Common Japanese Words 601-700 for Beginners
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This list continues the first 600 words with practical verbs for movement, direction, giving and receiving, delivery, feelings, health, housework, and daily life in Japan. Each word includes:
- Japanese
- Reading (with Romaji)
- Meaning
- Example sentence with reading (with Romaji), English translation, and Chinese translation
Note: Frequency depends on the corpus, so this is a practical beginner-useful list rather than a perfect scientific ranking.
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- Intransitive: 上がる (あがる / agaru) -> something goes up / rises
- Transitive: 上げる (あげる / ageru) -> raise something
Use 上がる when the subject changes by itself, and 上げる when a person changes it. Example 1 in the table uses 上がる; Word 605 shows 上げる.
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- Intransitive: 下がる (さがる / sagaru) -> something goes down / falls
- Transitive: 下げる (さげる / sageru) -> lower something
Use 下がる when a level changes by itself, and 下げる when a person changes it. Example 1 in the table uses 下がる; Word 606 shows 下げる.
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- Intransitive: 届く (とどく / todoku) -> arrive / be delivered
- Transitive: 届ける (とどける / todokeru) -> deliver something
Use 届く when something arrives by itself from the speaker's point of view, and 届ける when a person sends or brings it. Example 1 in the table uses 届く; Word 615 shows 届ける.
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- Intransitive: 開く (あく / aku) -> something opens
- Related transitive form: 開ける (あける / akeru) -> open something
This entry is the intransitive verb. Use 開く when a door, shop, or window opens by itself or reaches the open state.
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- Intransitive: 閉まる (しまる / shimaru) -> something closes
- Related transitive form: 閉める (しめる / shimeru) -> close something
This entry is the intransitive verb. Use 閉まる when a shop, door, or gate closes by itself or is in the closed state.
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- Transitive: 売る (うる / uru) -> sell something
- Intransitive / result expression: 売れる (うれる / ureru) -> be sold / sell well
Use 売る when a person or shop sells an item. Use 売れる when the item itself sells well or ends up sold.
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- Intransitive: 治る (なおる / naoru) -> an illness or injury gets better
- Transitive: 治す (なおす / naosu) -> cure / heal something
Use 治る for health problems getting better by themselves. Use 治す when a person or treatment makes the condition better. Word 675 直る is the other naoru used for things that get fixed.
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- Transitive: 掛ける (かける / kakeru) -> hang / put on / place onto
- Intransitive: かかる (かかる / kakaru) -> be hanging / be on / take
Use 掛ける when you do the action yourself, and かかる when the thing is already hanging, playing, or taking time. Example 1 in the table uses 掛ける; Word 663 shows かかる.
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- Intransitive: 混ざる (まざる / mazaru) -> be mixed
- Transitive: 混ぜる (まぜる / mazeru) -> mix something
Use 混ざる when things blend together by themselves or as a result. Use 混ぜる when someone actively mixes them.
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- Intransitive: 乾く (かわく / kawaku) -> dry
- Transitive: 乾かす (かわかす / kawakasu) -> dry something
Use 乾く when laundry, hair, paint, or the ground becomes dry by itself. Use 乾かす when you make something dry.
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- Intransitive: 濡れる (ぬれる / nureru) -> get wet
- Transitive: 濡らす (ぬらす / nurasu) -> make something wet
Use 濡れる when a thing or person gets wet. Use 濡らす when your action causes something else to become wet.
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- Intransitive: 壊れる (こわれる / kowareru) -> be broken
- Transitive: 壊す (こわす / kowasu) -> break something
Use 壊れる when a machine or object breaks by itself or ends up broken. Use 壊す when someone causes the damage.
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- 治る (なおる / naoru) -> get better from illness or injury
- 直る (なおる / naoru) -> be fixed / be corrected
Both are read naoru, but the kanji and meaning are different. Use 直る for machines, mistakes, schedules, and other non-medical things.
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- Intransitive: 片づく (かたづく / katazuku) -> get tidied up / come into order
- Related transitive form: 片づける (かたづける / katazukeru) -> tidy something
Use 片づく when the room or task becomes organized as a result. Use 片づける when a person actively tidies it.
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- Intransitive: 合う (あう / au) -> fit / match / suit
- Transitive: 合わせる (あわせる / awaseru) -> match / adjust something
Use 合う when things naturally fit or match. Use 合わせる when you actively adjust time, color, speed, or plans.
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These verbs are especially useful for describing motion, delivery, giving and receiving, emotional reactions, recovery, housework, and everyday changes in daily life.
Examples:
For conversation, practice these useful groups together:
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A が 上がります / 下がります。
A goes up / goes down.
A を 上げます / 下げます。
I raise / lower A.
A が 届きました。
A arrived / was delivered.
A を 届けます。
I will deliver A.
A に 慣れました。
I got used to A.
A に 合います。
A fits / suits me.| Dictionary Form | Polite Form | Meaning |
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| 上がる / 下がる | あがる / さがる (agaru / sagaru) | go up / go down |
| 上げる / 下げる | あげる / さげる (ageru / sageru) | raise / lower |
| 届く / 届ける | とどく / とどける (todoku / todokeru) | arrive / deliver |
| 混ざる / 混ぜる | まざる / まぜる (mazaru / mazeru) | be mixed / mix |
| 乾く / 乾かす / 濡れる / 濡らす | かわく / かわかす / ぬれる / ぬらす (kawaku / kawakasu / nureru / nurasu) | dry / dry something / get wet / make wet |
| 壊れる / 壊す | こわれる / こわす (kowareru / kowasu) | break / break something |
| 合う / 合わせる | あう / あわせる (au / awaseru) | fit / adjust / match |