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
気味
きみ
like, looking, looked
N2
ねじ
(a) screw
N2
おはよう
(abbr.) Good morning
N2
いつでも
(at) any time, always
N2
録音
ろくおん
(audio) recording
N2
貯金
ちょきん
(bank) savings
N2
車輪
しゃりん
(car) wheel
N2
往復
おうふく
(col) round trip, coming and going, return ticket
N2
はめる
(col) to get in, to insert, to put on
N2
小便
しょうべん
(col) urine, piss
N2
在学
ざいがく
(enrolled) in school
N2
主語
しゅご
(gram) subject
N2
手拭い
てぬぐい
(hand) towel
N2
御覧
ごらん
(hon.) look, inspection, try
N2
伯父さん
おじさん
(hon.) middleaged gentleman, uncle
N2
叔父さん
おじさん
(hon.) middleaged gentleman, uncle
N2
小父さん
おじさん
(hon.) middleaged gentleman, uncle
N2
人生
じんせい
(human) life (e.g., conception to death)
N2
人命
じんめい
(human) life
N2
伯母
おば
(humble) aunt (older than one's parent)
N2
承る
うけたまわる
(humble) to hear, to be told, to know
N2
存じる
ぞんじる
(humble) to know
N2
存ずる
ぞんずる
(humble) to know
N2
伯父
おじ
(humble) uncle (older than one's parent)
N2
～ほう (ひかく)
(in comparison)
N2
担当
たんとう
(in) charge
N2
夕日
ゆうひ
(in) the evening sun, setting sun
N2
下駄
げた
(Japanese footwear), wooden clogs
N2
紅葉
もみじ
(Japanese) maple
N2
いってきます
(Lit.) I'll go and come back, 'I'm going, see you later'
N2
いってまいります
(Lit.) I'll go and come back, 'I'm going, see you later'
N2
正
せい
(logical) true, regular
N2
食う
くう
(male) (vulg.) to eat
N2
定規
じょうぎ
(measuring) ruler
N2
政党
せいとう
(member of) political party
N2
大して
たいして
(not so) much, (not) very
N2
必ずしも
かならずしも
(not) always, (not) necessarily
N2
別に
べつに
(not) particularly, nothing
N2
主人
しゅじん
(one's own) husband
N2
破産
はさん
(personal) bankruptcy
N2
違いない
ちがいない
(phrase) sure, no mistaking it, for certain
N2
ダイヤ
(railway) schedule; diamond
N2
信仰
しんこう
(religious) faith, belief
N2
流域
りゅういき
(river) basin
N2
科目
かもく
(school) subject, curriculum, course
N2
はあ (かん)
(sigh)
N2
地位
ちい
(social) position, status
N2
夕立
ゆうだち
(sudden) evening shower (rain)
N2
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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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