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
指令
しれい
orders, instructions, directive
N1
日常
にちじょう
ordinary, regular, everyday
N2
器官
きかん
organ (of body, instrument)
N1
オルガン
organ
N2
有機
ゆうき
organic
N1
団体
だんたい
organization, association
N2
構成
こうせい
organization, composition
N2
主催
しゅさい
organization, sponsorship, to host
N1
組織
そしき
organization; structure; tissue
N2
東洋
とうよう
Orient
N2
オリエンテーション
orientation
N1
原点
げんてん
origin (coordinates, starting point)
N1
始まり
はじまり
origin, beginning
N2
起源
きげん
origin, beginning, rise
N1
元
もと
origin, original; former
N2
原始
げんし
origin, primeval
N2
原書
げんしょ
original document
N1
原形
げんけい
original form, base form
N1
原作
げんさく
original work
N1
独自
どくじ
original, peculiar, characteristic
N1
原典
げんてん
original, source
N1
独創
どくそう
originality
N1
元々
もともと
originally, by nature, from the start
N2
元来
がんらい
originally, naturally
N1
装飾
そうしょく
ornament
N1
修飾
しゅうしょく
ornamentation; modification (gram)
N1
孤児
こじ
orphan
N1
振動
しんどう
oscillation, vibration
N1
他
た
other (esp. places and things)
N2
他
ほか
other (esp. places and things)
N2
以外
いがい
other than, with the exception of, excepting
N4
外
ほか
other, the rest
N3
耳鼻科
じびか
otolaryngology
N1
当～
とう～
Our ~ (e.g., Hotel, plane, etc.)
N1
我～
わが～
our ~
N2
アウト
out
N2
～切れ
～きれ
out of ~
N2
～外
～がい
out of ~
N2
絶版
ぜっぱん
out of print
N1
発生
はっせい
outbreak, spring forth, occurrence
N1
屋外
おくがい
outdoors
N2
出
で
outflow, coming (going) out, graduate (of)
N2
お出掛け
おでかけ
outing
N2
外出
がいしゅつ
outing, going out
N2
大筋
おおすじ
outline, summary
N1
概略
がいりゃく
outline, summary, gist
N1
粗筋
あらすじ
outline, synopsis
N2
とんでもない
outrageous, No way!
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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