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
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- 117
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- Creation date
- 7 June 2022 - 19:34
- Last updated
- 24 April 2024 - 01:11
Wordpopular JLPT N4 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb colloquial usually written using kana alone intransitive verb linguistics
- to receive, to get
- to catch (e.g. a ball)
- to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.)
- to sustain (damage), to incur (a loss), to suffer (an injury), to feel (influence)
- to undergo (e.g. surgery), to take (a test), to accept (a challenge)
- to be given (e.g. life, talent)
- to find funny, to find humorous, to be amused (by)
- to follow, to succeed, to be descended from
- to face (south, etc.)
- to be modified by
- to obtain (a pawned item, etc.) by paying a fee
- to be well-received, to become popular, to go down well
Wordpopular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- skillful, skilful, skilled, good, expert, clever (expression, trick, etc.), apt, appropriate
- delicious, tasty, good, nice
- good (deal, idea, etc.), profitable, promising, lucky, fortunate, successful, satisfactory, splendid
Wordpopular search-only kanji form JLPT N5 noun noun (generic)
- movie, film, motion picture
Wordpopular obsolete kanji JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) historical term counter
- railway station, train station
- staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan)
- counter for railway stations and bus stations
Wordpopular JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- good(-tasting), nice, delicious, tasty
- attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.), appealing, convenient, favorable, desirable, profitable
Wordpopular JLPT N5 ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- many, numerous, a lot
- large amount of, large quantity of, a lot, much
- frequent, common
Wordpopular JLPT N5 ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- big, large, great
- loud
- extensive, spacious
- important, decisive, valuable
- older, grown up
Wordpopular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb usually written using kana alone auxiliary verb
- to put, to place
- to leave (behind)
- to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.), to set up
- to appoint (someone to a certain position), to hire, to employ
- to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc.), to bear (in mind, etc.)
- to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool
- to take in (boarders, etc.), to provide lodging in one's house
- to separate spatially or temporally
- to do something in advance
- to leave something in a certain state, to keep something in a certain state
Wordpopular JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to send (a thing), to dispatch, to despatch, to transmit
- to take or escort (a person somewhere), to see off (a person)
- to bid farewell (to the departed), to bury
- to spend (time), to live one's life
- to pass (down the line)
- to affix okurigana
Wordpopular search-only kanji form JLPT N5 noun noun (generic)
- toilet, restroom, lavatory, bathroom