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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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Owner: fr3nd
Number of entries: 117
Contains: Words
Creation date: 7 June 2022 - 19:34
Last updated: 24 April 2024 - 01:11

Showing 51 - 60 of 117 words for the list Core Japanese words.

呼ぶよぶyobu

Wordpopular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb archaic

to call out (to), to call, to invoke
to summon (a doctor, etc.)
to invite
to designate, to name, to brand
to garner (support, etc.), to gather
to take as one's wife

会うあうau

Wordpopular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb usually written using kana alone

to meet, to encounter, to see
to have an accident, to have a bad experience

待つまつmatsu

Wordpopular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb intransitive verb

to wait
to await, to look forward to, to anticipate
to depend on, to need

持つもつmotsu

Wordpopular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb colloquial

to hold (in one's hand), to take, to carry
to possess, to have, to own
to maintain, to keep
to last, to be durable, to keep, to survive
to take charge of, to be in charge of
to hold (meeting, etc.), to have (opportunity, etc.)
to have "it", to have that special something, to be blessed with good luck

送るおくるokuru

Wordpopular JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb

to send (a thing), to dispatch, to despatch, to transmit
to take or escort (a person somewhere), to see off (a person)
to bid farewell (to the departed), to bury
to spend (time), to live one's life
to pass (down the line)
to affix okurigana

見るみるmiru

Wordpopular search-only kanji form JLPT N5 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb usually written using kana alone auxiliary verb

to see, to look, to watch, to view, to observe
to examine, to look over, to assess, to check, to judge
to look after, to attend to, to take care of, to keep an eye on
to experience, to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.)
to try ..., to have a go at ..., to give ... a try
to see (that) ..., to find (that) ...

出来るできるdekiru

Wordpopular obsolete kanji JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb

to be able (in a position) to do, to be up to the task
to be ready, to be completed
to be made, to be built
to be good at, to be permitted (to do)
to become intimate, to take up (with someone)
to grow, to be raised
to become pregnant

行くいくiku

Wordpopular search-only kana form rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb usually written using kana alone auxiliary verb colloquial slang

to go, to move (towards), to head (towards), to leave (for)
to move through, to travel across, to walk along (e.g. a road)
to go (well, badly, etc.), to proceed, to turn out, to get along
to do (in a particular way), to go (with; a choice), to try
to pass (of time, seasons, etc.), to go by
to stream, to flow
to die, to pass away
to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.), to get to, to go (so far as ...)
to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.), to arrive
to continue ..., to go on ..., to (progress) steadily, to gradually ..., to progressively ...
to have an orgasm, to come, to cum
to trip, to get high, to have a drug-induced hallucination

言ういうiu

Wordpopular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)

to say, to utter, to declare
to name, to call
to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"), to make a noise

居るおるoru

Wordpopular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone humble language godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb auxiliary verb

to be (animate), to be, to exist
to be ...-ing
to (have the audacity to) do

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List: Core Japanese words

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