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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

Description: 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/
Visibility: Public
Owner: fr3nd
Number of entries: 117
Contains: Words
Creation date: 7 June 2022 - 19:34
Last updated: 15 May 2024 - 22:51

Showing 61 - 70 of 117 words for the list Core Japanese words.

有るあるaru

Wordpopular JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb

to be, to exist, to live
to have
to be located
to be equipped with
to happen, to come about

成るなるnaru

Wordpopular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb shogi honorific language auxiliary verb

to become, to get, to grow, to turn, to reach, to attain
to result in, to turn out, to end up, to prove (to be)
to consist of, to be composed of, to be made up of
to be completed, to be realized, to succeed, to be attained, to be accomplished
to change (into), to turn (into), to transform
to come (to do), to begin (to do), to grow (to do)
to come to, to amount to, to add up to, to make
to play (the part of), to act as
to be used for, to be useful for, to serve as
to be promoted
to do ...

ですdesu

Wordpopular polite language copula

be, is

為るするsuru

Wordpopular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone suru verb verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb suffix auxiliary verb

to do, to carry out, to perform
to cause to become, to make (into), to turn (into)
to serve as, to act as, to work as
to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to judge as being, to view as being, to think of as, to treat as, to use as
to decide on, to choose
to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)
to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
to be worth, to cost
to pass (of time), to elapse
to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
to transform A to B, to make A into B, to exchange A for B
to make use of A for B, to view A as B, to handle A as if it were B
to feel A about B
verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
to be just about to, to be just starting to, to try to, to attempt to