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/
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- fr3nd
- Number of entries
- 117
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- Words
- Creation date
- 7 June 2022 - 19:34
- Last updated
- 15 May 2024 - 22:51
Wordpopular search-only kanji form JLPT N5 な adjective adjective (generic) usually written using kana alone
- pretty, lovely, beautiful, fair
- clean, clear, pure, tidy, neat
- completely, entirely
Wordpopular gikun or jukujikun JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) adverb
- yesterday
Wordpopular obsolete kanji JLPT N4 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- simple, easy, uncomplicated
- brief, quick, light
Wordpopular JLPT N3 pronoun
- they, them
Wordpopular JLPT N4 pronoun noun noun (generic)
- he, him
- boyfriend
Wordpopular JLPT N4 pronoun noun noun (generic)
- she, her
- girlfriend
Wordpopular obsolete kanji JLPT N5 noun noun (generic)
- school
Wordpopular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic)
- family
Wordpopular search-only kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb baseball
- to return, to come home, to go home, to go back
- to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.)
- to get home, to get to home plate
Wordpopular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone humble language godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb auxiliary verb
- to be (animate), to be, to exist
- to be ...-ing
- to (have the audacity to) do