List: Core Japanese words
This is arguably the list of the most important words that any beginner student should begin learning. This list is inspired from the content in https://www.fluentin3months.com/core-japanese-words/
List: Core Japanese words
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- This is arguably the list of the most important words that any beginner student should begin learning. This list is inspired from the content in https://www.fluentin3months.com/core-japanese-words/
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fr3nd- Number of entries
- 117
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- Words
- Creation date
- 7 June 2022 - 19:34
- Last updated
- 20 April 2024 - 02:03
Wordpopular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb usually written using kana alone
- to meet, to encounter, to see
- to have an accident, to have a bad experience
Wordpopular gikun or jukujikun JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) adverb
- tomorrow
- near future
Wordpopular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) adverb archaic
- behind, rear
- after, later
- remainder, the rest
- more (e.g. five more minutes), left
- also, in addition
- descendant, successor, heir
- after one's death
- past, previous
Wordpopular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- that, those, the
Wordpopular JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be, to exist, to live
- to have
- to be located
- to be equipped with
- to happen, to come about
Wordpopular search-only kana form rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone pronoun colloquial euphemistic noun noun (generic)
- that, that thing
- that person
- then, that time
- that place (over there)
- down there (i.e. one's genitals)
- period, menses
Wordpopular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to say, to utter, to declare
- to name, to call
- to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"), to make a noise
ๅฎถใใieWordpopular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic)
- house, residence, dwelling
- family, household
- lineage, family name
Wordpopular search-only kana form rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb usually written using kana alone auxiliary verb colloquial slang
- to go, to move (towards), to head (towards), to leave (for)
- to move through, to travel across, to walk along (e.g. a road)
- to go (well, badly, etc.), to proceed, to turn out, to get along
- to do (in a particular way), to go (with; a choice), to try
- to pass (of time, seasons, etc.), to go by
- to stream, to flow
- to die, to pass away
- to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.), to get to, to go (so far as ...)
- to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.), to arrive
- to continue ..., to go on ..., to (progress) steadily, to gradually ..., to progressively ...
- to have an orgasm, to come, to cum
- to trip, to get high, to have a drug-induced hallucination
Wordpopular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) adverb
- now, the present time, just now, soon, immediately
- another, more