JLPT Vocabulary — 10,000+ Japanese Words
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食べる taberu · to eat飲む nomu · to drink行く iku · to go来る kuru · to come見る miru · to see聞く kiku · to hear話す hanasu · to speak書く kaku · to write読む yomu · to read学ぶ manabu · to learn好き suki · to like大きい ookii · big小さい chiisai · small新しい atarashii · new古い furui · oldありがとう arigatou · thank youすみません sumimasen · excuse meはじめまして hajimemashite · nice to meet you頑張る ganbaru · to do one's best日本語 nihongo · Japanese language勉強 benkyou · studying先生 sensei · teacher学生 gakusei · student学校 gakkou · school電車 densha · train会社 kaisha · company仕事 shigoto · work / job家族 kazoku · family友達 tomodachi · friend時間 jikan · time明日 ashita · tomorrow食べる taberu · to eat飲む nomu · to drink行く iku · to go来る kuru · to come見る miru · to see聞く kiku · to hear話す hanasu · to speak書く kaku · to write読む yomu · to read学ぶ manabu · to learn好き suki · to like大きい ookii · big小さい chiisai · small新しい atarashii · new古い furui · oldありがとう arigatou · thank youすみません sumimasen · excuse meはじめまして hajimemashite · nice to meet you頑張る ganbaru · to do one's best日本語 nihongo · Japanese language勉強 benkyou · studying先生 sensei · teacher学生 gakusei · student学校 gakkou · school電車 densha · train会社 kaisha · company仕事 shigoto · work / job家族 kazoku · family友達 tomodachi · friend時間 jikan · time明日 ashita · tomorrow
拝啓
はいけい
a formal greeting used at the beginning of a letter
N1
アクセル
(abbr.) accelerator
N1
インテリ
(abbr.) egghead, intelligentsia
N1
外来
がいらい
(abbr.) imported, outpatient clinic
N1
インフレ
(abbr.) inflation
N1
スト
(abbr.) strike
N1
道場
どうじょう
(arch) dojo, hall used for martial arts training, mandala
N1
残高
ざんだか
(bank) balance, remainder
N1
売り出し
うりだし
(bargain) sale
N1
到底
とうてい
(cannot) possibly
N1
抱っこ
だっこ
(child's) hug
N1
ハンガー
(coat) hanger
N1
モニター
(computer) monitor
N1
倒産
とうさん
(corporate) bankruptcy, insolvency
N1
ことによると
(depending on the circumstances)
N1
期末
きまつ
(end of the season or term)
N1
稲光
いなびかり
(flash of) lightning
N1
花びら
はなびら
(flower) petal
N1
駆けっこ
かけっこ
(foot) race
N1
お産
おさん
(giving) birth
N1
並行
へいこう
(going) side by side, concurrent, at the same time
N1
打ち消し
うちけし
(gram) negation, denial, negative
N1
助詞
じょし
(gram) particle(s), postposition
N1
子息
しそく
(hon.) son
N1
拝借
はいしゃく
(humble) (polite) borrowing
N1
物好き
ものずき
(idle) curiosity
N1
金槌
かなづち
(iron) hammer
N1
手元
てもと
(money) on hand or at home, one's purse; usual skill
N1
てんで
(not) at all, altogether, entirely
N1
実家
じっか
(one's parents') home
N1
晩年
ばんねん
(one's) last years
N1
本音
ほんね
(one's) real intention, motive
N1
焚火
たきび
(open) fire
N1
ネガ
(photographic) negative
N1
発育
はついく
(physical) growth, development
N1
球根
きゅうこん
(plant) bulb
N1
政権
せいけん
(political) administration, political power
N1
権力
けんりょく
(political) power, authority, influence
N1
秘書
ひしょ
(private) secretary
N1
赴任
ふにん
(proceeding to) new appointment
N1
膳
ぜん
(small) table, tray, meal
N1
群衆
ぐんしゅう
(social) group, crowd, mob
N1
群集
ぐんしゅう
(social) group, crowd, mob
N1
逆転
ぎゃくてん
(sudden) change, reversal, turnaround
N1
再建
さいけん
(temple or shrine) rebuilding
N1
市場
しじょう
(the) market (as a concept)
N1
幹
みき
(tree) trunk
N1
裾
すそ
(trouser) cuff, (skirt) hem, cut edge of a hairdo
N1
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This database contains over 10,000 vocabulary items covering all five JLPT levels — N5 to N1. Each word includes kanji, kana and an English meaning to support your study.
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N5 is the easiest JLPT level, covering around 800 core words for basic daily conversation. N1 is the highest, requiring mastery of 10,000+ words including formal and literary vocabulary. Work through N5 → N4 → N3 → N2 → N1 in order.
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