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JLPT N5

Foundational vocabulary for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test N5.

711 terms in this collection
(やさ)しい
Easy
(みず)
Water
時計(とけい)
Watch, Clock
(いもうと)
younger sister
(おとこ)
man
()ちら
which, where
()(ぐち)
Exit
今日(こんにち)
Today
(つくえ)
Desk
いつ(いつ)
Always
(うた)
Song
()
Six things
もっと
More
()める
Tie, fasten, tighten
(がっ)(こう)
School
(わたし)
I
ドア
Door
家庭(かてい)
Family or Home
(れん)(しゅう)
Practice
()りる
borrow
()
write
(かた)
Person, way of doing
バター
Butter
(きたな)
dirty, unclean, filthy
階段(かいだん)
stairs
(となり)
next door
()っち
This side, this way, this person
()ける
Open
(なが)(もの)(かぞ)(たんい)
Counter for long cylindrical things
結婚(けっこん)
Marriage
(やかま)るさい(うるさ)
Noisy, annoying
テープレコーダー
Tape recorder
()れから
And then, after that
(かど)
corner
(とも)(だち)
Friend
(うす)
thin, weak
()
Honorable prefix
(さき)
Future, recent, previous
シャツ
Shirt
(はな)(びん)
Vase
(もく)曜日(ようび)
Thursday
(べん)(とう)
Boxed lunch
(こま)
be bothered, have difficulty
使()
Use
()
Sleep
()(って)
Postage stamp
漢字(かんじ)
Kanji
(はなし)
Talk, story
(にわ)
garden
(こえ)
voice
(おとこ)()
Boy
()
die
ラジオカセ
Radio cassette player
(およ)
swim
(なか)
Stomach
(とお)
distant
伯母(おば)さん;(おば)母さん
Aunt
どっち
Which one
どうも
Thank you; somehow; no matter how hard one may try
(むら)
Village
(なな)
Seven
(くら)
dark, gloomy
宿(しゅく)(だい)
homework
一緒(いっしょ)
Together
しかし
However, but
郵便(ゆうびん)(きょく)
post office
セーター
sweater
いいえ
No
(みみ)
Ear
()
get on, ride in, board
おじい(おじい)さん
Grandfather, elderly man
(せま)
narrow
あれ
That one
(ねえ)さん
Older sister
紅茶(こうちゃ)
Black tea
(あお)
Blue
大人(おとな)
Adult
どの
Which
()
Inhale, suck
(だい)
Counter for vehicles or machines
アパート
Apartment
(ねん)
~/~ years
()(もの)
Food
(なな)
Seven things
洗濯(せんたく)
Laundry
背広(せびろ)
suit
(あそ)
play, spend time pleasantly, hang out
(なつ)
summer
あちら
That way
クラス
Class
映画(えいが)
movie, film
スポーツ
Sports
()
meet
()びる
bathe, shower
(びょう)(いん)
hospital
あな(あなた)
You
(かぜ)
Wind, breeze
()
fall
(せん)
Thousand
()
Night
ペット
pet
(から)
Spicy, Salty
(よっ)()
fourth day
()かる
understand
西(にし)
West
(ぎん)(こう)
Bank
(つぎ)
Next
(つよ)
Strong
旅行(りょこう)
Travel, trip
(だい)(どころ)
Kitchen
(わたし)
I
(なが)
long
はい
Yes
()
blow
美味(おい)しい
Delicious, tasty
でき()
be able to do
上手(じょうず)
Skillful
()
Three things
()ける
hang, put on
()
Fly, Hop
タクシー
Taxi
(からだ)
body
(はこ)
box
野菜(やさい)
vegetable
()れる
To be sunny
時間(じかん)
~/~ hours
(そと)
Outside
(くだ)(もの)
fruit
()
take off
()
Arrive at, reach
ベッド
Bed
ポスト(ゆうびんう)
Mailbox, post, position
()
o'clock
丁度(ちょうど)
Just right, exactly
レコード
Record
(えん)
Yen
()
Eye
(はし)
Run
飛行(ひこう)()
Airplane
自動(じどう)(しゃ)
automobile
エレベーター
Elevator
()(しょ)
dictionary
(たの)
request, ask
(しろ)
White
(あね)
Elder sister
可愛(かわい)
Cute, adorable
する
do, wear
ああ
Ah
フィルム
Film
~だけ
only, just
(りゅう)(がく)(せい)
International student
(あめ)
Candy
()
Stature
()
Hold up, Raise
()
This
()(まえ)
Name
時々(ときどき)
Sometimes
(にち)
-day of the month, for -days
()
Sunny
さあ
Come now, well
作文(さくぶん)
essay, composition
そっち
Over there
(にい)さん
Older brother
~がる
to feel
文章(ぶんしょう)
Sentence, text
明後日(あさって)
The day after tomorrow
(ひる)御飯(ごはん)
Lunch
(にち)(よう)()
Sunday
(かぎ)
Key, Lock
ギター
Guitar
()
Turn, bend
(いけ)
Pond
~ずつ
at a time
(ろう)()
Corridor
(よわ)
weak
(ひがし)
East
(みち)
road, street; way, directions
電話(でんわ)
Telephone
()
Hand
(ひろ)
spacious, wide, broad
(くつ)(した)
socks
(うみ)
Sea
ハンカチ
Handkerchief
字引(じびき)
Dictionary
(なつ)(やす)
Summer vacation
()(がみ)
Letter
~さん
Mr.ˈmɪstər, Ms.ˈmɪz
()(ぶん)
myself, oneself
(はい)
-cupful
~歳(さい)
-years old
()
to be, to exist
(あつ)
Hot
()(ぐち)
Entrance
(さむ)
Cold
(かお)
Face
(すで)(ふたた)
already, again, more
(ちか)
nearby, in the neighborhood
(ひら)()()
Hiragana
(はん)(ぶん)
Half
(あに)
Elder brother
(なに)
What
(ぬる)
Lukewarm
喫茶(きっさ)(てん)
Coffee shop
()
Cry
()
put, lay, place
(どう)(ぶつ)
Animal
それでは
In that situation, well then
(おも)(しろ)
Interesting, amusing
()
That over there; like that, that way; um
()
Take (a photo), make (a film)
ゼロ
Zero
()
Appear, Leave
丈夫(じょうぶ)
Strong, solid, durable
(だい)()
Love
(した)
Under, below, beneath
(みどり)
Green
(まい)(しゅう)
Every week
いつ
When
(おお)
Many
カレー
Curry
(ぶた)(にく)
pork
(ちゃ)(いろ)
brown
(かた)()()
Katakana
()(てん)(しゃ)
bicycle
(まん)
ten thousand
(まい)(あさ)
Every morning
()ける(すわ)
dial, call, sit down
意味(いみ)
Meaning, significance
()ちら
This person, this way
二十(はた)()
Twenty years old
いか(いか)
How
(きら)
Dislike
カメラ
camera
(らい)(ねん)
Next year
トイレ
Toilet
(くろ)
Black
(すこ)ょっと
A little, somewhat
(でん)(しゃ)
Electric train
()
Language
(さら)
Plate, dish
()りる
get off
葉書(はがき)
Postcard
プール
Swimming pool
(ふゆ)
Winter
(いそが)しい
Busy
そうして; そして
And, like that
()
Read
冷蔵(れいぞう)()
refrigerator
牛乳(ぎゅうにゅう)
milk
(みじ)
Short
ボールペン
Ball-point pen
(なに)(ゆえ)
Why
午後(ごご)
afternoon, P.M./ˌpiːˈɛm/
()
Erase, delete, turn off power
(けっ)(こう)
Splendid, enough, tolerably
(おし)える
teach, inform, instruct
言葉(ことば)
Language, word
()める
Close
キロ( ); キログラム( )
kilo (kilogram)
テーブル
Table
(いた)
Painful, sore
()かける
go out
()
need
(とし)
Year, Age
()くす
lose
(わた)
Cross
(たか)
tall, high; expensive
来年(らいねん)
the year after next
映画(えいが)(かん)
Movie theater, cinema
(もん)
Gate
()
Times; Degree; Point
(きん)曜日(ようび)
Friday
コップ
Tumbler or glass
(だい)(じょう)()
It's okay; No need to worry; Everything is under control
(すこ)
a little
(つめ)たい
Cold
新聞(しんぶん)
newspaper
(なか)
during, while
帽子(ぼうし)
Hat, cap
(あか)
red
(はたら)
Work
()
Liking, fondness, love
夕飯(ゆうはん)
Dinner, supper
()
Lend
(こん)(しゅう)
This week
外国(がいこく)
Foreign country
(たて)(もの)
building
ナイフ
Knife
(こう)(ばん)
Police box
茶碗(ちゃわん)
Rice bowl
あそこ
That place
散歩(さんぽ)
Stroll
()父; ()()父さん
Uncle
(なら)べる
Line up, arrange side by side
(もの)
Thing
()
wear
()(とし)
This year
(おぼ)える
learn, commit to memory, remember, memorize
()
play
(あつ)
Hot
また
And, furthermore
(ひく)
low, short
(やす)
inexpensive, cheap
ポケット
Pocket
ホテル
Hotel
学生(がくせい)
Student
(あお)
Blue
()
Bloom
こんな
like this, such
ワイシャツ
Dress shirt
(いえ)
House, home
(はち)
Eight
(ほん)
Book
じゃ; じゃあ
Well, then
()
call, invite
(こた)える
Answer or reply
()
Push, press, stamp
(なに)んな
What kind of
ラジオ
radio
()
Open
(がつ)
-month
(あつ)
Kind
(かみ)
paper
()(れい)
Pretty, clean, tidy
(ちち)
Father
(ひだり)
Left
地下(ちか)(てつ)
Subway
(かえ)
return, go home
(やまい)()
illness, sickness
(ちか)
near, close
(まえ)
before, in front
スプーン
Spoon
(かぶ)ぶる
wear
()
cut, hang up
コピー(こぴー)する
Copy to do
生徒(せいと)
student, pupil
(りょう)(しん)
parents
(みぎ)
Right
(くに)
Country
ペン
Pen
(おん)(がく)
Music
(はや)
Fast
(だれ)
Who
()ちら
Over there
これ
This one
メートル
meter
(ふと)
Fat, thick
(きょう)(しつ)
classroom
(くすり)
Medicine
(ぜん)()
All, Entire, Whole
(おお)きい
Big, large
(わか)
Young
(はな)
flower
()
enter, contain, hold
(そう)()
cleaning, sweeping
(ちい)さな
Small, little
とても
very
手洗(てあら)
Restroom, bathroom
(おんな)
woman
一人(ひとり)
One person
ニュース
News
()
Tooth
元気(げんき)
Energetic, healthy
(やま)
Mountain
(おな)
Same
地図(ちず)
Map
では
Then, well, so
(いろ)(いろ)
Various
(きた)
North
(わた)
hand over; cross
一昨日(おととい)
The day before yesterday
(まい)(にち)
Every day
()()
Straight ahead
(まい)
counter for flat objects
(なら)
line up
番号(ばんごう)
Number
(みな)さん
Everyone
(よん)
Four
一番(いちばん)
Number one, best
()(しゃ)
doctor, physician
(じか)ぐに
Immediately, soon
(みな)んな
Everyone
()しい
Want
まだ
still, yet, besides
(おんな)()
girl
料理(りょうり)
Cooking, cuisine
()
Picture
(つま)まらない
boring, dull; insignificant
()こう
Beyond, over there
(はる)
Spring
()
Sell
午前(ごぜん)
Morning, A.M./ˌeɪ.em/
(あさ)()(はん)
Breakfast
(まど)
Window
(うえ)
Above, up, top
菓子(かし)
Confections, sweets, snack
()(そこ)
there, bottom
()
too much
(あら)
Wash
デパー(ひゃっかてん)
Department store
(きょ)(ねん)
Last year
そう; そうです
Yes; that is so
大切(たいせつ)
Important
()()
Six days
本当(ほんとう)
True, Real
(あさ)
Morning
(みなみ)
South
(もん)(だい)
Problem
(あか)るい
Bright, cheerful
おと(おとと)(とし)
the year before last
()
Sing
(いま)
Now
()
That one
(くだ)さい
Please
()曜日(ようび)
Saturday
(のぼ)
climb
(しお)
Salt
()
Pull, draw; subtract
(かわ); (かわ)
River
マッチ
match
(すい)曜日(ようび)
Wednesday
ノート
Notebook
(ここの)
Nine things
(はな)
Nose
()
~shop
(くろ)
black
()
put on
(かばん)ばん
bag
(にん)
-person
(ばん)
-th (or -st, -nd, -rd)
仕事(しごと)
Work, job, occupation, employment
(けい)(かん)
police officer
(とお)
Ten
()
piece, item
ストーブ
Heater
(あま)
sweet, generous
雑誌(ざっし)
Magazine
(いち)(かげつ)
One month
(いつ)()
five days
(ねこ)
Cat
()
go
(ゆう)(がた)
evening
(たち)たち
-s or -es
スカート
skirt
(わる)
Bad, sinful; inferior
()まる
Stop
(りっ)()
splendid, fine
()(しょ)(かん)
Library
(なら)
Learn
(ゆる)っくりと
Slowly and at ease
コート
Coat, Court
(はや)
early
キロ(きろ); キロメート(きろめーとる)
Kilometer
()
Hold, carry; possess
(しゅう)(かん)
~/~ weeks
()
Buy
(つく)
Make, create
レストラン
Restaurant
食堂(しょくどう)
Cafeteria, dining hall
(たの)しい
enjoyable, fun
(まち)
town, city
財布(さいふ)
wallet
()()(もくざい)(ざいもく)
Tree, Wood, Timber
()
reside, live
ここ
here
(まえ)
in front of ~
シャワー
Shower
(らい)(しゅう)
next week
()
to be, to have
(じゅ)(ぎょう)
Class
(はん)
Half
()
Two
()べる
Eat
(ばん)
Evening
(かい)
-th floor
()
Four things
(ふん)
~ minutes
(あたた)かい
warm
()きる
get up / happen
()
Drink
()(いろ)
yellow
(くも)
become cloudy, become dim
(よう)()
eighth day
(せん)(げつ)
Last month
(さけ)
Alcohol
(たく)(さん)
Many or much
(れい)
Zero
(さかな)
fish
ええ
Yes
()
Paste, affix, or post
(さつ)
Volume
(いろ)
Color
勉強(べんきょう)
Study
(あたら)しい
New
(はじ)まる
begin
兄弟(きょうだい)
Siblings
(すく)ない
few
()い; よい
Good
(など)など
etc.ɛtˈsɛtərə
(だい)使()(かん)
Embassy
あっち
Over there
その
That
(とう)さん
Father
家族(かぞく)
Family
(とり)(にく)
Chicken meat
ネクタイ
necktie
グラム
Gram
(たまご)
Egg
(ひる)
noon, daytime
バス
Bus
(でん)()
electricity, electric light
()
not exist, do not have
(みせ)
Store, shop
(こう)(えん)
Park
()げる
Raise
(よう)(ふく)
Western-style clothes
()曜日(ようび)
Tuesday
(しず)
quiet, calm
(ここの)()
nine days, ninth day
(かあ)さん
Mother
()(もの)
Shopping
パン
Bread
(ゆき)
Snow
(はは)
Mother
(そば)(そば)(そば)
near, close, beside; buckwheat noodle
()ける
turn on; take
大変(たいへん)
very, difficult, hard
天気(てんき)
Weather
パーティー
Party
(にぎ)ぎやか
bustling, busy
(あぶ)ない
dangerous, critical
まず(まず)
terrible, unappetizing, unpleasant
(おく)さん
Wife
(えき)
Station
(かね)
Money
(ころ)ろ;(ころ) ~ごろ
about, toward, approximately
(しろ)
White
(いく)くら
How much
カレンダー
calendar
万年筆(まんねんひつ)
fountain pen
()
Japanese style door
先生(せんせい)
teacher, professor; master; doctor
どうして
Why
()まる
Close
(いち)
one
()
Return
(げつ)曜日(ようび)
Monday
()れる
put in
(むずか)しい
Difficult
(はし)
bridge
(あか)
Red
(こう)()(てん)
Intersection
(ちゃ)
Tea
()色い
yellow
(やす)
Rest, take a break, take time off
ボタン
Button
(くつ)
Shoes
()
to be, to have
どなた
Who
たば(たばこ)
Tobacco, cigarettes
風邪(かぜ)
Cold
(ところ)
Place
(まい)(ばん)
Every night
()(はん)
Cooked rice; meal
(あし); (あし)
Foot; leg
テレビ
television or TV
有名(ゆうめい)
famous
コーヒー
coffee
(らい)(げつ)
next month
(すず)しい
Cool, refreshing
(たて)
Length, height
()
Say
(ほそ)
thin, slender, fine
会社(かいしゃ)
Company
(つと)める
work (for)
(ろく)
Six
眼鏡(めがね)
Glasses
(なに)
What sort of
やる
Do; give
(おそ)
slow; late
(こん)(げつ)
This month
(いぬ)
Dog
(えん)(ぴつ)
Pencil
()
hear, listen, ask
()
Come
(くち)
Mouth, opening
(いく)くつ
How many, how old
()
often, well
(ほん)(だな)
Bookshelf
封筒(ふうとう)
envelope
()
Sit
(くるま)
car
()()
Ticket
()(かん)
time
(ふる)
old, aged, ancient
(ぎゅう)(にく)
Beef
写真(しゃしん)
Photograph
(あま)
not very, surplus
()
Eight things
(ちい)さい
Small, little
一日(いちにち)
One day
~か(かげつ)
-month duration
(うわ)()
Coat, jacket
(ちが)
Different, wrong
(ひゃく)
hundred
()
Know, Understand
(わす)れる
forget
(なぬ)
Seven days
もしもし
Hello,
(へん)
Vicinity, area
()える
vanish, disappear
風呂(ふろ)
Bath
(みが)
brush, polish
(つか)れる
get tired
どこ(どこ)
where
明日(あした)
tomorrow
(くらい)くらい; ぐらい
about
(ふた)
Two things
カップ
Cup
()
Five
()()
This morning
下手(へた)
unskillful, poor
(ひと)
One thing
(くも)
Cloudy
テープ
Tape
(げん)(かん)
Entrance
(かさ)
Umbrella, parasol
(うし)
behind, back, rear
()
finish, close
(だい)(がく)
University or college
()まれる
to be born
(こん)(ばん)
Tonight
石鹸(せっけん)
Soap
(はじ)め; (はじ)始め
Beginning, start
でも
But, however
(ばあ)あさん
Grandmother, elderly woman
多分(たぶん)
Perhaps, probably, maybe
(はい)(ざら)
Ashtray
椅子(いす)
Chair
八百屋(やおや)
greengrocer
(きのう)
Yesterday
(ある)
walk
(あめ)
rain
()(もの)
Drink, beverage
(かる)
Light, minor
昨夜(さくや)
Last night
()
see, look
便利(べんり)
convenient, handy
()
Stand up
(いや)
Disagreeable, detestable, unpleasant
(さん)
Three
()(とう)
sugar
()
take out; hand in
()()
room
醤油(しょうゆ)
Soy sauce
二人(ふたり)
Two people
()
become
(あたま)
Head
テスト
Test
(なか)
Inside, Middle, Among
(やす)
Holiday, day off, absence
どうぞ
Please, kindly, by all means
外国(がいこく)(じん)
foreigner
(そら)
Sky
(きゅう)
Nine
(とり)
Chicken
(とお)()
ten days
(ひと)
person
()かる
take
大勢(おおぜい)
Great number of people
(ふつ)
Two days
(ばん)()(はん)
Dinner, evening meal
(おとうと)
younger brother
(みっ)()
Three days, third day of the month
(にく)
Meat
(どれ)
Which one
(だれ)
Someone
誕生(たんじょう)()
Birthday
()(もつ)
Luggage, baggage
(うち)
home, house
質問(しつもん)
Question, inquiry
(おも)
heavy, serious
(かい)
-times
()
take
(いつ)
Five things
(まい)(つき)
Every month
(おお)きな
Big
どう(いか)
How
(ぺーじ)ージ
page
(まわ)わりさん
Police officer
(よこ)
Beside, side, width
(だん)(だん)
gradually, by degrees
子供(こども)
Child
(がわ)
Side
英語(えいご)
English
(あき)
Autumn
(ひき)
counter for small animals
()
Wait
(はし)
Chopsticks
(ふく)
Clothes
(はじ)めて
For the first time
フォーク
fork
(あと)(みらい)(のこ)(いらい)
Afterwards, later, in the future, the rest, since then.
(ひま)
Freetime
(まる)い; (まる)円い
Round, circular
(せん)(しゅう)
Last week
ズボン
Trousers
毎年(まいとし)
Every year
(はな)
speak
二十(はつ)()
Twentieth
()せる
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