MLC Meguro Language Center

JLPT N5 Vocabulary List

804 words

You need to know about 800 words including these 758 words (449 words from the "Japanese Language Proficiency Test
Official Practice Workbook N5", 309 words from the old "Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 4") and 46 greetings
words for JLPT N5.
<Kanji>
Kanji from No.1 to 120 (for N5) in the MLC original Kanji book "Basic Kanji 320 (for N5 and N4)" are shown in the Kanji section.
<Freq.> Frequency
The number of times the word appeared in the "Japanese Language Proficiency Test Official Practice Workbook N5".

Vocabulary

Kanji

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Meaning & Example

... station
... yen 1,000
... floor 2
... times 2
for ... day(s) 3
(for) ... month(s) 1
how to ...
... month 123
(third person) wants to ...

form of
... side
... kg =
... km =
about ... 2
... gram 3
counter for small object 3
... language
around ... (for time) 2
... year(s) old 5
counter for book 3
Mr., Mrs., Miss
... o'clock 3
... hour(s) 2
(for) ... week(s) 2
...an, ...ese
past, over 2
... each 10
teacher
counter for machine 3
...s, ... and others

be in middle of ..., (during) in ...

counter for object 3
... time(s) 2
...st, ...nd, ...th 12
counter for person 3
... years 2014
cups of ... 3
half 9
No. ... 3
counter for animal 3
... minute(s) 30
... page 3
counter for long object 3
counter for thin object 3
... ago 2
before ...
... meter 3
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Freq.
1
3
2
1
1
1
2
3

3
1

1
18

7
1
1

3
2
4
2
1
1
17
1
1
3
2
2
1

... store, ... shop

see (a person), meet /

blue [i-adj.]
red [noun]
red [i-adj.]
go up 15
bright, light [i-adj.]
autumn, fall
open The door opens.
open I open the door.
give
morning 6
breakfast
the day after tomorrow
leg, foot
tomorrow
over there
play
warm [i-adj.]
head
new [i-adj.]
over there more polite
hot [i-adj.]
thick [i-adj.]
after
(my) older brother
(my) older sister
that ...
apartment
take (a shower)
dangerous [i-adj.]
sweet [i-adj.]
not much ...
rain
The United States of America
wash
be [existence]
have [possession]
walk
that (one)
good [i-adj.]
say, tell
house
go
how many, how old
how much
pond
doctor =
chair
busy [i-adj.]
be painful [i-adj.]
one
once
one day
the best
when
the fifth day of the month, five days
together
five 400

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1
1
1

1
1
4

6
2
1

1
2

7
1
3
2
1
1

1
1
1
2
23
1
1
19
9
5
14
1
1
1
1

1
1
1
13
1
5
1
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