The most useful 10,000 words in Japanese

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Usefulness Level 5 Vocab 3901-4000

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し た い 0 し た い 2
Most common form: 肢体
noun
limbs; members; body
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と う き 1
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics; crockery  (see also: 磁器)
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じ っ く り 3
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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か お あ わ せ 0 か お あ わ せ 3
meeting together; introduction
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ひ ょ う は く 0
blanching; bleaching
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う ぬ ぼ れ 0
pretension; conceit; hubris  (often written with kana only)
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せ ん た い 0
Most common form: せんたい
noun
hull
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は ち ま ん 0
noun
1. Hachiman (God of War)  (see also: 八幡神; abbreviation)
2. Hachiman shrine  (see also: 八幡宮; abbreviation)
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げ き や く 0
noun
powerful medicine; strong poison
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つ か え る 4 つ か え る 3
Most common form: つっかえる
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to stick; to get stuck; to get caught; to get jammed; to clog  (often written with kana only)
2. to be unavailable; to be busy; to be occupied; to be full  (often written with kana only)
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じ ょ せ い 0
noun
one's son-in-law
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た が く 0
large amount of money
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ひ ょ う て き 0
noun
target
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に ん し ょ う 0
1. certification; attestation; authentication; confirmation
2. Imperial attestation
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が し ゅ う 0
noun
book of paintings in print
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せ ん 1
1. former; previous; old
noun
2. first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move
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め い げ つ 1
Most common form: 明月
noun
1. harvest moon
2. bright moon; full moon
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こ ち ょ う 0
exaggeration
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う め し ゅ 0
noun
ume liqueur; Japanese plum brandy; unripe ume infused in liquor (esp. shochu) with added sugar  (see also: 梅)
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き ど う 0
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
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ひ ば く 0
1. being bombed
2. being A-bombed; being nuked; being exposed to radiation (from an atomic blast)  (see also: 被曝)
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げ ん け い 0
prototype; model; pattern; archetypal
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き こ ん 0
marriage; married  (opposite: 未婚)
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ほ よ う 0
health preservation; recuperation; recreation
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ろ こ つ 0
1. frank; blunt; plain; outspoken
2. conspicuous; open
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じ ょ う が い 1
outside the hall (or stadium, market, etc.); off the grounds; off the premises; off-track  (opposite: 場内)
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か い そ う 0
1. forwarding; sending on; redirecting (e.g. mail)
2. deadheading (e.g. train)  (see also: 回送車)
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せ ん せ い 0
head start; initiative; preemption
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こ う ぼ う 0
noun
workshop; studio; atelier
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き ょ う さ い 0
noun
mutual aid
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は ん げ ん 0 は ん げ ん 3
reduction by half; halve
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し ょ う ご う 0
noun
title; name; degree
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し か 1 し か 2
noun
historian
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ち ょ く ち ょ く 1
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
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い む 1
noun
medical affairs
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だ と う 0
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
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あ ん じ 0
hint; suggestion
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こ ん 1
prefix
1. the current ...; this
2. today's ...
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し が く 1
study of history
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だ い ば 0
noun
fort; battery  (abbr. of 砲台場; abbreviation)
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ち ゅ う げ ん 0
Most common form: 仲間
samurai's attendant; footman
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ま つ ば ら 2
noun
pine grove
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よ う ぎ ょ う 0 よ う ぎ ょ う 1
ceramics; ceramic industry
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expression, suffix
-th (e.g. one fifth)  (indicates a fraction, e.g. ５分の１ signifies one fifth)
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じ ょ う き 1
noun
proper course; beaten track
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し ょ う 1
noun, noun (prefix)
1. smallness; small item
2. short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days)  (see also: 小の月)
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ち ょ う た ん 1
noun
1. length
2. long and short; advantages and disadvantages; pluses and minuses; strong and weak points; merits and demerits
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せ り ふ 1
Most common form: せりふ
noun
speech; words; one's lines; remarks  (often written with kana only)
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ゆ る み 3
noun
slack; looseness; play  (see also: 弛み)
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で ん か 0
electrification
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あ せ る 2
Most common form: あせる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind; to be surprised
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こ く そ 1
accusation; complaint; charge; legal action
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だ い ち 0 だ い ち 1
noun
plateau; tableland; eminence
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マ ッ サ ー ジ 3 マ ッ サ ー ジ 1
massage
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こ う な い 1
within a school
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noun
1. birthmark; nevus  (often written with kana only)
2. bruise  (often written with kana only)
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よ う し ゃ 1
1. pardon; forgiveness; mercy
2. leniency; going easy (on someone)
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し ん め 0
noun
sprout; bud; shoot
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ゆ ず 1
noun
yuzu (Citrus ichangensis x C. reticulata)  (often written with kana only)
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に 1
noun
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
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り ょ う か い 0
noun
territorial waters
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noun (suffix)
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
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へ ん き ょ く 0
noun
1. arrangement
2. to arrange; to orchestrate
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り ょ け ん 0
noun
passport  (see also: パスポート)
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ア ク セ サ リ ー 1
noun
accessory
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さ か ず き 0 さ か ず き 4 さ か ず き 3
Most common form: 坏
noun
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
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こ い 1
noun
1. intention; purpose; bad faith
2. mens rea (guilty mind)  (see also: 構成要件)
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と だ な 0
noun
cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
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か で ん 0
noun
consumer electronics; consumer electrical appliances  (from 家庭用電化製品; abbreviation)
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ぎ そ う 0
1. camouflage; disguise
2. pretense; feigning; masquerade
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お し ぼ り 2
noun
wet towel (supplied at table); hot, moistened hand towel  (often written with kana only)
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よ う か い 0
noun
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon; monster; goblin
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せ い 1
noun
Spain  (abbreviation)
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ひ っ こ む 3
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to draw back; to sink; to cave in
2. to be set back (e.g. from a road)
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こ う み ょ う 0
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
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ガ レ ー ジ 2
noun
garage (at house)
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お よ ぎ 3
noun
swimming
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じ き 1
1. soon; in a moment; before long; shortly
2. nearby; close
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か ん 1
noun
coffin; casket
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て ん て ん 0 て ん て ん 3
1. moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly
2. rolling about
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ぞ う し ょ く 0
increase; multiplication; propagation
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ア ナ ウ ン サ ー 3
Most common form: アナウンサ
noun
announcer
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き 1
noun
1. chance; opportunity
noun, noun (suffix)
2. machine
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つ ま ず く 0 つ ま ず く 3
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to stumble; to trip  (often written with kana only)
2. to fail  (often written with kana only)
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せ ん さ い 0
1. dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; slim
2. sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
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い っ そ 0
rather; sooner; preferably  (formerly written as 一層)
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は ん だ 0
noun
solder; pewter
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て わ け 3
Most common form: 手わけ
division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
to hold in one's mouth  (often written with kana only)
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と く 1
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to untie; to unfasten; to unwrap; to undo; to unbind; to unpack
2. to unsew; to unstitch
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じ ゅ し 1
resin; rosin
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も く 1
noun
1. Thursday  (see also: 木曜; abbreviation)
2. wood (first of the five elements)  (see also: 五行)
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ま し た 3
Most common form: ました
right under; directly below
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う ら が え す 3
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
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し ょ う ひ ょ う 0
noun
trademark
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お お お と こ 3
noun
great man; giant
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し ょ く ん 1
noun
Gentlemen!; Ladies!
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ぎ ょ ら い 0
noun
torpedo
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れ き に ん 0
successive jobs; consecutive jobs
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こ う 1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. going; travelling (traveling)
2. type of classical Chinese verse (usu. an epic)
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