Complete list of vocabulary for the

JLPT N5
Nicolas

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.

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

ah Ah!
au to meet
aoi blue
akai red
akarui light, bright
aki autumn, fall
aku open
akeru to open
ageru to give
asa morning
asagohan breakfast
asatte the day after tomorrow
ashi leg, foot
ashita tomorrow
asoko over there
asobu to play
atatakai warm
atama head
atarashii new

achira over there (polite)

atsui hot (air)
atsui thick
ato later, after

anata you
ani older brother
ane older sister
ano that (over there)
ano well, then
apaato apartment
abiru to take a shower
abunai dangerous

amai sweet
amari not so
ame rain
arau to wash
aru to be, to exist
aru to possess
aruku to walk
are that one

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

/ ii, yoi good

iie no

iu to say, to tell
ie house, home
iku to go
ikutsu how many, how old

ikura how much

ike pond
isha doctor
isu chair
isogashii to be busy

itai to be painful
ichi one
ichinichi one day
ichiban No. 1, the best, the first
itsu when
itsuka the 5th day of the month, 5
days
issho together
itsutsu five
itsumo always

ima now
imi meaning
imouto someones younger sister
iya not likable, unpleasant
iriguchi entrance
iru need, must have, be
required
iru to exist
ireru to insert, to put in

iro color
iroiro various

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

ue top, on, above
ushiro back, rear, behind
usui thin
uta song
utau to sing
uchi home
umareru to be born
umi sea
uru to sell
uwagi coat, jacket

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

e picture
eiga movie
 eigakan cinema
eigo English language
ee Yes, I see
eki station
erebeeta elevator
en Yen
enpitsu pencil

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

o honorific prefix
oishii tasty, delicious
ookii big
oozei many people
okaasan my own mother

okashi confectionary, cake

okane money
okiru to get up, to stand up
oku to put, to place
okusan someones wife
okuru to send
osake alcohol, sake
osara plate
ojisan uncle
ojiisan grand father

osu to push
osoi late, slow
ocha tea
otearai toilet, lavatory

otousan father

otouto someones younger

brother
otoko man
otokonoko boy

ototoi the day before

yesterday
ototoshi the year before last
otona adult
onaka stomach
onaji same
oniisan someones elder
brother
oneesan someones elder sister

obasan aunt
obaasan grandmother

obentou lunchbox

oboeru to memorize, to
remember
omoi heavy
omoshiroi interesting, funny

oyogu to swim
oriru to get off
owaru to end
ongaku music
onna woman

onnanoko girl

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

~kai ~times
~kai ~floor
gaikoku foreign country
gaikokujin foreigner
kaisha company,
enterprise
kaidan stairs
kaimono shopping
kau to buy
kaesu to return an
object
kaeru to return home
kao face
kakaru to take time,
money
kagi key
kaku to write
gakusei student
~kagetsu ~ number of
months
kakeru to wear
kakeru to make a phone
call
kasa umbrella
kasu to lend
kaze wind
kaze a cold
kazoku family
kata person (polite)
katakana Katakana
ichigatsu January
nigatsu February
sangatsu March
shigatsu April
gogatsu May
rokugatsu June
shichigatsu July
hachigatsu August
kugatsu September
juugatsu October
juuichigatsu November

juunigatsu December
gakkou school
kado corner
kanai my wife
kaban bag
kabin vase
kaburu to put on a hat
kami paper
 kamera camera
kayoubi Tuesday
karai hot, spicy
karada body
kariru to borrow
~garimasu 3rd person
wants to
karui light (not heavy)
karendaa calendar

kawa river
~ ~gawa ~side
kawaii cute, pretty
kanji Kanji character

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

ki tree
kiiroi yellow

kieru to go out, to vanish

kiku to hear, to listen, to

ask
kita north
gitaa guitar

kitanai dirty
kissaten coffee shop

kitte stamp
kippu ticket
kinou yesterday
kyuu nine
gyuuniku beef
gyuunyuu milk

kyou today
kyoushitsu class room
kyoudai siblings
kyonen last year

kirai unpleasant, not

likable
kiru to cut
kiru to wear, to put on
kuru to come
kirei beautiful, clean
kiro kg
kiro km
ginkou bank

kinyoubi Friday

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

ku nine
kusuri medicine
kudasai give me
kudamono fruit
kuchi mouth
kutsu shoe
kutsushita socks
kuni country
kumori cloudy weather
kurai dark

gurai about
kurasu class
guramu gram
kuruma car

kuroi black

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

kesa this morning
kesu to turn off, switch off
kekkou fine, all right
kekkon marriage
getsuyoubi Monday
genkan entrance of a house
genki vigor, health, vitality

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

~ko counter for small objects
go five
~go ~ language
kouen park, large garden
kouban police box
koe voice

kooto coat

koko here
gogo afternoon
kokonoka 9th day of a month, 9
days
kokonotsu nine
goshujin someone elses husband

gozen morning, a.m.

kotaeru to answer

kochira this side, this place

koppu cup, glass

kotoshi this year

kotoba phrase, language

kodomo child
kono this
gohan meal, cooked rice
komaru to be in trouble
kore this
goro around
kongetsu this month
 konshuu this week

konna this sort of, this kind of

konban this evening

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

saa well
~sai years old
sakana fish
saki earlier, former
saku to blossom
sakubun composition
sasu to open an umbrella
~satsu counter for books
zasshi magazine
satou sugar
samui cold
sarainen the year after next year
san three
~san Mr., Mrs.
sanpo to take a walk

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

shi four
~ji oclock
shio salt
shikashi however, but

jikan time
~jikan ~hours (classificator)

shigoto work
jisho dictionary
shizuka quiet
shita under, below
shitsumon question
jitensha bicycle

jidousha car, vehicle

shinu to die, to pas away

jibiki dictionary
jibun oneself
shimaru to close

shimeru to close

shimeru to fasten a seatbelt

ja well, then
shashin photo
shatsu shirt

juu ten
~ ~shuukan weeks

jugyou lesson, class

shukudai homework
jouzu to be good at
something
joubu to be strong, durable
shouyu soy sauce
shokudou dining room, canteen
shiru to know
shiroi white
~jin ~an, ~ese (nationality)
shinbun newspaper

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

suiyoubi Wednesday

suu to breathe, to smoke

sukaato skirt

suki to like
~sugi past, over
sugu ni at once
sukoshi a little
suzushii cool
~zutsu each
sutoobu stove, heater

supuun spoon

supootsu sports

zubon trousers
sumu to live, to reside
somewhere
surippa slipper

suru to do
suwaru to sit

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

sei height
seito student
seetaa sweater
sekken soap
sebiro jacket, suit
semai narrow
zero zero
sen 1,000, thousand
sengetsu last month
senshuu last week
sensei teacher
sentaku washing, to wash
zenbu all
 Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning
sou so
souji to clean
soushite and then
soko there
sochira there (polite)
soto outside
sono that
soba next to
sora sky
sore that
sorekara after that
soredewa then, well

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

~dai counter for machines
daigaku university
taishikan embassy
daijoubu OK

daisuki to be very fond of

taisetsu very important
taitei mostly, usually
daidokoro kitchen
taihen very, serious
takai high, expensive
takusan many, much
takushii taxi

dasu to take out, hand in

~ ~tachi more than one, and
others
tatsu to stand
tatemono building
tanoshii pleasant, enjoyable
tanomu to ask, to request
tabako cigarette
tabun perhaps, probably
tabemono food
taberu to eat
tamago egg
dare who?
tanjoubi birthday

dandan gradually

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

chiisai small
chikai near, close
chigau different
chikatetsu subway

chizu map
chichi my father
chairo brown
chawan rice bowl
~chuu in the middle of
choudo just
chotto a little

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

tsuitachi the 1st day of a
month
tsukau to use
tsukareru to get tired
tsugi next
tsuku to arrive
tsukue table
tsukuru to make, to produce
tsukeru to turn on
tsutomeru to work for someone
tsumaranai uninteresting

tsumetai cold
tsuyoi strong

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

te hand
teepu tape
teepu tape
rekoodaa recorder
teeburu table
dekakeru to go out
tegami letter
dekiru can
deguchi exit
tesuto test
dewa then, well
depaato department
store
demo but
demasu to leave
terebi TV
tenki weather
denki electricity
densha train
denwa phone

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

to door
~do ~times, ~degree
doa door
toire toilet, lavatory
dou how?
doushite why?

douzo please, here you are

doubutsu animal
 doumo thanks
too ten
tooi far
tooka the 10th day of a month,
10 days
tokidoki sometimes
tokei watch, clock
doko where?
tokoro place
toshokan library

dochira which, where (polite)

totemo very much, quiet
donata who (polite)
tonari next to
dono which?
tobu to fly
tomaru to stop
tomodachi friend
doyoubi Saturday
tori bird
toriniku chicken meat
toru to take
toru to take a photo
dore which?
donna what kind of?

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

naifu knife

naka inside
nagai long
naku to sing, mew, moo
natsu summer
natsuyasumi summer vacation

~nado and so on

nanatsu seven
nani what?
nanoka the 7th of a month, 7
days
namae name
narau to learn
narabu to form a line
naraberu to line up

naru to become

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

ni two
nigiyaka lively
oniku meat
nishi west
~nichi st, ..nd, ..th
nichiyoubi Sunday
nimotsu luggage
nyuusu news
niwa garden
~ ~nin people

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

nugu to take off clothes

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

nekutai necktie
neru to go to bed
~nen ~years

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

nooto notebook
noboru to climb up
nomimono drinks
nomu to drink
noru to take, to ride

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

ha teeth
paateii party

hai yes
~hai cups of ~
haizara ashtray
hairu to enter
hagaki postcard
haku to put on shoes
hako box
hashi bridge
hashi chopsticks
hajimaru to begin, to start
hajime start, the beginning
hajimete for the first time
hashiru to run
basu bus
bataa butter
hatachi 20 years old
hataraku to work
hachi eight
hatsuka the 20th of the month,
20 days
hana flower
hana nose
hanashi conversation, tale
hanasu to talk, to speak, to tell
haha my mother

hayai early
hayai fast, quick
 haru spring
haru to put something on, to
stick
hareru to clear up
~han Half~
ban evening
~ ~ban No.~, ranking
pan bread
hankachi handkerchief
bangou number
bangohan dinner

hanbun half

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

higashi east
~hiki counter for animals
hiku to pull
hiku to play (an instrument)
hikui low
hikouki plane
hidari left
hito person
hitotsu one
hitotsuki one month
hitori one person
hima free time, leisure
hyaku hundred
byouin hospital
byouki ill, sick

hiragana hiragana characters

hiru noon
hirugohan lunch
hiroi wide, spacious

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

firumu film

fuutou envelope

puuru pool
fooku fork

fuku to blow (wind)

fuku clothes
futatsu two
butaniku pork

futari two people

futsuka 2nd day of the month, 2
days
futoi thick, fat

furu to fall (rain, snow)

furui old
ofuro bath
~fun ~minutes

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

peeji page
heta not good at something
beddo bed
heya room
hen side, part, area
pen pen
benkyou to study

benri convenient

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

hou ~
boushi hat
boorupen ballpen

hoka another, other

poketto pocket
hoshii to want something

hosoi thin, fine

botan button
hoteru hotel
hon book
~ ~hon counter for long
objects
hondana bookshelf
hontouni really

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

~mai counter for
thin objects
maiasa every
morning
/ maitsuki/maigetsu every month

maishuu every week

mainichi every day
/ maitoshi/mainen every year

maiban every
evening
mae front
~mae before, in
front of
magaru to turn

mazui bad tasting

mata also, again

mada not yet
machi city, town
matsu to wait
massugu ni straight
ahead
machi matches
 mado window
marui round
man ten thousand
mannenhitsu fountain pen

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

migaku to polish, to brush
migi right
mijikai short
omizu water
mise shop
miseru to look, to watch
michi road

mikka 3rd day of a month, 3 days

mittsu three
minsan everyone
minami south
mimi ear
miru to see, to watch
minna all, everyone

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

muika the 6th day of a month, 6
days
mukou over there

muzukashii difficult

muttsu six

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

me eye
meetoru meter
megane a pair of glasses

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

mou already, yet
mou (one) more
mokuyoubi Thursday
moshimoshi hello on the phone
mochiron of course
motsu to have, to own
motto more
mono thing
mon gate
mondai problem, question

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

~ya shop. store
yaoya vegetable shop
yasai vegetable
yasashii gentle
yasui cheap, inexpensive

yasumi holiday, vacation

yasumu to rest
yattsu eight
yama mountain

yaru to do

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

youka 8th day of the month, 8 days
youfuku western style clothing
yoku often
yoko horizontal
yokka 4th day of the month, 4 days
yottsu four
yobu to call
yomu to read
yoru night

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

raigetsu next month
raishuu next week
rainen next year
rajio radio

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

rippa splendid
ryuugakusei foreign student
ryoushin parents
ryouri cooking
ryokou travel

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

rei zero
reizouko refrigerator
rekoodo record
resutoran restaurant
renshuu practice

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

roku six

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning

waishatsu white shirt
 wakai young
wakaru to know, to
understand
wasureru to forget
watashi me, I

watasu to hand over

wataru to cross
warui bad

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