This list is generated automatically using the following procedure:
- Take top 7000 most frequent words from Balanced Corpus of Contemporary Written Japanese and Vocabulary Database for Reading Japanese.
- Exclude words that do not contain non-WK kanji (including kana-only words).
- Exclude words marked as “usually written in kana” in Jisho.
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.
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| 頷く | to nod |
| 覗く | to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.) |
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| 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 |
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| 噛む | to bite |
| 大匙 | tablespoon |
| 頬 | cheek (of face) |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 潰れる | to be crushed |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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) |
