Japanese/Lessons/Word list 1
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This is the list of words you should have learned during the first five weeks of this course. Please ensure that you know these words.
Note: Many of these words are from the JLPT Level 4 vocabulary list.
- あう - to meet
- あおい - blue
- あたたかい - warm
- あたらしい - new
- あつい - hot
- あめ - rain
- あるく - to walk
- いい - good
- いいえ - no
- いう - to tell, to say
- いぬ - dog
- いろ - color
- うえ - top, above
- うち - home, house
- うまれる - to be born
- うる - to sell
- え - picture, painting, drawing
- えいご - English language
- えん - yen (national currency of Japan)
- えんぴつ - pencil
- おいしい - delicious, good-tasting
- おおきい - big
- おかね - money
- おさけ - sake
- おしえる - to teach, to instruct
- おちゃ - tea
- おとこ - man
- おとこのこ - boy
- おんがく - music
- おんな - woman
- おんなのこ - girl
- かう - to buy
- かく - to write
- がくせい - student
- かぞく - family
- からだ - body, health
- き - tree
- きく - to listen, to ask
- きのう - yesterday
- きょう - today
- きらい - dislike, hate
- きれい - clean, beautiful
- ぎんこう - bank
- くち - mouth
- くに - country
- くる - to come
- けっこん - marriage
- げんき - energetic, healthy
- こども - child
- ごはん - cooked rice, a meal
- さく - to bloom
- ざっし - magazine
- さむい - cold
- じかん - time
- した - under, below, beneath
- しぬ - to die
- じょうず - skill, skillful, good at
- しる - to know
- しろい - white
- しんぱい - worry, care
- すき - to like
- すごい - awesome, terrific
- すずしい - cool, refreshing
- せい - height, stature
- せかい - world
- せんせい - teacher, doctor, master
- ぜんぶ - all, entire
- そと - outside
- そら - sky
- だいじょうぶ - safe, all right, O.K.
- たいせつ - important
- たいへん - serious, difficult, awful
- たぶん - perhaps, probably
- たべる - to eat
- たんじょうび - birthday
- ち - blood
- ちいさい - small
- ちがう - different
- ちから - strength, power
- ちょっと - just a minute, just a little
- つかう - to use
- つづり - spelling
- つよい - strong
- て - hand
- てんき - weather
- でんわ - telephone
- どうぐ - tool, instrument
- とけい - clock, watch
- ところ - place, spot, one's place (room, home)
- とぶ - to fly
- なつ - summer
- なる - to become
- にく - meat
- にげる - to escape, to run away
- にっぽん - Japan (actually, にほん (nihon) and にっぽん (nippon) are both valid pronunciations of 日本, and moreover, there is no fixed rule to choose one pronunciation over the other; it seems like にっぽん is sometimes more preferred when talking about the Japan, and にほん - when talking about Japanese people; also usage varies from dialect to dialect)
- にょろにょろ - wriggling-ly, like a snake
- にわ - garden
- ぬぐ - to take off (clothing)
- ぬれる - to get wet
- ねこ - cat
- ねる - to go to bed, to sleep
- のむ - to drink
- のる - to get on, to ride in, to board
- はい - yes
- ばか - fool, idiot
- はたらく - to work, to practice, to commit
- ひと - man, person, human being
- びょうき - illness
- びょういん - hospital
- ふく - clothes
- ふるい - old (opposite of new, not young)
- へや - room
- べんきょう - study
- ぼうし - hat
- ほん - book
- まずい - unappetising, unpleasant (taste, situation)
- まち - town, street, road
- まつ - to wait
- まんが - manga (Japanese-style hand-drawn comic book)
- みず - water
- みせ - store, shop, establishment
- みち - road, street, way, method
- みょうじ - family name, surname
- むこう - beyond, over there, opposite direction, the other party
- むずかしい - difficult
- め - eye
- めがね - spectacles, glasses
- もしもし - telephone "hello" (first word it is common to say over phone)
- もの - thing, object
- もんだい - problem, question
- やさしい - easy, plain
- やま - mountain
- やめる - to stop, to resign, to end
- ゆうびんきょく - post office
- ゆき - snow
- ゆめ - dream
- よむ - to read
- よわい - weak
- りっぱ - splendid, fine
- りゅうがくせい - overseas student
- りょうしん - parents; both parents
- りょこう - travel, trip
- れきし - history
- わかる - to understand, to know, to realize
- わすれる - to forget
- わるい - bad