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
デザート
dessert
N1
破壊
はかい
destruction
N1
絶滅
ぜつめつ
destruction, extinction
N2
詳細
しょうさい
detail, particulars
N1
詳しい
くわしい
detailed; full; accurate
N3
洗剤
せんざい
detergent
N2
改悪
かいあく
deterioration, changing for the worse
N1
悪化
あっか
deterioration, worsen
N1
決心
けっしん
determination, resolution
N2
回り道
まわりみち
detour
N2
遠回り
とおまわり
detour, roundabout way
N1
展開
てんかい
develop, expansion (opposite of compression)
N2
現像
げんぞう
developing (film)
N1
開発
かいはつ
development, exploitation
N1
発達
はったつ
development, growth
N2
発展
はってん
development, growth, progress
N2
工夫
くふう
device, artifice, ingenuity
N2
～器
～き
device, equipment
N2
仕掛
しかけ
device, trick, mechanism
N1
悪魔
あくま
devil, demon, evil spirit
N2
露
つゆ
dew
N1
診断
しんだん
diagnosis
N2
斜
はす
diagonal
N2
斜め
ななめ
diagonal, oblique
N2
ダイヤグラム
diagram
N2
ダイヤル
dial
N2
方言
ほうげん
dialect
N2
直径
ちょっけい
diameter
N2
倍率
ばいりつ
diameter, magnification
N1
ダイヤモンド
diamond
N2
おむつ
diaper, nappy
N1
下痢
げり
diarrhea
N1
日記
にっき
diary, journal
N4
書取
かきとり
dictation
N2
独裁
どくさい
dictatorship, despotism
N1
字引
じびき
dictionary
N5
辞書
じしょ
dictionary
N5
議事堂
ぎじどう
Diet building
N1
議会
ぎかい
Diet, congress, parliament
N2
違い
ちがい
difference, discrepancy
N3
相違
そうい
difference, discrepancy, variation
N2
格差
かくさ
difference, disparity
N1
ずれ
difference, gap
N1
差
さ
difference, variation
N2
異見
いけん
different opinion, objection
N1
異論
いろん
different opinion, objection
N1
難しい
むずかしい
difficult
N5
～にくい
difficult to do ~
N4
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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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