Top 1000 Most Used Japanese words (According to Claude AI)

の (no)

possessive/connecting particle ("of")

は (wa)

topic marker particle

に (ni)

particle (to, at, in, for)

た (ta)

past tense verb ending

を (wo)

direct object marker particle

で (de)

particle (at, by, with)

て (te)

verb connecting particle

と (to)

particle (and, with)

が (ga)

subject marker particle

する (suru)

to do

だ (da)

copula (is/am/are, plain form)

これ (kore)

this

ある (aru)

to exist (inanimate); to have

こと (koto)

thing (abstract); fact

として (toshite)

as; in the capacity of

いる (iru)

to exist (animate); to be

も (mo)

particle (also, too)

私 (watashi)

I; me

から (kara)

from; because

な (na)

adjectival/negative particle

なる (naru)

to become

ない (nai)

not; nonexistent

人 (hito)

person

へ (e)

particle (toward, to)

その (sono)

that (adjective)

日 (hi)

day; sun

あの (ano)

that (over there)

よう (you)

manner; appearance; seeming

それ (sore)

that

れる (reru)

passive verb suffix

など (nado)

et cetera; and so on

なっ (natta stem)

became (stem of naru)

この (kono)

this (adjective)

ため (tame)

for the sake of; purpose

さん (san)

honorific title (Mr./Ms.)

れ (re)

passive/potential verb stem

さ (sa)

nominalizing suffix

あり (ari)

exist (polite stem of aru)

たち (tachi)

plural suffix (people)

や (ya)

particle (and, among others)

られ (rare)

passive/potential verb stem

なり (nari)

becoming; or (classical)

にて (nite)

at; with (formal particle)

か (ka)

question particle

だっ (datta stem)

was (stem of da)

れて (rete)

te-form of passive

時 (toki)

time; when

年 (nen)

year

方 (hou)

direction; way; method

円 (en)

yen; circle

等 (tou)

etc.; and so on

一 (ichi)

one

二 (ni)

two

三 (san)

three

四 (shi/yon)

four

五 (go)

five

六 (roku)

six

七 (shichi/nana)

seven

八 (hachi)

eight

九 (kyuu/ku)

nine

十 (juu)

ten

百 (hyaku)

hundred

千 (sen)

thousand

万 (man)

ten thousand

今 (ima)

now

何 (nani)

what

私たち (watashitachi)

we; us

彼 (kare)

he; him

彼女 (kanojo)

she; her

あなた (anata)

you

誰 (dare)

who

ここ (koko)

here

そこ (soko)

there

あそこ (asoko)

over there

どこ (doko)

where

いつ (itsu)

when

なぜ (naze)

why

どう (dou)

how

もの (mono)

thing (tangible)

場合 (baai)

case; situation

中 (naka)

inside; middle

上 (ue)

up; above

下 (shita)

down; below

前 (mae)

before; front

後 (ushiro/ato)

behind; after

間 (aida/kan)

between; interval

自分 (jibun)

oneself

気 (ki)

spirit; feeling

家 (ie)

house; home

会社 (kaisha)

company

仕事 (shigoto)

work; job

学校 (gakkou)

school

先生 (sensei)

teacher

学生 (gakusei)

student

友達 (tomodachi)

friend

家族 (kazoku)

family

子供 (kodomo)

child

行く (iku)

to go

来る (kuru)

to come

見る (miru)

to see; to look