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Usefulness Level 5 Vocab 4601-4700

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こ ま 1 こ ま 0
Most common form: こま
noun
1. piece (in shogi, chess, etc.)
2. horse; foal  (archaic)
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た げ ん 0
pluralism; diversity  (see also: 多元的)
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し ょ う ど 1
noun
scorched earth
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み ち び き 0
noun
guidance
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ば く し ょ う 0
1. roar of laughter (from several people)
2. laughing hard (single person)  (colloquialism)
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す い さ い が 0
Most common form: 水彩画
noun
watercolor painting; watercolour painting
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ち ゅ う ぜ つ 0
1. abortion  (see also: 妊娠中絶)
2. to have an abortion
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う つ し だ す 4
Most common form: 写しだす
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to project; to show  (esp. 映し...)
2. to portray; to depict; to describe; to reflect  (esp. 写し...)
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き ょ だ く 0
consent
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ひ そ む 2
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to lurk; to lie dormant; to be hidden; to be concealed; to be stashed
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は が ね 1
noun
steel
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し ん と 1
noun
layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity
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こ う は ん 0
noun
steel sheet; steel plate; steel plates
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ち め い 0
well-known
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で ん ら い 0
noun, 'suru' verb, intransitive verb
1. introduction (from abroad)
noun, 'suru' verb, intransitive verb
2. transmission (through successive generations); being handed down (from generation to generation); being passed down
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expression
hurriedly
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か ど 1
excess; immoderation
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も し か し て 1
expression, adverb
perhaps; possibly  (often written with kana only)
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お ま つ り 0
Most common form: お祭
noun
festival; feast; carnival  (see also: 祭り; polite (teineigo) language)
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せ ん と う 1
noun
bath-house; public bath
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き ん ぱ つ 0
blond hair
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じ ぶ つ 1
noun
things; affairs
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な ま も の 2
noun
raw food; perishables
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と こ や 0
noun
barbershop; barber
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か よ う き ょ く 2
noun
popular song
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ば ん じ 1
noun
all; everything
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か し だ し 0
Most common form: 貸出
lending; loaning
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み な り 1
Most common form: 身形
noun
dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance
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こ く り ょ く 2
noun
national power
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て い が く 0
ration; fixed amount
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け ん え つ 0
1. censorship; inspection; examination
2. to censor; to inspect (in order to censor); to review (in order to censor)
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の や ま 1
noun
hills and fields; hill and dale
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ぶ ら さ げ る 0 ぶ ら さ げ る 4
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
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お や す み 0
expression
1. Good night  (see also: お休みなさい; abbreviation; often written with kana only)
noun
2. holiday; day off; absence  (polite (teineigo) language)
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じ ぶ ん 1 じ ぶ ん 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
time; hour; season; time of the year
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だ え ん 0
ellipse
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ひ よ こ 0
Most common form: ひよこ
noun
1. young bird; chick; fledgling  (see also: 雛:ひな; often written with kana only)
noun
2. greenhorn; fledgeling; novice; rookie  (often written with kana only)
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あ こ が れ 0
yearning; longing; aspiration
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か れ し 1
boyfriend
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つ ど う 2
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
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か た ん 0
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
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て す う 2
noun
1. trouble; bother
2. number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.)  (this meaning is restricted to reading てかず)
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ら い は る 0
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi), adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
next spring
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し め る 0 し め る 3
Most common form: しめる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be wet; to become wet; to be damp; to be moist
2. to be in low spirits; to feel depressed  (often as 湿って or 湿った; this meaning is restricted to reading しめる)
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に ょ に ん 0 に ょ に ん 1
noun
women
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く み た て 0
Most common form: 組立
construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation
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か か り ち ょ う 3
noun
chief clerk
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と い あ わ せ 0
noun
enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ
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こ や く 0
noun
dramatic role for child; child actor
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し ん え い 0
young and energetic; up-and-coming; new and excellent; newly produced; up-and-comer
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ほ り え 0
noun
canal
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け ん 1
noun, counter
matter; case; item; affair; subject
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し ん せ い 0
new system
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noun
1. peace preservation; security
2. safety
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わ か ば 1
noun
new leaves; fresh verdure
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だ ん ボ ー ル 3
noun
(corrugated) cardboard
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つ ち か た 0
noun
construction worker; laborer (labourer); navvy  (sensitive)
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き ゅ う び ょ う 0
noun
sudden illness
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ひ と え 2
one layer; single; onefold
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き き ん 2 き き ん 1
noun
famine; drought; shortage; crop failure
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し ょ く し ゅ 0 し ょ く し ゅ 1
noun
type of occupation; occupational category
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じ ん り ょ く 1
efforts; assistance
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て ん ざ い 0
being dotted with; being scattered
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'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted  (often written with kana only)
2. to catch fire  (see also: 火がつく, 付く; often written with kana only)
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し ゃ 0
Most common form: しゃ
noun (suffix)
1. hut; house
noun
2. (in the ancient Chinese army) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)  (archaic)
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ね ん さ ん 0
noun
annual production
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が く や 0
noun
1. dressing room; green room; backstage
2. behind the scenes; inside story  (see also: 楽屋裏)
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ぶ ぎ ょ う 1
magistrate; shogunate administrator
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け も の 0
noun
beast; brute; animal
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noun
1. wild goose  (often written with kana only)
2. glans; head of a penis  (see also: 雁首; often written with kana only; abbreviation; colloquialism)
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し ょ か 0 し ょ か 1
noun
calligrapher; individual with good penmanship
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う ま る 0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be buried; to be covered; to be surrounded
2. to overflow; to be crowded; to be filled
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あ わ れ 1
noun
1. pity; sorrow; grief; misery; compassion; pathos
2. pitiable; pitiful; pathetic; miserable
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ひ と た ち 2
noun
people
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き ゅ う じ ん 0
Most common form: 求人
offer of job (situation)
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き こ う 0
noun
traveller's journal; traveler's journal; travelogue
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く り ひ ろ げ る 5 く り ひ ろ げ る 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to unfold; to unroll; to open
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ぞ っ こ う 0
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
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か り な 0
noun
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume
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け つ え ん 0
blood relative or relationship; consanguinity
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な 1
noun
1. greens; vegetables
2. rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
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べ っ こ 1
another; different; separate; discrete
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お の ず か ら 0
naturally; as a matter of course  (often written with kana only)
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か ん て い 0
noun
military vessel; war fleet
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え も の 0 え も の 3
noun
game; spoils; trophy; prey
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ふ ち ゃ く 0
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
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で ん ど う 0
proselytizing; evangelism; missionary work
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あ さ ゆ う 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly
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ぶ ん き 1
1. divergence (e.g. in a road); ramification
2. forking; jump; multi-drop  (computer terminology)
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あ わ た だ し い 5
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
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ひ ん め い 0
noun
name of product
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き げ ん 1
noun
1. era
2. CE (Common Era); AD (Anno Domini)
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き わ だ つ 3
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
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ぜ ん ぶ ん 0
noun
whole passage; full text; whole sentence; full paragraph
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み ず た ま り 0
noun
puddle; pool of water
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み ず い ら ず 3
Most common form: 水いらず
(being) by oneself; with no outsiders present  (see also: 水入らずで)
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ね さ が り 0
price decline; fall in price
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Most common form: してき
personal; private; proprietary
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ま る み 0
noun
1. roundness; rotundity
2. mellowness; maturity
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ヤ ク ザ 1
noun
1. professional gambler or ruffian (esp. a member of the Japanese mafia); yakuza (member)  (possibly from 八九三)
2. uselessness; purposelessness
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