twktg
June 19, 2019, 12:58pm
#1
This list is generated automatically using the following procedure:
Meaning is the first meaning pulled from Jisho.
Some of these words may not really be common, but well, I described how I got this list above.
word
meaning
頷く
to nod
覗く
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.)
慌てる
to become confused (added to WK on July 25, 2019)
諦める
to give up (added to WK on July 4, 2019)
膝
knee (added to WK on July 4, 2019)
噂
rumour (added to WK on July 4, 2019)
挨拶
greeting (added to WK on July 25, 2019)
揃う
to be complete
一箇月
one month
餌
(animal) feed
晒す
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.)
揃える
to collect
溜め息
sigh
濡れる
to get wet (added to WK on July 4, 2019)
噛む
to bite
大匙
tablespoon
頬
cheek (of face)
痩せる
to become thin (added to WK on July 4, 2019)
炒める
to fry
拭く
to wipe
喧嘩
quarrel
騙す
to trick
曖昧
vague
茹でる
to boil (something in hot water)
蘇る
to be resurrected
完璧
perfect
潰す
to smash
眉
eyebrow (added to WK on July 4, 2019)
辿り着く
to arrive at (after a struggle)
蛋白
protein
覗き込む
to look into
箇所
passage
親戚
relative
焚く
to burn
捧げる
to lift up
溜める
to amass
撫でる
to stroke
蹴る
to kick
小匙
teaspoon
這う
to creep
当て嵌まる
to apply (a rule)
引き摺る
to drag along
馴染む
to become familiar with
選択肢
choices
裾
hem
怯える
to become frightened
袖
sleeve (added to WK on July 25, 2019)
潰れる
to be crushed
凄まじい
terrific (added to WK on July 25, 2019)
賑やか
bustling
大袈裟
grandiose
札幌
Sapporo (city)
塞ぐ
to stop up
絆
bonds (between people)
儲ける
to profit
儲かる
to be profitable
稽古
practice
麺
noodles
尖る
to taper to a point
槍
spear
咳
cough
御馳走
feast
唸る
to groan
肘
elbow
姑
mother-in-law
所詮
after all
石鹸
soap
一箇所
one place
叶う
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.)
煽る
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.)
杖
cane
拭う
to wipe
吠える
to bark
頬
cheek (of face)
茶碗
rice bowl
馳走
treat
捉える
to catch (added to WK on July 4, 2019)
嫉妬
jealousy
勿体
superior airs
歪む
to warp
汲む
to draw (water)
嗅ぐ
to sniff
歪める
to bend
些細
trivial
釘
nail (i.e. small metal spike)
馴染み
intimacy
柵
fence
釜
iron pot
孵る
to hatch out
竿
rod
復讐
revenge
罠
snare
賑わう
to be crowded with people
眩しい
dazzling
睨み付ける
to glare at
梁
(fish) weir
太腿
thigh
賜わる
to be given
微塵切り
finely chopped (cooking)
綴る
to spell
莫大
vast
纏わる
to coil around
輿論
public opinion
曰く
pretext
肢
foot
云々
and so on
庵
hermitage
桁
column
喘ぐ
to gasp
卿
Lord
天狗
tengu
詫び
apology
安堵
relief
掴まえる
to catch
剃る
to shave
桐
paulownia tree
躊躇
hesitation
消耗
exhaustion
股
crotch
薪
firewood
縞
stripe
僧侶
priest
艶
gloss
糊
paste
腫れる
to swell (from inflammation)
鞭
whip
破綻
failure
洞窟
cavern
獅子
lion
麻痺
paralysis
絨毯
carpet
箋
slip (of paper)
取り纏める
to collect
蘭
orchid
挫折
setback
覚醒
waking up
膳
small dining table (usu. for a single person)
執拗
persistent
唾
saliva
慌ただしい
busy (added to WK on July 25, 2019)
吊るす
to hang
粥
thin rice porridge
惚れる
to fall in love
襖
fusuma
甥
nephew
微塵
particle
同棲
cohabitation (usu. of a romantically involved couple)
罵る
to abuse (verbally)
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Oh, nice list.
I had to read that description about three times to work out exactly what you were saying. Ah, double negatives.
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You’re the hero we need, but that we didn’t know we deserved.
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cerv
June 19, 2019, 1:26pm
#4
reading column, pretty please? <3
Great list!
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Funnily enough, 頷く is actually on WK as 肯く. I think the first version is more common, though.
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I’ve seen most of the words on the list often enough in the books I’ve read that I would have guessed they’d be on wanikani… guess they’re not
(In other words, those are probably pretty useful words to know, at least for reading novels)
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Same, most of them ring a bell and seems fairly common.
I’m still a bit surprised that 蛋白 (protein) is so high in frequency though… Is it that common ? Compared to stuff below in the list like 眩しい which come up all the time ? Maybe my readings don’t involve enough cooking somehow
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Nice list. I had to double check that a few of these weren’t on WK already. I’ve run into almost all of these while reading and I’m sure the ones I haven’t seen would show up more frequently in other contexts. It would be great to see these added to WK someday.
Some comments:
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Yeah, I think I have always seen it in kanji so far from what I can remember, but often there is furigana at least the first time it shows up in something.
Edit: Also, great list! I have run into most of these countless times.
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In case you don’t know what a “tengu” is (I had to look it up):
Tengu (Japanese: 天狗, "heavenly dog") are a type of legendary creature found in Japanese folk religion. In Shinto, they are considered kami (gods) or yōkai (supernatural beings). Although they take their name from a dog-like Chinese demon (Tiangou), the tengu were originally thought to take the forms of birds of prey, and they are traditionally depicted with both human and avian characteristics. The earliest tengu were pictured with beaks, but this feature has often been humanized as an unnaturall...
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As others said, nice list!
Btw, happy birthday @Belthazar
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This is an impressive list! I wonder how many of these kanji not in Wanikani are a part of the Joyo kanji missing from the website…
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twktg
June 20, 2019, 11:40am
#15
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An important note about 挨拶: It can also mean “speech,” as in a congratulatory or appreciative speech.
I was asked to prepare an 挨拶 at the end of my month in Japan last Summer, and thought to myself that I’d never even seen the other foreign exchange students who’d be at the event, so it made sense to me at the time that I should greet them… appropriately? In hindsight, that would’ve been a simple 自己紹介, but hey, I’ve learned a lot since then!
Anyway, they gave their 挨拶’s first, which made me realize that my misunderstanding of 挨拶 meant that I was woefully unprepared
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Some of the words on this list are now officially on WK, such as “to get wet” and “knee”, etc.
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twktg
July 4, 2019, 7:37pm
#19
I struck out seven words that were added to WK with today’s update.
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Somehow the title “143 quite common words with non-WK kanji” doesn’t sound as good…
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