Japanese vocabulary organized by JLPT level

Wikipedia JLPT N5 Vocab 1-100

This collection contains 99 words.
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. time
2. hours (period of)
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noun
1. company; corporation
2. workplace
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1. telephone call; phone call
2. telephone (device); phone  (see also: 電話機; abbreviation)
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noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. today; this day
2. these days; recently; nowadays  (this meaning is restricted to reading こんにち)
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noun
1. photograph; photo; picture; snapshot; snap
2. movie  (see also: 活動写真)
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi), 'no' adjective
all; entire; whole; altogether
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noun
1. post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.  (see also: 総合大学)
2. former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators)  (see also: 大学寮, 国学; abbreviation)
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big; large; great  (see also: 小さな)
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noun
1. sentence; article; composition  (linguistics terminology)
2. (writing) style
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noun
1. question (e.g. on a test); problem
2. problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter
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expression
1. please give me  (often written with kana only; honorific)
2. please do for me  (after te-form of a verb or a noun prefixed with o- or go-; often written with kana only; honorific)
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe
2. to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge  (see also: 診る)
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task  (often written with kana only)
2. to be ready; to be completed  (often written with kana only)
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travel; trip
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home; family; household
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adverb, conjunction, prefix
again; and; also; still (doing something)  (often written with kana only)
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noun
school
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question; inquiry; enquiry
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noun
number; series of digits
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
this year
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1. myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
2. I; me
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1. high; tall  (opposite: 低い; this meaning is restricted to form 高い)
2. expensive
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newspaper
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1. work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task
2. work  (physics terminology)
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noun
student (esp. a university student)
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numeric
1. one
noun
2. for one thing  (often used in itemized lists)
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noun
1. name; full name  (see also: 名字, )
2. given name; first name
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noun
1. teacher; master; doctor  (honorific)
suffix
2. with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific  (honorific)
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noun
1. one person  (esp. 一人)
2. alone; unmarried; solitary  (esp. 独り; this meaning is restricted to reading ひとり)
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convenient; handy; useful
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movie; film
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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noun
page  (頁 is sometimes ぺえじ or ぺいじ; often written with kana only)
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particle
1. et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth  (often written with kana only)
2. or something  (after an approximate quote or vague suggestion; often written with kana only)
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conjunction
1. but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so
particle
2. even
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain  (often written with kana only)
2. to result in; to prove to be
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conjunction, interjection (kandoushi)
then; well; so; well then  (see also: それでは)
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1. that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the  (see also: 何の, 此の, 其れ, 彼の; often written with kana only)
interjection (kandoushi)
2. um...; er...; uh...
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particle
1. than
2. from; out of; since; at; on
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sport; sports
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1. nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully  (see also: 良い; often written with kana only)
2. frequently; often  (often written with kana only)
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pronoun
1. this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic)  (see also: 何れ, 其れ, 彼:あれ; often written with kana only)
2. this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group)  (humble)
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1. good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable  (see also: 良い)
2. sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared  (see also: 良い)
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noun
back; behind; rear
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1. cooking; cookery; cuisine
2. dealing with something; handling; administration; management  (nuance of doing it easily)
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family; members of a family
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adverb, noun
1. all; everyone; everybody  (often written with kana only)
2. everything  (often written with kana only)
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irregular 'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live  (see also: 居る; often written with kana only)
2. to have  (often written with kana only)
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1. cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty  (often written with kana only)
2. dear; precious; darling; pet  (often written with kana only)
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
every day
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meaning; significance
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noun
music; musical movement
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shopping; purchased goods
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noun
watch; clock; timepiece
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noun
1. country; state
2. region
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noun
1. hand; arm  (see also: お手:おて; occ. pronounced た when a prefix)
2. forepaw; foreleg  (see also: お手:おて; colloquialism)
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numeric
ten  (拾 is used in legal documents)
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Most common form: あと
1. behind; rear  (see also: 後ずさり)
2. after; later  (see also: その後)
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1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern
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Most common form:
noun
1. road; street; way; path; course; route; lane
2. distance; ways (e.g. "a long ways")
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numeric
four  (肆 is used in legal documents)
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noun
1. tree; shrub; bush
2. wood; timber
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numeric
six  (陸 is used in legal documents)
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noun
1. year
2. age; years
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Most common form:
numeric
eight  (捌 is used in legal documents)
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1. what
prefix
2. how many  (see also: 何か月; followed by a counter; this meaning is restricted to reading なん)
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numeric
1. seven  (漆 is used in legal documents)
prefix
2. hepta-
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numeric
100; hundred  (陌 and 佰 are used in legal documents)
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Most common form: せん
numeric
1,000; thousand  (阡 and 仟 are used in legal documents)
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noun
sea; ocean; waters
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noun
1. flower; blossom; bloom; petal
2. cherry blossom
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noun
1. colour; color
2. complexion
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adverb, noun
1. small quantity; little; few; something
2. little while
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bank
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noun
automobile
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noun
1. room; chamber
2. apartment; flat; pad
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noun
child; children
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Most common form: 良い
1. good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable  (also いい (all senses); often written with kana only)
2. sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared
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noun
1. black  (see also: )
2. black go stone
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Most common form:
numeric
nine  (玖 is used in legal documents)
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Most common form: きた
noun
1. north
2. the North; northern territories
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noun
west
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noun
two persons; two people; pair; couple
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noun
south
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noun
1. below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter)
2. bottom
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more
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noun
1. electricity
2. (electric) light
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun, 'no' adjective
1. together  (see also: 御一緒)
2. at the same time
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noun
news
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(some) more; even more; longer; further
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noun
1. foot  (esp. 足)
2. leg  (esp. 脚,肢)
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noun
voice
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noun
1. garden; yard; courtyard
2. field (of action); area
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noun
friend; companion
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2. green
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noun
1. language; dialect  (see also: 言語)
2. word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark  (see also: 単語)
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noun
map
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