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Japanese vocabulary

Top-frequency JLPT vocabulary (N5–N1). Each word page includes meaning, reading, and links to related study resources.

Themed lists

  • Food & drink
  • Travel
  • Daily life

High-frequency words

  • お酒 — alcohol, sakeN5
  • お酢 — vinegarN5
  • カップ — cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)N5
  • シャワー — showerN5
  • スリッパ — slipper, slippersN5
  • セーター — sweater, jumperN5
  • ドア — doorN5
  • ラジオ — radioN5
  • 七つ — sevenN5
  • 九月 — SeptemberN5
  • 二つ — twoN5
  • 五つ — fiveN5
  • 交差点 — crossing, intersectionN5
  • 今週 — this weekN5
  • 同じ — same, identical, equal, alike, equivalentN5
  • 向こう — opposite side, other sideN5
  • 呼ぶ — to call out (to), to call, to invokeN5
  • 困る — to be troubled, to have difficulty, to be in a fix, to be at a loss, to be stumped, to be embarrassedN5
  • 売る — to sellN5
  • 外国 — foreign countryN5
  • 大使館 — embassyN5
  • 大切 — important, significant, serious, crucialN5
  • 幹事 — executive secretary, coordinator, organizer, person in charge of making arrangementsN5
  • 広い — spacious, vast, wideN5
  • 捕る — to catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.), to captureN5
  • 景観 — sceneryN5
  • 有名 — famous, well-knownN5
  • 来月 — next monthN5
  • 涼しい — cool, refreshingN5
  • 渡る — to cross over, to go acrossN5
  • 着る — to wear (from the shoulders down), to put onN5
  • 答える — to answer, to replyN5
  • 英語 — English (language)N5
  • 荷物 — luggage, baggage, packageN5
  • 誰でも — anyone, anybody, everyone, everybody, whoeverN5
  • 豚肉 — porkN5
  • 週末 — weekendN5
  • 過度 — excessive, immoderateN5
  • 遺体 — (dead) body, corpse, remainsN5
  • 音楽 — musicN5

Showing 40 of 500 indexed words across N5, N4, N3, N2, N1.

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