jlpt-boi / JLPT N5 / Vocabulary
Foundations: hiragana, katakana, ~100 kanji, and everyday words for daily life. Every word below is pulled from real N5 practice questions — tap any word to try the question it appears in.
235 words · with readings & meanings
Practice N5 vocabulary →| Word | Reading | Meaning | |
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| コーヒー | — | coffee | Practice → |
| テーブル | — | table | Practice → |
| パン | — | bread | Practice → |
| ベッド | — | bed | Practice → |
| 会う | あう | to meet | Practice → |
| あう | あう | to meet | Practice → |
| 青い | あおい | blue | Practice → |
| あかるい | あかるい | bright / light | Practice → |
| あける | あける | to open | Practice → |
| 朝 | あさ | morning | Practice → |
| 足 | あし | foot / leg | Practice → |
| 明日 | あした | tomorrow | Practice → |
| あそぶ | あそぶ | to play / have fun | Practice → |
| あたたかい | あたたかい | warm | Practice → |
| 新しい | あたらしい | new | Practice → |
| 暑い | あつい | hot (weather) | Practice → |
| 兄 | あに | my older brother | Practice → |
| 姉 | あね | my older sister | Practice → |
| あびる | あびる | to take (a shower) | Practice → |
| あぶない | あぶない | dangerous | Practice → |
| 雨 | あめ | rain | Practice → |
| あらう | あらう | to wash | Practice → |
| 歩く | あるく | to walk | Practice → |
| 家 | いえ | house / home | Practice → |
| 行く | いく | to go | Practice → |
| 忙しい | いそがしい | busy | Practice → |
| いそがしい | いそがしい | busy | Practice → |
| 痛い | いたい | painful / sore | Practice → |
| いっしょに | いっしょに | together (with) | Practice → |
| いつも | いつも | always | Practice → |
| 犬 | いぬ | dog | Practice → |
| 妹 | いもうと | my younger sister | Practice → |
| 上 | うえ | above / on | Practice → |
| 牛 | うし | cow | Practice → |
| 後ろ | うしろ | behind | Practice → |
| 歌 | うた | song | Practice → |
| うたう | うたう | to sing | Practice → |
| 海 | うみ | sea / ocean | Practice → |
| うる | うる | to sell | Practice → |
| 映画 | えいが | movie | Practice → |
| 英語 | えいご | English language | Practice → |
| 駅 | えき | station | Practice → |
| おいしい | おいしい | tasty / delicious | Practice → |
| 大きい | おおきい | big | Practice → |
| おおきい | おおきい | big | Practice → |
| おかね | おかね | money | Practice → |
| 起きる | おきる | to get up / wake up | Practice → |
| おきる | おきる | to wake up / get up | Practice → |
| おくる | おくる | to send | Practice → |
| おくれる | おくれる | to be late | Practice → |
| おしえる | おしえる | to teach | Practice → |
| 弟 | おとうと | my younger brother | Practice → |
| 男 | おとこ | man | Practice → |
| おなかがいっぱい | おなかがいっぱい | full (stomach) | Practice → |
| おなかがすく | おなかがすく | to get hungry | Practice → |
| おもい | おもい | heavy | Practice → |
| おもしろい | おもしろい | interesting / fun | Practice → |
| 泳ぐ | およぐ | to swim | Practice → |
| およぐ | およぐ | to swim | Practice → |
| おわる | おわる | to end / finish | Practice → |
| 音楽 | おんがく | music | Practice → |
| 女 | おんな | woman | Practice → |
| 外国 | がいこく | foreign country | Practice → |
| 会社 | かいしゃ | company | Practice → |
| かいしゃいん | かいしゃいん | company employee | Practice → |
| 買う | かう | to buy | Practice → |
| かう | かう | to buy | Practice → |
| かえす | かえす | to return (something) | Practice → |
| 帰る | かえる | to go home / return | Practice → |
| かえる | かえる | to return home | Practice → |
| 書く | かく | to write | Practice → |
| 学生 | がくせい | student | Practice → |
| 傘 | かさ | umbrella | Practice → |
| かさ | かさ | umbrella | Practice → |
| 家族 | かぞく | family | Practice → |
| 学校 | がっこう | school | Practice → |
| かぶる | かぶる | to put on (one's head) | Practice → |
| かりる | かりる | to borrow | Practice → |
| かるい | かるい | light (weight) | Practice → |
| 川 | かわ | river | Practice → |
| かわく | かわく | to become thirsty/dry (のどがかわく) | Practice → |
| 聞く | きく | to listen / to ask | Practice → |
| きく | きく | to ask / to listen | Practice → |
| 北 | きた | north | Practice → |
| きっぷ | きっぷ | ticket | Practice → |
| 昨日 | きのう | yesterday | Practice → |
| 牛乳 | ぎゅうにゅう | milk | Practice → |
| 今日 | きょう | today | Practice → |
| 教室 | きょうしつ | classroom | Practice → |
| きる | きる | to cut | Practice → |
| 銀行 | ぎんこう | bank | Practice → |
| 空港 | くうこう | airport | Practice → |
| 薬 | くすり | medicine | Practice → |
| くすり | くすり | medicine | Practice → |
| 口 | くち | mouth | Practice → |
| 靴 | くつ | shoes | Practice → |
| 国 | くに | country | Practice → |
| 来る | くる | to come | Practice → |
| 車 | くるま | car / vehicle | Practice → |
| げんき | げんき | healthy / energetic | Practice → |
| 公園 | こうえん | park | Practice → |
| 午後 | ごご | p.m. / afternoon | Practice → |
| 午前 | ごぜん | a.m. / morning | Practice → |
| 子供 | こども | child | Practice → |
| 今週 | こんしゅう | this week | Practice → |
| 魚 | さかな | fish | Practice → |
| さむい | さむい | cold (weather) | Practice → |
| 時間 | じかん | time / hours | Practice → |
| しごと | しごと | job / work | Practice → |
| じしょ | じしょ | dictionary | Practice → |
| 静か | しずか | quiet | Practice → |
| しずか | しずか | quiet | Practice → |
| 下 | した | below / under | Practice → |
| 自転車 | じてんしゃ | bicycle | Practice → |
| 島 | しま | island | Practice → |
| しめる | しめる | to close | Practice → |
| 写真 | しゃしん | photograph | Practice → |
| しゃしん | しゃしん | photograph | Practice → |
| しゅくだい | しゅくだい | homework | Practice → |
| じょうず | じょうず | skillful / good at | Practice → |
| 食堂 | しょくどう | cafeteria | Practice → |
| 白い | しろい | white | Practice → |
| 新聞 | しんぶん | newspaper | Practice → |
| すぐに | すぐに | right away / immediately | Practice → |
| 座る | すわる | to sit | Practice → |
| せまい | せまい | narrow / cramped | Practice → |
| 先週 | せんしゅう | last week | Practice → |
| 先生 | せんせい | teacher | Practice → |
| 外 | そと | outside | Practice → |
| たいへん | たいへん | tough / hard | Practice → |
| 高い | たかい | high / expensive | Practice → |
| たくさん | たくさん | a lot / many | Practice → |
| 楽しい | たのしい | fun / enjoyable | Practice → |
| たのしい | たのしい | fun / enjoyable | Practice → |
| 食べ物 | たべもの | food | Practice → |
| 食べる | たべる | to eat | Practice → |
| 小さい | ちいさい | small | Practice → |
| ちいさい | ちいさい | small / little | Practice → |
| ちず | ちず | map | Practice → |
| 父 | ちち | my father | Practice → |
| ちょっと | ちょっと | a little; a moment | Practice → |
| 使う | つかう | to use | Practice → |
| つかれる | つかれる | to get tired | Practice → |
| つける | つける | to turn on | Practice → |
| つまらない | つまらない | boring / dull | Practice → |
| 手紙 | てがみ | letter (mail) | Practice → |
| てがみ | てがみ | letter | Practice → |
| 出口 | でぐち | exit | Practice → |
| 出る | でる | to leave / exit | Practice → |
| 天気 | てんき | weather | Practice → |
| てんき | てんき | weather | Practice → |
| 電車 | でんしゃ | train | Practice → |
| でんしゃ | でんしゃ | train | Practice → |
| 電話 | でんわ | telephone | Practice → |
| どうぞ | どうぞ | please; go ahead | Practice → |
| 動物 | どうぶつ | animal | Practice → |
| とおい | とおい | far / distant | Practice → |
| ときどき | ときどき | sometimes | Practice → |
| 図書館 | としょかん | library | Practice → |
| としょかん | としょかん | library | Practice → |
| 隣 | となり | next to | Practice → |
| 友達 | ともだち | friend | Practice → |
| 鳥 | とり | bird | Practice → |
| 中 | なか | inside | Practice → |
| 名前 | なまえ | name | Practice → |
| 賑やか | にぎやか | lively / bustling | Practice → |
| にぎやか | にぎやか | lively / bustling | Practice → |
| 肉 | にく | meat | Practice → |
| 西 | にし | west | Practice → |
| 日本 | にほん | Japan | Practice → |
| ぬぐ | ぬぐ | to take off (clothes/shoes) | Practice → |
| 猫 | ねこ | cat | Practice → |
| ねむい | ねむい | sleepy | Practice → |
| ねる | ねる | to sleep / go to bed | Practice → |
| のむ | のむ | to drink | Practice → |
| のる | のる | to ride / get on | Practice → |
| 入る | はいる | to enter | Practice → |
| 葉書 | はがき | postcard | Practice → |
| ばしょ | ばしょ | place / location | Practice → |
| 走る | はしる | to run | Practice → |
| はしる | はしる | to run | Practice → |
| はたらく | はたらく | to work | Practice → |
| 花 | はな | flower | Practice → |
| 話す | はなす | to speak / talk | Practice → |
| 母 | はは | my mother | Practice → |
| 早い | はやい | early / fast | Practice → |
| はやく | はやく | quickly / early | Practice → |
| 東 | ひがし | east | Practice → |
| ひく | ひく | to play (an instrument) | Practice → |
| 飛行機 | ひこうき | airplane | Practice → |
| 左 | ひだり | left | Practice → |
| 病院 | びょういん | hospital | Practice → |
| びょういん | びょういん | hospital | Practice → |
| 昼 | ひる | daytime / noon | Practice → |
| 冬 | ふゆ | winter | Practice → |
| ふる | ふる | to fall (rain, snow) | Practice → |
| 古い | ふるい | old (things) | Practice → |
| ふるい | ふるい | old (thing) | Practice → |
| 部屋 | へや | room | Practice → |
| べんきょう | べんきょう | study | Practice → |
| べんり | べんり | convenient | Practice → |
| 本 | ほん | book | Practice → |
| 本屋 | ほんや | bookstore | Practice → |
| 毎朝 | まいあさ | every morning | Practice → |
| 毎日 | まいにち | every day | Practice → |
| 前 | まえ | front / before | Practice → |
| まちがえる | まちがえる | to get something wrong / to make a mistake | Practice → |
| まつ | まつ | to wait | Practice → |
| 右 | みぎ | right (direction) | Practice → |
| 水 | みず | water | Practice → |
| 店 | みせ | shop | Practice → |
| 道 | みち | road, way | Practice → |
| 南 | みなみ | south | Practice → |
| 耳 | みみ | ear | Practice → |
| みる | みる | to watch / see | Practice → |
| むずかしい | むずかしい | difficult | Practice → |
| 目 | め | eye | Practice → |
| やさしい | やさしい | kind / gentle | Practice → |
| やすい | やすい | cheap | Practice → |
| 休み | やすみ | holiday / rest / day off | Practice → |
| やすみ | やすみ | day off / holiday / break | Practice → |
| やすむ | やすむ | to be absent / take a day off | Practice → |
| 山 | やま | mountain | Practice → |
| ゆうびんきょく | ゆうびんきょく | post office | Practice → |
| 有名 | ゆうめい | famous | Practice → |
| ゆっくり | ゆっくり | slowly; leisurely | Practice → |
| よぶ | よぶ | to invite / to call | Practice → |
| 読む | よむ | to read | Practice → |
| よむ | よむ | to read | Practice → |
| 夜 | よる | night | Practice → |
| 来週 | らいしゅう | next week | Practice → |
| 両親 | りょうしん | parents | Practice → |
| 料理 | りょうり | cooking / a dish | Practice → |
| りょうり | りょうり | cooking / to cook | Practice → |
| わすれる | わすれる | to forget / leave behind | Practice → |