List: JLPT Level N5 words
JLPT N5 words: Basic Level
popular search-only kana form ateji rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic) interjection
- noisy, loud
- annoying, troublesome, tiresome, persistent, importunate
- fussy, finicky, picky, particular, nagging, fastidious, bossy
- shut up, be quiet
popular gikun or jukujikun search-only kana form search-only kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- good(-tasting), nice, delicious, tasty
- attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.), appealing, convenient, favorable, desirable, profitable
popular gikun or jukujikun search-only kana form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- bad(-tasting), unpalatable, unsavoury, unsavory, awful, terrible, unpleasant
- poor, unskillful, unskilful, bungling, clumsy
- ugly, unattractive, homely, plain
- awkward, problematic, troublesome, unfavorable, unfavourable, unwise
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) noun (prefix)
- wind, breeze, draught, draft
- manner, behaviour, behavior
- cold, influenza
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone noun (suffix) prefix
- thing, object, article, stuff, substance
- one's things, possessions, property, belongings
- things, something, anything, everything, nothing
- quality
- reason, the way of things
- used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc., used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense), used to indicate a general tendency, used to indicate something that should happen
- item classified as ..., item related to ..., work in the genre of ...
- cause of ..., cause for ...
- somehow, somewhat, for some reason
- really, truly
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to line up, to set up, to arrange in a line
- to enumerate, to itemize
- to be equal (to), to compare well (with), to be as good (as)
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to walk
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) honorific language noun (suffix)
- direction, way
- person, lady, gentleman
- method of, manner of, way of
- care of ...
- person in charge of ...
- side (e.g. "on my mother's side")
popular JLPT N5 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to forget, to leave carelessly, to be forgetful of, to forget about, to forget (an article)
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) prefix counter
- book, volume, script
- this, present, current, ... in question, ... at issue
- main, head, principal
- real, genuine, regular, proper
- counter for long, cylindrical things, counter for films, TV shows, etc., counter for goals, home runs, etc., counter for telephone calls