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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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Creation date
7 June 2022 - 19:34
Last updated
16 April 2024 - 18:04
Showing 11 - 20 of 117 words for the list Core Japanese words.
ๆœˆใคใtsuki

Wordpopular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic) 

  • Moon
  • month
  • moonlight
  • (a) moon, natural satellite
ๆ—ฅใฒhi

Wordpopular  JLPT N4  noun  noun (generic) 

  • day, days
  • sun, sunshine, sunlight
  • (the) day, daytime, daylight
  • date, deadline
  • (past) days, time (e.g. of one's childhood)
  • case (esp. unfortunate), event
้€ฑใ—ใ‚…ใ†shuu

Wordpopular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  noun (suffix) 

  • week
ไปŠๆ—ฅใใ‚‡ใ†kyou

Wordpopular  gikun or jukujikun  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  adverb 

  • today, this day
  • these days, recently, nowadays
ๆ˜Žๆ—ฅใ‚ใ—ใŸashita

Wordpopular  gikun or jukujikun  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  adverb 

  • tomorrow
  • near future
ๆ˜จๆ—ฅใใฎใ†kinou

Wordpopular  gikun or jukujikun  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  adverb 

  • yesterday
ๆ™‚้–“ใ˜ใ‹ใ‚“jikan

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic) 

  • time
  • hour
  • period, class, lesson
ๅˆ†ใตใ‚“fun

Wordpopular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic) 

  • minute (unit of time)
  • fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
ๆ™‚ใจใtoki

Wordpopular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  adverb  grammar 

  • time, hour, moment
  • occasion, case
  • chance, opportunity, season
  • the times, the age, the day
  • tense
ไบ‹ใ“ใจkoto

Wordpopular  obsolete kanji  JLPT N3  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  noun (suffix) 

  • thing, matter
  • incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis
  • circumstances, situation, state of affairs
  • work, business, affair
  • after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
  • nominalizing suffix
  • pretending to ..., playing make-believe ...
  • alias, also known as, otherwise known as, or
  • necessity, need
  • you should ..., I advise that you ..., it's important to ...

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