JLPT N5 Vocabulary

質問/しつもん

question, inquiry, enquiry

別に/べつに

(not) particularly, (not) especially, (not) specially (with neg. sentence)

思う/おもう

to think, to consider, to believe, to reckon

要る/いる

to be needed, to be necessary, to be required, to be wanted, to need, to want

ので

that being the case, because of ..., the reason is ..., given that ...

怒る/おこる

to get angry, to get mad, to lose one's temper

どうぞ

please, kindly, pray, I beg (of you)

林檎/りんご

apple (fruit)

個/こ

counter for small objects

ぐらい

approximately, about, around, or so

時間/じかん

time

歳/さい

... years old, age (of) ...

回/かい

counter for occurrences

くらい

approximately, about, around, or so

匹/ひき

counter for small animals

分/ふん

minute (unit of time)

頁/ページ

page

三/さん

three, 3

万/まん

10,000, ten thousand

円/えん

yen (Japanese monetary unit)

センチ

{abbr} centimeter, centimetre

余り/あまり

remainder, remnant, rest, balance, surplus, remains (of a meal), leftovers

独逸/ドイツ

Germany

語/ご

{suf} word

分かる/わかる

to understand, to comprehend, to grasp, to see, to get, to follow

知る/しる

to know, to be aware (of), to be conscious (of), to learn (of), to find out, to discover

宿題/しゅくだい

homework, assignment

雨/あめ

rain

降る/ふる

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.), to come down

ご飯/ごはん

cooked rice

雪/ゆき

snow, snowfall

地図/ちず

map, atlas, chart, plan

彼方/あっち

that way, that direction, over there, yonder (direction distant from both speaker and listener)

豚肉/ぶたにく

pork

先週/せんしゅう

last week, the week before (the current week)

火曜日/かようび

Tuesday

彼の/あの

that, those, the (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)

何時か/いつか

sometime, someday, one day, some time or other, the other day, in due course, in time

点数/てんすう

marks, points, score, grade, runs (baseball)

来年/らいねん

next year

直ぐに/すぐに

immediately, right away, at once, instantly

四/よん

four, 4

時/とき

time, hour, moment

携帯/けいたい

carrying (on one's person or in the hand)

少し/すこし

a little, a bit, a small amount, a few, some, slightly, somewhat

もう

already, yet, by now, now, (not) any more, (not) any longer

一つ/ひとつ

one

下さる/くださる

{hon} to give, to confer, to bestow

御/お

{hon} {pol} {hum} honorific/polite/humble prefix

金/かね

money

返事/へんじ

reply, answer, response

何か/なにか

something, some, any

お代わり/おかわり

another helping, second helping, seconds, refill

薔薇/ばら

rose

偶に/たまに

occasionally, once in a while, now and then

サイン

autograph, signature

目/め

eye, eyeball

Ｙシャツ/ワイシャツ

(formal) shirt, dress shirt, business shirt, button-up shirt

手袋/てぶくろ

glove, mitten, mitt

女の人/おんなのひと

woman

点ける/つける

to turn on, to switch on, to light up

廊下/ろうか

corridor, hallway, passageway

な

(inflectional ending used with な-adjectives and nouns)

十二時/じゅうにじ

twelve o'clock, noon, midnight

今日は/こんにちは

hello, good day, good afternoon

風邪/かぜ

(common) cold, influenza, flu, ague, inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)

数日/すうじつ

few days

治る/なおる

to get better, to get well, to recover (from an illness), to be cured, to be restored, to heal

年間/ねんかん

(period of) a year

卒業する/そつぎょうする

to graduate

後/あと

behind, rear

一/いち

one, 1

授業/じゅぎょう

lesson, class, teaching, instruction, classwork, schoolwork

今月/こんげつ

this month

夏休み/なつやすみ

summer vacation, summer holiday

二時間/にじかん

two hours

東京/とうきょう

Tokyo

ヶ月/かげつ

counter for months

冊/さつ

counter for books

ニュース

news

ペンキ

paint

描く/かく

to draw, to paint, to sketch

迄/まで

until (a time), till, to, up to

紙/かみ

paper

風呂/ふろ

bath, bathing, bathtub, bathroom

玩具/おもちゃ

toy

パック

pack, packet, carton

プラスチック

plastic

トレー

tray

折り紙/おりがみ

origami, art of paper folding

鶴/つる

crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)

ジャム

jam

に

at (place, time), in, on, during

上がる/あがる

to rise, to go up, to come up, to ascend, to be raised

此の/この

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

春/はる

spring, springtime

咲く/さく

to bloom, to flower, to blossom, to open

何時も/いつも

always, all the time, at all times

良く/よく

nicely, properly, well, skillfully, skilfully

午後/ごご

afternoon, p.m.