The most useful 10,000 words in Japanese

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Usefulness Level 5 Vocab 2501-2600

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り ょ く ち ゃ 0
noun
green tea; Japanese tea
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え い り 1
sharpness
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い ま し め 0 い ま し め 4
noun
1. caution; admonition; warning; lesson
2. prohibition; ban; commandment; precept  (also written as 禁め)
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じ ん け ん ひ 3
Most common form: 人件費
noun
1. personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost
2. indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
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が っ き ょ く 0
noun
musical composition; tune
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お う 1
noun
1. old man; venerable gentleman
suffix
2. venerable; old; father  (honorific; this meaning is restricted to reading おう)
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に ん ち 1
Most common form: にんち
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
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し ょ う べ ん 3
1. urine; piss; pee
2. breaking a contract  (colloquialism)
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し じ ゅ う 1
adverb, noun
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
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ア ピ ー ル 2
1. appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; request
2. appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; allure
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し ん に ゅ う 0
entry; approach; penetration
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counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper)
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や け る 0
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset)  (this meaning is restricted to form 焼ける)
2. to be jealous; to be envious
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い っ し ん 0
complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal
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ず
auxiliary verb, suffix
not doing  (see also: ぬ; after the -nai stem of a verb)
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こ こ ろ え る 4
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to know; to understand; to be aware of; to regard as; to take for
2. to consent; to agree
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じ ゃ の め 0
noun
1. bull's-eye (pattern); double ring (pattern)
2. umbrella with bull's-eye pattern  (see also: 蛇の目傘; abbreviation)
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な が し 3 な が し 1
noun
1. sink
2. cruising (e.g. taxi)
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か く べ つ 0
1. particular; special; exceptional; especial
2. particularly; especially; exceptionally
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ち ゅ う ど う 0
1. middle of the road; moderation; golden mean
2. the middle (of what one is doing); half-way
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か い に ん 0
dismissal
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し っ か ん 0
disease; ailment; illness
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と う べ ん 1
response; reply; answer; defence; defense
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い っ し ん 3
adverb, noun
1. one mind
2. wholeheartedness; one's whole heart  (see also: 一心に)
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け い は く 0
frivolous; superficial
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こ く は つ 0
indictment; prosecution; complaint
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さ さ る 2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to stick into (something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to get stuck (in); to lodge (in)
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う す ぎ 0
lightly dressed  (see also: 厚着)
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さ い 1
Most common form: さい
noun
difference; disparity; gap
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け い そ う 0
contention; dispute; conflict; controversy
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ざ ぜ ん 0 ざ ぜ ん 2
noun
zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)  (Buddhist term)
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に ぶ ん 0
1. halving; bisection
2. the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
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は め る 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to button; to put on (something that envelops, e.g. gloves, ring)  (often written with kana only)
2. to have sex; to fuck  (colloquialism)
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ポ ジ シ ョ ン 2
noun
position
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へ だ て る 3
Most common form: 距てる
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to partition; to divide
2. to interpose; to have between
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ち ょ う し ん 0
tall figure; high stature
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か い か 1 か い か 0
1. flowers budding; blooming; flowering
2. showing results; becoming popular; blooming
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に ぶ る 2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become blunt; to grow dull
2. to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
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だ ん ち ょ う 0
noun
leader of a delegation (body, party)
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は ん せ い 1 は ん せ い 0
noun
half a lifetime
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し ょ う ず る 0
Ichidan verb - zuru verb (alternative form of -jiru verbs), intransitive verb
1. to produce; to yield; to cause  (see also: 生じる; 生ずる is more literary than 生じる)
2. to result from; to arise; to be generated  (see also: 生じる)
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た ち あ が る 0 た ち あ が る 4
Most common form: 立上がる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to stand up; to get up
2. to rise
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く な い 1
noun
in the ward or borough
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ど ま 2
noun
1. dirt floor; room with dirt floor
2. pit (theater seating); parterre
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な ん ち ゅ う 0
crossing the meridian
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は い た い 0
being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)
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て ん し ょ く 0
change of occupation
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ざ い ば つ 0
zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group
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つ ぶ す 0
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to smash; to crush
2. to shut down
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な ら び 0
noun
line; row; rank; list
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よ う い ん 0
noun
essential member; necessary person; personnel
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な に も の 0
Most common form: なにもの
noun
who; what kind of person
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そ く た つ 0
Most common form: そくたつ
express; special delivery
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や た い 1
noun
1. cart (esp. a food cart); stall; stand  (see also: 屋台店)
2. festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; dancing platform  (see also: 踊り屋台)
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じ ょ う ち ょ 1
1. emotion; feeling
2. atmosphere; mood; spirit
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た い し た 1
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
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さ い し 1
noun
1. wife and children
2. wife  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading さいし, めこ)
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た い 1
Most common form: タイ
noun
Thailand  (often written with kana only)
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け い と 0
noun
knitting wool
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じ ょ う に ん 0
standing; regular; permanent
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て ご ろ 0
moderate; handy; convenient; reasonable
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に ん 1
Most common form: じん
noun
1. benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; compassion; humanity; charity  (this meaning is restricted to reading じん)
2. human  (this meaning is restricted to reading じん)
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し ず く 3
drop (of water); drip
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か ん き ん 0
confinement
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お う せ つ 0
reception
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た い し ょ う 1
1. general; admiral
noun
2. boss; leader; local kingpin
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き ゅ う さ い 0
relief; aid; rescue; salvation; help
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ね ん か ん 0
noun
yearbook; almanac; annual
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え き で ん 0
Most common form: えきでん
noun
1. long-distance relay race  (see also: 駅伝競走; abbreviation)
2. stagecoach; post horse
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き ん り ん 0
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
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え い ぞ く 0
permanence; continuation
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こ こ ろ よ い 4
pleasant; agreeable
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し ん た く 0
trust; entrusting
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ふ く め ん 0
1. mask; veil; disguise
noun or verb acting prenominally, noun
2. anonymous; unmarked; incognito
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ぼ う そ う 0
1. running wildly; reckless driving; runaway; rampage
2. acting rashly; behaving recklessly
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こ こ ろ づ よ い 5
heartening; reassuring
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ち ょ う ぼ う 0
prospect; view; outlook
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の き さ き 0
noun
edge of the eaves; house frontage
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が ん も う 0
desire; wish; aspiration
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し ゅ う し ん 0 し ゅ う し ん 1
the whole life
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ふ ぜ ん 0
partial; incomplete; imperfect
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す い こ う 0
accomplishment; execution
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ろ う に ん 0
1. ronin; wandering samurai without a master to serve
2. out of work  (this meaning is restricted to form 浪人)
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ふ で が し ら 0
1. brush tip
2. first on a list
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も し 1
Most common form: 模試
noun
mock exam; practice exam; practice test  (see also: 模擬試験; abbreviation)
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し ん と う 1 し ん と う 0
noun
new (political) party
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い ろ け 3
noun
1. colouring; coloring; shade of colour; shade of color
2. sex appeal (esp. women); interest in the opposite sex; sensuality; seductiveness; glamor; glamour; sexual passion
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け ん ち ょ 1
remarkable; striking; obvious
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さ ら い げ つ 0 さ ら い げ つ 2
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
month after next
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に ゅ う だ ん 0
enrollment; enrolment
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ほ う だ い 1
noun (suffix)
as much as you would like to; as much as one likes  (see also: 食べ放題)
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prefix
un-; non-; negative prefix
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ず れ 2
noun
gap; slippage  (possibly written 滑 or 滑れ)
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by (means of); with  (often written with kana only)
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ひ さ い 0
being a victim of (some disaster); suffering from
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か い い き 0
noun
area of ocean
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ね ん ぱ い 0
elderly; age; years
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り き し 1
noun
1. sumo wrestler; rikishi  (sumo term)
2. strong man
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suffix
outside of; not covered by  (opposite: 内)
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ず ら り 2
in a row  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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