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) |