List: JLPT Level N5 words
JLPT N5 words: Basic Level
popular JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) adverb noun (suffix)
- how much
- something over, and something, -odd
- however (much), no matter how
popular 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
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic)
- zero, nought
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N5 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to teach, to instruct
- to tell, to inform, to show
- to preach
gairaigo Portuguese origin popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- tobacco, cigarette, cigar
- tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
popular JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone adverb adverb taking the ใจ particle noun noun (generic)
- gradually, by degrees, little by little, more and more, increasingly
- steps, stairs, staircase, terrace
popular JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- easy, plain, simple
popular search-only kana form JLPT N5 ใ adjective adjective (generic) interjection
- dangerous, risky, hazardous, perilous, precarious
- in danger, in jeopardy, critical, grave, at risk
- uncertain, unreliable, insecure, unsteady, doubtful
- close (call), narrow (escape)
- look out!, watch out!, be careful!
popular JLPT N5 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to disappear, to vanish, to go out of sight, to go away, to become lost
- to go out (of a fire, light, etc.), to die, to turn off (e.g. of a TV screen)
- to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.), to vanish (e.g. of hope)
- to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness), to disappear, to fade away (e.g. of footsteps)
- to wear away (e.g. of an inscription), to rub out (of writing), to fade (e.g. of ink)
- to be lost (e.g. of a tradition), to die out, to disappear
popular JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb interjection
- to understand, to comprehend, to grasp, to see, to get, to follow
- to become clear, to be known, to be discovered, to be realized, to be realised, to be found out
- I know!, I think so too!