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
流行る
はやる
to be popular, to come into fashion
N2
整う
ととのう
to be prepared, to be in order, to be arranged
N2
儲かる
もうかる
to be profitable, to yield a profit
N2
延びる
のびる
to be prolonged
N2
長引く
ながびく
to be prolonged, to drag on
N2
威張る
いばる
to be proud, to swagger
N2
迷う
まよう
to be puzzled, to be perplexed, to lose one's way
N2
映る
うつる
to be reflected, to come out (photo)
N2
改まる
あらたまる
to be renewed; to be formal
N1
蘇る
よみがえる
to be resurrected, to be revived
N2
富む
とむ
to be rich, to become rich
N1
滅びる
ほろびる
to be ruined, to perish, to be destroyed
N1
悲しむ
かなしむ
to be sad, to mourn for, to regret
N2
助かる
たすかる
to be saved; (something) helps (v.i.)
N3
決まる
きまる
to be set; fixed (v.i.)
N4
震わせる
ふるわせる
to be shaking, to be trembling
N1
呆れる
あきれる
to be shocked, to be appalled
N2
縮まる
ちぢまる
to be shortened, to be contracted, to shrink
N1
隔てる
へだてる
to be shut out
N2
黙る
だまる
to be silent
N2
潰れる
つぶれる
to be smashed, to go bankrupt
N2
売れる
うれる
to be sold
N2
売り切れる
うりきれる
to be sold out
N2
点く
つく
to be started, to be switched on
N4
粘る
ねばる
to be sticky, to be adhesive, to persist, to stick to
N1
荒れる
あれる
to be stormy, to be rough, to be ruined
N2
足る
たる
to be sufficient, to be enough
N2
足りる
たりる
to be sufficient; to be enough
N4
晴れる
はれる
to be sunny
N5
びっくりする
to be surprised
N4
驚く
おどろく
to be surprised, to be astonished
N4
教わる
おそわる
to be taught
N2
渇く
かわく
to be thirsty
N2
思い込む
おもいこむ
to be under impression that, to be convinced that
N2
尽きる
つきる
to be used up, to be run out
N1
見える
みえる
to be visible; polite verb meaning 来る
N4
縮れる
ちぢれる
to be wavy, to be curled
N2
もてる
to be well liked, to be popular
N1
湿る
しめる
to be wet, to be damp
N2
値する
あたいする
to be worth, to deserve
N1
励む
はげむ
to be zealous, to make an effort
N1
在る
ある
to be, to have
N3
有る
ある
to be, to have
N3
透き通る
すきとおる
to be(come) transparent
N2
生る
なる
to bear fruit
N2
実る
みのる
to bear fruit, to ripen
N2
心掛ける
こころがける
to bear in mind, to aim to do
N1
帯びる
おびる
to bear, to carry, to be entrusted
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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