Vocabulary list for JLPT N5

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noun
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
Other readings:
ドアー

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to cross over, to go across(usu. 渡る or 渉る)
2.
to extend, to cover, to range, to span(usu. 亘る or 亙る)
Other readings:
亘る【わたる】
渉る【わたる】
亙る【わたる】
弥る【わたる】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

noun
1.
this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker), this direction(usually kana)
2.
here (place close to the speaker or where the speaker is)
3.
this one (something physically close to the speaker)
pronoun
4.
I, me, we, us
5.
this person (someone physically close to the speaker and of equal or higher status)
All readings:
こちら《此方》
こっち《此方》
こち《此方》[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

conjunction
1.
then, well, so, well then(from では)
See also:では
copula
2.
be, is(Kansai-ben (dialect))(only relevant for じゃ)
See also:
Other readings:
じゃ

noun
1.
homework, assignment
2.
pending issue, unresolved problem, open question

noun
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
Other readings:
レストラント

noun
1.
house, residence, dwelling
2.
family, household
3.
lineage, family name

Godan-ku verb, transitive verb
1.
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear), to wear(usu. 履く or 穿く)
2.
to affix (a sword to one's hip)(usu. 佩く or 帯く)
3.
to affix (a bowstring to a bow)(archaism)
Other readings:
佩く【はく】
穿く【はく】
着く【はく】
帯く【はく】

noun
1.
railway station, train station
2.
staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan)
counter
3.
counter for railway stations and bus stations
Other readings:
【えき】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

noun
1.
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water)(み is generally used in compounds)
See also:湯 (ゆ)
2.
fluid (esp. in an animal tissue), liquid
3.
flood, floodwaters
4.
water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout(sumo term)(only relevant for みず)
See also:力水
5.
break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout(sumo term)(only relevant for みず)
See also:水入り
Other readings:
【み】

noun
1.
mother, mom, mum, ma(honorific language)
See also:母さん
2.
wife(honorific language)
Other readings:
御母さん【おかあさん】

numeric
100, hundred(陌 and 佰 are used in legal documents)
All readings:
100【ひゃく】
【ひゃく】
【もも】
【ひゃく】
【はく】
【ひゃく】
【はく】
一〇〇【ひゃく】

adverb, noun
1.
always, usually, every time(usually kana)
2.
never(usually kana)(with neg. verb)

noun
1.
near, close, beside, vicinity, proximity, besides, while(usually kana)
2.
third person(only relevant for はた)
Other readings:
そば《傍》
そく《側》
はた《側》
はた《傍》
はた《端》

noun
1.
older brother, elder brother(honorific language)
See also:兄さん
2.
young man, buddy, fella, laddie(vocative)
See also:兄さん
Other readings:
御兄さん【おにいさん】

adjective
1.
slow, time-consuming, sluggish(only relevant for 遅い and 鈍い and 遲い)
2.
late (in the day), towards the end (of the day or night), until a time far into the day or night(only relevant for 遅い and 晩い and 遲い)
3.
later (than expected or usual), late, behind schedule, behind time, tardy, overdue, unpunctual(only relevant for 遅い and 晩い and 遲い)
4.
too late, having missed the boat(only relevant for 遅い and 晩い and 遲い)
5.
dull, stupid(archaism)(only relevant for 遅い and 鈍い and 遲い)
Other readings:
鈍い【おそい】
晩い【おそい】
遲い【おそい】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

noun
one month
Other readings:
一月【いちげつ】
ひと月【ひとつき】

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to be able (in a position) to do, to be up to the task(usually kana)
2.
to be ready, to be completed(usually kana)
3.
to be made, to be built(usually kana)
4.
to be good at, to be permitted (to do)(usually kana)
5.
to become intimate, to take up (with somebody)(usually kana)
6.
to grow, to be raised(usually kana)
7.
to become pregnant(usually kana)
Other readings:
できる《出きる》
できる《出來る》[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

noun
business suit(perhaps from "civil clothes" or "Savile Row")
Other readings:
脊広【せびろ】[1]
セビロ
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

noun
1.
horizontal (as opposed to vertical), lying down
See also:横になる
2.
side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back), width, breadth
3.
side (of a box, etc.)
4.
beside, aside, next to
5.
unconnected
Other readings:
ヨコ

noun
bicycle, bike
Other readings:
自転車【じでんしゃ】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kana usage

noun
fruit
Other readings:
果物【かぶつ】
菓物【くだもの】

interjection
there!(used to call someone's attention to something)

noun
1.
tobacco, cigarette, cigaret, cigar(usually kana)
2.
tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)(usually kana)
Other readings:
たばこ《莨》[1]
たばこ《烟草》[1]
えんそう《煙草》
えんそう《烟草》
けぶりぐさ《煙草》
けぶりぐさ《烟草》
けむりぐさ《煙草》
けむりぐさ《烟草》
タバコ
Notes:
  1. gikun (meaning as reading) or jukujikun (special kanji reading)

noun
(common) cold, influenza, flu, ague, inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
Other readings:
風邪【ふうじゃ】

noun
1.
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus)
2.
shamisen
3.
geisha
4.
wheelbarrow(abbreviation)
See also:猫車
5.
clay bed-warmer(abbreviation)
See also:猫火鉢
6.
bottom, submissive partner of a homosexual relationship(usually kana, colloquialism)
See also:タチ (antonym)
Other readings:
ネコ

noun, no-adjective
table
See also:卓子

prenominal, noun
1.
same, identical, equal, uniform, equivalent, similar, common (origin), changeless, alike
adverb
2.
anyway, anyhow, in either case(usu. part of a 'nara' conditional)
Other readings:
同じ【おんなじ】

noun, suffix
1.
in front (of), before (e.g. the house)
adverbial noun, noun (temporal), suffix
2.
ago, before, previously, prior, (minutes) to (the hour)
See also:前 (ぜん)
noun
3.
front (of something), head (e.g. of a line), fore part
no-adjective
4.
front (e.g. seat), previous (e.g. entry in a list), prior, former
noun
5.
(in the) presence (of), in front (of someone)
adverbial noun
6.
forward, ahead
suffix
7.
helping, portion(usu. after a noun or the -masu stem of a verb)
noun
8.
front of the body
9.
privates, private parts

noun
rice bowl, tea cup, teacup
Other readings:
茶わん【ちゃわん】

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to run
2.
to travel (movement of vehicles), to drive, to flow (e.g. energy)
3.
to hurry to
4.
to retreat (from battle), to take flight
5.
to run away from home(esp. 奔る)
6.
to elope
7.
to tend heavily toward(esp. 趨る)
8.
to flash, to streak, to shoot through (e.g. pain)
9.
to get involved, to take (to something), to get wrapped up in
Other readings:
奔る【はしる】
趨る【はしる】

noun
foreigner, foreign citizen, foreign national, alien, non-Japanese
See also:内国人

numeric
four(肆 is used in legal documents)
Other readings:
【よん】
【よ】
【し】
【し】

Godan-ku verb, intransitive verb
1.
to arrive at, to reach
2.
to sit on, to sit at (e.g. the table)
See also:席に着く

noun
aunt(honorific language, familiar language, usually kana)(伯母さん is older than one's parent and 叔母さん is younger)
Other readings:
おばさん《叔母さん》

noun
1.
room, chamber
2.
apartment, flat, pad
3.
stable(abbreviation, sumo term)
See also:相撲部屋

noun
1.
university, college
See also:総合大学
2.
former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators)(abbreviation)
3.
the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
See also:四書
Other readings:
大學【だいがく】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

noun, no-adjective, na-adjective
adult, grown-up
Other readings:
大人【だいにん】

adjective
1.
dirty, filthy, foul, unclean
2.
disordered, messy, untidy, poor (e.g. handwriting)
3.
indecent (language, etc.), dirty, vulgar, coarse
4.
dastardly, mean, base, underhanded
5.
stingy, greedy
Other readings:
穢い【きたない】
汚ない【きたない】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun
older brother, elder brother

na-adjective
healthy, robust, strong, solid, durable(sometimes じょうふ)

noun
1.
second day of the month
2.
two days
Other readings:
2日【ふつか】

noun
radio
Other readings:
ラヂオ

noun
drink, beverage
Other readings:
飲みもの【のみもの】
飲物【のみもの】

noun
1.
tenth day of the month
2.
ten days
Other readings:
10日【とおか】

noun
1.
direction, way(also ほう)
2.
person, lady, gentleman(honorific language)
noun, noun (suffix)
3.
method of, manner of, way of
noun (suffix)
4.
care of ...
5.
person in charge of ...(also がた)
6.
side (e.g. "on my mother's side")(also がた)

no-adjective, noun
1.
green
noun
2.
greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
Other readings:
【みどり】

Godan-mu verb, transitive verb
1.
to drink, to gulp, to swallow, to take (medicine)(呑む often means swallowing whole, gulping, etc.)
2.
to smoke (tobacco)(also written 喫む)
See also:喫む
3.
to engulf, to overwhelm
4.
to keep down, to suppress
5.
to accept (e.g. demand, condition)
6.
to make light of, to conceal
Other readings:
呑む【のむ】
飮む【のむ】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji
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