JLPT N5 Vocabulary
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Everyday nouns covering meals, household, school, society, dates, and miscellaneous objects.
158 words
hot (objects/touch)
thick; kind/warm-hearted
after; later; remaining
dangerous
candy
doctor
busy
painful; hurts
one day
five days; 5th (of month)
always
meaning
disagreeable; unpleasant
entrance
color
thin; light (color/flavor)
song
movie; film
English (language)
big; large
great number of people; crowd
sake; alcohol
restroom; bathroom
man; male
day before yesterday
same
grandmother; old woman
bath; bathtub
boxed lunch
policeman (friendly)
heavy
music
woman; female
foreign country
foreigner
stairs
person (polite); way/method
home; family; household
corner
flower vase
light (weight)
kanji; Chinese characters
dirty
cafe; coffee shop
beef
classroom
siblings; brothers
dark
police officer
this morning
enough; splendid; fairly
marriage
entrance hall; front door area
intersection; crossroads
black tea
voice
nine days; 9th (of month)
word; language
tonight; this evening
future; ahead; previous
composition; essay
year after next
walk; stroll
work; job
question
automobile; car
dictionary
class; lesson
homework
immediately; right away
a little; a few
student; pupil
laundry; washing
all; entire; everything
cleaning
embassy
kitchen
fun; enjoyable
cigarettes; tobacco
food
birthday
small; little
subway
map
a little; a moment
next
boring; dull
cold (things/touch)
strong
exit
door (Japanese-style)
ten days; 10th (of month)
sometimes
place; spot
year; age
very; extremely
seven days; 7th (of month)
luggage; baggage
lukewarm
ashtray
postcard
box
for the first time
20 years old
twenty days; 20th (of month)
talk; story; conversation
fast; quick
evening; night
number
half
short; low
one month
one person; alone
illness; sickness
envelope
pork
two people
two days; 2nd (of month)
fat; thick
sentence; text; writing
area; vicinity
study
to want; desired
thin; slender
bookshelf
every morning
every night
bad-tasting; unappetizing
again; also
still; not yet
straight ahead
fountain pen
three days; 3rd (of month)
everyone
six days; 6th (of month)
over there; beyond
already; more
more
thing; object
gate
problem; question
greengrocer; vegetable shop
holiday; day off; rest
evening; late afternoon
dinner; supper
last night
eight days; 8th (of month)
often; well
beside; side; horizontal
four days; 4th (of month)
weak
splendid; magnificent
exchange student; foreign student
parents
travel; trip
refrigerator
practice
corridor; hallway
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