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
テーブル
table
N5
話
はなし
talk (chat), story
N5
高い
たかい
tall, high; expensive
N5
テープ
tape
N5
テープレコーダー
tape recorder
N5
タクシー
taxi
N5
先生
せんせい
teacher, professor; master; doctor
N5
テレビ
television, TV
N5
十日
とおか
ten days; tenth day of the month
N5
万
まん
ten thousand
N5
まずい
terrible (in reference to food), unappetizing, unpleasant (taste)
N5
テスト
test
N5
どうも
Thank you; somehow; no matter how hard one may try
N5
あれ
that one (over there)
N5
一昨日
おととい
the day before yesterday
N5
ない
there isn't, doesn't have
N5
あそこ
there, over there, that place
N5
細い
ほそい
thin, slender, fine
N5
今月
こんげつ
this month
N5
今朝
けさ
this morning
N5
これ
this one
N5
こちら
this person (polite); this way (polite)
N5
あちら
this way (polite)
N5
今週
こんしゅう
this week
N5
今年
ことし
this year
N5
千
せん
thousand
N5
三
さん
three
N5
三日
みっか
three days, third day of the month
N5
三つ
みっつ
three things
N5
ネクタイ
tie, necktie
N5
答える
こたえる
to answer, to reply
N5
出る
でる
to appear, to leave
N5
困る
こまる
to be bothered, to have difficulty
N5
違う
ちがう
to be different; to differ; wrong
N5
晴れる
はれる
to be sunny
N5
曇る
くもる
to become cloudy, to become dim
N5
借りる
かりる
to borrow, to owe
N5
磨く
みがく
to brush (teeth); to polish
N5
閉まる
しまる
to close, to be closed
N5
来る
くる
to come
N5
止まる
とまる
to come to a halt
N5
渡る
わたる
to cross over, to go across
N5
切る
きる
to cut; to hang up (a phone)
N5
死ぬ
しぬ
to die
N5
飲む
のむ
to drink
N5
食べる
たべる
to eat
N5
入る
はいる
to enter, to contain, to hold
N5
消す
けす
to erase, to delete, to turn off power
N5
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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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