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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
24 April 2024 - 01:11
Showing 11 - 20 of 117 words for the list Core Japanese words.
ๅ—ใ‘ใ‚‹ใ†ใ‘ใ‚‹ukeru

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
ไธŠๆ‰‹ใ„ใ†ใพใ„umai

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
ๆ˜ ็”ปใˆใ„ใŒeiga

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

  • movie, film, motion picture
้ง…ใˆใeki

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
็พŽๅ‘ณใ—ใ„ใŠใ„ใ—ใ„oishii

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
ๅคšใ„ใŠใŠใ„ooi

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  ใ„ adjective  adjective (generic) 

  • many, numerous, a lot
  • large amount of, large quantity of, a lot, much
  • frequent, common
ๅคงใใ„ใŠใŠใใ„ookii

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  ใ„ adjective  adjective (generic) 

  • big, large, great
  • loud
  • extensive, spacious
  • important, decisive, valuable
  • older, grown up
็ฝฎใใŠใoku

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
้€ใ‚‹ใŠใใ‚‹okuru

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
ใŠๆ‰‹ๆด—ใ„ใŠใฆใ‚ใ‚‰ใ„otearai

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

  • toilet, restroom, lavatory, bathroom

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