JLPT N5 Vocabulary – Japanese vocabulary
Learning path · 8 study sets · 718 words · Japanese vocabulary · Created by Openquiz Team
All 718 JLPT N5 words in 8 sets of about 100, ordered by kana, with readings.
Study sets in this learning path
- JLPT N5 Vocabulary – Set 1 (90 words)
- ああ ああ — Ah!, Oh!
- 会う あう — to meet, to see
- 青 あお — blue
- 青い あおい — blue
- 赤 あか — red
- 赤い あかい — red
- 明るい あかるい — bright (in reference to personality or weather); cheerful
- 秋 あき — fall (season)
- 開く あく — to open, to become open
- 開ける あける — to open (v.t.)
- JLPT N5 Vocabulary – Set 2 (90 words)
- ええ ええ — yes
- 駅 えき — station
- エレベーター エレベーター — elevator
- ~円 ~えん — Yen
- 鉛筆 えんぴつ — pencil
- お~ お~ — honorable ~ (honorific)
- 美味しい おいしい — delicious, tasty
- 多い おおい — many; there are a lot
- 大きい おおきい — big, large
- 大きな おおきな — big
- JLPT N5 Vocabulary – Set 3 (90 words)
- ~がる ~がる — feel
- 軽い かるい — light, non-serious, minor
- カレー カレー — curry (abbr. for curry and rice)
- カレンダー カレンダー — calendar
- 川 / 河 かわ — river
- ~側 ~がわ — ~ side
- 可愛い かわいい — cute, adorable
- 漢字 かんじ — kanji; Chinese character
- 木 き — tree, wood, timber
- 黄色 きいろ — yellow
- JLPT N5 Vocabulary – Set 4 (90 words)
- 今週 こんしゅう — this week
- こんな こんな — such, like this
- 今晩 こんばん — tonight, this evening
- さあ さあ — come now, well
- ~歳 ~さい — ~ years old
- 財布 さいふ — wallet
- 魚 さかな — fish
- 先 さき — future; recent, previous
- 咲く さく — to bloom
- 作文 さくぶん — essay; composition
- JLPT N5 Vocabulary – Set 5 (90 words)
- そこ そこ — that place, there; bottom, sole
- そちら そちら — over there
- そっち そっち — over there
- 外 そと — outside, exterior
- その その — that
- そば そば — near, close, beside; Japanese traditional buckwheat noodle
- 空 そら — sky
- それ それ — that one
- それから それから — and then, after that
- それでは それでは — in that situation, well then...
- JLPT N5 Vocabulary – Set 6 (90 words)
- 十 (〜を) とお — ten (~)
- 遠い とおい — far (away), distant
- 十日 とおか — ten days; tenth day of the month
- ~時 ~とき — at the time of ~
- 時々 ときどき — sometimes
- 時計 とけい — a watch; a clock
- どこ どこ — where, what place
- 所 ところ — place
- 年 とし — year, age
- 図書館 としょかん — library
- JLPT N5 Vocabulary – Set 7 (90 words)
- 話す はなす — to speak
- 母 はは — (my) mother
- 早い はやい — early
- 速い はやい — fast, quick
- 春 はる — spring
- 貼る はる — to post; to paste; to attach
- 晴れ はれ — clear (sunny) weather
- 晴れる はれる — to be sunny
- 半 はん — half (e.g., にじはん | half-past two)
- 晩 ばん — evening
- JLPT N5 Vocabulary – Set 8 (88 words)
- 窓 まど — window
- 丸い / 円い まるい — round, circular
- 万 まん — ten thousand
- 万年筆 まんねんひつ — fountain pen
- 磨く みがく — to brush (teeth); to polish
- 右 みぎ — right hand side
- 短い みじかい — short (length)
- 水 みず — water
- 店 みせ — store, shop
- 見せる みせる — to show, to display
About the JLPT
- The JLPT has five levels, from N5 (easiest) to N1 (hardest). Each level is scored out of 180.
- The overall pass marks are 80 for N5, 90 for N4, 95 for N3, 90 for N2 and 100 for N1; each section also has a minimum score.
- No official vocabulary list has been published since the 2010 revision. This path is a reference list.
Source: jlpt.jp
Frequently asked questions
- What is in the JLPT N5 Vocabulary learning path?
- 8 study sets with 718 words in total. Open a set to see its words with their meanings.
- Is there an official JLPT vocabulary list?
- No. Since the 2010 revision the organisers no longer publish vocabulary, kanji or grammar lists by level. Every list by level is a reference list.
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- Basic Japanese
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- JLPT N1 Vocabulary