JLPT N5 Vocabulary List
Your starting set. Hiragana-heavy survival vocabulary covering greetings, numbers, family, food, classroom, and the most common verbs.
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飲む
Godan verb with 'mu' ending • transitive verb
JMDict
N5Common
- •to drink
- •to swallow
- •to take (medicine)
- •to smoke (tobacco)
- •のむ
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飴
noun (common)
JMDict
N5CommonFood
- •(hard) candy
- •toffee
- •rice-sugar
- •sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.
- •あめ
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駅
noun (common) • counter
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N5Common
- •railway station
- •train station
- •staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan)
- •counter for railway stations and bus stations
- •えき
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高い
i-adjective
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N5Common
- •high
- •tall
- •expensive
- •high-priced
- •たかい
- •たかーい
- •たっけー
- •たっかーい
魚
noun (common)
JMDict
N5Common
- •fish
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- •さかな
- •うお
鳥
noun (common)
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N5Common
- •bird
- •bird meat (esp. chicken meat)
- •fowl
- •poultry
- •とり
- •トリ
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鳴く
Godan verb with 'ku' ending • intransitive verb
JMDict
N5CommonMahj.
- •to make sound (of an animal)
- •to call
- •to cry
- •to whine
- •なく
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黄色
noun • no-adjective
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N5Common参考: 明鏡国語辞典 第一版
- •Yellow; the color of gold, egg yolks, or dandelions.
- •High-pitched (voice); shrill (often referring to the cheers of women or children).
- •きいろ
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黄色い
i-adjective
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N5Common
- •yellow
- •high-pitched (voice)
- •shrill
- •きいろい
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黒
noun (common) • noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
JMDict
N5Commongo (game)
- •black
- •black stone
- •guilt
- •guilty person
- •くろ
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黒い
i-adjective
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N5Common
- •black
- •dark
- •blackish
- •sun-tanned (skin)
- •くろい
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鼻
noun (common)
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N5Common
- •nose
- •はな