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
独身
どくしん
single, unmarried
N3
スキー
ski
N3
笑顔
えがお
smile (on one's face)
N3
雪
ゆき
snow
N3
付き合い
つきあい
socialization; friendship; association
N3
世の中
よのなか
society, the world
N3
ソファー
sofa, couch
N3
誰か
だれか
someone
N3
何か
なにか
something
N3
スピーチ
speech
N3
りっぱ
splendid, fine
N3
結構
けっこう
splendid; enough, tolerably
N3
春
はる
spring
N3
徹夜
てつや
staying up all night, sleepless night
N3
お腹
おなか
stomach
N3
胃
い
stomach
N3
まっすぐ
straight (ahead), direct
N3
勉強
べんきょう (する)
study
N3
成功
せいこう
success, hit
N3
日曜日
にちようび
Sunday
N3
監督
かんとく
supervision, control, (movie) director
N3
調査
ちょうさ
survey; investigation
N3
スイッチ
switch
N3
症状
しょうじょう
symptoms, condition
N3
制度
せいど
system, institution
N3
対象
たいしょう
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (i.e., of taxation)
N3
税金
ぜいきん
tax, duty
N3
チーム
team
N3
気温
きおん
temperature (weather not used for things)
N3
十
(〜を) とお
ten (~)
N3
十
じゅう
ten
N3
教科書
きょうかしょ
textbook
N3
その
that
N3
それ
that one
N3
末
すえ
the end of, powder
N3
全国
ぜんこく
the entire nation, countrywide, nationwide
N3
先日
せんじつ
the other day, a few days ago
N3
いわゆる
the socalled, sotospeak
N3
では
then, well, so
N3
薄い
うすい
thin, weak
N3
物
もの
thing (concrete object)
N3
この
this
N3
一生
いっしょう
throughout (one's) life
N3
木曜日
もくようび
Thursday
N3
応じる
おうじる
to adapt, to respond, to comply with
N3
悩む
なやむ
to agonize, to be troubled
N3
現れる
あらわれる
to appear (v.i.), to become visible; to express
N3
申し込む
もうしこむ
to apply for, to make an application
N3
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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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