The most useful 10,000 words in Japanese

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Usefulness Level 5 Vocab 2001-2100

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ふ よ う 0
support (family, esp. dependents: children or spouse); maintenance
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ほ ん る い だ 3
noun
home run  (baseball term)
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あ ら す 0
Most common form: 荒す
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to lay waste; to devastate; to damage
2. to invade; to break into
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は ら い 2
noun
1. payment; bill; account
2. sweeping; clearing away
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に っ し 0
noun
journal; log
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ひ っ か か る 4
Most common form: 引っかかる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be caught in; to be stuck in
2. to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to be delayed; to take time
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ま く 2
noun
membrane; film
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に ほ ん い ち 2
Japan's best; number one in Japan
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さ く ふ う 0
noun
literary style
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と ば く 0
gambling
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や す う り 0
discount; bargain sale; selling cheaply
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は れ つ 0
explosion; rupture; break off
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ど う ち 1
noun
the same place; that place
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noun (suffix)
1. implying (negatively) that something is full of (e.g. mistakes)
2. covered all over (e.g. with blood)
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と う て い 0
(cannot) possibly; no matter how
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こ う き し ん 3
noun
curiosity; inquisitiveness
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り り く 0
takeoff
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じ ゅ ん か い 0
going around; patrol; round; tour
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み な み ぐ ち 0
noun
south entrance
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ち ぢ め る 0 ち ぢ め る 4
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to shorten; to reduce; to boil down; to shrink
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と う さ い 0
1. loading (on board); equipping
noun or verb acting prenominally
2. equipped (with); built-in
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し つ ち ょ う 0 し つ ち ょ う 2
noun
section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor
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う ん き ゅ う 0
service suspended (e.g. trains)
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ぶ ん ぼ 1
noun
denominator  (mathematics)
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ネ ッ ト 1
noun
1. network  (computer terminology)
2. Internet  (see also: インターネット; computer terminology; abbreviation)
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Most common form: 駆ける
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to run (race, esp. horse); to dash
2. to gallop (one's horse); to canter
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た は つ 0
repeated occurrence
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む ぎ 1
noun
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
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し た う け 0
1. subcontract
noun
2. subcontractor (person or company)
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お の お の 2
Most common form: 各
noun, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
1. each  (see also: 各:かく)
pronoun
2. you (plural)  (archaic)
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こ う す い 0
noun
rainfall; precipitation
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も ん ぶ 1
Most common form: もんぶ
noun
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology  (see also: 文部科学省; abbreviation)
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げ き れ い 0
encouragement
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か い そ う 0
noun
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
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noun
1. nightclub
2. clubs (card suit)
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り れ き 0
noun
1. personal history; background; career
2. log; record
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す み 0
Most common form: すみ
noun
1. charcoal
2. charred remains  (obscure term)
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す み 2
noun
1. sumi; India ink; Chinese ink; ink stick; ink-cake
2. squid ink; octopus ink
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そ く ほ う 0
news flash; prompt report; bulletin; quick announcement
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ふ く よ う 0
taking medicine; dosing
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と つ に ゅ う 0
1. rushing into; breaking into; storming
2. plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
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か ん た い 0 か ん た い 1
noun
(naval) fleet; armada
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1. to decide (on something)
2. to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
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ゆ う わ 0
harmony; reconciliation
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ち っ そ く 0
suffocation; choking
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じ ょ う は つ 0
1. evaporation
2. disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
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け っ ち ゃ く 0
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
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て っ こ う 0
noun
iron and steel
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ち ょ う そ ん 1 ち ょ う そ ん 0
noun
towns and villages
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パ リ 1
Paris (France)  (often written with kana only)
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た い 1
Most common form: 対
noun, conjunction
1. opposite; opposition
2. versus; vs.; v.
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ら く せ ん 0
election loss; rejection
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じ ょ う よ う 0
habitual use; daily use
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そ く じ つ 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
same day
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か こ み 0
noun
1. enclosure; box
2. siege  (see also: 囲みを破る)
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て い め い 0
hanging low (over); hovering around (price level); low hanging (e.g. clouds); sluggish (e.g. economy); slump; recession
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あ く ま で 1 あ く ま で 2
1. to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; stubbornly; persistently; consistently; to the utmost  (often written with kana only)
2. after all; it must be remembered; only; purely; simply  (often written with kana only)
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こ じ 1
Most common form: みなしご
orphan
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さ か ば 0 さ か ば 3
noun
bar; pub; tavern
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ざ い か い 0
financial world
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noun, noun (suffix), 'no' adjective
stripe; bar; streak  (also formerly written as 島 and 嶋)
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Most common form: かん
noun, suffix
1. interval; period of time
2. among; between; inter-
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こ う め い 0
fairness; justice
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な い や 0
noun
infield; diamond  (see also: 外野; baseball term)
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つ き み 3
noun
viewing the moon
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あ り さ ま 2 あ り さ ま 0
noun
state; condition; circumstances; the way things are or should be; truth
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し て 0 し て 2
noun
1. doer; performer
2. protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; leading part; main character  (often written with kana only)
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ぼ く し 1 ぼ く し 0
pastor; minister; clergyman; reverend
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ち ょ く め ん 0
noun
1. confrontation
2. to face; to confront; to encounter
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こ ぶ 1
inspiration; encouragement
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き か 2
naturalization; naturalisation
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せ い 1
Most common form: せい
noun
1. spirit; sprite; nymph
2. energy; vigor (vigour); strength
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ど き ょ う 1
noun
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
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つ う し ょ う 0
commerce; trade
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う す い 2
noun
1. rain water
2. "rain water" solar term (approx. Feb 19)  (see also: 二十四節気)
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ご う 1
noun
karma (i.e. actions committed in a former life)  (see also: 果報; Buddhist term)
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に ゅ う き ょ 0
moving into (house)
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た ん す い 0
fresh water (i.e. not salt water)  (see also: 鹹水)
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こ う け ん 0
1. guardianship; guardian
2. (theatrical) assistant; prompter
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て が た 0
noun
1. draft; draught; promissory note
2. handprint
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ぶ ん り ょ う 3
amount; quantity
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た し ゃ 1
noun
another company; other company
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こ う な い 1
premises; grounds; campus; in-house
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し ょ ぼ う 0
noun
library; bookstore; bookshop
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ほ じ 1
retention; maintenance; preservation
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つ け る 2
Most common form: つける
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to attach; to join; to add; to append; to affix; to stick; to glue; to fasten; to sew on; to apply (ointment)
2. to furnish (a house with)
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さ か の ぼ る 4
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to go upstream  (often written with kana only)
2. to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to; to make retroactive  (often written with kana only)
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い っ か ん 0 い っ か ん 3
1. consistency; coherence; integration
2. one kan (approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb)
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の な か 1 の な か 0
Most common form: のなか
noun
in the middle of a field
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く ろ き 0
noun
unbarked lumber
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へ い れ つ 0
1. running in parallel; lined up alongside
2. parallel (electronics, computing, etc.)  (see also: 並列回路, 直列)
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す い げ ん 0 す い げ ん 3
noun
source of river; fountainhead
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ひ ら き 3
noun
1. opening; gap
suffix
2. dried and opened fish
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ほ っ か い 0
noun
northern sea; North Sea
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み ゃ く ら く 0
noun
chain of reasoning; logical connection; coherence; context
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た び だ つ 3
'tsu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to begin a trip; to depart; to embark
2. to die; to pass away; to depart this life
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わ ん が ん 0
noun
gulf coast; bay coast
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ち ょ う な い 1
noun
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
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て が け る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to handle; to manage; to deal with; to work with; to have experience with
2. to rear; to look after
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ひ る ま え 3
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
forenoon; just before noon
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