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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
20 March 2024 - 01:43
Showing 21 - 30 of 117 words for the list Core Japanese words.
ๆ—ฅๆœฌใซใปใ‚“nihon

Wordpopular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic) 

  • Japan
็‚บใŸใ‚tame

Wordpopular  obsolete kanji  irregular okurigana  JLPT N4  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  adverb 

  • good, advantage, benefit, welfare
  • sake, purpose, objective, aim
  • consequence, result, effect
  • affecting, regarding, concerning
ไบบใฒใจhito

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  usually written using kana alone 

  • person, someone, somebody
  • human beings, mankind, man, people, humans
  • human (Homo sapiens)
  • (other) people, others
  • character, personality, nature
  • capable person, competent person, suitable person, right person
  • adult, grown-up
  • I, me, one
็‰ฉใ‚‚ใฎmono

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
ๅ›ฝใใซkuni

Wordpopular  obsolete kanji  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  historical term  archaic 

  • country, state
  • region
  • national government, central government
  • home (i.e. hometown, home country)
  • province (of Japan)
  • land, earth
ๅคงๅญฆใ ใ„ใŒใdaigaku

Wordpopular  obsolete kanji  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  historical term  abbreviation 

  • university, college
  • former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryล system for the training of government administrators)
  • the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
ไปŠใ„ใพima

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ  adjective (generic)  adverb 

  • now, the present time, just now, soon, immediately
  • another, more
ๅ‰ใพใˆmae

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ  adjective (generic)  adverb  suffix  colloquial 

  • in front (of), before (e.g. a building)
  • before, earlier, previously, prior, ago, (minutes) to (the hour)
  • (the) front, frontal part, fore, head (e.g. of a line)
  • forward, ahead
  • (in the) presence (of), in front (of someone)
  • previous (e.g. page), prior (e.g. engagement), first (e.g. half), former (e.g. example)
  • portion, helping
  • front (of one's body or clothing), breast (of a coat, kimono, etc.)
  • privates, private parts
  • criminal record, previous conviction, (a) prior
ๅพŒใ‚ใจato

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ  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
้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

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