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
蒸気
じょうき
steam, vapor
N2
汽船
きせん
steamship
N1
険しい
けわしい
steep, rugged; severe
N2
～歩
～ほ
step, pace
N2
歩み
あゆみ
step, progress, history
N1
段
だん
step, stair, grade
N2
ステレオ
stereo
N4
聴診器
ちょうしんき
stethoscope
N1
スチュワーデス
stewardess
N2
粘り
ねばり
stickiness, viscosity
N1
餅
もち
sticky rice cake
N2
まして
still more, still less (with neg. verb), to say nothing of
N1
依然
いぜん
still, as yet
N1
なお
still, yet
N2
静止
せいし
stillness, repose, standing still
N1
刺激
しげき
stimulus, impetus, incentive
N2
けち
stinginess, miser
N2
臭い
くさい
stinky, smelly, badsmelling
N2
株式
かぶしき
stock
N1
牧畜
ぼくちく
stockfarming
N2
株
かぶ
stock; stump (of tree)
N2
ストッキング
stockings
N2
在庫
ざいこ
stockpile, stock
N1
お腹
おなか
stomach
N3
胃
い
stomach
N3
石
いし
stone
N4
碑
ひ
stone monument bearing an inscription
N1
ストップ
stop
N2
栓
せん
stopper, cork, stopcock
N2
停車
ていしゃ
stopping (e.g., train)
N2
物置
ものおき
storage room
N2
貯蔵
ちょぞう
storage, preservation
N2
店
みせ
store, shop
N5
店屋
みせや
store, shop
N2
倉庫
そうこ
storehouse, warehouse
N2
嵐
あらし
storm
N2
暴風
ぼうふう
storm, windstorm, gale
N1
まっすぐ
straight (ahead), direct
N3
直線
ちょくせん
straight line
N2
すっと
straight, quickly
N4
変
へん
strange, odd
N4
奇妙
きみょう
strange, queer, curious
N2
妙
みょう
strange, unusual
N2
おかしい
strange; odd; funny
N4
異常
いじょう
strangeness, abnormality, disorder
N2
吊り革
つりかわ
strap
N1
ストロー
straw
N1
藁
わら
straw
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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