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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- 7 Jun 2022, 7:34 p.m.
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- 18 Nov 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Wordpopular search-only kanji form JLPT N5 noun noun (generic)
- school
Wordpopular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun (suffix) counter
- word, term
- language
- speech
ๆฐดใฟใmizuWordpopular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) sumo
- water (esp. cool or cold)
- fluid (esp. in an animal tissue), liquid
- flood, floodwaters
- water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
- break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
ๆ ็ปใใใeigaWordpopular search-only kanji form JLPT N5 noun noun (generic)
- movie, film, motion picture
Wordpopular JLPT N5 abbreviation noun noun (generic)
- television, TV
- TV program, TV programme, TV broadcast
Wordpopular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic)
- family
Wordpopular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic)
- town, block, neighbourhood, neighborhood
- downtown, main street
- street, road
Wordpopular JLPT N3 adverb noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- other (esp. people and abstract matters)
Wordpopular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
ใใคใฌtoireWordpopular JLPT N5 abbreviation noun noun (generic)
- toilet, restroom, bathroom, lavatory
- going to the toilet, relieving oneself