Vocabulary list: Nihonjin no Shiranai Nihongo

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ぼん
Top 12000
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
1
season; time of year
1
うし
Top 4400
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
3
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
1
ancestor; forefather; foremother
1
さま
Top 500
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
3
seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)
3
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
1
to die
2
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
2
emotional; sentimental
1
not understanding; not knowing
2
あのー
Top 11900
say; well; um; er
3
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
2
こりゃ
Top 2500
hey there; I say; see here
3
りゅう
Top 8300
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
2
いっち
Top 14100
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
1
ばん
Top 12500
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
2
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
2
animal
1
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
3
ばあさん
Top 16000
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
3
Top 1200
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
1
really; truly; indeed; good grief
2
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
1
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
1
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
1
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
2
to choose; to select
5
zucchini; courgette
1
おしゃれ
Top 10300
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
1
bell pepper (esp. red and yellow); capsicum; paprika (spice made from sweet peppers)
1
やす
Top 500
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
2
ロボット
Top 8400
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
1
あし
Top 400
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
2
タイヤ
Top 13300
tire; tyre
1
はや
Top 1200
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
5
(in) one's own way
2
まな
Top 1300
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
3
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
2
in this way; like this
1
each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of
1
rooftop
1
this year
2
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
1
どれでも
Top 21000
any one; any; whichever
1
next year
1
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
1
すご
Top 500
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
11
そうだね
Top 1600
sure; yeah; I know
2