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JLPT N5

Foundational vocabulary for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test N5.

710 terms
(やさ)しい
Easy
(かぜ)
wind
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
いつ(いつ)
Always
(うた)
Song
()
Six things
もっと
More
()める
Tie, fasten, tighten
(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
()()
chair
(きたな)
dirty, unclean, filthy
階段(かいだん)
stairs
(となり)
next door
バター
butter
()っち
This side, this way, this person
(くつ)
shoes
郵便(ゆうびん)(きょく)
post office
()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
宿(しゅく)(だい)
homework
()れから
And then, after that
(かど)
corner
(うす)
thin, weak
()
Honorable prefix
(さき)
Future, recent, previous
(えき)
train station
シャツ
Shirt
(もく)曜日(ようび)
Thursday
(べん)(とう)
Boxed lunch
(こま)
be bothered, have difficulty
使()
Use
飛行(ひこう)()
airplane
()
Sleep
()(って)
Postage stamp
漢字(かんじ)
Kanji
(はなし)
Talk, story
(にわ)
garden
(いえ)
house
(こえ)
voice
(みず)
water
(おとこ)()
Boy
()
die
ラジオカセ
Radio cassette player
(およ)
swim
(とお)
distant
伯母(おば)さん;(おば)母さん
Aunt
どっち
Which one
(ちゃ)
tea
どうも
Thank you; somehow; no matter how hard one may try
(くら)
dark, gloomy
一緒(いっしょ)
Together
しかし
However, but
いいえ
No
()
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
牛肉(ぎゅうにく)
beef
アパート
Apartment
(ねん)
~/~ years
映画(えいが)
movie
()(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
スポーツ
Sports
()
meet
()びる
bathe, shower
あな(あなた)
You
(きゅう)
nine
()
fall
(せん)
Thousand
()
Night
ペット
pet
(から)
Spicy, Salty
(よっ)()
fourth day
()かる
understand
西(にし)
West
(さむ)
cold
(つぎ)
Next
(つよ)
Strong
旅行(りょこう)
Travel, trip
(だい)(どころ)
Kitchen
カップ
cup
家族(かぞく)
family
(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
(からだ)
body
(あめ)
rain
野菜(やさい)
vegetable
()れる
To be sunny
時間(じかん)
~/~ hours
()
tooth
(つくえ)
desk
ギター
guitar
(そと)
Outside
(くだ)(もの)
fruit
()
take off
()
Arrive at, reach
御飯(ごはん)
rice
ポスト(ゆうびんう)
Mailbox, post, position
(はし)
chopsticks
()
o'clock
丁度(ちょうど)
Just right, exactly
レコード
Record
(えん)
Yen
(はし)
Run
喫茶(きっさ)(てん)
cafe
自動(じどう)(しゃ)
automobile
(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
(しお)
salt
(はな)
nose
~だけ
only, just
()()
map
(りゅう)(がく)(せい)
International student
(あつ)
hot
()
Stature
()
Hold up, Raise
()
This
()(まえ)
Name
時々(ときどき)
Sometimes
(にち)
-day of the month, for -days
()
Sunny
()(てん)(しゃ)
bicycle
バス
bus
さあ
Come now, well
作文(さくぶん)
essay, composition
(みせ)
shop
そっち
Over there
(にい)さん
Older brother
~がる
to feel
文章(ぶんしょう)
Sentence, text
()(がみ)
letter
明後日(あさって)
The day after tomorrow
(ひる)御飯(ごはん)
Lunch
(にち)(よう)()
Sunday
()
Turn, bend
~ずつ
at a time
(ろう)()
Corridor
(よわ)
weak
(ひがし)
East
電話(でんわ)
Telephone
()
Hand
(ある)
walk
テレビ
TV
(ひろ)
spacious, wide, broad
教室(きょうしつ)
classroom
ハンカチ
Handkerchief
字引(じびき)
Dictionary
(なつ)(やす)
Summer vacation
~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
(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
(ちち)
father
(あに)
Elder brother
(なに)
What
(ぬる)
Lukewarm
テーブル
table
()
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
(ぎゅう)(にゅう)
milk
(だい)()
Love
(した)
Under, below, beneath
ホテル
hotel
(みどり)
Green
(まい)(しゅう)
Every week
いつ
When
ペン
pen
(おお)
Many
カレー
Curry
(ぶた)(にく)
pork
(ちゃ)(いろ)
brown
(かた)()()
Katakana
(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
(かみ)
paper
(らい)(ねん)
Next year
トイレ
Toilet
(くろ)
Black
(すこ)ょっと
A little, somewhat
()
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
(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)
(にく)
meat
(いた)
Painful, sore
()かける
go out
()
need
(とし)
Year, Age
()(しょ)(かん)
library
冷蔵庫(れいぞうこ)
fridge
()くす
lose
(わた)
Cross
(たか)
tall, high; expensive
来年(らいねん)
the year after next
(もん)
Gate
()
Times; Degree; Point
(でん)(しゃ)
train
(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
(なか)
during, while
帽子(ぼうし)
Hat, cap
(あか)
red
()
four
(はたら)
Work
()
Liking, fondness, love
夕飯(ゆうはん)
Dinner, supper
()
Lend
()
eye
(こん)(しゅう)
This week
外国(がいこく)
Foreign country
()
five
(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
また
And, furthermore
(ひく)
low, short
(やす)
inexpensive, cheap
ポケット
Pocket
(あお)
Blue
()
Bloom
こんな
like this, such
ワイシャツ
Dress shirt
(はち)
Eight
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
()
Open
(がつ)
-month
(あつ)
Kind
()(れい)
Pretty, clean, tidy
病院(びょういん)
hospital
(ひだり)
Left
地下(ちか)(てつ)
Subway
(かえ)
return, go home
大学(だいがく)
university
(やまい)()
illness, sickness
ノート
notebook
(ちか)
near, close
(まえ)
before, in front
(かぶ)ぶる
wear
()
cut, hang up
(やま)
mountain
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
(おん)(がく)
Music
(はや)
Fast
(だれ)
Who
フォーク
fork
()ちら
Over there
これ
This one
(あめ)
candy
メートル
meter
(ふと)
Fat, thick
(くすり)
Medicine
(ぜん)()
All, Entire, Whole
(みち)
road
(おお)きい
Big, large
(いけ)
pond
(わか)
Young
(ほん)
book
()
enter, contain, hold
(しん)(ぶん)
newspaper
(そう)()
cleaning, sweeping
(ちい)さな
Small, little
とても
very
エレベーター
elevator
手洗(てあら)
Restroom, bathroom
(おんな)
woman
一人(ひとり)
One person
ニュース
News
元気(げんき)
Energetic, healthy
(おな)
Same
では
Then, well, so
(いろ)(いろ)
Various
(こう)()(てん)
intersection
(きた)
North
(くるま)
car
(わた)
hand over; cross
一昨日(おととい)
The day before yesterday
(まい)(にち)
Every day
()()
Straight ahead
(やっ)
eight
(まい)
counter for flat objects
(なら)
line up
番号(ばんごう)
Number
(みな)さん
Everyone
(がく)(こう)
school
公園(こうえん)
park
(よん)
Four
一番(いちばん)
Number one, best
(じか)ぐに
Immediately, soon
カレンダー
calendar
(みな)んな
Everyone
()しい
Want
(かさ)
umbrella
まだ
still, yet, besides
(おんな)()
girl
(とも)(だち)
friends
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
(まど)
window
午前(ごぜん)
Morning, A.M./ˌeɪ.em/
(あさ)()(はん)
Breakfast
(みみ)
ear
(ねこ)
cat
(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
()()
room
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
(せっ)(けん)
soap
()
Pull, draw; subtract
(かわ); (かわ)
River
マッチ
match
(すい)曜日(ようび)
Wednesday
(ここの)
Nine things
()
~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
眼鏡(めがね)
glasses
ストーブ
Heater
レストラン
restaurant
(あま)
sweet, generous
雑誌(ざっし)
Magazine
誕生(たんじょう)()
birthday
(いち)(かげつ)
One month
(いつ)()
five days
医者(いしゃ)
doctor
()
go
(ゆう)(がた)
evening
(たち)たち
-s or -es
(わる)
Bad, sinful; inferior
()まる
Stop
(りっ)()
splendid, fine
(なか)
stomach
ナイフ
knife
(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
(むら)
village
食堂(しょくどう)
Cafeteria, dining hall
(たの)しい
enjoyable, fun
(まち)
town, city
()
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
(れい)
zero
()
Two
()べる
Eat
(ばん)
Evening
(かい)
-th floor
(ふん)
~ minutes
(あたた)かい
warm
()きる
get up / happen
()
tree
()
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
ええ
Yes
()
Paste, affix, or post
(せん)(せい)
teacher
(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
(とり)(にく)
Chicken meat
ネクタイ
necktie
グラム
Gram
(たて)(もの)
building
(ひる)
noon, daytime
映画(えいが)(かん)
movie theater
(とり)
bird
(でん)()
electricity, electric light
()
not exist, do not have
()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
(はな)
flower
学生(がくせい)
student
(ころ)ろ;(ころ) ~ごろ
about, toward, approximately
(しろ)
White
(いく)くら
How much
スカート
skirt
万年筆(まんねんひつ)
fountain pen
()
Japanese style door
どうして
Why
(かね)
money
()まる
Close
(ほん)(だな)
Bookshelf
()
Return
(げつ)曜日(ようび)
Monday
()れる
put in
(いち)
one
(むずか)しい
Difficult
(あか)
Red
()色い
yellow
(やす)
Rest, take a break, take time off
ボタン
Button
()
to be, to have
辞書(じしょ)
dictionary
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
(あし); (あし)
Foot; leg
有名(ゆうめい)
famous
(らい)(げつ)
next month
(すず)しい
Cool, refreshing
(たて)
Length, height
財布(さいふ)
wallet
()
Say
(ほそ)
thin, slender, fine
会社(かいしゃ)
Company
(つと)める
work (for)
(なに)
What sort of
やる
Do; give
(おそ)
slow; late
(こん)(げつ)
This month
(さん)
three
()
hear, listen, ask
()
Come
(くち)
Mouth, opening
(いく)くつ
How many, how old
()
often, well
()
fly
(なな)
seven
()
Sit
()()
Ticket
()(かん)
time
(ふる)
old, aged, ancient
セーター
sweater
写真(しゃしん)
Photograph
(あま)
not very, surplus
(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
(かぎ)
key
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
()(とう)
sugar
()()
This morning
下手(へた)
unskillful, poor
(ひと)
One thing
(くも)
Cloudy
テープ
Tape
(はし)
bridge
(げん)(かん)
Entrance
(うし)
behind, back, rear
()
finish, close
(ろく)
six
()まれる
to be born
(ふた)
two
(こん)(ばん)
Tonight
(えん)(ぴつ)
pencil
(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
八百屋(やおや)
greengrocer
(きのう)
Yesterday
()(もの)
Drink, beverage
(かる)
Light, minor
昨夜(さくや)
Last night
()
see, look
コーヒー
coffee
便利(べんり)
convenient, handy
()
Stand up
(あき)
autumn
(いや)
Disagreeable, detestable, unpleasant
ベッド
bed
ラジオ
radio
()
take out; hand in
(さかな)
fish
封筒(ふうとう)
envelope
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
(とお)()
ten days
(ひと)
person
()かる
take
大勢(おおぜい)
Great number of people
(ふつ)
Two days
銀行(ぎんこう)
bank
(ばん)()(はん)
Dinner, evening meal
(おとうと)
younger brother
(はな)(びん)
vase
(うみ)
ocean
(みっ)()
Three days, third day of the month
(どれ)
Which one
(だれ)
Someone
スプーン
spoon
()(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
(たまご)
egg
(よこ)
Beside, side, width
(だん)(だん)
gradually, by degrees
子供(こども)
Child
(がわ)
Side
カメラ
camera
英語(えいご)
English
(ひき)
counter for small animals
()
Wait
(はこ)
box
(いぬ)
dog
(ふく)
Clothes
(はじ)めて
For the first time
(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
毎年(まいとし)
Every year
ズボン
pants
(はな)
speak
二十(はつ)()
Twentieth
()せる
Show
タクシー
taxi
靴下(くつした)
socks
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