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
密
みつ
thick, close
N2
鈍感
どんかん
thickheadedness, stolidity
N1
泥棒
どろぼう
thief; burglar
N4
股
また
thigh, crotch
N1
股
もも
thigh, femur
N1
腿
もも
thigh, femur
N1
細い
ほそい
thin, slender, fine
N5
薄い
うすい
thin, weak
N3
物
もの
thing (concrete object)
N3
品
しな
thing, article, goods
N2
事
こと
thing(s), matter(s), fact
N4
女～
じょ～
things done by women
N2
物事
ものごと
things, everything
N2
考え
かんがえ
thinking, thought, ideas
N2
この
this
N3
今夜
こんや
this evening, tonight
N4
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
こっち
this person; this direction; this side
N4
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
今～
こん～
this, current
N2
とげ (をさす)
thorn
N1
徹底
てってい
thoroughness, completeness
N2
それなのに
though, although
N2
思考
しこう
thought
N1
思想
しそう
thought, idea
N2
軽率
けいそつ
thoughtless, careless, hasty
N1
千
せん
thousand
N5
糸
いと
thread
N4
脅迫
きょうはく
threat, coercion
N1
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
三味線
しゃみせん
threestringed Japanese guitar
N1
倹約
けんやく
thrift, economy, frugality
N1
喉
のど
throat
N4
どきどき
throb, beat (fast)
N2
一生
いっしょう
throughout (one's) life
N3
捨てる
すてる
throw away (trash), dump, discard
N4
投入
とうにゅう
throw, investment, making (an electrical circuit)
N1
親指
おやゆび
thumb
N2
雷
かみなり
thunder
N2
木曜日
もくようび
Thursday
N3
券
けん
ticket, certificate
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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