This is a list of the vocabulary that you need to know in order to pass the JLPT N5. In total, you will need to have a vocabulary of about 800 words.
This list includes lessons for the most common and important words for you to know, all listed in alphabetical order.
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| # | ごい | Vocabulary | Type | Meaning |
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| 301 | 公園 | kouen こうえん | Noun | park |
| 302 | 交差点 | kousaten こうさてん | Noun | intersection |
| 303 | 口 | kuchi くち | Noun | mouth, opening |
| 304 | 果物 | kudamono くだもの | Noun | fruit |
| 305 | 下さい | kudasai ください | Expression | please |
| 306 | 曇り | kumori くもり | Noun | cloudiness; cloudy weather |
| 307 | 曇る | kumoru くもる | Verb, Godan verb, Intransitive verb | to become cloudy, to become dim |
| 308 | 国 | kuni くに | Noun | country; state; region |
| 309 | 暗い | kurai くらい | Adjective, い-adjective | dark; gloomy; murky |
| 310 | クラス | kurasu | Noun, Katakana | class |
| 311 | 黒 | kuro くろ | Noun | black |
| 312 | 黒い | kuroi くろい | い-adjective | black |
| 313 | 来る | kuru くる | Verb, Intransitive verb | to come |
| 314 | 車 | kuruma くるま | Noun | car; automobile; vehicle |
| 315 | 薬 | kusuri くすり | Noun | medicine |
| 316 | 靴 | kutsu くつ | Noun | shoes |
| 317 | 靴下 | kutsushita くつした | Noun | socks |
| 318 | 去年 | kyonen きょねん | Noun | last year |
| 319 | 今日 | kyou きょう | Noun, Temporal noun | today; this day |
| 320 | 兄弟 | kyoudai きょうだい | Noun | siblings; brothers and sisters; mate |
| 321 | 教室 | kyoushitsu きょうしつ | Noun | classroom |
| 322 | 九 | kyuu きゅう | Noun, Numeric | nine; 9 |
| 323 | マッチ | macchi | Noun, Katakana | match |
| 324 | 町 | machi まち | Noun | town; block; neighborhood |
| 325 | 窓 | mado まど | Noun | window |
| 326 | 前 | mae まえ | Noun, Suffix | previous; before; in front; ago |
| 327 | 曲がる | magaru まがる | Verb, Godan verb, Intransitive verb | to turn, to bend |
| 328 | 毎朝 | maiasa まいあさ | Noun | every morning |
| 329 | 毎晩 | maiban まいばん | Noun | every night |
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| 330 | 毎日 | mainichi まいにち | Noun | every day |
| 331 | 毎週 | maishuu まいしゅう | Noun | every week |
| 332 | 毎年 | maitoshi / mainen まいとし / まいねん | Noun | every year; yearly; annually |
| 333 | 毎月 | maitsuki まいつき | Noun | every month; monthly |
| 334 | 万 | man まん | Noun, Numeric | 10,000; ten thousand |
| 335 | 万年筆 | mannenhitsu まんねんひつ | Noun | fountain pen |
| 336 | 丸い | marui まるい | Adjective, い-adjective | round,circular |
| 337 | 真っ直ぐ | massugu まっすぐ | Noun, Adjective, な-adjective, Adverb | straight ahead,direct |
| 338 | 待つ | matsu まつ | Verb, Godan verb, Intransitive verb, Transitive verb | to wait |
| 339 | 不味い | mazui まずい | Adjective, い-adjective | unpleasant |
| 340 | 目 | me め | Noun | eye |
| 341 | メートル | meetoru | Noun, Katakana | metre; meter |
| 342 | 眼鏡 | megane めがね | Noun | glasses |
| 343 | 道 | michi みち | Noun | road; street |
| 344 | 緑 | midori みどり | Noun | green |
| 345 | 磨く | migaku みがく | Verb, Godan verb, Intransitive verb | to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth) |
| 346 | 右 | migi みぎ | Noun | right; right hand side |
| 347 | 短い | mijikai みじかい | Adjective, い-adjective | short |
| 348 | 三日 | mikka みっか | Noun | the third day of the month / 3 days |
| 349 | 耳 | mimi みみ | Noun | ear; hearing |
| 350 | 南 | minami みなみ | Noun | south |
| 351 | 皆さん | minasan みなさん | Noun | everyone |
| 352 | みんな | minna | Noun, Adverb | all; everyone; everybody |
| 353 | 見る | miru みる | Verb, Ichidan verb, Transitive verb | to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe |
| 354 | 店 | mise みせ | Noun | store; shop; establishment; restaurant |
| 355 | 見せる | miseru みせる | Verb, Ichidan verb, Transitive verb | to show; to display |
| 356 | 三つ | mittsu みっつ | Noun, Numeric | three; 3 |
| 357 | 水 | mizu みず | Noun | water; fluid; liquid |
| 358 | 木曜日 | mokuyoubi もくようび | Noun | Thursday |
| 359 | 門 | mon もん | Noun | gate |
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| 360 | 問題 | mondai もんだい | Noun | problem; question (e.g. on a test) |
| 361 | 物 | mono もの | Noun | thing |
| 362 | 持つ | motsu もつ | Verb, Godan verb | to hold |
| 363 | もっと | motto | Adverb | more; longer; further |
| 364 | もう一度 | mouichido もういちど | Expression | once more; again |
| 365 | 六日 | muika むいか | Noun | sixth day of the month / 6 days |
| 366 | 向こう | mukou むこう | Noun | over there |
| 367 | 村 | mura むら | Noun | village |
| 368 | 六つ | muttsu むっつ | Noun, Numeric | six; 6 |
| 369 | 難しい | muzukashii むずかしい | Adjective, い-adjective | difficult |
| 370 | 長い | nagai ながい | Adjective, い-adjective | long (distance); long (time); lengthy. |
| 371 | ナイフ | naifu | Noun, Katakana | knife |
| 372 | 中 | naka なか | Noun | inside; in; within; center |
| 373 | 鳴く | naku なく | Verb, Godan verb, Intransitive verb | animal noise. to chirp |
| 374 | 無くす | nakusu なくす | Verb, Godan verb, Transitive verb | to lose (something) |
| 375 | 名前 | namae なまえ | Noun | name; full name; given name |
| 376 | 七つ | nanatsu ななつ | Noun, Numeric | seven; 7 |
| 377 | 何 | nani なに | Noun, Pronoun, Prefix | what |
| 378 | 七日 | nanoka なのか | Noun | seventh day of the month / 7 days |
| 379 | 並べる | naraberu ならべる | Verb, Ichidan verb, Transitive verb | to line up,to set up |
| 380 | 並ぶ | narabu ならぶ | Verb, Godan verb, Intransitive verb | to line up,to stand in a line |
| 381 | 習う | narau ならう | Verb, Godan verb, Transitive verb | to be taught; to learn (from a teacher) |
| 382 | 夏 | natsu なつ | Noun | summer |
| 383 | 夏休み | natsuyasumi なつやすみ | Noun | summer vacation; summer holiday |
| 384 | 何故 | naze なぜ | Adverb | why; how |
| 385 | 猫 | neko ねこ | Noun | cat |
| 386 | ネクタイ | nekutai | Noun, Katakana | tie; necktie |
| 387 | 寝る | neru ねる | Verb, Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb | to sleep; to go to bed; to lie down |
| 388 | 二 | ni に | Noun, Numeric | two; 2 |
| 389 | 日曜日 | nichiyoubi にちようび | Noun | Sunday |
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| 390 | 賑やか | nigiyaka にぎやか | Adjective, な-adjective | bustling,busy |
| 391 | 日記 | nikki にっき | Noun | diary; journal |
| 392 | 肉 | niku にく | Noun | meat |
| 393 | 荷物 | nimotsu にもつ | Noun | luggage; baggage |
| 394 | 西 | nishi にし | Noun | west |
| 395 | 庭 | niwa にわ | Noun | garden |
| 396 | 登る | noboru のぼる | Verb, Godan verb, Intransitive verb | to climb |
| 397 | 飲み物 | nomimono のみもの | Noun | drink; beverage |
| 398 | 飲む | nomu のむ | Verb, Godan verb, Transitive verb | to drink |
| 399 | ノート | nooto | Noun, Katakana | notebook |
| 400 | 乗る | noru のる | Verb, Godan verb, Intransitive verb | to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.) |
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