JLPT N5 Words

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見せる【みせる】 to show; to display
鍵【かぎ】 key / lock
古い【ふるい】 old; aged; ancient; antiquated; antique; timeworn / long; since long ago; time-honored / of the distant past; long-ago / stale; threadbare; hackneyed; corny / old-fashioned; outmoded; out-of-date
ご飯【ごはん】 cooked rice / meal
交番【こうばん】 police box; small neighborhood police station / alternation; alternating (e.g. current)
厚い【あつい】 thick; deep; heavy / kind; cordial; hospitable; warm; faithful / serious (of an illness) / abundant
向こう【むこう】 opposite side; other side; opposite direction / over there; that way; far away; beyond / the other party; the other person / future (starting now)
降る【ふる】 to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down / to form (of frost) / to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in / to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.); to come; to arrive
黒い【くろい】 black / dark; blackish; sun-tanned (skin) / suspicious; criminal; illicit / darkened and dirty; sooty; covered in dirt / evil; wicked; black-hearted / inauspicious; ill-boding; unlucky
今晩【こんばん】 tonight; this evening
困る【こまる】 to be troubled; to be worried; to be bothered; to be embarrassed; to be stumped
差す【さす】 to shine / to be visible / to be tinged with / to rise (of water levels); to flow in / to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one / to hold up (an umbrella, etc.); to put up; to raise / to extend one's arm straight ahead (in dance) / to insert; to put in / to wear (a sword) in one's belt; to wear at one's side; to carry under one's arm / to insert one's arm under an opponent's arm / to pole (a boat) / to pour; to add (liquid); to serve (drinks) / to put on (lipstick, etc.); to apply; to colour; to dye / to light (a fire); to burn / to shut; to close; to lock; to fasten / to stop in the midst of; to leave undone
座る【すわる】 to sit; to squat / to assume (a position) / to hold steady; to hold still
再来年【さらいねん】 year after next
細い【ほそい】 thin; slender; fine / unlucky (billiards slang)
撮る【とる】 to take (a photo) / to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
始まる【はじまる】 to begin; to start; to commence / to happen (again); to begin (anew) / to date (from); to originate (in)
死ぬ【しぬ】 to die; to pass away / to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead / to cease; to stop
若い【わかい】 young; youthful / immature; green / low (number); small
弱い【よわい】 weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
習う【ならう】 to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
住む【すむ】 to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
重い【おもい】 heavy; weighty; massive / heavy (feeling); depressed; gloomy; blue; uneasy / slow; sluggish; lumbering; ponderous; clumsy / important; serious; grave / serious; severe; critical / solid; established; dignified; sensible
できる《出来る》 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 somebody) / to grow; to be raised / to become pregnant
始め【はじめ】 beginning; start; outset; opening / first (in line, etc.) / origin / such as ...; not to mention ...
暑い【あつい】 hot; warm; sultry; heated / passionate; impassioned; burning (desire, etc.) / on everybody's mind; on the radar; du jour; interested (gaze, etc.)
小さい【ちいさい】 small; little; tiny / slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); minor; small / low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice) / unimportant; petty; insignificant; trifling; trivial / young; juvenile
少ない【すくない】 few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
消える【きえる】 to go out; to vanish; to disappear
消す【けす】 to erase; to delete; to cross out / to turn off power / to extinguish; to put out / to bump off
上る【のぼる】 to ascend; to go up; to climb / to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the sun); to rise / to go to (the capital) / to be promoted / to add up to / to advance (in price) / to swim up (a river); to sail up / to come up (on the agenda)
乗る【のる】 to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board; to take; to embark / to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to jump on; to sit on; to mount / to reach; to go over; to pass / to follow; to stay (on track); to go with (the times, etc.) / to take part; to participate; to join / to get into the swing (and sing, dance, etc.) / to be deceived; to be taken in / to be carried; to be spread; to be scattered / to stick; to attach; to take; to go on
食べる【たべる】 to eat / to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
寝る【ねる】 to lie down / to go to bed; to lie in bed / to sleep (lying down) / to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse) / to lie idle
辛い【からい】 spicy; hot / salty / harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); strict / painful; bitter; difficult; tough
なる《成る》 to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain / to result in; to prove to be / to consist of; to be composed of / to succeed; to be complete / to change into; to be exchanged for / to play a role / to be promoted / to do ...
晴れ【はれ】 clear weather; fine weather / formal; ceremonial; public / cleared of suspicion
晴れる【はれる】 to clear up; to clear away; to be sunny; to stop raining / to refresh (e.g. spirits) / to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion) / to be dispelled; to be banished
青い【あおい】 blue; azure / green / pale; gray; grey / unripe; inexperienced
石鹸【せっけん】 soap
洗う【あらう】 to wash; to cleanse; to rinse / to inquire into; to investigate / to purify (one's heart) / to lave (e.g. shore); to wash over (e.g. deck); to sweep
多い【おおい】 many; numerous; a lot / large quantity; large amount / frequent; common
太い【ふとい】 fat; thick / deep (of a voice); thick; sonorous / daring; shameless; brazen; audacious
待つ【まつ】 to wait / to await; to look forward to; to anticipate / to depend on; to need
貸す【かす】 to lend; to loan / to rent out; to hire out
たくさん《沢山》 a lot; lots; plenty; many; a large number; much; a great deal; a good deal / enough; sufficient / enough; too many; too much
脱ぐ【ぬぐ】 to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
短い【みじかい】 short
遅い【おそい】 slow; time-consuming; sluggish / late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); until a time far into the day or night / later (than expected or usual); late; behind schedule; behind time; tardy; overdue; unpunctual / too late; having missed the boat / dull; stupid
茶色【ちゃいろ】 light brown; tawny
飛ぶ【とぶ】 to fly; to soar / to jump; to leap; to spring; to bound; to hop
長い【ながい】 long (distance) / long (time); lengthy
痛い【いたい】 painful; sore / cringy; embarrassing / exceeding
締める【しめる】 to tie; to fasten; to tighten / to wear (necktie, belt); to put on / to total; to sum / to be strict with / to economize; to economise; to cut down on / to salt; to marinate; to pickle; to make sushi adding a mixture of vinegar and salt
渡る【わたる】 to cross over; to go across / to extend; to cover; to range; to span
同じ【おなじ】 same; identical; equal; uniform; equivalent; similar; common (origin); changeless; alike / anyway; anyhow; in either case
豚肉【ぶたにく】 pork
曇る【くもる】 to get cloudy; to cloud over; to become overcast / to cloud up; to fog up; to mist up; to become dim / to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression); to be downcast / to look slightly downward (of a noh mask; indicating sadness, grief, etc.)
入る【はいる】 to enter; to go into / to break into / to join; to enroll / to contain; to hold; to accommodate / to have (an income of) / to get; to receive; to score
白い【しろい】 white
薄い【うすい】 thin / pale; light; faint / watery; thin; dilute / weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence) / slim (probability, etc.); small / sparse; patchy; scattered
箸【はし】 chopsticks
八百屋【やおや】 greengrocer
あちら《彼方》 that way (direction distant from both speaker and listener); over there; yonder / that one (something physically distant from both speaker and listener, or something not visible but known by both speaker and listener); that / that person (someone physically distant from both speaker and listener, or someone not present but known by both speaker and listener) / there (place distant from both speaker and listener); over there; foreign country (esp. a Western nation)
疲れる【つかれる】 to get tired; to tire / to be worn out (e.g. of well used objects) / to starve
風呂【ふろ】 bath; bathtub / bathroom; bathhouse / room for drying lacquerware / base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
並ぶ【ならぶ】 to line up; to stand in a line / to rival; to match; to equal
閉める【しめる】 to close; to shut
忙しい【いそがしい】 busy; occupied; hectic / restless; hurried; fidgety
本棚【ほんだな】 bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
毎晩【まいばん】 every night
また《又》 again; and; also; still (doing something)
万年筆【まんねんひつ】 fountain pen
面白い【おもしろい】 interesting; fascinating; intriguing; enthralling / amusing; funny; comical / pleasant; enjoyable; agreeable; fun
遊ぶ【あそぶ】 to play; to enjoy oneself; to have a good time / to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.) / to be idle; to do nothing; to be unused / to go to (for pleasure or for study) / to intentionally throw a ball to lower the batter's concentration
夕べ【ゆうべ】 evening / last night; yesterday evening
欲しい【ほしい】 wanted; wished for; in need of; desired / I want (you) to
来る【くる】 to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive / to come back; to do ... and come back / to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue / to come from; to be caused by; to derive from / to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...")
涼しい【すずしい】 cool; refreshing / clear (e.g. eyes); bright / clear; distinct / composed (facial expression); unruffled; unconcerned / pure; upright; innocent
冷たい【つめたい】 cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; freezing / coldhearted; unfeeling; indifferent; unfriendly
れい《零》 zero; nought
話す【はなす】 to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat / to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss / to speak (a language)
一昨日【おととい】 day before yesterday
なぜ《何故》 why; how
どこ《何処》 where; what place / how much (long, far); what extent
かわいい《可愛い》 cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty / dear; precious; darling; pet / innocent; childlike; childish; lovable / dainty; cute little; tiny
今朝【けさ】 this morning
上着【うわぎ】 coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment
丈夫【じょうぶ】 healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
夕飯【ゆうはん】 evening meal
あまり《余り》 remainder; remnant; rest; balance; surplus; remains (of a meal); leftovers / not very; not much / too much; excessively; overly / extreme; great; severe; tremendous; terrible / more than; over
暖かい【あたたかい】 warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot / considerate; kind; genial / warm (of a colour); mellow / having enough money
いろいろ《色々》 various; all sorts of; variety of / various colors (colours)
曇り【くもり】 cloudiness; cloudy weather / fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); blur; mist; shadow; dimness / gloom; dejection
醤油【しょうゆ】 soy sauce; shoyu
立つ【たつ】 to stand; to rise; to stand up / to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position) / to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
たばこ《煙草》 tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; cigar / tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
だんだん《段々》 gradually; by degrees; little by little; more and more; increasingly / steps; stairs; staircase; terrace
飲み物【のみもの】 drink; beverage
丸い【まるい】 round; circular; spherical / harmonious; calm
目【め】 eye; eyeball / eyesight; sight; vision / look; stare; glance / an experience / viewpoint / stitch; texture; weave / ordinal number suffix / somewhat; -ish
アパート apartment building; apartment block; apartment house / apartment
エレベーター elevator; lift / elevator (aviation)
カップ cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.) / instant noodles purchased in cup; cup noodles
カメラ camera
カレー《咖哩》 curry / rice and curry
カレンダー calendar / calender (machine for flattening things)
キロ kilo-; 1000 / kilogram; kilogramme / kilometre; kilometer / kilo-; 1024; 2^10
ギター guitar
クラス class
グラム《瓦》 gram; gramme
コート coat / court (i.e. tennis, basketball, etc.)
コーヒー《珈琲》 coffee
コップ glass (drinking vessel); tumbler / cop (police officer)
コピー copy; photocopy / blurb on a book jacket / catch copy
シャツ shirt (underwear); undershirt; singlet / shirt (outerwear, esp. dress shirt)
シャワー shower
スカート skirt
ストーブ (room) heater; stove
スプーン spoon
スポーツ sport; sports
スリッパ slipper; slippers
ズボン trousers; pants
セーター sweater; jumper
タクシー taxi
テーブル table
テープ tape
テープレコーダー tape recorder
テスト test
テレビ television; TV / TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
デパート department store / department
トイレ toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
ドア door (Western-style)
ナイフ knife
ニュース news
ネクタイ tie; necktie
ノート notebook; copy-book; exercise book / note; noting down / (musical) note / notebook computer; laptop
ハンカチ handkerchief
バス bus / bath / bass
バター butter
パーティ party
パン bread; pastries (e.g. croissants); pastry-based products / pan; frying pan / panning (in a film)
フィルム film
フォーク fork / folk; folk song / hawk
プール (swimming) pool / pool (billiards) / pool (together)
ベッド bed
ページ《頁》 page
ペン pen
ホテル hotel
ボールペン ball-point pen
ボタン《undefined》 button
ポケット pocket
ポスト postbox; mail box; pillar box / post; position / post (e.g. goalpost) / post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
マッチ《燐寸》 match (to light fire with)
メートル《米》 metre; meter / meter; gauge
ラジオ radio
レコード record (e.g. LP) / record (e.g. in sports) / record (data structure)
レストラン restaurant (esp. Western-style)
ワイシャツ《Ｙシャツ》 shirt; business shirt; dress shirt
ちょっと《一寸》 a little; a bit; slightly / just a minute; for a moment; briefly / somewhat; rather; fairly; pretty; quite / (not) easily; (not) readily / hey!; excuse me
他【ほか】 other (place, thing, person); the rest / outside; beyond / nothing except; nothing but; nothing apart from; nothing aside from; no choice (but to) / besides...; in addition to...
十日【とおか】 the tenth day of the month / ten days
答える【こたえる】 to answer; to reply
いる《要る》 to be needed; to be wanted
一日【いちにち】 one day / first day of the month
開く【あく】 to open (e.g. doors) / to open (e.g. business, etc.) / to be empty / to be vacant; to be available; to be free / to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.) / to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.) / to come to an end / to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.) / to have a hole; to form a gap; to have an interval (between events)
朝ご飯【あさごはん】 breakfast
聞く【きく】 to hear / to listen (e.g. to music) / to ask; to enquire; to query / to learn of; to hear about / to follow (advice); to comply with / to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance
きれい《奇麗》 pretty; lovely; beautiful; fair / clean; clear; pure; tidy; neat / completely; entirely
一日【ついたち】 first day of the month / first ten days of the lunar month
あそこ《彼処》 there (place physically distant from both speaker and listener); over there; that place; yonder; you-know-where / genitals; private parts / that far (something psychologically distant from both speaker and listener); that much; that point
あれ《彼》 that (indicating something distant from both speaker and listener (in space, time or psychologically), or something understood without naming it directly) / that person (used to refer to one's equals or inferiors) / over there / down there (i.e. one's genitals) / period; menses / hey (expression of surprise, suspicion, etc.); huh?; eh? / that (something mentioned before which is distant psychologically or in terms of time)
ええ yes; that is correct; right / um; errr / huh? / grrr; gah; Must I? / good
お菓子【おかし】 confections; sweets; candy
お兄さん【おにいさん】 older brother; elder brother / young man; buddy; fella; laddie
お姉さん【おねえさん】 elder sister / young lady / miss / ma'am / older girl
お手洗い【おてあらい】 toilet; restroom; lavatory; bathroom
おじいさん《お祖父さん》 grandfather / male senior-citizen
おばあさん《お祖母さん》 grandmother / old woman; female senior citizen
お腹【おなか】 belly; abdomen; stomach
こちら《此方》 this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker); this direction / here (place close to the speaker or where the speaker is) / this one (something physically close to the speaker) / I; me; we; us / this person (someone physically close to the speaker and of equal or higher status)
こんな such (about something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or about ideas expressed by the speaker); like this
さあ come; come now; come along; go on; hurry up / well; who knows; I don't know...; uh; hmm / well now; let's see; there we go; all right / about that; you see
じゃあ then; well; so; well then / combination of 'de' and 'wa' particles / plain copula
そちら《其方》 that way (direction distant from the speaker, close to the listener) / there (place distant from the speaker, close to the listener) / that one (something close to the listener) / you; your family; your company / that person (someone close to the listener)
それ《其れ》 that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it / that time; then / there (indicating a place near the listener) / you
それから《其れから》 and then; after that
つまらない《詰らない》 dull; uninteresting; boring; tedious / insignificant; unimportant; trifling; trivial; worthless / absurd; foolish; silly; stupid / useless; pointless; disappointing
では then; well; so; well then
とても《迚も》 very; awfully; exceedingly / (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
どう《如何》 how; in what way; how about
どうも thank you; thanks / much (thanks); very (sorry); quite (regret) / quite; really; mostly / somehow / in spite of oneself; try as one might; no matter how hard one may try (to, not to) / greetings; hello; goodbye
どれ《何れ》 which (of three or more) / whichever; any / well; now; let me see
もう now; soon; shortly; before long; presently / already; yet; by now; (not) anymore / further; more; again; another; the other / tsk; dammit; jeez; come on
もっと (some) more; even more; longer; further
やる《遣る》 to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study / to send; to dispatch; to despatch / to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.) / to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer / to make (a vehicle) go faster / to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise / to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke / to hold (a performance); to perform; to show / to ease (one's mind) / to harm; to injure; to kill / to have sex with / to live; to get by; to get along / to do ... completely / to do ... broadly; to do ... to a great distance / to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status); to do ... to (sometimes with negative nuance) / to make active efforts to ...
ゆっくり slowly; at ease; restful
より than / from; out of; since; at; on / except; but; other than / more
する《為る》 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
引く【ひく】 to pull; to tug; to lead (e.g. a horse) / to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest) / to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to pull in / to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.) / to draw (a line, plan, etc.) / to catch (a cold) / to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument) / to look up (e.g. a dictionary); to consult / to haul; to pull (vehicles) / to subtract; to deduct / to recede; to ebb; to fade / to be descend from; to inherit (a characteristic) / to quote; to cite; to raise (as evidence) / to lay on (electricity, gas, etc.); to install (e.g. a telephone); to supply (e.g. water) / to hold (e.g. a note) / to apply (e.g. lipstick); to oil (e.g. a pan); to wax (e.g. a floor) / to move back; to draw back; to recede / to lessen; to subside; to ebb / to resign; to retire; to quit
奥さん【おくさん】 wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
ぬるい《温い》 lukewarm; tepid / lenient / slow; stupid
下【した】 below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter) / bottom / beneath; underneath / just after; right after / inferiority; one's inferior (i.e. one's junior) / trade-in / preliminary; preparatory
いつも《何時も》 always; usually; every time / never
どうぞ please; kindly; I beg of you / by all means; feel free; you are welcome / here you are
どちら《何方》 which way; which direction; where / which one (esp. of two alternatives) / who
どなた《何方》 who?
家【いえ】 house; residence; dwelling / family; household / lineage; family name
開ける【あける】 to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock / to open (for business, etc.) / to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room / to move out; to clear out / to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily) / to dawn; to grow light / to end (of a period, season) / to begin (of the New Year) / to leave (one's schedule) open; to make time (for) / to make (a hole); to open up (a hole)
かばん《鞄》 bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
あなた《貴方》 you (referring to someone of equal or lower status) / dear (what a wife calls a husband)
近く【ちかく】 near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity / nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to / shortly; soon
金曜日【きんようび】 Friday
九日【ここのか】 the ninth day of the month / nine days
空【そら】 sky; the air; the heavens / weather / far-off place; distant place / state of mind; feeling / (from) memory; (by) heart / falsehood; lie / somehow; vaguely / fake
月曜日【げつようび】 Monday
五日【いつか】 the fifth day of the month / five days
好き【すき】 liked; well-liked; favourite; favorite / in love (with); loved; romantically interested (in) / faddism; eccentricity / the way one likes; (as) it suits one
ここ《此処》 here (place physically close to the speaker, place pointed by the speaker while explaining); this place / these last (followed by a duration noun and a past sentence: time period before the present time of the speaker) / these next ... (followed by a duration noun and a non past sentence: time period after the present time of the speaker); the next ...
咲く【さく】 to bloom
三日【みっか】 the third day of the month / three days
四日【よっか】 fourth day of the month / four days
字引【じびき】 dictionary
次【つぎ】 next; following; subsequent / stage; station
初めて【はじめて】 for the first time / only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...
ところ《所》 place; spot; scene; site / address / district; area; locality / one's house / point; aspect; side; facet / passage (in text); part / space; room / thing; matter / whereupon; as a result / about to; on the verge of / was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing
書く【かく】 to write; to compose; to pen / to draw; to paint
上【うえ】 above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter) / top; summit / surface; on / before; previous / superiority; one's superior (i.e. one's elder) / on top of that; besides; what's more / upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after) / matters concerning...; as concerns ... / since (i.e. "for that reason") / suffix indicating higher social standing / place of one's superior (i.e. the throne) / emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo / noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman)
吹く【ふく】 to blow (e.g. wind); to play a wind instrument / to whistle / to laugh; to burst into laughter / to smelt; to mint / to brag; to talk big
水曜日【すいようび】 Wednesday
生まれる【うまれる】 to be born
先【さき】 previous; prior; former; first; earlier; some time ago; preceding / point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle / head (of a line); front / ahead; the other side / the future; hereafter / destination / the other party
前【まえ】 ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour) / in front (of); before (e.g. the house) / head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part / in the presence of / helping; portion / privates; private parts
それでは《其れでは》 well then ... / in that situation; in which case
誕生日【たんじょうび】 birthday
弾く【ひく】 to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
置く【おく】 to put; to place / to leave (behind) / to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up / to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ / to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc); to bear (in mind etc) / to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool / to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house / to separate spatially or temporally / to do something in advance / to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state
着く【つく】 to arrive at; to reach / to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
中【なか】 inside; in / among; within / center (centre); middle / during; while
ちょうど《丁度》 exactly; precisely; just; right / as if; as though; quite
土曜日【どようび】 Saturday
働く【はたらく】 to work; to labor; to labour / to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play / to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice / to be conjugated
二日【ふつか】 second day of the month / two days
賑やか【にぎやか】 bustling; busy; lively
日曜日【にちようび】 Sunday
入れる【いれる】 to put in; to let in; to take in; to bring in; to insert; to set (a jewel, etc.); to ink in (e.g. a tattoo) / to admit; to accept; to employ; to hire / to accept; to comply; to grant; to adopt (a policy, etc.); to take (advice, etc.); to listen to; to pay attention to / to include / to pay (one's rent, etc.) / to cast (a vote) / to make (tea, coffee, etc.) / to turn on (a switch, etc.) / to send (a fax); to call
どうして《如何して》 why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for
八日【ようか】 the eighth day of the month / eight days
うるさい《煩い》 noisy; loud / annoying; troublesome; tiresome; persistent; importunate / fussy; finicky; picky; particular; nagging; fastidious; bossy / shut up!; be quiet!
おいしい《美味しい》 delicious; tasty; sweet / attractive; appealing; convenient; favorable; desirable; profitable
まずい《不味い》 unappetising; unappetizing; unsavoury; unsavory; unpleasant / unskillful; unskilful; bungling; clumsy; poor / ugly; unattractive; homely; plain / awkward; problematic; troublesome; unfavorable; unfavourable; unwise
風【かぜ】 wind; breeze; draught; draft / manner; behaviour; behavior / cold; influenza
物【もの】 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 of ... / cause of ...; cause for ... / somehow; somewhat; for some reason / really; truly
しかし《然し》 however; but
並べる【ならべる】 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)
歩く【あるく】 to walk
方【かた】 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")
忘れる【わすれる】 to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
本【ほん】 book; volume; script / this; present / main; head / real; regular / counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls
磨く【みがく】 to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to grind (e.g. lens) / to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
まだ《未だ》 as yet; hitherto; only; still / not yet / more; besides / unfinished; incomplete; not yet finished with
なくす《無くす》 to lose (something); to mislay / to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
鳴く【なく】 to sing (bird) / to make sound (animal); to call; to cry; to chirp / to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
木曜日【もくようび】 Thursday
はがき《葉書》 postcard / memo; note; card
六日【むいか】 sixth day of the month / six days
いる《居る》 to be (of animate objects); to exist / to stay / to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
行く【いく】 to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach / to proceed; to take place / to pass through; to come and go / to walk / to die; to pass away / to do (in a specific way) / to stream; to flow / to continue / to have an orgasm; to come; to cum / to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination
七日【なのか】 the seventh day of the month / seven days
まっすぐ《真っ直ぐ》 straight (ahead); direct; upright; erect / straightforward; honest; frank
人【ひと】 man; person / human being; mankind; people / human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species / character; personality / man of talent; true man / another person; other people; others / adult
店【みせ】 store; shop; establishment; restaurant
頭【あたま】 head / hair (on one's head) / mind; brains; intellect / leader; chief; boss; captain / top; tip / beginning; start / head; person / top structural component of a kanji / pair
この《此の》 this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
八つ【やっつ】 eight
万【まん】 10,000; ten thousand / myriad / everything; all / various
明後日【あさって】 day after tomorrow
六つ【むっつ】 six
二十歳【はたち】 20 years old / twenty
二十日【はつか】 twentieth day of the month / twenty days
よく《良く》 nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully / frequently; often
履く【はく】 to put on (or wear) lower-body clothing (i.e. pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (or wear) footwear / to affix a sword to one's hip / to affix a bowstring to a bow
つける《点ける》 to turn on; to switch on; to light up
そうして《然うして》 and; like that
これ《此れ》 this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic) / this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group) / now / here / I (me) / certainly
いい good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable / sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared / profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial / OK
あの《彼の》 that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)
あのう say; well; errr ...
そこ《其処》 there (place relatively near listener) / there (place just mentioned); that place / then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised) / you
その《其の》 that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the / um...; er...; uh...
でも but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; also; as well / even / however; no matter how; even if; even though / ... or something / either ... or ...; neither ... nor ... / pseudo-; quack; in-name-only / for lack of anything better to do
はい yes; that is correct / understood; I see; OK; okay / present; here / pardon?; what's that?; come again? / now; here; here you go / giddy-up; giddap
一月【ひとつき】 one month
鶏肉【けいにく】 chicken meat
すぐに《直ぐに》 immediately; right away; at once; instantly
お弁当【おべんとう】 bento; Japanese box lunch
など《等》 et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth / or something / the likes of
晩御飯【ばんごはん】 dinner; evening meal
もう一度【もういちど】 once more; again
赤【あか】 red; crimson; scarlet / red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange) / Red (i.e. communist) / red light (traffic) / red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red / complete; total; perfect; obvious / copper
小さな【ちいさな】 small; little; tiny
背【せ】 back; spine / reverse; rear side / height; stature / ridge (of a mountain)
ペット pet / trumpet
ラジカセ radio-cassette player
お皿【おさら】 plate; dish
お酒【おさけ】 alcohol; sake
昼ご飯【ひるごはん】 lunch; midday meal
お風呂【おふろ】 bath
おじさん《伯父さん》 uncle / old man; mister / manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
おばさん《伯母さん》 aunt
子供【こども】 child
七【しち】 seven / hepta-
足【あし】 foot / leg / gait / pace / bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji / means of transportation / money; coin
言う【いう】 to say; to utter; to declare / to name; to call / to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
意味【いみ】 meaning; significance; sense
一つ【ひとつ】 one / for one thing / only / (not) even / just (e.g. "just try it")
一番【いちばん】 number one; first; first place / best; most / game; round; bout / as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively / song (e.g. in noh); piece
右【みぎ】 right; right hand side / afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing; above
映画【えいが】 movie; film
音楽【おんがく】 music
夏【なつ】 summer
家族【かぞく】 family; members of a family
家庭【かてい】 home; family; household
歌【うた】 song / classical Japanese poetry (esp. tanka) / modern poetry
花【はな】 flower; blossom; bloom; petal / cherry blossom / beauty / blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms) / ikebana / hanafuda / (the) best / glorious; lovely
会社【かいしゃ】 company; corporation / workplace
外国【がいこく】 foreign country
外国人【がいこくじん】 foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
学校【がっこう】 school
学生【がくせい】 student (esp. a university student)
銀行【ぎんこう】 bank
言葉【ことば】 language; dialect / word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark / speech; (manner of) speaking / learning to speak; language acquisition
五【ご】 five
午後【ごご】 afternoon; p.m.
午前【ごぜん】 morning; a.m.
後【あと】 behind; rear / after; later / after one's death / remainder; the rest / descendant; successor; heir / more (e.g. five more minutes); left / also; in addition / past; previous
今月【こんげつ】 this month
左【ひだり】 left; left hand side
仕事【しごと】 work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task / work
私【わたし】 I; me / private affairs; personal matter; secrecy / selfishness
時間【じかん】 time / hour
自動車【じどうしゃ】 automobile
自分【じぶん】 myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself / I; me / you
質問【しつもん】 question; inquiry; enquiry
写真【しゃしん】 photograph; photo; picture; snapshot; snap / movie
車【くるま】 car; automobile; vehicle / wheel
手【て】 hand; arm / forepaw; foreleg / handle / hand; worker; help / trouble; care; effort / means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship / hand; handwriting / kind; type; sort / one's hands; one's possession / ability to cope / hand (of cards) / direction / move (in go, shogi, etc.)
秋【あき】 autumn; fall
春【はる】 spring; springtime / New Year / prime (of one's life, etc.) / adolescence; puberty / sexuality
少し【すこし】 small quantity; little; few; something / little while / short distance
上げる【あげる】 to raise; to elevate / to do up (one's hair) / to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to surface (a submarine, etc.) / to land (a boat) / to deep-fry / to show someone (into a room) / to summon (for geishas, etc.) / to send someone (away) / to enrol (one's child in school); to enroll / to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to develop (talent, skill); to improve / to make (a loud sound); to raise (one's voice) / to earn (something desirable) / to praise / to give (an example, etc.); to cite / to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.) / to arrest / to nominate / to give / to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.) / to bear (a child) / to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding) / (of the tide) to come in / to vomit / to do for (the sake of someone else) / to complete ... / to humbly do ...
新聞【しんぶん】 newspaper
水【みず】 water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water) / fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid / flood; floodwaters / water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout / break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
声【こえ】 voice / singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); hoot / voice; opinion (as expressed in words); view; wish; attitude; will / sound / sense (of something's arrival); feeling / voice; voiced sound
千【せん】 1,000; thousand
大学【だいがく】 university; college / former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators) / the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
男【おとこ】 man; male / fellow; guy; chap; bloke / male lover; boyfriend; man / manliness; manly honor; manly honour; manly reputation
電話【でんわ】 telephone call; phone call / telephone (device); phone
東【ひがし】 east
道【みち】 road; path; street; lane; passage / route; way / distance; journey / road (e.g. to victory); course / way (of living, proper conduct, etc.); moral principles / teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma / field (e.g. of medicine); subject; speciality / means; way; method
南【みなみ】 south
二【に】 two
百【ひゃく】 100; hundred
病院【びょういん】 hospital
北【きた】 north / the North; northern territories / North Korea / north wind
毎日【まいにち】 every day
木【き】 tree; shrub; bush / wood; timber
問題【もんだい】 question (e.g. on a test); problem / problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter / question (i.e. doubt) / public discussion; controversy / trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty
来年【らいねん】 next year
一人【ひとり】 one person / alone; unmarried; solitary
九【きゅう】 nine
今年【ことし】 this year
三【さん】 three / tri-
四【よん】 four
十【じゅう】 ten
二人【ふたり】 two persons; two people; pair; couple
八【はち】 eight
六【ろく】 six
国【くに】 country; state / region / national government; central government / home (i.e. hometown, home country) / province (of Japan) / land; earth
話【はなし】 talk; speech; chat; story; conversation / discussions; negotiation; argument
一緒【いっしょ】 together / at the same time / same; identical
雨【あめ】 rain
英語【えいご】 English (language)
海【うみ】 sea; ocean; waters
外【そと】 outside; exterior / open air / other place
結婚【けっこん】 marriage
呼ぶ【よぶ】 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
公園【こうえん】 (public) park
口【くち】 mouth / opening; hole; gap; orifice / mouth (of a bottle); spout; nozzle; mouthpiece / gate; door; entrance; exit / speaking; speech; talk (i.e. gossip) / taste; palate / mouth (to feed) / opening (i.e. vacancy); available position / invitation; summons / kind; sort; type / opening (i.e. beginning) / counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), and swords
雑誌【ざっし】 journal; magazine; periodical
山【やま】 mountain; hill / mine (e.g. coal mine) / heap; pile / crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire); protruding part of an object / climax; peak; critical point / guess; speculation / criminal case; crime / mountain climbing; mountaineering / festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd) / wall; wall tile / temple; temple grounds / wild
使う【つかう】 to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use / to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate / to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; to consume / to use (language); to speak
女【おんな】 female; woman; female sex / female lover; girlfriend; mistress; (someone's) woman
色【いろ】 colour; color; hue; tint; tinge; shade / complexion; skin colour; skin color / look (on one's face); expression / appearance; air; feeling / personality; character / tone (of one's voice, etc.); tune; sound; ring / love; lust; sensuality; love affair / lover; paramour / beauty; sexiness; physical appeal / kind; type; variety
生徒【せいと】 pupil; student; schoolchild
西【にし】 west
先月【せんげつ】 last month
先生【せんせい】 teacher; master; doctor / with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific / previous existence
川【かわ】 river; stream / River; the ... river
体【からだ】 body / torso; trunk / build; physique; constitution / health / corpse; dead body
大切【たいせつ】 important; necessary; indispensable / beloved; precious; dear; cherished; valuable / careful
大変【たいへん】 very; greatly; terribly; awfully / immense; enormous; great / serious; grave; dreadful; terrible / difficult; hard / major incident; disaster
知る【しる】 to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise / to notice; to feel / to understand; to comprehend; to grasp / to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure) / to experience; to go through; to learn / to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know / to concern
電気【でんき】 electricity / (electric) light
動物【どうぶつ】 animal
二つ【ふたつ】 two
年【とし】 year / age; years / past one's prime; old age
半分【はんぶん】 half
病気【びょうき】 illness; disease; sickness
部屋【へや】 room; chamber / apartment; flat; pad / stable
本当【ほんとう】 truth; reality; actuality; fact / proper; right; correct; official / genuine; authentic; natural; veritable
名前【なまえ】 name; full name / given name; first name
夜【よる】 evening; night
旅行【りょこう】 travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
料理【りょうり】 cooking; cookery; cuisine / dealing with something; handling; administration; management
練習【れんしゅう】 practice; practising
一昨年【いっさくねん】 year before last
何【なに】 what / how many / large number of; many / you-know-what; that / whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them / what? / hey!
魚【さかな】 fish
今日【こんにち】 today; this day / these days; recently; nowadays
町【まち】 town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood / street; road / 109.09 m / 0.99 hectares / downtown; main street
横【よこ】 horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down / side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; breadth / side (of a box, etc.) / beside; aside; next to / unconnected
絵【え】 picture; drawing; painting; sketch
教室【きょうしつ】 classroom / department; laboratory / single-room school; small school
建物【たてもの】 building
犬【いぬ】 dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris) / snoop (i.e. a detective, a spy, etc.) / loser; asshole / counterfeit; inferior; useless; wasteful
黒【くろ】 black / black go stone / guilt; guilty person
ある《在る》 to be; to exist; to live / to have / to be located / to be equipped with / to happen; to come about
三つ【みっつ】 three
紙【かみ】 paper
耳【みみ】 ear / hearing / edge; crust / selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
手紙【てがみ】 letter
授業【じゅぎょう】 lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
出す【だす】 to take out; to get out / to put out; to reveal; to show / to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in / to publish; to make public / to send (e.g. letter) / to produce (a sound); to start (fire) / to serve (food) / to begin ...; to start to ...; to burst into ...
青【あお】 blue; azure / green / green light (traffic) / black (horse coat color) / immature; unripe; young
雪【ゆき】 snow
全部【ぜんぶ】 all; entire; whole; altogether
そば《側》 near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides; while / third person
村【むら】 village
大使館【たいしかん】 embassy
大人【おとな】 adult
冬【ふゆ】 winter
白【しろ】 white / innocence; innocent person / blank space / white go stone / white dragon tile / skewered grilled pig intestine
半【はん】 half; semi- / half-past / odd number / unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
番号【ばんごう】 number; series of digits
勉強【べんきょう】 study / diligence / discount; reduction
野菜【やさい】 vegetable
有名【ゆうめい】 famous / fame
来月【らいげつ】 next month
緑【みどり】 green / greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
毎年【まいとし】 every year; yearly; annually
門【もん】 gate / branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master / division; phylum / counter for cannons
作る【つくる】 to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct / to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol) / to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train / to till / to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write / to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose / to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found / to have (a child) / to make up (one's face, etc.) / to fabricate (an excuse, etc.) / to give a (false) appearance; to feign (a smile, etc.); to put on a show of emotion / to form (a line, etc.) / to set (a record) / to commit (a sin, etc.)
両親【りょうしん】 parents; both parents
お金【おかね】 money
広い【ひろい】 spacious; vast; wide
自転車【じてんしゃ】 bicycle
窓【まど】 window
大勢【おおぜい】 crowd of people; great number of people / in great numbers
昼【ひる】 noon; midday / daytime / lunch
鳥【とり】 bird / bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
電車【でんしゃ】 train; electric train
服【ふく】 clothes (esp. Western clothes) / counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
薬【くすり】 medicine; pharmaceuticals; (legal) drugs; pill; ointment; salve / efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.) / (pottery) glaze / small bribe
友達【ともだち】 friend; companion
隣【となり】 neighbor (neighbour); next to (esp. living next door to)
弟【おとうと】 younger brother; little brother; kid brother / pupil; apprentice
お母さん【おかあさん】 mother; mom; mum; ma / wife
駅【えき】 railway station; train station / staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan)
夏休み【なつやすみ】 summer vacation; summer holiday
みんな《皆》 all; everyone; everybody / everything
休み【やすみ】 rest; recess; respite / vacation; holiday; absence; suspension / dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
橋【はし】 bridge
兄【あに】 elder brother; older brother
兄弟【きょうだい】 siblings; brothers and sisters / brothers / siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; sisters-in-law / mate; friend
警官【けいかん】 police officer; policeman; constable
玄関【げんかん】 entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule; porch; foyer; mud room
今週【こんしゅう】 this week
歯【は】 tooth
図書館【としょかん】 library
静か【しずか】 quiet; silent / slow; unhurried / calm; peaceful
先週【せんしゅう】 last week; the week before
大きな【おおきな】 big; large; great
地下鉄【ちかてつ】 underground train; subway
地図【ちず】 map
池【いけ】 pond
肉【にく】 flesh / meat / the physical body (as opposed to the spirit) / thickness / ink pad
飛行機【ひこうき】 aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
文章【ぶんしょう】 writing; composition; essay; article; prose; (writing) style / sentence
毎週【まいしゅう】 every week
卵【たまご】 eggs; egg; spawn; roe / hen egg / (an expert) in the making / beginning; origin; infancy
留学生【りゅうがくせい】 overseas student; exchange student
入口【いりぐち】 entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
毎月【まいげつ】 every month; each month; monthly
明日【みょうにち】 tomorrow / near future
お茶【おちゃ】 tea (usu. green) / tea break (at work) / tea ceremony
医者【いしゃ】 (medical) doctor; physician
皆さん【みなさん】 all; everyone; everybody
角【かど】 corner (e.g. desk, pavement) / edge
勤める【つとめる】 to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (in) / to serve (as); to act (as); to fill (the position of); to play the role (of) / to conduct a religious service
靴【くつ】 shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
元気【げんき】 lively; full of spirit; energetic; vigorous; vital; spirited / healthy; well; fit; in good health
後ろ【うしろ】 back; behind; rear
四つ【よっつ】 four / four years of age / ten o'clock (old time system) / cross grips
取る【とる】 to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose / to steal / to eat; to have (a meal) / to remove (one's glasses, etc.) / to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play
女の子【おんなのこ】 girl; daughter / young woman
大丈夫【だいじょうぶ】 safe; secure; sound; problem-free; without fear; all right; alright; OK; okay / certainly; surely; undoubtedly / no thanks; I'm good; that's alright / great man; fine figure of a man
庭【にわ】 garden; yard; courtyard / field (of action); area
天気【てんき】 weather; the elements / fair weather; fine weather
便利【べんり】 convenient; handy; useful
妹【いもうと】 younger sister
来週【らいしゅう】 next week
立派【りっぱ】 splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent / praiseworthy; creditable; worthy / legal; legitimate; lawful / undeniable (e.g. crime); indisputable; solid
塩【しお】 salt (i.e. sodium chloride); common salt; table salt / salt (e.g. sodium chloride, calcium sulfate, etc.) / hardship; toil; trouble / saltiness
買い物【かいもの】 shopping; purchased goods
どの《何の》 which; what (way)
お父さん【おとうさん】 father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy; dada / husband
階段【かいだん】 stairs; stairway; staircase
漢字【かんじ】 Chinese characters; kanji
机【つくえ】 desk
戸【と】 door (esp. Japanese-style) / shutter; window shutter / entrance (to a home) / narrows
今【いま】 now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more
姉【あね】 older sister; elder sister
時計【とけい】 watch; clock; timepiece
台所【だいどころ】 kitchen / financial situation
男の子【おとこのこ】 boy; male child; baby boy
難しい【むずかしい】 difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.) / fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased / gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look) / dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable / unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
猫【ねこ】 cat / shamisen / geisha / wheelbarrow / clay bed-warmer / bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
晩【ばん】 evening / counter for nights
郵便局【ゆうびんきょく】 post office
夕方【ゆうがた】 evening; dusk
嫌【いや】 disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
大きい【おおきい】 big; large; great / loud / extensive; spacious / important; decisive; valuable / older; grown up
時々【ときどき】 sometimes; at times
押す【おす】 to push; to press / to apply pressure from above; to press down / to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal / to affix (e.g. gold leaf) / to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel; to influence / to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress / to push (events along); to advance (a plan) / to do in spite of ...; to do even though ...; to force / to make sure / to be pressed for time / to advance troops; to attack / (of light) to be diffused across an entire surface
牛肉【ぎゅうにく】 beef
牛乳【ぎゅうにゅう】 (cow's) milk
結構【けっこう】 splendid; nice; wonderful; delicious; sweet / sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); (by implication) no thank you / well enough; OK; tolerable / quite; reasonably; fairly; tolerably / construction; architecture
きらい《嫌い》 disliked; hated; disagreeable / tendency; smack (of); touch (of) / distinction; discrimination
高い【たかい】 high; tall / expensive; high-priced / high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.) / loud / high-pitched; shrill
砂糖【さとう】 sugar
持つ【もつ】 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
縦【たて】 the vertical; height / front-to-back; length / north-to-south / vertical (relationship); hierarchy / (weaving) warp
出口【でぐち】 exit; gateway; way out; outlet; leak; vent
食べ物【たべもの】 food
食堂【しょくどう】 dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; messroom / restaurant; eatery; snack bar; diner
新しい【あたらしい】 new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern
切手【きって】 stamp (postage); merchandise certificate
大好き【だいすき】 loveable; very likeable; like very much
売る【うる】 to sell
鼻【はな】 nose
頼む【たのむ】 to request; to beg; to ask / to call; to order; to reserve / to entrust to / to rely on
冷蔵庫【れいぞうこ】 refrigerator
映画館【えいがかん】 movie theatre; movie theater; cinema
果物【くだもの】 fruit
荷物【にもつ】 luggage; baggage; package / burden / payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
五つ【いつつ】 five
作文【さくぶん】 writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition / formal writing with little real meaning
洗濯【せんたく】 washing; laundry / relaxing; taking a break
掃除【そうじ】 cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
朝【あさ】 morning
帽子【ぼうし】 hat; cap
明るい【あかるい】 light; well-lit; well-lighted / bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; brightly-colored / cheerful; bright; spirited; sunny (e.g. disposition) / encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.); promising; of fair prospects / familiar (with); knowledgeable (about); well versed (in) / fair (e.g. politics); clean; impartial
浴びる【あびる】 to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to bathe in; to be flooded with (e.g. light); to be covered in / to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon; to be showered with
風邪【かぜ】 common cold; cold; influenza; flu; ague
箱【はこ】 box; case; chest; package; pack; crate / car (of a train, etc.) / shamisen case; shamisen / public building; community building / man who carries a geisha's shamisen / receptacle for human waste; feces (faeces) / counter for boxes (or boxed objects)
喫茶店【きっさてん】 coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
去年【きょねん】 last year
財布【さいふ】 purse; handbag; wallet
散歩【さんぽ】 walk; stroll
辞書【じしょ】 dictionary; lexicon / letter of resignation
切符【きっぷ】 ticket
走る【はしる】 to run / to travel (movement of vehicles); to drive; to flow (e.g. energy) / to hurry to / to retreat (from battle); to take flight / to run away from home / to elope / to tend heavily toward / to flash; to streak; to shoot through (e.g. pain)
買う【かう】 to buy; to purchase / to value; to have a high opinion / to stir; to provoke; to draw upon oneself
辺【へん】 area; vicinity; region / side; edge / circumstances
廊下【ろうか】 corridor; hallway; passageway
昨日【さくじつ】 yesterday
いいえ《否》 no; nay / well; er; why / you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
降りる【おりる】 to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down / to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to disembark; to dismount / to step down; to retire; to give up; to quit / to be granted; to be issued; to be given / to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.) / to be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm)
傘【かさ】 umbrella; parasol / something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap; pileus
切る【きる】 to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery) / to sever (connections, ties) / to turn off (e.g. the light) / to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to disconnect / to punch (a ticket); to tear off (a stub) / to open (something sealed) / to start / to set (a limit); to do (something) in less or within a certain time; to issue (stamps, vouchers, etc.) / to reduce; to decrease; to discount / to shake off (water, etc.); to let drip-dry; to let drain / to cross; to traverse / to criticize sharply / to act decisively; to do (something noticeable); to go first; to make (certain facial expressions, in kabuki) / to turn (vehicle, steering wheel, etc.) / to curl (a ball); to bend; to cut / to shuffle (cards) / to discard a tile / to dismiss; to sack; to let go; to expulse; to excommunicate / to dig (a groove); to cut (a stencil, on a mimeograph) / to trump / to cut (the connection between two groups) (in go) / to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking a metal against stone) / to draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.) / to finish; to complete
渡す【わたす】 to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to traverse / to lay across; to build across / to hand over; to hand in; to pass; to give; to transfer
封筒【ふうとう】 envelope
毎朝【まいあさ】 every morning
洋服【ようふく】 Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
黄色【きいろ】 yellow; amber
終わる【おわる】 to finish; to end; to close
交差点【こうさてん】 crossing; intersection
鉛筆【えんぴつ】 pencil
止まる【とまる】 to stop (moving); to come to a stop / to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to cease; to be stopped; to be suspended / to alight; to perch on
出る【でる】 to leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out / to leave (on a journey); to depart; to start out; to set out / to move forward / to come to; to get to; to lead to; to reach / to appear; to come out; to emerge; to surface; to come forth; to turn up; to be found; to be detected; to be discovered; to be exposed; to show; to be exhibited; to be on display / to appear (in print); to be published; to be announced; to be issued; to be listed; to come out / to attend; to participate; to take part; to enter (an event); to play in; to perform / to be stated; to be expressed; to come up; to be brought up; to be raised / to sell / to exceed; to go over / to stick out; to protrude / to break out; to occur; to start; to originate / to be produced / to come from; to be derived from / to be given; to get; to receive; to be offered; to be provided; to be presented; to be submitted; to be handed in; to be turned in; to be paid / to answer (phone, door, etc.); to get / to assume (an attitude); to act; to behave / to pick up (speed, etc.); to gain / to flow (e.g. tears); to run; to bleed / to graduate
上手【じょうず】 skillful; skilled; proficient; good (at); adept; clever / flattery
読む【よむ】 to read / to count / to guess; to predict; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine
背広【せびろ】 business suit
飲む【のむ】 to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine) / to smoke (tobacco) / to engulf; to overwhelm / to keep down; to suppress / to accept (e.g. demand, condition) / to make light of; to conceal
紅茶【こうちゃ】 black tea
七つ【ななつ】 seven
借りる【かりる】 to borrow; to have a loan / to rent; to hire
宿題【しゅくだい】 homework; assignment / pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
早い【はやい】 fast; quick; hasty; brisk / early (in the day, etc.); premature / (too) soon; not yet; (too) early / easy; simple; quick
多分【たぶん】 perhaps; probably / generous; many; much; great
誰【だれ】 who
着る【きる】 to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on / to bear (guilt, etc.)
張る【はる】 to stick; to paste; to affix / to stretch; to spread; to strain; to tighten; to put up (tent) / to form (e.g. ice on a pond) / to fill; to swell / to stick out; to put; to slap / to be expensive / to keep a watch on; to be on the lookout / to become one tile away from completion / to span; to generate
眼鏡【めがね】 glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles / judgment; judgement; discrimination; discernment; insight
歌う【うたう】 to sing / to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
ください《下さい》 please give me / please do for me
見る【みる】 to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe / to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge / to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of / to view (e.g. flowers, movie) / to try; to try out; to test / to see that...; to find that...
赤い【あかい】 red; crimson; scarlet; vermilion; vermillion / Red; communist / beautiful
低い【ひくい】 low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.) / low (position); close to the ground / short (height) / deep (voice); in a low key; low (volume)
閉まる【しまる】 to be shut; to close; to be closed / to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit / to be locked / to tighten; to be tightened / to become sober; to become tense
熱い【あつい】 hot (thing) / passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. gaze) / hot (e.g. temper) / zealous; enthusiastic; fired up / intense; severe; extreme / hot (topic); of interest
返す【かえす】 to return (something); to restore; to put back / to turn over; to turn upside down; to overturn / to pay back; to retaliate; to reciprocate / to repeat ...; to do ... back
暇【ひま】 spare time; free time; leisure / time (e.g. time it takes to do something) / time off; day off; vacation; holiday; leave / quitting (one's job); firing someone; divorcing (one's spouse) / (of one's time) free; (of one's business) slow / leaving; departing
茶碗【ちゃわん】 rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
出かける【でかける】 to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to start; to set out / to be about to leave; to be just going out
わかる《分かる》 to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow / to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out
おまわりさん《お巡りさん》 police officer
悪い【わるい】 bad; poor; inferior / evil; sinful / unprofitable; unbeneficial / at fault; to blame; in the wrong / sorry
飴【あめ】 (hard) candy; toffee / rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc. / amber; yellowish-brown
安い【やすい】 cheap; inexpensive / calm; peaceful; quiet
暗い【くらい】 dark; gloomy; murky / depressed; dispirited; down in the dumps; dark (mood) / dark (in colour); dull / ill-boding; dark (e.g. past); suspicious / unlikely (to succeed); hopeless; unpromising / unfamiliar (with); ignorant (of)
やさしい《易しい》 easy; plain; simple
椅子【いす】 chair; stool / post; office; position
違う【ちがう】 to differ (from); to vary / to not be in the usual condition / to not match the correct (answer, etc.) / to be different from promised / isn't it?; wasn't it?
一【いち】 one / best / first; foremost / beginning; start / ace (playing card) / bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
泳ぐ【およぐ】 to swim
遠い【とおい】 far; distant; far away; a long way off; in the distance / distant (past); remote (in time); remote; far-removed (in time) / distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone) / far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.); not similar; way off / hard (of hearing) / nearsighted
汚い【きたない】 dirty; filthy; foul; unclean / disordered; messy; untidy; poor (e.g. handwriting) / indecent (language, etc.); dirty; vulgar; coarse / dastardly; mean; base; underhanded / stingy; greedy
黄色い【きいろい】 yellow / high-pitched (voice); shrill
下手【へた】 unskillful; poor; awkward / imprudent; untactful
いつ《何時》 when; how soon
火曜日【かようび】 Tuesday
花瓶【かびん】 (flower) vase
会う【あう】 to meet; to encounter; to see / to have an accident; to have a bad experience
灰皿【はいざら】 ashtray
覚える【おぼえる】 to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember / to learn; to pick up; to acquire / to feel / to think; to regard
楽しい【たのしい】 enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
かかる《掛かる》 to take (a resource, e.g. time or money) / to hang / to come into view; to arrive / to come under (a contract, a tax) / to start (engines, motors) / to attend; to deal with; to handle / to have started to; to be on the verge of / to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover / to (come) at / to be fastened / to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.) / to be caught in / to get a call / to depend on
寒い【さむい】 cold (e.g. weather) / uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull; weak; corny
甘い【あまい】 sweet-tasting; sweet; sugary; sugared / fragrant (smelling); sweet (music) / lightly salted; light in salt; not spicy / naive; overly optimistic; soft on; generous; indulgent; easy-going; lenient / half-hearted; not finished properly / insufficient; not satisfactory; inadequate; loose / mild / tempting; enticing; luring
危ない【あぶない】 dangerous; risky; hazardous; perilous; precarious / in danger; in jeopardy; critical; grave; at risk / uncertain; unreliable; insecure; unsteady; doubtful / close (i.e. a close call); narrow
いくつ《幾つ》 how many? / how old?
いくら《幾ら》 how much?; how many? / even; even if
帰る【かえる】 to return; to come home; to go home; to go back / to leave / to get home; to get to home plate
起きる【おきる】 to get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire) / to wake up; to be awake; to stay awake / to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen; to take place
休む【やすむ】 to be absent; to take a day off / to rest; to have a break / to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep; to turn in; to retire / to stop doing some ongoing activity for a time; to suspend business
吸う【すう】 to smoke; to breathe in; to inhale / to suck; to sip; to slurp / to absorb; to soak up / to kiss
強い【つよい】 strong; potent; competent; domineering; tough / strong; brawny; powerful; healthy; rugged / good (at); skilled; knowledgeable / being able to handle; know how to deal (with); durable (against); resistant (to); resilient / firm; rigid; solid / intense; strong; fierce; high / dependable; trustworthy
教える【おしえる】 to teach; to instruct / to tell; to inform / to preach
狭い【せまい】 narrow; confined; small; cramped / limited; narrow-minded; confining
曲がる【まがる】 to bend; to curve; to warp; to wind; to twist / to turn / to be awry; to be askew; to be crooked
近い【ちかい】 near; close; short (distance) / close (in time); soon / close (relationship); friendly; intimate / closely related / similar; likeworthy; almost the same
九つ【ここのつ】 nine
靴下【くつした】 socks; sock; stockings; stocking
軽い【かるい】 light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily) / light (i.e. of foot); effortless; nimble; agile / non-serious; minor; unimportant; trivial / slight; small; gentle; soft; easy; lighthearted (e.g. joke) / easy; simple / indiscriminate