List: JLPT Level N5 words
JLPT N5 words: Basic Level
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
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to polish, to shine, to burnish, to scour, to scrub, to brush (teeth), to grind (e.g. a lens)
- to refine (a skill, etc.), to improve, to hone, to polish (up), to cultivate (one's character)
popular JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone adverb ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- still, as yet, only
- (not) yet
- more, (more) still
- at least, comparatively, relatively
- unfinished, incomplete, not yet done
popular irregular kanji usage JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to lose (something)
- to get rid of, to eliminate, to remove, to eradicate, to abolish
popular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb mahjong
- to make sound (of an animal), to call, to cry, to whine, to sing, to chirp
- to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) adverb
- Thursday
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 abbreviation usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- postcard
- memo, note, card
popular gikun or jukujikun JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone adverb
- why, how, for what reason
popular JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb auxiliary verb
- to be (of animate objects), to exist
- to stay
- to be ...-ing, to have been ...-ing