List: Japanese Words

Wordpopular  obsolete reading  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N5  usually written using kana alone  pronoun 

• this way, this direction
• here
• this (one)
• I, me, we, us
• this person

Wordpopular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N5  usually written using kana alone  pronoun 

• that way, that direction
• there
• that (one)
• you, your family, your company
• that person

Wordpopular  obsolete reading  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N5  usually written using kana alone  pronoun 

• that way, that direction, over there, yonder
• that (one)
• that person
• there, over there, foreign country (esp. a Western nation)

Wordpopular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N5  usually written using kana alone  pronoun 

• which way, which direction, where
• which one (esp. of two alternatives)
• who

Wordpopular  usually written using kana alone  interjection 

• do your best, go for it, hang in there, keep at it

Wordpopular  interjection 

• hooray, yay, whee, yowzer, whoopee, yes

Wordpopular  JLPT N2  usually written using kana alone  interjection  honorific language  noun  noun (generic) 

• I'm sorry, my apologies, excuse me, pardon me
• may I come in?
• permission, leave, license
• dismissal, discharge
• not wanting, objecting to, being fed up with, wishing to avoid

Wordsearch-only kana form  expression 

• sorry, excuse me, thank you

Wordpopular  search-only kana form  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic) 

• friend, companion

Wordpopular  adverb  noun  noun (generic) 

• early, soon
• quickly, swiftly, rapidly, fast