List: JLPT Level N5 words
JLPT N5 words: Basic Level
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic)
- umbrella, parasol
- something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat, shade (of a lamp), mushroom cap, pileus
popular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb mahjong go (game) suffix
- to cut, to cut through, to perform (surgery)
- to sever (connections, ties)
- to turn off (e.g. the light)
- to terminate (e.g. a conversation), to hang up (the phone), to disconnect
- to punch (a ticket), to tear off (a stub)
- to open (something sealed)
- to start
- to set (a limit), to do (something) in less or within a certain time, to issue (cheques, vouchers, etc.)
- to reduce, to decrease, to discount
- to shake off (water, etc.), to let drip-dry, to let drain
- to cross, to traverse
- to criticize sharply
- to act decisively, to do (something noticeable), to go first, to make (certain facial expressions, in kabuki)
- to turn (vehicle, steering wheel, etc.)
- to curl (a ball), to bend, to cut
- to shuffle (cards)
- to discard a tile
- to dismiss, to sack, to let go, to expel, to excommunicate
- to dig (a groove), to cut (a stencil, on a mimeograph)
- to trump
- to cut (the connection between two groups)
- to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking a metal against stone)
- to draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.)
- to do completely, to finish doing
- to be completely ..., to be totally ..., to be terribly ...
- to do clearly, to do decisively, to do firmly
popular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to ferry across (e.g. a river), to carry across, to traverse
- to lay across, to build across
- to hand over, to hand in, to pass, to give, to transfer
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic)
- envelope
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) adverb
- every morning
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic)
- Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) ใช adjective
- yellow, amber
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb suffix colloquial
- to end, to come to an end, to finish, to close, to be over
- to finish, to complete, to conclude
- to finish doing
- to be past its (one's) prime
- to be awful, to be terrible, to suck, to be hopeless
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 noun noun (generic)
- crossing, intersection
popular search-only kana form JLPT N5 noun noun (generic)
- pencil