Vocabulary list: Core Kanji: Most Common Kanji

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name; given name; first name
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
she; her; girlfriend
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
goddess
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
事こと
Top 700
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
work; job; labor; work
今いま
Top 100
now; the present time; just now; another; more
this time; now
child; children
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
state (of affairs); situation; appearance; look(s); sign; indication
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
infant; baby; little child
中なか
Top 100
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
around the world; throughout the world
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
生うむ
Top 500
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
生なま
Top 1700
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
birthday
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
日ひ々び
Top 1400
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
every day; daily
next day
3rd day of the month; three days
daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
時とき
Top 200
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
行いく
Top 100
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
act; deed; conduct
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
行ぎょう
Top 9200
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
来くる
Top 100
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
彼かれ
Top 200
he; him; boyfriend
様さま
Top 700
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation