Vocabulary List
Core JLPT vocabulary by level with reading, part of speech, an example sentence and the words it gets confused with.
- 飲む — のむ — N5 — verb — to drink
- 行く — いく — N5 — verb — to go
- 来る — くる — N5 — verb — to come
- 帰る — かえる — N5 — verb — to return home
- 買う — かう — N5 — verb — to buy
- 会う — あう — N5 — verb — to meet
- 言う — いう — N5 — verb — to say
- 雨 — あめ — N5 — noun — rain
- 話す — はなす — N5 — verb — to speak
- 寝る — ねる — N5 — verb — to sleep
- 起きる — おきる — N5 — verb — to wake up
- 読む — よむ — N5 — verb — to read
- 作る — つくる — N5 — verb — to make
- 書く — かく — N5 — verb — to write
- 使う — つかう — N5 — verb — to use
- 取る — とる — N5 — verb — to take
- 売る — うる — N5 — verb — to sell
- 分かる — わかる — N5 — verb — to understand
- 知る — しる — N5 — verb — to know
- 住む — すむ — N5 — verb — to live (reside)
- 泳ぐ — およぐ — N5 — verb — to swim
- 遊ぶ — あそぶ — N5 — verb — to play
- 急ぐ — いそぐ — N5 — verb — to hurry
- 立つ — たつ — N5 — verb — to stand
- 座る — すわる — N5 — verb — to sit
- 持つ — もつ — N5 — verb — to hold, to have
- 待つ — まつ — N5 — verb — to wait
- 働く — はたらく — N5 — verb — to work
- 私 — わたし — N5 — pronoun — I, me
- 聞く — きく — N5 — verb — to listen, to ask
- 本 — ほん — N5 — noun — book
- 小さい — ちいさい — N5 — adjective — small, little
- 新しい — あたらしい — N5 — adjective — new
- 古い — ふるい — N5 — adjective — old
- 猫 — ねこ — N5 — noun — cat
- 犬 — いぬ — N5 — noun — dog
- 水 — みず — N5 — noun — water
- 大きい — おおきい — N5 — adjective — big, large
- 車 — くるま — N5 — noun — car, vehicle
- 見る — みる — N5 — verb — to see, to watch
- 食べる — たべる — N5 — verb — to eat
- 吸う — すう — N5 — verb — to inhale, to smoke
- 出かける — でかける — N5 — verb — to go out
- 出ます — でます — N5 — verb — to exit, to leave
- 手伝う — てつだう — N5 — verb — to help
- 止まる — とまる — N5 — verb — to stop (intransitive)
- 撮る — とる — N5 — verb — to take (a photo)
- 直す — なおす — N5 — verb — to repair, to fix
- 習う — ならう — N5 — verb — to learn
- 脱ぐ — ぬぐ — N5 — verb — to take off (clothes/shoes)