と う 0
boiling; seething
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み っ し ゅ う 0
crowd; close formation; dense
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よ ろ こ ば し い 5
delightful; joyous; happy
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ち ゅ う す う 0
centre; center; pivot; mainstay; nucleus; backbone; central figure; pillar; key man
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か ん て い 0
noun
official residence (e.g. of the prime minister)  (see also: 私邸)
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ぜ ん い き 0
the whole area
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も ら す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to let leak; to reveal
2. to wet one's pants
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ぶ き み 0 ぶ き み 1
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
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ば つ ぐ ん 0
noun
1. preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
2. outstanding; excellent; exceptional; surpassing; extraordinary; distinguished
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よ う す る に 3
expression, adverb
in a word; after all; the point is ...; in short ...; to put simply; the long and short of it is that ....
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う ん ど う じ ょ う 0
noun
sports ground; playing field; playground
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ち ょ う だ い 3
1. receiving; reception; getting; being given  (humble)
2. eating; drinking; having  (humble)
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せ ん 1
noun
stopper; cork; stopcock
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ま 0
noun
space; room; time; pause
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こ う せ い 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
posterity; future life; life to come
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し ょ う に ん 0
noun
witness
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な い せ ん 0
noun
civil war
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て あ ら い 2
noun
1. washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands
2. restroom; lavatory; toilet  (see also: お手洗い)
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ね ん ぴ 0
noun
fuel consumption; gas mileage
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た ん ち ょ う 0
1. monotony; monotone; dullness
2. monotone; monotonic  (mathematics)
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た や す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to exterminate; to eradicate
2. to let (fire) go out
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む り ょ く 1
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
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は ん ろ 1
noun
market (for goods, services, etc.); outlet (for selling); opening
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な ま い き 0
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; conceit; audacious; brazen; feisty
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せ い か 1
noun
1. confectionery production; baking (e.g. pastries, sweets)
noun or verb acting prenominally
2. confectionery
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ぜ ん と 1
noun
future prospects; outlook; the journey ahead
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ひ だ り ま え 3 ひ だ り ま え 0
noun
1. wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead)
2. going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy); being in a bad financial situation
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は や さ 1
noun
1. speed; velocity; quickness; rapidity  (esp. 速さ)
2. earliness  (esp. 早さ)
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