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22,539 common words, ordered from most to least common.

やっきょく薬局
N5

pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop)

やっつ八つ
N5

eight

やってくるやって来る
N5

to come along; to come around; to turn up

やつら奴ら
N5

they; those guys

やど宿
N5

lodging; inn; hotel

やといぬし雇い主
N5

employer

やとう野党
N5

opposition party; the opposition

やとう雇う
N5

to employ; to hire; to take on

やどす宿す
N5

to house; to contain; to harbour (a feeling); to hold (e.g. dew on leaves)

やどや宿屋
N5

inn

やどる宿る
N5

to dwell (in); to exist (within); to form

やなぎ
N5

willow (any tree of genus Salix)

やぬし家主
N5

landlord; landlady

やね屋根
N5

roof

やばん野蛮
N5

savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised

やぶる破る
N5

to tear; to rip; to break; to destroy

やぶれる敗れる
N5

to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose

やぶれる破れる
N5

to get torn; to tear; to rip; to break; to wear out

やぼ野暮
N5

boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive; thoughtless; dumb

やぼう野望
N5

ambition; aspiration

やま
N5

mountain; hill

やまい
N5

illness; disease

やまおく山奥
N5

deep in the mountains; mountain recesses

やまかげ山陰
N5

place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains

やまかじ山火事
N5

forest fire; wildfire; bushfire

やまがた山形
N5

Yamagata (city, prefecture)

やまくずれ山崩れ
N5

landslide

やまごや山小屋
N5

mountain hut (esp. one that offers lodging to climbers and hikers); mountain cottage; mountain shanty

やまて山手
N5

place near the mountains

やまでら山寺
N5

mountain temple

やまと大和
N5

(ancient) Japan; Yamato kingdom; state of Yamato

やまねこ山猫
N5

wildcat (European wildcat, Iriomote cat, Tsushima cat, etc.)

やまのぼり山登り
N5

mountain climbing; mountaineering

やまみち山道
N5

mountain road; mountain trail

やまやま山々
N5

(many) mountains

やみ
N5

darkness; the dark

やむ止む
N5

to cease; to stop; to be over

やむ病む
N5

to fall ill

やむをえないやむを得ない
N5

cannot be helped; unavoidable

やめる止める
N5

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to end; to quit

やめる辞める
N5

to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)

やよい弥生
N5

third month of the lunar calendar

やり
N5

spear; lance

やりかたやり方
N5

way (of doing); manner; method; means

やりきれないやり切れない
N5

unable to finish (on time, etc.)

やりくりやり繰り
N5

making do; getting by (somehow); managing

やりすごすやり過ごす
N5

to let (something or someone) go past

やりとりやり取り
N5

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

やりなおしやり直し
N5

redoing

やりなおすやり直す
N5

to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence

やるきやる気
N5

will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness

やろう野郎
N5

guy; fellow; chap; buddy

やわらか柔らか
N5

soft; tender; pliant; supple

やわらかい柔らかい
N5

soft; tender; supple; flexible; limber; limp

やわらぐ和らぐ
N5

to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate

やわらげる和らげる
N5

to soften; to moderate; to relieve

N5

hot water

ゆいいつ唯一
N5

only; sole; unique

ゆいごん遺言
N5

will; testament; one's dying wish; one's last words

ゆいしょ由緒
N5

history; pedigree; lineage