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Complete list of vocabulary for the JLPT N5

April 30, 2011 by 82 Comments

You need to master about 800 vocabulary for the JLPT N5. This list is about what you need to know. Click on the words to learn how to use and how to write them. In this list all words are written with kanji. Those kanji you need to know for the JLPT N5 are colored.

あ

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
 ああ ah  Ah!
会う あう au to meet
青い  あおい aoi blue
赤い あかい akai red
 明るい あかるい akarui light, bright
秋 あき aki autumn, fall
開く あく aku open
開ける あける akeru to open
あげる ageru to give
朝 あさ asa morning
朝ご飯 あさごはん asagohan breakfast
あさって あさって asatte the day after tomorrow
 足 あし ashi leg, foot
明日 あした ashita tomorrow
あそこ あそこ asoko over there
遊ぶ あそぶ asobu to play
温かい あたたかい atatakai warm
頭 あたま atama head
 新しい あたらしい atarashii new
 あちら あちら achira over there (polite)
暑い あつい atsui hot (air)
厚い あつい atsui thick
後 あと ato later, after
 貴方 あなた anata you
兄 あに ani older brother
姉 あね ane older sister
あの あの ano that (over there)
あの あの ano well, then
アパート アパート apaato apartment
 浴びる あびる abiru to take a shower
危ない あぶない abunai dangerous
甘い あまい amai sweet
あまり あまり amari not so
 雨 あめ ame rain
 洗う あらう arau to wash
 有る ある aru to be, to exist
ある ある aru to possess
歩く あるく aruku to walk
あれ あれ are that one

い

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
 良い いい / よい ii, yoi good
いいえ いいえ iie no
 言う いう iu to say, to tell
家 いえ ie house, home
行く いく iku to go
 いくつ いくつ ikutsu how many, how old
いくら いくら ikura how much
池 いけ ike pond
医者 いしゃ isha doctor
椅子 いす isu chair
忙しい いそがしい isogashii to be busy
痛い いたい itai to be painful
一 いち ichi one
 一日 いちにち ichinichi one day
一番 いちばん ichiban No. 1, the best, the first
いつ いつ itsu when
五日 いつか itsuka the 5th day of the month, 5 days
 一緒 いっしょ issho together
五つ いつつ itsutsu five
いつも いつも itsumo always
今 いま ima now
意味 いみ imi meaning
 妹 いもうと imouto someone’s younger sister
いや いや iya not likable, unpleasant
 入口 いりぐち iriguchi entrance
いる iru need, must have, be required
いる iru to exist
入れる いれる ireru to insert, to put in
色 いろ iro color
色々 いろいろ iroiro various

う

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
 上 うえ ue top, on, above
後ろ うしろ ushiro back, rear, behind
薄い うすい usui thin
歌 うた uta song
歌う うたう utau to sing
内 うち uchi home
 生まれる うまれる umareru to be born
海 うみ umi sea
売る うる uru to sell
上着 うわぎ uwagi coat, jacket

え

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
絵 え e picture
映画 えいが eiga movie
映画館 えいがかん eigakan cinema
英語 えいご eigo English language
 ええ ええ ee Yes, I see
駅 えき eki station
エレベータ エレベータ erebeeta elevator
円 えん en Yen
 鉛筆 えんぴつ enpitsu pencil

お

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
 御 お o honorific prefix
美味しい おいしい oishii tasty, delicious
 大きい おおきい ookii big
おおぜい  oozei many people
 お母さん おかあさん okaasan my own mother
お菓子 おかし okashi confectionary, cake
 お金 おかね okane money
起きる おきる okiru to get up, to stand up
 置く おく oku to put, to place
奥さん おくさん okusan someone’s wife
送る おくる okuru to send
お酒 おさけ osake alcohol, sake
お皿 おさら osara plate
 伯父さん おじさん ojisan uncle
おじいさん  おじいさん ojiisan grand father
押す おす osu to push
遅い おそい osoi late, slow
お茶 おちゃ ocha tea
お手洗い おてあらい otearai toilet, lavatory
お父さん おとうさん otousan father
弟 おとうと otouto someone’s younger brother
男 おとこ otoko man
男の子 おとこのこ otokonoko boy
一昨日 おととい ototoi the day before yesterday
一昨年 おととし ototoshi the year before last
大人 おとな otona adult
 お腹 おなか onaka stomach
同じ おなじ onaji same
お兄さん おにいさん oniisan someone’s elder brother
お姉さん おねえさん oneesan someone’s elder sister
伯母さん おばさん obasan aunt
おばあさん obaasan grandmother
お弁当 おべんとう obentou lunchbox
覚える おぼえる oboeru to memorize, to remember
重い おもい omoi heavy
面白い おもしろい omoshiroi interesting, funny
泳ぐ およぐ oyogu to swim
降りる おりる oriru to get off
終わる おわる owaru to end
音楽 おんがく ongaku music
女 おんな onna woman
女の子 おんなのこ onnanoko girl

か

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
〜回 〜かい ~kai ~times
〜階 〜かい ~kai ~floor
外国 がいこく gaikoku foreign country
外国人 がいこくじん gaikokujin foreigner
会社 かいしゃ kaisha company, enterprise
階段 かいだん kaidan stairs
 買物 かいもの kaimono shopping
買う かう kau to buy
返す かえす kaesu to return an object
帰る かえる kaeru to return home
顔 かお kao face
かかる kakaru to take time, money
鍵 かぎ kagi key
書く かく kaku to write
学生 がくせい gakusei student
〜か月 〜かげつ ~kagetsu ~ number of months
かける kakeru to wear
かける kakeru to make a phone call
傘 かさ kasa umbrella
貸す かす kasu to lend
風 かぜ kaze wind
風邪 かぜ kaze a cold
家族 かぞく kazoku family
方 かた kata person (polite)
片仮名 かたかな katakana Katakana
一月 いちがつ ichigatsu January
二月 にがつ nigatsu February
三月 さんがつ sangatsu March
四月 しがつ shigatsu April
五月 ごがつ gogatsu May
六月 ろくがつ rokugatsu June
七月 しちがつ shichigatsu July
八月 はちがつ hachigatsu August
九月 くがつ kugatsu September
十月 じゅうがつ juugatsu October
十一月 じゅういちがつ juuichigatsu November
十二月 じゅうにがつ juunigatsu December
学校 がっこう gakkou school
角 かど kado corner
家内 かない kanai my wife
鞄 かばん kaban bag
花瓶 かびん kabin vase
冠る かぶる kaburu to put on a hat
紙 かみ kami paper
カメラ かめら kamera camera
火曜日 かようび kayoubi Tuesday
辛い からい karai hot, spicy
体 からだ karada body
借りる かりる kariru to borrow
〜がります ~garimasu 3rd person wants to
軽い かるい karui light (not heavy)
カレンダー カレンダー karendaa  calendar
川 かわ kawa river
 〜側  ~がわ ~gawa ~side
可愛い かわいい kawaii cute, pretty
漢字 かんじ kanji Kanji character

き

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
木 き ki tree
黄色い きいろい kiiroi yellow
消える きえる kieru to go out, to vanish
聞く きく kiku to hear, to listen, to ask
北 きた kita north
ギター ギター gitaa guitar
汚い きたない kitanai dirty
喫茶店 きっさてん kissaten coffee shop
切手 きって kitte stamp
切符 きっぷ kippu ticket
昨日 きのう kinou yesterday
九 きゅう kyuu nine
牛肉 ぎゅうにく gyuuniku beef
牛乳 ぎゅうにゅう gyuunyuu milk
今日 きょう kyou today
教室 きょうしつ kyoushitsu class room
兄弟 きょうだい kyoudai siblings
去年 きょねん kyonen last year
嫌い きらい kirai unpleasant, not likable
切る きる kiru to cut
着る きる kiru to wear, to put on
来る くる kuru to come
きれい kirei beautiful, clean
キロ キロ kiro kg
キロ キロ kiro km
銀行 ぎんこう ginkou bank
金曜日 きんようび kinyoubi Friday

く

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
九 く ku nine
薬 くすり kusuri medicine
下さい ください kudasai give me…
果物 くだもの kudamono fruit
口 くち kuchi mouth
靴 くつ kutsu shoe
靴下 くつした kutsushita socks
国 くに kuni country
曇り くもり kumori cloudy weather
暗い くらい kurai dark
ぐらい ぐらい gurai about
クラス クラス kurasu class
グラム グラム guramu gram
車 くるま kuruma car
黒い くろい kuroi black

け

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
今朝 けさ kesa this morning
消す けす kesu to turn off, switch off
けっこう kekkou fine, all right
結婚 けっこん kekkon marriage
月曜日 げつようび getsuyoubi Monday
玄関 げんかん genkan entrance of a house
元気 げんき genki vigor, health, vitality

こ

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
〜個 〜こ ~ko counter for small objects
五 ご go five
〜語 〜ご ~go ~ language
公園 こうえん kouen park, large garden
交番 こうばん kouban police box
声 こえ koe voice
コート コート kooto coat
ここ ここ koko here
午後 ごご gogo afternoon
九日 ここのか kokonoka 9th day of a month, 9 days
九つ ここのつ kokonotsu nine
ご主人 ごしゅじん goshujin someone else’s husband
午前 ごぜん gozen morning, a.m.
答える こたえる kotaeru to answer
こちら こちら kochira this side, this place
コップ コップ koppu cup, glass
今年 ことし kotoshi this year
言葉 ことば kotoba phrase, language
子供 こども kodomo child
この この kono this…
御飯 ごはん gohan meal, cooked rice
困る こまる komaru to be in trouble
これ これ kore this
ごろ ごろ goro around…
今月 こんげつ kongetsu this month
今週 こんしゅう konshuu this week
こんな こんな konna this sort of, this kind of
今晩 こんばん konban this evening

さ

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
さあ さあ saa well…
〜歳 〜さい ~sai years old
魚 さかな sakana fish
先 さき saki earlier, former
咲く さく saku to blossom
作文 さくぶん sakubun composition
さす sasu to open an umbrella
冊 〜さつ ~satsu counter for books
雑誌 ざっし zasshi magazine
砂糖 さとう satou sugar
寒い さむい samui cold
再来年 さらいねん sarainen the year after next year
三 さん san three
〜さん 〜さん ~san Mr., Mrs.
散歩 さんぽ sanpo to take a walk

し

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
四 し shi four
〜時 〜じ ~ji o’clock
塩 しお shio salt
しかし しかし shikashi however, but
時間 じかん jikan time
〜時間 〜じかん ~jikan ~hours (classificator)
仕事 しごと shigoto work
辞書 じしょ jisho dictionary
静か しずか shizuka quiet
下 した shita under, below
質問 しつもん shitsumon question
自転車 じてんしゃ jitensha bicycle
自動車 じどうしゃ jidousha car, vehicle
死ぬ しぬ shinu to die, to pas away
字引 じびき jibiki dictionary
自分 じぶん jibun oneself
閉まる しまる shimaru to close
閉める しめる shimeru to close
締める しめる shimeru to fasten a seatbelt
じゃ じゃ ja well, then
写真 しゃしん shashin photo
シャツ シャツ shatsu shirt
十 じゅう juu ten
~週間 〜しゅうかん ~shuukan … weeks
授業 じゅぎょう jugyou lesson, class
宿題 しゅくだい shukudai homework
上手 じょうず jouzu to be good at something
丈夫 じょうぶ joubu to be strong, durable
醤油 しょうゆ shouyu soy sauce
食堂 しょくどう shokudou dining room, canteen
知る しる shiru to know
白い しろい shiroi white
〜人 〜じん ~jin ~an, ~ese (nationality)
新聞 しんぶん shinbun newspaper

す

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
水曜日 すいようび suiyoubi Wednesday
吸う すう suu to breathe, to smoke
スカート スカート sukaato skirt
好き すき suki to like
〜過ぎ 〜すぎ ~sugi past, over
すぐに すぐに sugu ni at once
少し すこし sukoshi a little
涼しい すずしい suzushii cool
〜ずつ 〜ずつ ~zutsu each
ストーブ ストーブ sutoobu stove, heater
スプーン スプーン supuun spoon
スポーツ スポーツ supootsu sports
ズボン ズボン zubon trousers
住む すむ sumu to live, to reside somewhere
スリッパ スリッパ surippa slipper
する する suru to do
座る すわる suwaru to sit

せ

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
背 せい sei height
生徒 せいと seito student
セーター セーター seetaa sweater
石鹸 せっけん sekken soap
背広 せびろ sebiro jacket, suit
狭い せまい semai narrow
ゼロ ゼロ zero zero
千 せん sen 1,000, thousand
先月 せんげつ sengetsu last month
先週 せんしゅう senshuu last week
先生 せんせい sensei teacher
洗濯 せんたく sentaku washing, to wash
全部 ぜんぶ zenbu all

そ

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
そう そう sou so
掃除 そうじ souji to clean
そうして そうして soushite and then
そこ そこ soko there
そちら そちら sochira there (polite)
外 そと soto outside
その その sono that…
そば そば soba next to
空 そら sora sky
それ それ sore that
それから それから sorekara after that
それでは それでは soredewa then, well

た

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
〜台 〜だい ~dai counter for machines
大学 だいがく daigaku university
大使館 たいしかん taishikan embassy
大丈夫 だいじょうぶ daijoubu OK
大好き だいすき daisuki to be very fond of
大切 たいせつ taisetsu very important
たいてい taitei mostly, usually
台所 だいどころ daidokoro kitchen
大変 たいへん taihen very, serious
高い たかい takai high, expensive
沢山 たくさん takusan many, much
タクシー タクシー takushii taxi
出す だす dasu to take out, hand in
~達 〜たち ~tachi more than one, and others
立つ たつ tatsu to stand
建物 たてもの tatemono building
楽しい たのしい tanoshii pleasant, enjoyable
頼む たのむ tanomu to ask, to request
たばこ たばこ tabako cigarette
多分 たぶん tabun perhaps, probably
食べ物 たべもの tabemono food
食べる たべる taberu to eat
卵 たまご tamago egg
誰 だれ dare who?
誕生日 たんじょうび tanjoubi birthday
だんだん だんだん dandan gradually

ち

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
小さい ちいさい chiisai small
近い ちかい chikai near, close
違う ちがう chigau different
地下鉄 ちかてつ chikatetsu subway
地図 ちず chizu map
父 ちち chichi my father
茶色 ちゃいろ chairo brown
茶碗 ちゃわん chawan rice bowl
〜中 〜ちゅう ~chuu in the middle of
ちょうど ちょうど choudo just
ちょっと ちょっと chotto a little

つ

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
一日 ついたち tsuitachi the 1st day of a month
使う つかう tsukau to use
疲れる つかれる tsukareru to get tired
次 つぎ tsugi next
着く つく tsuku to arrive
机 つくえ tsukue table
作る つくる tsukuru to make, to produce
点ける つける tsukeru to turn on
勤める つとめる tsutomeru to work for someone
詰らない つまらない tsumaranai uninteresting
冷たい つめたい tsumetai cold
強い つよい tsuyoi strong

て

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
手 て te hand
テープ テープ teepu tape
テープレコーダー テープレコーダー  teepu rekoodaa tape recorder
テーブル テーブル teeburu table
出かける でかける dekakeru to go out
手紙 てがみ tegami letter
出来る できる dekiru can
出口 でぐち deguchi exit
テスト テスト tesuto test
では では dewa then, well
デパート デパート depaato department store
でも でも demo but
出ます でます demasu to leave
テレビ テレビ terebi TV
天気 てんき tenki weather
電気 でんき denki electricity
電車 でんしゃ densha train
電話 でんわ denwa phone

と

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
戸 と to door
〜度 〜ど ~do ~times, ~degree
ドア ドア doa door
トイレ トイレ toire toilet, lavatory
どう どう dou how?
どうして どうして doushite why?
どうぞ どうぞ douzo please, here you are
動物 どうぶつ doubutsu animal
どうも どうも doumo thanks
十 とお too ten
遠い とおい tooi far
十日 とおか tooka the 10th day of a month, 10 days
時々 ときどき tokidoki sometimes
時計 とけい tokei watch, clock
どこ どこ doko where?
所 ところ tokoro place
図書館 としょかん toshokan library
どちら どちら dochira which, where (polite)
とても とても totemo very much, quiet
どなた どなた donata who (polite)
隣り となり tonari next to
どの どの dono which?
飛ぶ とぶ tobu to fly
止まる とまる tomaru to stop
友達 ともだち tomodachi friend
土曜日 どようび doyoubi Saturday
鳥 とり tori bird
鶏肉 とりにく toriniku chicken meat
取る とる toru to take
撮る とる toru to take a photo
どれ どれ dore which?
どんな どんな donna what kind of?

な

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
ナイフ ナイフ naifu knife
中 なか naka inside
長い ながい nagai long
鳴く なく naku to sing, mew, moo
夏 なつ natsu summer
夏休み なつやすみ natsuyasumi summer vacation
〜など 〜など ~nado and so on
七つ ななつ nanatsu seven
何 なに nani what?
七日 なのか nanoka the 7th of a month, 7 days
名前 なまえ namae name
習う ならう narau to learn
並ぶ ならぶ narabu to form a line
並べる ならべる naraberu to line up
なる naru to become

に

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
二 に ni two
賑やか にぎやか nigiyaka lively
お肉 おにく oniku meat
西 にし nishi west
〜日 〜にち ~nichi …st, ..nd, ..th
日曜日 にちようび nichiyoubi Sunday
荷物 にもつ nimotsu luggage
ニュース ニュース nyuusu news
庭 にわ niwa garden
〜人 ~にん ~nin … people

ぬ

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
脱ぐ ぬぐ nugu to take off clothes

ね

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
ネクタイ ネクタイ nekutai necktie
寝る ねる neru to go to bed
〜年 〜ねん ~nen ~years

の

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
ノート ノート nooto notebook
登る のぼる noboru to climb up
飲物 のみもの nomimono drinks
飲む のむ nomu to drink
乗る のる noru to take, to ride

は

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
歯 は ha teeth
パーテイー パーテイー paateii party
はい はい hai yes
〜はい 〜はい ~hai cups of ~
灰皿 はいざら haizara ashtray
入る はいる hairu to enter
葉書 はがき hagaki postcard
履く はく haku to put on shoes
箱 はこ hako box
橋 はし hashi bridge
箸 はし hashi chopsticks
始まる はじまる hajimaru to begin, to start
始め はじめ hajime start, the beginning
初めて はじめて hajimete for the first time
走る はしる hashiru to run
バス バス basu bus
バター バター bataa butter
二十歳 はたち hatachi 20 years old
働く はたらく hataraku to work
八 はち hachi eight
二十日 はつか hatsuka the 20th of the month, 20 days
花 はな hana flower
鼻 はな hana nose
話 はなし hanashi conversation, tale
話す はなす hanasu to talk, to speak, to tell
母 はは haha my mother
早い はやい hayai early
速い はやい hayai fast, quick
 春 はる haru spring
張る はる haru to put something on, to stick
晴れる はれる hareru to clear up
〜半 〜はん ~han Half~
晩 ばん ban evening
~番 〜ばん ~ban No.~, ranking
パン パン pan bread
ハンカチ ハンカチ hankachi handkerchief
番号 ばんごう bangou number
晩ご飯 ばんごはん bangohan dinner
半分 はんぶん hanbun half

ひ

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
東 ひがし higashi east
〜匹 〜ひき ~hiki counter for animals
引く ひく hiku to pull
弾く ひく hiku to play (an instrument)
低い ひくい hikui  low
飛行機 ひこうき hikouki plane
左 ひだり hidari left
人 ひと hito person
一つ ひとつ hitotsu one
一月 ひとつき hitotsuki one month
一人 ひとり hitori one person
暇  ひま hima free time, leisure
百 ひゃく hyaku hundred
病院 びょういん byouin hospital
病気 びょうき byouki ill, sick
 平仮名 ひらがな hiragana hiragana characters
昼 ひる hiru noon
昼ご飯 ひるごはん hirugohan lunch
広い ひろい hiroi wide, spacious

ふ

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
フィルム フィルム firumu film
封筒 ふうとう fuutou envelope
プール プール puuru pool
フォーク フォーク fooku fork
吹く ふく fuku to blow (wind)
服 ふく fuku clothes
二つ ふたつ futatsu two
豚肉 ぶたにく butaniku pork
二人 ふたり futari two people
二日 ふつか futsuka 2nd day of the month, 2 days
太い ふとい futoi thick, fat
降る ふる furu to fall (rain, snow)
古い ふるい furui old
お風呂 おふろ ofuro bath
〜分 〜ふん ~fun ~minutes

へ

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
ページ ページ peeji page
下手 へた heta not good at something
ベッド ベッド beddo bed
部屋 へや heya room
辺 へん hen side, part, area
ペン ぺん pen pen
勉強 べんきょう benkyou to study
便利 べんり benri convenient

ほ

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
方 ほう hou ~より〜のほうが〜
帽子 ぼうし boushi hat
ボールペン ボールペン boorupen ballpen
他 ほか hoka another, other
ポケット ポケット poketto pocket
欲しい ほしい hoshii to want something
細い ほそい hosoi thin, fine
ボタン ボタン botan button
ホテル ホテル hoteru hotel
本 ほん hon book
〜本 ~ほん ~hon counter for long objects
本棚 ほんだな hondana bookshelf
本当に ほんとうに hontouni really

ま

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
〜枚 〜まい ~mai counter for thin objects
毎朝 まいあさ maiasa every morning
毎月 まいつき/まいげつ maitsuki/maigetsu every month
毎週 まいしゅう maishuu every week
毎日 まいにち mainichi every day
毎年 まいとし/まいねん maitoshi/mainen every year
毎晩 まいばん maiban every evening
前 まえ mae front
〜前 〜まえ ~mae before, in front of
曲がる まがる magaru to turn
不味い まずい mazui bad tasting
また また mata also, again
まだ まだ mada not yet
町 まち machi city, town
待つ まつ matsu to wait
真直ぐに まっすぐに massugu ni straight ahead
マッチ マッチ machi matches
窓 まど mado window
丸い まるい marui round
万 まん man ten thousand
万年筆 まんねんひつ mannenhitsu fountain pen

み

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
磨く みがく migaku to polish, to brush
右 みぎ migi right
短い みじかい mijikai short
お水 おみず omizu water
店 みせ mise shop
見せる みせる miseru to look, to watch
道 みち michi road
三日 みっか mikka 3rd day of a month, 3 days
三つ みっつ mittsu three
皆さん みなさん minsan everyone
南 みなみ minami south
耳 みみ mimi ear
見る みる miru to see, to watch
皆 みんな minna all, everyone

む

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
六日 むいか muika the 6th day of a month, 6 days
向こう むこう mukou over there
難しい むずかしい muzukashii difficult
六つ むっつ muttsu six

め

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
目 め me eye
メートル メートル meetoru meter
めがね めがね megane a pair of glasses

も

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
もう もう mou already, yet
もう もう mou (one) more
木曜日 もくようび mokuyoubi Thursday
もしもし もしもし moshimoshi hello on the phone
勿論 もちろん mochiron of course
持つ もつ motsu to have, to own
もっと もっと motto more
物 もの mono thing
門 もん mon gate
問題 もんだい mondai problem, question

や

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
〜屋 〜や ~ya shop. store
八百屋 やおや yaoya vegetable shop
野菜 やさい yasai vegetable
優しい やさしい yasashii gentle
安い やすい yasui cheap, inexpensive
休み やすみ yasumi holiday, vacation
休む やすむ yasumu to rest
八つ やっつ yattsu eight
山 やま yama mountain
やる yaru to do

よ

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
八日 ようか youka 8th day of the month, 8 days
洋服 ようふく youfuku western style clothing
よく よく yoku often
横 よこ yoko horizontal
四日 よっか yokka 4th day of the month, 4 days
四つ よっつ yottsu four
呼ぶ よぶ yobu to call
読む よむ yomu to read
夜 よる yoru night

ら

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
来月 らいげつ raigetsu next month
来週 らいしゅう raishuu next week
来年 らいねん rainen next year
ラジオ ラジオ rajio radio

り

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
立派 りっぱ rippa splendid
留学生 りゅうがくせい ryuugakusei foreign student
両親 りょうしん ryoushin parents
料理 りょうり ryouri cooking
旅行 りょこう ryokou travel

れ

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
れい rei zero
冷蔵庫 れいぞうこ reizouko refrigerator
レコード レコード rekoodo record
レストラン レストラン resutoran restaurant
練習 れんしゅう renshuu practice

ろ

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
六 ろく roku six

わ

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
ワイシャツ ワイシャツ waishatsu white shirt
若い わかい wakai young
分かる わかる wakaru to know, to understand
忘れる わすれる wasureru to forget
私 わたし watashi me, I
渡す わたす watasu to hand over
渡る わたる wataru to cross
悪い わるい warui bad

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Comments

  1. Pimpe Misono says:
    June 17, 2011 at 15:26

    thanks for posting this, it helps me alot… Arigatou gozaimashitta

    Reply
  2. D Zurn says:
    October 10, 2011 at 20:00

    Thanks for posting this, I’m working through them and found that “eigo” had the kanji twice, instead of kanji and furigana.
    英語 英語 eigo English language

    Reply
  3. D Zurn says:
    October 12, 2011 at 02:25

    A couple other minor issues:
    皆さん みなさん minAsan everyone
    方 ほう hou ~より〜のほうが〜

    Thanks for the list, as you can see I’ve been closely reading through all of it!

    Darryl

    Reply
  4. D Zurn says:
    October 12, 2011 at 02:30

    OK, another question! I thought that “ワイシャツ (waishatsu)” referred to a “Y”-front shirt, as opposed to a kimono-type closure, not a contraction of “white shirt.”

    Reply
  5. mamoru says:
    November 23, 2011 at 06:07

    Thank you for this list, there is one typo in there though: “not goot at something”, I believe it is meant to be “good” : )

    Reply
  6. Deepa Deshmukh says:
    December 1, 2011 at 15:17

    Thanks a lot for this wonderful list. It has helped me a lot !!
    You got a lovely site…..

    Reply
  7. Deepa Deshmukh says:
    December 18, 2011 at 01:20

    Thanks for the vocab list. However, there are no words starting with ゆ。Can u please include those too…..

    Reply
  8. Ando says:
    December 27, 2011 at 08:53

    I found a few mistakes.

    1) おきる (to place) should be おく.
    2) 抜く (to take off shoes etc.) should be 脱ぐ.
    3) There is no English translation for 見せる (“miseru” is listed twice).

    Reply
    • Nicolas says:
      December 28, 2011 at 14:27

      @Ando Thank you very much. All three points had to be corrected 🙂
      It is a long list and writing it with html is quite painful and mistakes easily happen. Thanks to contributions like yours the list gets better and better so that all students can enjoy correct material.
      Thank you very much again.

      Reply
  9. Deepa Deshmukh says:
    January 4, 2012 at 16:07

    Hi Nicolas ,

    Thanks for replying. I love your site and it has been very very helpful to me.

    I got exactly this same vocab list (without meanings) from my sensei as a JLPT Level 5 portion. The words below were also included in that list.
    ゆうがた (evening)
    ゆうびんきょく (post office)
    ゆうべ (evening; yesterday evening)
    ゆうめい （な) (famous)
    ゆき (snow)
    ゆっくり.と (slowly, leisurely)

    Sincerely,

    Deepa Deshmukh

    Reply
    • Nicolas says:
      January 7, 2012 at 09:48

      Deepa,
      Thank you very much. Unfortunately there is no official list of vocabulary required for the JLPT. As a result lists are created reviewing historical tests and different teachers have slightly different lists. I will check if I find these words in some historical tests and add them to the list in case I had overseen them before. Thank you very much for your attention on this.
      Nicolas

      Reply
  10. Deepa Deshmukh says:
    January 9, 2012 at 00:46

    Sure. Thanks for looking into this. Have a Good Day !!

    Reply
  11. usagi says:
    January 28, 2012 at 18:32

    会社 (company) has a broken link! It is http//nihongoichiban.com/2011/05/02/会社/

    It must be: https://nihongoichiban.com/2011/05/02/会社/

    ^^

    Reply
  12. usagi says:
    January 30, 2012 at 02:59

    Hello your entry has a mistake, りょうがくせい must be changed to りゅうがくせい!
    ~^^~

    Reply
  13. Nester says:
    March 9, 2012 at 23:26

    SO, I know there is a separate list of kanji that are required for the test but as far as the vocab goes to we just have to know the furigana/meaning?

    Reply
  14. Usagi says:
    April 29, 2012 at 21:17

    Hello! I am Usagi. The Kanji 背 is usually pronounced せ not せい, please note せい is an alternate reading for せ but it is not usually pronounced this way in sentences like “メアリーは背(せ)が高(たかい)” and “私(わたし)は背(せ)が高(たかい)”. N5 learners are more likely to need to know せ from what I have seen. Thank you for an excellent website!

    Reply
  15. Alex says:
    May 14, 2012 at 21:49

    Hello!
    I’m a bit confused.Sould I memorise all 800 words in Kanji for JLPT5 test or only those highlighted in pink or those written in red?
    Thank you.
    Sincerely,Alex

    Reply
    • Nicolas says:
      May 15, 2012 at 08:52

      Hello,
      Thanks for your questions, which other might have had too. For the JLPT N5 you need to know all 800 vocabulary, but you do not need to know to read them all as kanji. The list includes all kanji writing for those who are interested, but you only need to know the kanji writing of the vocabulary in pink to pass the test.

      Reply
      • Alex says:
        May 16, 2012 at 03:59

        Thank you,Nicolas.It’s very clear now.It appears much easier then.
        Best regards,
        Alex

      • nibill says:
        July 2, 2012 at 04:06

        That might be a stupid question, but if the Kanji, which are highlighted here, are all I have to know, what about the separate Kanji list? I assume I have to know the 103 Kanjis from the list, as well as those here highlighted, right?

  16. Fatsy says:
    May 27, 2012 at 00:15

    Hi! The Kanji card linked to 妹 is the Kanji card for 姉. 🙂

    Reply
  17. Fatsy says:
    June 10, 2012 at 15:33

    Hello again! The meaning for 見せる is to show. To watch, to look or to see is 見る. 🙂

    By the way, this review material is really great. I’m hoping you could update the material for N4. More power! 😀

    Reply
  18. Fatsy says:
    June 24, 2012 at 23:03

    Hi! It’s me again. I would just like to ask about the kanji 内（うち）. It says in my Kanji book that the meaning of this character is “inside.” Does the word “uchi” meaning “house” really have a kanji for it? 教えてください。

    どうもありがとう。

    Reply
  19. che osman says:
    September 6, 2012 at 18:01

    minasan…..itsu mo gambatte kudasai…………..

    Reply
  20. che osman says:
    September 6, 2012 at 18:08

    watashi wa malaysia karakita che osman desuta…..tokidoki jikan ga attara nihongo o bengkioshitai…demo chotto muzukashi ga nihon jin no tomodachi ga imasen….nihon go o hanashi wa muzukashi ni narimasuta.

    Reply
  21. Yosra says:
    September 18, 2012 at 15:25

    There are some Kanji that are colored but are not included in the 103 Kanji that are in the JLPT N5 kanji book here https://nihongoichibandotcom.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/kanjibookjlptn5.pdf
    Does the book need to updated or is there a mistake?

    Reply
  22. Namine says:
    November 11, 2012 at 22:12

    Hm Please, the list for the JLPT N5, I know it’s not the official but, you colored this list, the boxes of the words are highlighted or is this just the word writed in red with link ?

    Reply
  23. eric says:
    November 16, 2012 at 11:46

    the kanji for oozei, 大勢 is missing but still marked red, so i guess it should be known for the test?

    thx, for the great site.

    Reply
  24. nils says:
    November 21, 2012 at 20:56

    Hi, Sophie and Nicolas. Thanks for an excellent tool. Just noted a few mistakes and typos.

    1. The word お菓子 okashi does not have a ひらがな version.

    2. I don’t think the kanji for 〜だい ~dai, meaning “counter for machines”, is 〜代, but 〜台. 代 is rather used to refer to age or generation.

    3. The roomaji transliteration for 真直ぐに まっすぐに should be “massugu ni”, rather than “massugi ni”.

    4. The verb “to forget”, which is listed as 忘る わする wasuru, should be 忘れる　わすれる　wasureru (it’s a verb from Group 2).

    Again, thank you for the great tool.

    Reply
  25. DeniseLim 迷飛 デーニズ (@crushonFRHnLEAD) says:
    January 19, 2013 at 00:49

    こんにちわ！本とにありがとうございます！I trust this will help me~

    Reply
  26. ryoxy says:
    February 8, 2013 at 03:33

    Hello there!
    Sorry for asking this but I can learn to speak Japanese too from this right? I mean not only learning kanji but speaking too?
    Thank you! =)

    Reply
  27. Yuuki says:
    February 11, 2013 at 09:10

    Hi,
    Thanks for the great list!
    I just wanna ask if this list is the combination of i-adj, na-adj and verbs lists of JLPT N5?

    Reply
  28. When your trying to help, but end up sounding like a brat. says:
    February 14, 2013 at 18:48

    On the very top, ああ’s romanji should be aa not ah… And since it doesn’t have a kanji, why not just put N/A (not applicable)? Oh well, do whatever you want. :3

    Reply
    • When your trying to help, but end up sounding like a brat. says:
      February 14, 2013 at 18:58

      Or like you did with ageru.

      Reply
    • Yuuki says:
      February 15, 2013 at 09:06

      “ah” is just an English translation of “aa” (cuz you should at least know how to pronounce Kana already)
      Putting N/A in a long list like this would cause the confusion (esp for my eyes), so I think it’s fine to leave it blank!

      Reply
      • Namine says:
        March 23, 2013 at 03:57

        I don’t think so. I all romaji’s column, we can see the kana’s transcription, and then the translation, btw, why add a translation column if romaji is translation ^^ it’s not logical so.. Romaji of ああ is aa for me ^^

  29. chuachua says:
    April 6, 2013 at 02:00

    I’m working with this 😦
    my class is studing Minna no nihongo 1. And those words are my vocabulary, but my sensei said that we were going to have JPLT4 after finishing JPLT5’s knowledge 😦 I have no idea how i gonna pass it 😦

    Reply
  30. Vishal says:
    April 15, 2013 at 16:14

    Hi Nicholas, in the romaji section for cup, koppu is written in katakana and it is transliterated into romaji as kappu. Please do the correction.. ^^

    Reply
  31. Vishal Poojary says:
    April 17, 2013 at 22:31

    Hi NIcolas! Thanks a lot fr the gr8 help in the form of this site!! It is indeed a boon. One correction I noticed was that of Koppu.. It should have been Kappu.. isn’t it?

    Reply
  32. R.Saravanan says:
    June 11, 2013 at 12:28

    Dear Nicholas san,
    Thanks for providing the useful information to us.
    I’m glad that somebody so committed for helping peoples to learn Japanese.

    regards,
    R.Saravanan

    Reply
  33. Sharmila guha says:
    June 14, 2013 at 18:19

    Hi why don’t you also include the kikurenshyu? That will be of great help. Thanks!

    Reply
    • Nicolas says:
      June 20, 2013 at 05:07

      Thanks for sharing this good idea. We keep adding more pages and function step by step but adding audio will take us quite some time as we first want to finish all the vocabulary & kanji lists. But we added this to the development list.

      Reply
  34. quý says:
    June 26, 2013 at 03:26

    could you give us audio file ?

    Reply
  35. gopinath says:
    July 11, 2013 at 01:40

    hai can u pls add audio for each word so that it will be helpful for learning the correct pronunciation.
    thanks in advance.

    Reply
  36. Michael P. Havens says:
    August 30, 2013 at 05:27

    This question might have already been asked and answered already, but I was just wondering, since there is only 103 total kanji you’ve grouped for the N5, can I assume that much of the vocabulary on this list will be in the “furigama” format, and not in kanji? At first glance, there are quite a few kanji listed on this list that is not part of the 103 set.
    Thank you for your time and consideration.

    Reply
  37. avadai says:
    October 3, 2013 at 02:22

    thanks for the list.

    Reply
  38. ayumi says:
    October 5, 2013 at 21:40

    how can i remember all the vocabs ??

    Reply
  39. rath says:
    October 24, 2013 at 13:32

    i can say the Japanes also the international language. i want to learn japanes because i want to work with Japan people. And then i want to go to Japan and do the work at there.
    Also in my country now many Japanes Companies here. So if i know the japanes language i easily to make good conversations with them. So i will learn japanes now.

    Reply
  40. Rohan says:
    November 23, 2013 at 21:22

    Hi Nicolas,
    Thanks for putting up such a great site .Filled with great information & such good content , it is very helpful to novice like me.

    Reply
  41. Erato says:
    February 2, 2014 at 20:09

    Thanks! This is a great help!

    However, I see 675 vocab. items, where are the other 125?

    Reply
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    February 22, 2014 at 07:57

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    I’m undoubtedly enjoying your blog and look forward to new posts.

    Reply
  43. Hien Trang says:
    April 4, 2014 at 17:49

    Hello every one, I’m a new member, I will take part in the N5 level of JLPT next July, but I don’t know what kind of Kanji I have to study. Someone please tell me those Kanji I should learn for the N5 level are the red words or words in the pink boxes? Please help me, many thanks.

    Reply
  44. mario shervin says:
    May 7, 2014 at 13:24

    tnxxxx a lot very important vocabulary list for me.

    Reply
  45. Dawid says:
    June 25, 2014 at 05:16

    Hi. I’ve noticed a minor spelling mistake that you’ve made; Instead of translating suu (吸う ) as “to breathe”, you’ve put “to breath”. Apart from that, thanks for creating this list, it’s very helpful.

    Reply
  46. Nimpha says:
    June 26, 2014 at 16:10

    I’m looking for the vocabulary of the character yu (ゆ), but I can’t find it.

    Reply
  47. stevenzhao@hotmaill.nl says:
    August 6, 2014 at 05:08

    How good is this list ??? Are there a lot of mistakes? Since I see them often correcting them

    Reply
  48. ka1zenn says:
    August 28, 2014 at 21:46

    Thank you! I have wrote all these on my notebook. This site helped me a lot.

    Reply
  49. micahella says:
    September 17, 2014 at 01:52

    ありがとうございました

    Reply
  50. madhu says:
    September 20, 2014 at 23:23

    Thnx for you .it helps to me improve my Japan language.arigthogozaimasu.

    Reply

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