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1000 most common japanese words list

1000 most common japanese words list. Each language has about 3000 core words that are used in 70% of daily conversation. In this post, Learn Japanese daily would like to provide you 1000 most common japanese words. The list is divided in to each 10, so that you can learn it everyday with 10 word, and each page have 60 words for you to learn everyweek.

1000 most common japanese words – week 11

Day 61

601. なるほど (naruhodo) : I see, really

602. つまり (tsumari) : in short, that is to say

603. そのまま (sonomama) : as it is, just like that

604. はっきり (hakkiri) : clearly

605. 大変 (taihen) : awful, hard

606. 簡単 (kantan) : simple, easy

607. 似ている (niteiru) : look like, resemble

608. 驚く (odoroku) : be surprised, be startled

609. 嫌 (iya/ kira-i) : dislike (situational)

610. 喧嘩 (kenka) : fight, argument

Day 62

611. 遅れる (okureru) : be late

612. にんじん (ninjin) : carrot

613. ジャガイモ (jagaimo) : potato

614. ナス (nasu) : eggplant

615. やかん (yakan) : kettle

616. 話し合う (hanashiau) : discuss, talk over

617. 残す (nokosu) : leave, leave undone

618. ごちそうする (gochisousuru) : treat, host (a meal)

619. 合う (au) : fit, match

620. 当たる (ataru) : (go straight and) hit, strike

Day 63

621. 集まる (atsumaru) : gather, be collected

622. 場所 (basho) : place, space

623. 海 (umi) : sea, ocean

624. 少年 (shounen) : boy (between 7 and 18 years old)

625. 孫 (mago) : grandchild

626. 生徒 (seito) : pupil, student

627. 高校 (koukou) : high school (for short)

628. 年上 (toshiue) : older, senior

629. 卒業 (sotsugyou) : graduation

630. 運動 (undou) : movement, exercise

Day 64

631. 選手 (senshu) : athlete, (sports) player

632. 映画 (eiga) : movie

633. 英語 (eigo) : English

634. 手紙 (tegami) : letter

635. 動物 (doubutsu) : animal

636. 音 (oto) : sound, noise

637. 海外 (kaigai) : overseas, abroad

638. 外国人 (gaikokujin) : foreigner

639. 帰国 (kikoku) : return to one’s country

640. 彼ら (karera) : they

Day 65

641. 機械 (kikai) : machine

642. 基本 (kihon) : basics

643. 今度 (kondo) : this time, next time

644. 最後 (saigo) : last

645. 最初 (saisho) : first, outset

646. 準備 (junbi) : preparation, arrangement

647. 進む (susumu) : advance, move forward

648. 直接 (chokusetsu) : directly

649. 特に (tokuni) : specially, particularly

650. 届く (todoku) : reach, be received

Day 66

651. なぜ (naze) : why

652. 並ぶ (narabu) : line up, be parallel

653. 運ぶ (hakobu) : carry, transport

654. 直す (naosu) : repair, fix

655. 反対 (hantai) : oppose, object

656. 場合 (baai) : situation, case

657. 詳しい (kuwashii) : detailed

658. いたずら (itazura) : mischief, prank

659. お祝い (oiwai) : celebrate

660. くし (kushi) : comb

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82 thoughts on “1000 most common japanese words

  • there’s no 801 word…

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      it is umai : sweet, delicious. Thanks for your comment, we will fix it.

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  • Few typos: 緩い with meaning of loose meaning is read ゆるい, 明後日 is more commonly read あさって, 九つ has wrong romaji

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      thank yakisaba san ! i fixed them.

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      Thank Anna ! i fixed them.

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  • That’s really useful for me. How can i say the Congratulations with Japan friend. Is it true おめでとう

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      yes it is. you can say in more formal way : arigatou gozaimasu

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      Thank Anna, I fixed it !

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      Thank Anna, I fixed it !

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      It can be tomeru sometimes, anyway i fixed it, Thanks Anna san !

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  • No.170
    Shouldn’t it be Watashitachi not Watachitachi?

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      Thank Riku san, i fixed it !

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  • GoldFish-Boy

    No.645 Everywhere I look is says it should be saisho, and that saikin means recently.

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      Thanks GoldFish-Boy, it is saisho. I fixed it.

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  • No. 676 says that group is グループ but the romaji says guru-bu. I’m assuming it is guru-PU, with a P.

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  • No. 744 shows that mondai is how you pronounce 宿題, but according to Jisho.com it’s しゅくだい (shukudai)

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  • GoldFish-Boy

    No. 788 has the same description as 785. But Jisho says that 788 means “reply; answer; response​” not view, perspective.

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  • I’m pretty sure that No. 819 should be kanarazu, not hanarazu.

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      Thank GoldFish-Boy san ! I checked and fixed words in your comments

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      i fixed it, thanks Abdul

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  • No. 422 is the same as No. 4…

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      i fixed it, thanks Thorfinn

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  • doesnt 218 okiru mean ‘wake up’? occur should be okoru instead

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      okiru means wake up, and also occur. okosu mean make some events occur
      事故がおきた : accident happened (occured). 事故をおこした make an accident happened

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  • 278 こっち romaji is wrong. It should be kocchi?

    249 is missing

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      i fixed them, thanks DekoMoon !

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  • No.700 it should be ” seiki ” instead of “seki”

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      thanks Anna, i fixed it !

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  • 648 直接 romaji should be chokusetsu right?

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      thanks Chron, i fixed it !

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  • 218 should be to wake up, get up

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      okiru also have meaning : wake up, get up, i will add this meaning too, thanks Raiko

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  • Kaden S Falkner

    I imagine you put a lot of time into this free resource, thank you so much! for making this available and updated to the fixes people recommend.

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  • Douglas Lewis

    Hello,
    I would like to give your website content to my students learning Japanese. Can I have your permission to give your website name to students? Sincerely
    Douglas

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      sure Douglas Lewis,
      I am glad that this could help your students on learning

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  • how do you say “I” when its obvious? Or is it just strictly “私”?
    I heard something about “watashi” not being used if it was obvious, I may have to look that over again.

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      when its obvious, you can remove 私 when speaking

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  • Hi, is there available any spreadsheet or document with these words? I would like to print them out.

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      sorry i don’t have them, you can print the web directly

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  • Simon Chevrier

    136 should be jugyou not juugyo?

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      Thanks Simon Chevrier, I fixed it

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  • hey, why cant i copy the word from the website?

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      sorry as other sites want to copy from my site to post on their own

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  • I hope this is the right place to comment. 218 and 222 are repeated for some reason

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      okiru has two meaning (use different Kanji). chikaku is repeated as you comment 🙂

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  • Ehm… Actually I see two okiru with the same Kanji, same for chikaku. 52 has the same Kanji as 218 and 171 has the same Kanji as 222.

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      they has the same kanji but different meaning 🙂

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      i fixed it, thanks Rivus san !

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      as you said, this must be nan not nani

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  • I think 580 is wrong. It should be slimy if I’m not wrong

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      nurunuru is slimy not nurui

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      It also have “to arrive” meaning

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      thank you, it should be in katakana

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  • Hi, 263 should be konshuu.
    Thanks for the list.

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  • 267 should be ni, nichi is a counter for days.

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  • 263 the romaji should be “konshuu”, right? Awesome list though; thanks for making it!

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  • 301 should be “yasashii”, right? Thanks for taking your time to fix the typos!

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  • Please check the romaji of 302, 303 , 304, 316, 318, 325, 331 and 332 too. It should be “oniisan”, “ookii”, “chiisai”, “mittsu”, “koukousei”, “yottsu”, “oishii” and “kinou”. Thanks for fixing!

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  • Douglas Thomas Lewis

    Hello, I am building a website and was wondering if I can use some of these words to put in my site, would this be okay?
    There is a lot of free ones out there but this is the first one I found.

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    • Learn Japanese daily

      Okay Douglas Thomas Lewis

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  • Thank you guys, i apricate the time and effort you put to make this for us, im filled with joy that i found this website.

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  • Yellow (762) is a repeat of 249.

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  • Italo Gonçalves

    i think 185 should be tsuzukeru,

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  • Hi, I was wondering if these words are used during casual conversations, formal conversations, or a mix of both? Thank you.

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  • Kiran Shrestha

    I need the most useful phases daily conversation.japanese..

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  • Wow! This is a wonderful resource. I’m so grateful not only to the creator, but for everyone who took the time to give the corrections I see above, and for the gracious way the creator accepted them and improved the product, or took the time to point out why and how the original was correct. You have all done a great thing together. Thank you.

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  • Hello, I’d like to thank the person who made this site as it has proven to be invaluable for learning Japanese, thank you whoever you are from the bottom of my heart ありがとうございます‼

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