List: JLPT Level N5 words
JLPT N5 words: Basic Level
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone adverb
- how, in what way, how about
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone pronoun interjection
- which (of three or more)
- well, now, c'mon
popular rarely used kana form search-only kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic) abbreviation
- curry (esp. Japanese curry)
- rice and curry
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- gram, gramme
gairaigo English origin Dutch origin popular ateji JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- coffee
gairaigo Portuguese origin Dutch origin popular search-only kana form rarely used kanji form ateji JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) card games
- glass (drinking vessel), tumbler
- cups (suit)
ๆด่ขดใบใใณzubongairaigo French origin popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- trousers, pants
gairaigo Portuguese origin popular ateji rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- button (clothing)
- push-button, button
gairaigo French origin popular ateji rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- metre (unit of length), meter
- meter, gauge
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone suru verb verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb suffix auxiliary verb
- to do, to carry out, to perform
- to cause to become, to make (into), to turn (into)
- to serve as, to act as, to work as
- to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
- to judge as being, to view as being, to think of as, to treat as, to use as
- to decide on, to choose
- to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)
- to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
- to be worth, to cost
- to pass (of time), to elapse
- to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
- to transform A to B, to make A into B, to exchange A for B
- to make use of A for B, to view A as B, to handle A as if it were B
- to feel A about B
- verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
- creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
- to be just about to, to be just starting to, to try to, to attempt to