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
学期
がっき
term (school)
N2
用語
ようご
term, terminology
N2
終点
しゅうてん
terminus, last stop (e.g train)
N2
まずい
terrible (in reference to food), unappetizing, unpleasant (taste)
N5
とんだ
terrible, awful, serious, absolutely not
N1
ひどい
terrible, awful, unfair, cruel
N4
恐ろしい
おそろしい
terrible, dreadful
N2
凄い
すごい
terrific, great
N4
領海
りょうかい
territorial waters
N1
～領
～りょう
territory
N2
領地
りょうち
territory
N1
領土
りょうど
territory, possession
N1
テスト
test
N5
本文
ほんぶん
text (of document), body (of letter)
N1
テキスト
text; text book
N4
教科書
きょうかしょ
textbook
N3
織物
おりもの
textile, fabric
N1
ありがとう
Thank you
N2
サンキュー
thank you
N1
ごちそうさま
Thank you for the meal
N2
ご苦労様
ごくろうさま
Thank you for your had work
N2
どうも
Thank you; somehow; no matter how hard one may try
N5
おかげ
お陰
thanks or owing to
N4
おかげさまで
Thanks to god, thanks to you
N2
感謝
かんしゃ
thanks, gratitude
N2
その
that
N3
すなわち
that is, namely, e.g.
N2
あれ
that one (over there)
N5
それ
that one
N3
あの
that over there; like that, that way; um...
N4
そこ
that place, there; bottom, sole
N2
それはいけませんね (かん)
that's not good
N2
老人
ろうじん
the aged, old person
N2
身体
しんたい
the body
N2
肉体
にくたい
the body, the flesh
N1
一昨日
おととい
the day before yesterday
N5
故人
こじん
the deceased
N1
地球
ちきゅう
the earth
N2
末
まつ
the end of
N1
末
すえ
the end of, powder
N3
果て
はて
the end, the extremity, the limit(s)
N1
全国
ぜんこく
the entire nation, countrywide, nationwide
N3
麓
ふもと
the foot, the bottom, the base (of a mountain)
N2
前者
ぜんしゃ
the former
N2
内訳
うちわけ
the items, breakdown, classification
N1
日の丸
ひのまる
the Japanese flag
N1
五十音
ごじゅうおん
the Japanese syllabary
N2
後者
こうしゃ
the latter
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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