List: Core Japanese words
This is arguably the list of the most important words that any beginner student should begin learning. This list is inspired from the content in https://www.fluentin3months.com/core-japanese-words/
List: Core Japanese words
- Description
- This is arguably the list of the most important words that any beginner student should begin learning. This list is inspired from the content in https://www.fluentin3months.com/core-japanese-words/
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- fr3nd
- Number of entries
- 117
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- Words
- Creation date
- 7 June 2022 - 19:34
- Last updated
- 15 May 2024 - 22:51
Wordpopular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) sumo
- place, location, spot, position
- room, space
- basho, wrestling tournament
Wordpopular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic)
- day, days
- sun, sunshine, sunlight
- (the) day, daytime, daylight
- date, deadline
- (past) days, time (e.g. of one's childhood)
- case (esp. unfortunate), event
Wordpopular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone
- person, someone, somebody
- human beings, mankind, man, people, humans
- human (Homo sapiens)
- (other) people, others
- character, personality, nature
- capable person, competent person, suitable person, right person
- adult, grown-up
- I, me, one
Wordpopular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- minute (unit of time)
- fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
Wordpopular particle
- to, towards, for
Wordpopular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) abbreviation sumo
- room, chamber
- apartment, flat, pad
- stable
Wordpopular JLPT N4 male term pronoun colloquial
- I, me
- you
- manservant
Wordpopular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) adverb suffix colloquial
- in front (of), before (e.g. a building)
- before, earlier, previously, prior, ago, (minutes) to (the hour)
- (the) front, frontal part, fore, head (e.g. of a line)
- forward, ahead
- (in the) presence (of), in front (of someone)
- previous (e.g. page), prior (e.g. engagement), first (e.g. half), former (e.g. example)
- portion, helping
- front (of one's body or clothing), breast (of a coat, kimono, etc.)
- privates, private parts
- criminal record, previous conviction, (a) prior
Wordpopular JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- bad (taste), unpalatable, unsavoury, unsavory, awful, terrible, unpleasant
- poor, unskillful, unskilful, bungling, clumsy
- ugly, unattractive, homely, plain
- awkward, problematic, troublesome, unfavorable, unfavourable, unwise
Wordpopular JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone adverb conjunction prefix
- again, once more, once again, another time, some other time
- also, too, as well, likewise
- on the other hand, while
- and, in addition, besides, moreover, furthermore
- or, otherwise
- really, how, (what, why) on earth
- indirect