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Next to 1000 most common japanese words list. In this post, we would like to introduce to you 2000 most common japanese words (1000 words more, next to previous 1000 words lisst). The list is divided in to each 10 words, so that you can learn it everyday with 10 word, and each page have 60 words for you to learn everyweek.

2000 most common japanese words – week 13

Day 73

1721. 安っぽい (yasuppoi) : cheap-looking, tacky

1722. ぎらぎら (giragira) : glaring, blinding

1723. 何とか (nantoka) : somehow, please

1724. いよいよ (iyoiyo) : finally, any moment

1725. がらがら (garagara) : not crowded

1726. 缶詰 (kantzume) : canned food

1727. 怪我 (kega) : injury

1728. 寒さ (samusa) : coldness, cold

1729. 祝日 (shukujitsu) : holiday

1730. すき焼き (Sukiyaki) : sukiyaki

Day 74

1731. 葉書 (hagaki) : postcard

1732. 掃く (haku) : sweep

1733. 何しろ (nanishiro) : anyhow, as you may know

1734. どんどん (dondon) : quickly, rapidly

1735. ぺこぺこ (pekopeko) : hungry, starving

1736. ぺらぺら (perapera) : fluently

1737. レインコート (reinkoto) : raincoat

1738. アイス (aisu) : ice cream (for short)

1739. 塩辛い (shiokarai) : salty

1740. セロテープ (serote-pu) : scotch tape

Day 75

1741. 大幅 (oohaba) : drastically, substantially

1742. 教育 (Kyouiku) : education

1743. 工事 (Kouji) : construction, repairing

1744. 担当 (tantou) : person in charge (of official duties)

1745. 法律 (Houritsu) : law

1746. 丸 (maru) : circle, round

1747. 発表 (happyo) : announcement

1748. 研究 (kenkyuu) : research, study

1749. 一方 (ippou) : one way, the other party

1750. 国内 (kokunai) : domestic, internal

Day 76

1751. 全体 (zentai) : whole, total

1752. 後 (nochi) : after, afterward

1753. 人間 (ningen) : human being

1754. 刺身 (sashimi) : sliced raw fish or meat

1755. ばら (Bara) : rose

1756. ねずみ (nezumi) : rat, mouse

1757. 以下 (ika) : below

1758. 昔 (mukashi) : old times, the old days

1759. 訳 (wake) : reason, sense

1760. 違い (chigai) : difference, mistake

Day 77

1761. しっかり (shikkari) : mature, responsible

1762. 将来 (Shourai) : future, in the future

1763. 不思議 (fushigi) : mystery, wonder

1764. 決して (kesshite) : never, by no means

1765. 失敗 (shippai) : failure, mistake

1766. 番 (ban) : one’s turn, watch

1767. 出会う (deau) : meet, encounter

1768. 悩む (nayamu) : be troubled, suffer

1769. 汗 (ase) : sweat

1770. すっかり (sukkari) : all, completely

Day 78

1771. 代わり (kawari) : substitution, alternative

1772. 一言 (hitokoto) : single word, brief speech

1773. 豊か (yutaka) : rich, ample

1774. 接続 (setsuzoku) : connection, joining

1775. 抱える (kakaeru) : hold in one’s arms

1776. エンジン (enjin) : engine

1777. 少女 (shoujo) : young girl

1778. 無駄 (muda) : pointless, waste

1779. 自動 (jidou) : automatic operation

1780. 先輩 (senpai) : senior, superior

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48 thoughts on “2000 most common japanese words

  • Hello,
    1301 I think its “Chokin” and not “Choukin”.

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      i fixed it, thanks Sam Appamon

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      i fixed it, thanks Sam Appamon

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      Thanks Ruediger, I fixed it !

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      Thanks Ruediger! I fixed them.

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      thanks Ruediger ! I fixed them !

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  • 1499. is unclear. Do you mean 麗人 reijin or 美女 bijo?

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      it’s 美人 (bijin) ‘ beautiful person (woman). it has same meaning with 美女

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  • I see. Google translator did not show this. But Genius3 did.
    Thank you for the explanation.

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  • 1584. 受け付ける (uketsukeru)
    Either both are verbs or both are nouns.

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  • 1613. 酔っ払う (yopparai) : get drunk
    mismatch between endings

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  • It appears that you do not accept any comments anymore???

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      Thanks Ruediger ! We Fixed them. We always welcome your comment as they really help us !

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      Thanks Rediger san, i fixed them

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      thanks Gray, web fixed it.

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  • Tertius Scheepers

    Is their no pronunciation/audio for these??

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      sorry we don’t have audio

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  • 1601 入場券 is nyuujouken not nyuujou.

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      thanks Moh, I fixed it

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  • 1196: i think it is “otozureru” not “otozuneru”

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      thank you! i fixed i!

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