Vocabulary list: Core Kanji: Post-Jōyō Kanji - 99%

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happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
叩たたく
Top 1800
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
云いう
Top 11000
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
撫なでる
Top 1900
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
嘘うそ
Top 1800
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
睨にらむ
Top 4000
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
訊きく
Top 4100
to ask; to enquire; to query
掴つかむ
Top 3900
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
覗のぞく
Top 2100
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
噂うわさ
Top 1800
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
溜たまる
Top 4500
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
貰もらう
Top 3900
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
槍やり
Top 4000
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
揃そろう
Top 2200
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
濡ぬれる
Top 2000
to get wet
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
歪ゆがむ
Top 4100
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
噛かむ
Top 4200
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to talk; to chat; to chatter
呑のむ
Top 6300
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
筈はず
Top 10900
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
to become familiar with; to get used to; to become accustomed to; to come to fit; to go (well) with; to suit
舐なめる
Top 4000
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
杖つえ
Top 4200
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
鎧よろい
Top 4100
armor; armour
纏まとう
Top 4400
to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in
膣ちつ
Top 12100
vagina
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
這はう
Top 4400
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
喰くう
Top 5200
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
辿たどる
Top 5800
to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of
卿きょう
Top 11000
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)
叶かなう
Top 4200
to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
掻かく
Top 6400
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
sigh
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
of course; certainly; naturally
惚ほれる
Top 5200
to fall in love (with); to fall for; to be attracted (by); to be charmed (by); to forget oneself; to be entranced (by)
wisdom; intelligence; sagacity
蒼あおい
Top 11600
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe