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
吐く
はく
to throw up, to vomit
N3
突く
つつく
to thrust, to strike, to attack; to poke, to nudge, to pick at
N1
突く
つく
to thrust, to strike; to poke
N2
束ねる
たばねる
to tie up in a bundle, to control
N1
縛る
しばる
to tie, to bind
N2
結ぶ
むすぶ
to tie, to bind, to link
N2
繋ぐ
つなぐ
to tie, to fasten, to connect
N2
締める
しめる
to tie, to fasten, to tighten
N3
耕す
たがやす
to till, to plow, to cultivate
N2
題する
だいする
to title
N1
触る
さわる
to touch, to feel
N4
触れる
ふれる
to touch, to feel, to violate
N2
いじる
to touch, to tamper with
N1
乗り換える
のりかえる
to transfer (trains), to change (bus, train, etc.)
N4
訳す
やくす
to translate
N3
運ぶ
はこぶ
to transport, to carry
N4
取り扱う
とりあつかう
to treat, to handle, to deal in
N1
扱う
あつかう
to treat, to handle, to deal with
N2
騙す
だます
to trick, to cheat, to deceive
N2
頑張る
がんばる
to try one's best, to try hard, to persist
N4
努める
つとめる
to try, to aim
N2
試みる
こころみる
to try, to test
N1
引き返す
ひきかえす
to turn back, to go back, reverse
N2
振り返る
ふりかえる
to turn head, to turn around, to look back
N1
裏返す
うらがえす
to turn inside out, to turn (something) over
N2
つける
to turn on (e.g., a light); to take
N3
振り向く
ふりむく
to turn one's face, to turn around
N2
譲る
ゆずる
to turn over, to assign, to hand over
N2
引っ繰り返す
ひっくりかえす
to turn over, to overturn, to knock over
N2
捲る
めくる
to turn over, to turn pages of a book
N1
向ける
むける
to turn towards, to point
N2
折り返す
おりかえす
to turn up, to fold back
N1
曲る
まがる
to turn, to bend
N3
転じる
てんじる
to turn, to shift
N1
転ずる
てんずる
to turn, to shift
N1
捩る
ねじる
to twist
N2
捻る
ひねる
to twist, to turn
N2
分かる
わかる
to understand
N5
心得る
こころえる
to understand, to have thorough knowledge
N2
引受る
ひきうける
to undertake, to take up, to take over
N2
解く
ほどく
to unfasten
N2
外す
はずす
to unfasten, to remove
N2
解く
とく
to unfasten; answer, solve
N2
勧める
すすめる
to urge (someone) to do (something), to recommend
N3
促す
うながす
to urge, to suggest, to demand
N1
使う
つかう
to use
N5
用いる
もちいる
to use, to make use of
N2
尊ぶ
とうとぶ
to value, to prize, to esteem
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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