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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ナイフ
noun
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N5Common参考: スーパー大辞林 3.0
- •a cutting tool with a sharp blade, typically used in the kitchen or for surgery
- •a surgical instrument for cutting during operations
- •a sharp-edged blade used metaphorically to cut or divide
ニュース
noun
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N5CommonPrint.参考: スーパー大辞林 3.0
- •news; information about recent events
- •news program on radio or television
ネクタイ
noun (common)
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N5Common
- •tie
- •necktie
ノート
noun • suru-verb
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N5Common参考: 明鏡国語辞典 第一版
- •Notebook; exercise book; a bound book of paper for writing.
- •Notes; memorandum; a brief record of something written down.
- •To take notes; to write down.
ハンカチ
noun (common)
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N5Common
- •handkerchief
- •ハンケチ
バス
noun (common)
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N5Common
- •bus
バター
noun (common)
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- •butter
- •バタ
パン
noun (common)
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- •bread
- •(sweet) pastry
- •staff of life
- •one's bread
パーティー
noun (common)
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- •party (social gathering)
- •party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing)
- •(political) party
- •パーティ
- •パーリー
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フィルム
noun (common)
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N5Common
- •film
- •フイルム
フォーク
noun (common)
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N5CommonBase.
- •fork
- •forkball
- •ホーク
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プール
noun (common) • noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru • transitive verb
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N5CommonEcon.
- •(swimming) pool
- •pool (cue sport)
- •pooling (money, resources, etc.)
- •pool (price ring)
ベッド
noun
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N5Common参考: 広辞苑 第六版
- •bed (Western-style sleeping furniture)
- •flowerbed; seedbed
ペット
noun (common)
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N5Common
- •pet
- •trumpet
ペン
noun (common)
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N5Common
- •pen
頁
noun (common) • counter • noun, used as suffix
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N5Common
- •page
- •nth page
- •page ...
- •ページ
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ホテル
noun (common)
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N5Common
- •hotel
釦
noun (common)
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N5Common
- •button (clothing)
- •push-button
- •button
- •ボタン
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ボールペン
noun (common)
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N5Common
- •ball-point pen
- •ボール・ペン
ポケット
noun (common)
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N5Common
ポスト
noun (common) • noun or verb acting prenominally
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N5Common
- •postbox
- •mailbox
- •mail box
- •pillar box
燐寸
noun (common)
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N5Common
- •match (for lighting a fire)
- •マッチ
米
noun (common)
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N5Common
- •metre (unit of length)
- •meter
- •meter
- •gauge
- •メートル
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ラジオ
noun
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N5CommonTelco.参考: スーパー大辞林 3.0
- •A device or system for receiving and playing back audio broadcasts transmitted via radio waves.
- •A medium for broadcasting audio content, such as music, news, and talk shows, through radio waves.
- •A general term for radio technology, including both the transmission and reception of audio signals.
ラジカセ / ラジオカセット
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N5
- •radio cassette player
レコード
noun (common)
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N5CommonComp.
- •record (e.g. LP)
- •record (e.g. in sports)
- •record (data structure)
レストラン
noun (common)
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N5Common
- •restaurant (esp. Western-style)
Ｙシャツ
noun (common)
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N5Common
- •(formal) shirt
- •dress shirt
- •business shirt
- •button-up shirt
- •ワイシャツ
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一
noun
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N5Common参考: スーパー大辞林 3.0formal
- •advancing and retreating; fluctuating situation
- •いったつ
一つ
numeric • noun (common) • adverb • noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
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- •one
- •for one thing
- •only
- •(not) even
- •ひとつ
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一人
noun (common) • adverb
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- •one person
- •being alone
- •being by oneself
- •being single
- •ひとり
- •いちにん
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一日
noun (common) • adverb
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- •one day
- •all day (long)
- •the whole day
- •from morning till night
- •いちにち
- •いちじつ
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一昨年
noun (common) • adverb
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- •year before last
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- •おととし
- •いっさくねん
一昨日
noun (common) • adverb
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- •day before yesterday
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- •おととい
- •おとつい
- •いっさくじつ
１月
noun (common)
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- •January
- •first month of the lunar calendar
- •いちがつ
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一緒
noun (common) • noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
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N5Common
- •(doing) together
- •one lump
- •one mixture
- •the same category
- •いっしょ
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七
noun
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N5Common
Gen.参考: スーパー大辞林 3.0familiar- •Seven (number)
- •Grandmother (term of endearment)
- •なな
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七つ
numeric • noun (common)
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N5Common
- •seven
- •seven years of age
- •four o'clock (old time system)
- •ななつ
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７日
noun (common)
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- •7th day of the month
- •seven days
- •なのか
- •なぬか
万
adverb
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- •completely
- •absolutely
- •totally
- •ばん
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万年筆
noun (common)
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N5Common
- •fountain pen
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- •まんねんひつ
- •まんねんぴつ
- •まんねんふで
丈夫
na-adjective
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N5Common
- •healthy
- •robust
- •strong
- •solid
- •じょうぶ
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三
numeric
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N5Common
- •three
- •3
- •さん
- •み
三つ
numeric • noun (common)
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- •three
- •three years of age
- •みっつ
- •みつ
３日
noun (common)
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- •3rd day of the month
- •three days
- •みっか
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上
noun (common) • noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
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N5Common
- •above
- •over
- •up
- •top
- •うえ
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上げる
Ichidan verb • transitive verb
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N5Common
- •to raise
- •to elevate
- •to move something (to a higher place)
- •to put onto (e.g. a shelf)
- •あげる
- •アゲる
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上手
na-adjective • noun (common)
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- •skillful
- •skilled
- •proficient
- •good (at)
- •じょうず
- •じょうて
- •じょうしゅ
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上着
noun (common)
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N5Common
- •coat
- •jacket
- •outerwear
- •top
- •うわぎ
- •じょうい
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下
verb
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N5Commonhon.
- •to give/offer (passive form)
- •下さ