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Usefulness Level 5 Vocab 4501-4600

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noun
1. (written) appeal; circular; manifesto
2. encouragement; encouraging words; letter of encouragement  (colloquialism)
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か お う 0
noun
peony; king of flowers
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に ゅ う ら い 0
august visit; arrival
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き ょ う し ゅ く 0
1. feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; being sorry; being ashamed  (sometimes used to prefix a request)
2. shrinking back in fear  (archaic)
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め の ま え 3
expression, noun
1. before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose
2. immediate; imminent; around the corner
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さ い き 1
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)
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す い て き 0
noun
1. drop of water
2. vessel for replenishing inkstone water
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な ま ぬ る い 4 な ま ぬ る い 0
lukewarm; halfhearted
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noun
cask; barrel
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noun
nail (i.e. small metal spike)
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ひ し ひ し 2
acutely; severely; tightly; keenly  (often written with kana only)
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そ う り ょ 1
priest; monk  (Buddhist term)
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け つ ぼ う 0
want; shortage; famine
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つ き あ た る 4
Most common form: 突き当る
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to run into; to collide with; to crash into; to bump against
2. to come to the end of (a street)
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そ う だ い 0
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
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か ま 1
noun
1. sickle
2. sickle-and-chain (weapon)  (see also: 鎖鎌; abbreviation)
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は げ る 2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to come off; to be worn off  (often written with kana only)
2. to fade; to discolor; to discolour  (often written with kana only)
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な ま ゴ ミ 0 な ま ゴ ミ 2
Most common form: なまゴミ
noun
kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage
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よ よ 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
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じ は つ 0
noun
spontaneous  (see also: 自発的)
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ろ し ゅ つ 0
1. exposure; disclosure
2. photographic exposure  (see also: 露光)
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て ん さ い 0
noun
natural calamity; disaster
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は な す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to release; to let go; to free; to set free; to let loose; to turn loose
2. to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
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ぜ い せ い 0
noun
tax system
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じ ゅ う げ き 0
shooting; gunning (down)
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む か い 0
Most common form: 向い
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
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む か ん し ん 2
apathetic; indifferent
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ば ん め 4 ば ん め 0
1. indicates position in a sequence  (see also: 目)
noun
2. divisions of a kabuki performance
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さ ん か く 0
taking part in planning
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い る 1
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to cast; to mint; to coin
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が く ぎ ょ う 2 が く ぎ ょ う 0
noun
studies; schoolwork; classwork
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き り す て 0
noun
1. cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; treating as sword fodder
2. omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation  (see also: 切り上げ)
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さ ん ど う 0
noun
mountain road; mountain trail
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と う あ 1
noun
East Asia; the Orient
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い ち ご 2
Most common form: いちご
noun
one word
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つ ぶ や く 3
1. to mutter; to murmur; to grumble  (often written with kana only)
2. to tweet (Twitter)  (often written with kana only)
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そ う か い 0
Most common form: そうかい
sweeping the sea for mines; dragging for mines
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ま る っ き り 5 ま る っ き り 0
completely; perfectly; totally; just as if  (see also: 丸きり; often written with kana only)
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せ き 1
Most common form: せき
noun
1. product  (see also: 商; mathematics)
2. volume; area  (see also: 体積, 面積)
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な ま け も の 0
noun
lazy person; lazy fellow; slothful person  (see also: 樹懶)
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せ っ そ く 0
hasty; rough and ready
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の み み ず 2
Most common form: 飲水
noun
drinking water; potable water
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ぐ る ぐ る 1
1. turning round and round; going around in circles  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. wrapped around
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か わ ぎ し 0
1. riverbank; riverside
2. fish market
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お さ え 3
noun
weight (e.g. paperweight); rear guard; control; check; pressure
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こ と さ ら 0
1. intentionally; deliberately  (often written with kana only)
2. especially; particularly  (often written with kana only)
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き り さ め 0
noun
drizzle; light rain
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ぼ う し ょ く 0
noun
spinning and weaving
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だ い た い 0
1. substitution; alternation
noun or verb acting prenominally, 'no' adjective
2. alternative; substitute
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た ま た ま 0
casually; unexpectedly; accidentally; by chance  (often written with kana only)
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prefix
every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each
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ち ゅ う に ん 0
Most common form: 媒
noun
1. matchmaker  (esp. なこうど)
2. go-between; intermediary; middleman; mediator; intercessor  (esp. ちゅうにん)
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て ん く う 0
noun
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
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と ど ま る 3
Most common form: 止まる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place)  (often written with kana only)
2. to be limited to; to be confined to  (often written with kana only)
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し ん の う 3
noun
prince of royal blood; Imperial prince
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か し 1
noun
the legs; lower extremities
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し ゅ く が 0 し ゅ く が 2
celebration; congratulations
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ぼ っ し ゅ う 0
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
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し ち ゅ う 0
prop; brace; fulcrum
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も く せ い 0
noun
Jupiter (planet)
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ま わ し 0
noun, noun (suffix)
1. mawashi; belt; loincloth  (sumo term)
noun
2. mantle; cape
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ひ ゃ く し ょ う 3
1. farmer; peasant; country bumpkin  (sensitive)
2. farming
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が ん め ん 0
face (of person)
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と う と う 1
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end  (often written with kana only)
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じ し ゅ 0
surrender; give oneself up
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ば ん 1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. disk; disc; record; clock face
2. tray; shallow bowl
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こ う か ん 0
noun
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
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ば し ゃ 1
noun
(horse-drawn) coach; carriage; wagon; cart
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ふ く ま く え ん 4 ふ く ま く え ん 0
noun
peritonitis
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ま な び 0
noun
learning; study
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あ ん か 1
low price; cheapness
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さ き だ つ 3
'tsu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to lead; to take the lead (in doing something)
2. to precede; to go before; to take precedence
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う つ り 3
Most common form: 写り
noun, noun (suffix)
1. projection; reflection; image; reception (e.g. TV); picture quality  (esp. 写り)
noun
2. match; harmony  (esp.映り)
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だ い た す う 3 だ い た す う 4
great majority
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は て し な い 4
endless; boundless; everlasting
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あ ん せ い 0
rest; quiet; repose
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し ょ た い 0
noun
calligraphic style; calligraphic styles; typeface
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か た お も い 3
noun
unrequited love
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す ま す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to finish; to get it over with; to conclude
2. to settle; to pay back
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し ち ゅ う 0
noun
in the city
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も よ り 0
nearest; neighbouring; neighboring; nearby
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お び や か す 4
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to intimidate; to scare  (see also: 脅かす:おどかす)
2. to jeopardize; to endanger; to imperil
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は ん じ ょ う 1
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
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ぶ し ょ 1
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
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の ぼ せ る 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to raise; to record; to bring up (a matter); to serve (food); to send some on out  (regional dialect: Kyoto-ben)
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し ん が く 0
theology
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さ っ し ん 0
reform; renovation
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あ て さ き 0
noun
address; destination
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さ わ 2
Most common form: さわ
noun
1. swamp; marsh
2. mountain stream; valley; dale
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い た ガ ラ ス 3
noun
plate glass; sheet glass
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わ ら 1
noun
straw
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い ろ ん な 0
various  (see also: 色々; often written with kana only; colloquialism)
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が く が い 2
noun
outside the school; extramural
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な さ け な い 4
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
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だ い ず 0
noun
soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy
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あ い ぼ う 0 あ い ぼ う 3
noun
partner; pal; accomplice
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お か し な 2
ridiculous; odd  (see also: 可笑しい; often written with kana only)
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ホ ス ト フ ァ ミ リ ー 4
noun
host family
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こ っ き 1
self denial; self control
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き い ん 0
Most common form: 基因
cause; origin
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