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
まぶしい
dazzling, radiant
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締切
しめきり
deadline
N2
期限
きげん
deadline, term
N2
恋しい
こいしい
dear, beloved; to miss
N2
懐かしい
なつかしい
dear, desired, missed
N2
死亡
しぼう
death
N2
借金
しゃっきん
debt, loan, liabilities
N2
決定
けってい
decision, determination
N2
下降
かこう
decline, descent, fall
N2
御免
ごめん
declining (something); pardon, sorry
N2
飾り
かざり
decoration
N2
真っ青
まっさお
deep blue, ghastly pale
N2
感激
かんげき
deep emotion, impression, inspiration
N2
真っ赤
まっか
deep red, flushed (of face)
N2
負け
まけ
defeat, loss
N2
欠陥
けっかん
defect, fault, deficiency
N2
粗
あら
defect, flaw, fault
N2
短所
たんしょ
defect, weak point; disadvantage
N2
警備
けいび
defense, guard, policing, security
N2
程度
ていど
degree, amount, level
N2
微妙
びみょう
delicate, subtle
N2
配達
はいたつ
delivery, distribution
N2
需要
じゅよう
demand
N2
催促
さいそく
demand, urge (action), press for
N2
デモ
demo, demonstration
N2
民主～
みんしゅ～
democratic
N2
課
か
department, division
N2
発車
はっしゃ
departure of a vehicle
N2
脱線
だっせん
derailment, digression
N2
子孫
しそん
descendant, offspring
N2
砂漠
さばく
desert
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指定
してい
designation, specification, assignment
N2
願い
ねがい
desire, wish, request
N2
必死
ひっし
desperation, frantic, inevitable result
N2
専制
せんせい
despotism, autocracy
N2
絶滅
ぜつめつ
destruction, extinction
N2
洗剤
せんざい
detergent
N2
決心
けっしん
determination, resolution
N2
回り道
まわりみち
detour
N2
展開
てんかい
develop, expansion (opposite of compression)
N2
発達
はったつ
development, growth
N2
発展
はってん
development, growth, progress
N2
工夫
くふう
device, artifice, ingenuity
N2
～器
～き
device, equipment
N2
悪魔
あくま
devil, demon, evil spirit
N2
診断
しんだん
diagnosis
N2
斜
はす
diagonal
N2
斜め
ななめ
diagonal, oblique
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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