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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- 117
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- Words
- Creation date
- 7 June 2022 - 19:34
- Last updated
- 16 April 2024 - 18:04
Wordpopular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 ă adjective adjective (generic) suffix
- good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable
- sufficient, enough, ready, prepared
- profitable (deal, business offer, etc.), beneficial
- OK, all right, fine, no problem
- easy to ...
Wordpopular search-only kanji form JLPT N5 ă adjective adjective (generic) interjection
- bad, poor, undesirable
- poor (quality), inferior, insufficient
- evil, sinful
- ugly, not beautiful
- at fault, to blame, in the wrong
- bad (at doing something)
- unprofitable, unbeneficial
- sorry, (my) bad, unforgivable
Wordpopular JLPT N5 pronoun
- I, me
Wordpopular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb archaic
- to call out (to), to call, to invoke
- to summon (a doctor, etc.)
- to invite
- to designate, to name, to brand
- to garner (support, etc.), to gather
- to take as one's wife
Wordpopular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone noun (suffix) prefix
- thing, object, article, stuff, substance
- one's things, possessions, property, belongings
- things, something, anything, everything, nothing
- quality
- reason, the way of things
- used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc., used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense), used to indicate a general tendency, used to indicate something that should happen
- item classified as ..., item related to ..., work in the genre of ...
- cause of ..., cause for ...
- somehow, somewhat, for some reason
- really, truly
Wordpopular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb colloquial
- to hold (in one's hand), to take, to carry
- to possess, to have, to own
- to maintain, to keep
- to last, to be durable, to keep, to survive
- to take charge of, to be in charge of
- to hold (meeting, etc.), to have (opportunity, etc.)
- to have "it", to have that special something, to be blessed with good luck
Wordpopular ateji obsolete kanji JLPT N5 ă adjective adjective (generic) euphemistic archaic
- difficult, hard, troublesome, complicated, serious (disease, problem, etc.)
- impossible, unfeasible
- fussy, particular, fastidious, hard to please, displeased
- gloomy, glum, sullen, serious (look)
- dirty, unclean, filthy, detestable
- unpleasant, uncomfortable, creepy, spooky
Wordpopular search-only kanji form JLPT N5 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb usually written using kana alone auxiliary verb
- to see, to look, to watch, to view, to observe
- to examine, to look over, to assess, to check, to judge
- to look after, to attend to, to take care of, to keep an eye on
- to experience, to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.)
- to try ..., to have a go at ..., to give ... a try
- to see (that) ..., to find (that) ...
Wordpopular rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 ă adjective adjective (generic)
- ugly, unattractive, bad-looking
- unsightly, unseemly, disgraceful, shameful, dishonorable
Wordpopular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 noun noun (generic)
- store, shop, establishment, restaurant