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ああ ah Ah!
会う あう au to meet
秋 あき aki autumn, fall
開く あく aku open
朝 あさ asa morning
足 あし ashi leg, foot
雨 あめ ame rain
ある ある aru to possess
あれ あれ are that one
言う いう iu to say, to tell
家 いえ ie house, home
行く いく iku to go
池 いけ ike pond
椅子 いす isu chair
一 いち ichi one
いつ いつ itsu when
今 いま ima now
意味 いみ imi meaning
いや いや iya not likable, unpleasant
いる iru need, must have, be required
いる iru to exist
色 いろ iro color
色々 いろいろ iroiro various
上 うえ ue top, on, above
歌 うた uta song
内 うち uchi home
海 うみ umi sea
売る うる uru to sell
絵 え e picture
ええ ええ ee Yes, I see
駅 えき eki station
円 えん en Yen
御 お o honorific prefix
押す おす osu to push
遅い おそい osoi late, slow
買う かう kau to buy
顔 かお kao face
鍵 かぎ kagi key
書く かく kaku to write
傘 かさ kasa umbrella
貸す かす kasu to lend
風 かぜ kaze wind
風邪 かぜ kaze a cold
方 かた kata person (polite)
角 かど kado corner
紙 かみ kami paper
川 かわ kawa river
木 き ki tree
聞く きく kiku to hear, to listen, to ask
北 きた kita north
切る きる kiru to cut
着る きる kiru to wear, to put on
来る くる kuru to come
キロ キロ kiro kg
キロ キロ kiro km
九 く ku nine
口 くち kuchi mouth
靴 くつ kutsu shoe
国 くに kuni country
消す けす kesu to turn off, switch off
〜個 〜こ ~ko counter for small objects
五 ご go five
〜語 〜ご ~go ~ language
声 こえ koe voice
ここ ここ koko here
午後 ごご gogo afternoon
この この kono this…
これ これ kore this
ごろ ごろ goro around…
さあ さあ saa well…
咲く さく saku to blossom
さす sasu to open an umbrella
三 さん san three
四 し shi four
〜時 〜じ ~ji o’clock
塩 しお shio salt
下 した shita under, below
死ぬ しぬ shinu to die, to pas away
じゃ じゃ ja well, then
吸う すう suu to breathe, to smoke
好き すき suki to like
住む すむ sumu to live, to reside somewhere
する する suru to do
背 せい sei height
ゼロ ゼロ zero zero
千 せん sen 1,000, thousand
そう そう sou so
そこ そこ soko there
外 そと soto outside
その その sono that…
そば そば soba next to
空 そら sora sky
それ それ sore that
出す だす dasu to take out, hand in
立つ たつ tatsu to stand
誰 だれ dare who?
地図 ちず chizu map
父 ちち chichi my father
次 つぎ tsugi next
着く つく tsuku to arrive
手 て te hand
では では dewa then, well
でも でも demo but
戸 と to door
〜度 〜ど ~do ~times, ~degree
ドア ドア doa door
どう どう dou how?
十 とお too ten
どこ どこ doko where?
どの どの dono which?
飛ぶ とぶ tobu to fly
鳥 とり tori bird
取る とる toru to take
撮る とる toru to take a photo
どれ どれ dore which?
中 なか naka inside
鳴く なく naku to sing, mew, moo
夏 なつ natsu summer
何 なに nani what?
なる naru to become
二 に ni two
西 にし nishi west
庭 にわ niwa garden
脱ぐ ぬぐ nugu to take off clothes
寝る ねる neru to go to bed
飲む のむ nomu to drink
乗る のる noru to take, to ride
歯 は ha teeth
はい はい hai yes
履く はく haku to put on shoes
箱 はこ hako box
橋 はし hashi bridge
箸 はし hashi chopsticks
バス バス basu bus
八 はち hachi eight
花 はな hana flower
鼻 はな hana nose
母 はは haha my mother
春 はる haru spring
張る はる haru to put something on, to stick
晩 ばん ban evening
パン パン pan bread
引く ひく hiku to pull
弾く ひく hiku to play (an instrument)
昼 ひる hiru noon
吹く ふく fuku to blow (wind)
服 ふく fuku clothes
降る ふる furu to fall (rain, snow)
下手 へた heta not good at something
部屋 へや heya room
辺 へん hen side, part, area
ペン ぺん pen pen
方 ほう hou ~より〜のほうが〜
帽子 ぼうし boushi hat
他 ほか hoka another, other
本 ほん hon book
前 まえ mae front
また また mata also, again
まだ まだ mada not yet
町 まち machi city, town
待つ まつ matsu to wait
窓 まど mado window
万 まん man ten thousand
右 みぎ migi right
店 みせ mise shop
道 みち michi road
耳 みみ mimi ear
見る みる miru to see, to watch
目 め me eye
もう もう mou already, yet
もう もう mou (one) more
持つ もつ motsu to have, to own
物 もの mono thing
門 もん mon gate
〜屋 〜や ~ya shop. store
山 やま yama mountain
やる yaru to do
よく よく yoku often
横 よこ yoko horizontal
呼ぶ よぶ yobu to call
読む よむ yomu to read
夜 よる yoru night
れい rei zero
六 ろく roku six
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Pimpe Misono says:
June 17, 2011 at 15:26
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thanks for posting this, it helps me alot… Arigatou gozaimashitta
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D Zurn says:
October 10, 2011 at 20:00
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Thanks for posting this, I’m working through them and found that “eigo” had the kanji twice, instead
of kanji and furigana.
英語 英語 eigo English language
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Nicolas says:
October 10, 2011 at 20:33
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Thank you very much for pointing it out. I immediately corrected this.
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Nimpha says:
June 26, 2014 at 16:13
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Where is the ゆ character?
D Zurn says:
October 12, 2011 at 02:25
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A couple other minor issues:
皆さん みなさん minAsan everyone
方 ほう hou ~より〜のほうが〜
Thanks for the list, as you can see I’ve been closely reading through all of it!
Darryl
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D Zurn says:
October 12, 2011 at 02:30
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OK, another question! I thought that “ワイシャツ (waishatsu)” referred to a “Y”front shirt, as
opposed to a kimonotype closure, not a contraction of “white shirt.”
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mamoru says:
November 23, 2011 at 06:07
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Thank you for this list, there is one typo in there though: “not goot at something”, I believe it is
meant to be “good” : )
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Nicolas says:
November 23, 2011 at 17:12
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Thanks for spotting this. I immediately fixed it. Thanks again.
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Deepa Deshmukh says:
December 1, 2011 at 15:17
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Thanks a lot for this wonderful list. It has helped me a lot !!
You got a lovely site…..
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Deepa Deshmukh says:
December 18, 2011 at 01:20
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Thanks for the vocab list. However, there are no words starting with ゆ。Can u please include those
too…..
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Nicolas says:
December 28, 2011 at 14:28
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@Deepa I am not aware of a word with ゆ within the JLPT N5 vocabulary. Please let me know if
I missed one.
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D says:
February 15, 2014 at 17:34
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what about yuki – snow?
Ando says:
December 27, 2011 at 08:53
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I found a few mistakes.
1) おきる (to place) should be おく.
2) 抜く (to take off shoes etc.) should be 脱ぐ.
3) There is no English translation for 見せる (“miseru” is listed twice).
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Nicolas says:
December 28, 2011 at 14:27
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@Ando Thank you very much. All three points had to be corrected
It is a long list and writing it with html is quite painful and mistakes easily happen. Thanks to
contributions like yours the list gets better and better so that all students can enjoy correct
material.
Thank you very much again.
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Deepa Deshmukh says:
January 4, 2012 at 16:07
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Hi Nicolas ,
Thanks for replying. I love your site and it has been very very helpful to me.
I got exactly this same vocab list (without meanings) from my sensei as a JLPT Level 5 portion. The
words below were also included in that list.
ゆうがた (evening)
ゆうびんきょく (post office)
ゆうべ (evening; yesterday evening)
ゆうめい (な) (famous)
ゆき (snow)
ゆっくり.と (slowly, leisurely)
Sincerely,
Deepa Deshmukh
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Nicolas says:
January 7, 2012 at 09:48
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Deepa,
Thank you very much. Unfortunately there is no official list of vocabulary required for the JLPT.
As a result lists are created reviewing historical tests and different teachers have slightly
different lists. I will check if I find these words in some historical tests and add them to the list in
case I had overseen them before. Thank you very much for your attention on this.
Nicolas
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Deepa Deshmukh says:
January 9, 2012 at 00:46
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Sure. Thanks for looking into this. Have a Good Day !!
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usagi says:
January 28, 2012 at 18:32
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会社 (company) has a broken link! It is http//nihongoichiban.com/2011/05/02/会社/
It must be: http://nihongoichiban.com/2011/05/02/会社/
^^
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Nicolas says:
January 28, 2012 at 21:54
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Thank you very much. I just repaired the link.
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usagi says:
January 30, 2012 at 02:59
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Hello your entry has a mistake, りょうがくせい must be changed to りゅうがくせい!
~^^~
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Nicolas says:
September 29, 2012 at 15:50
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Thanks for pointing it out. We fixed it now.
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Nester says:
March 9, 2012 at 23:26
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SO, I know there is a separate list of kanji that are required for the test but as far as the vocab goes
to we just have to know the furigana/meaning?
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Nester says:
March 9, 2012 at 23:28
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HAH, I should’ve read the top. Oh well, thank you for the resource.
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Nicolas says:
March 10, 2012 at 06:45
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No problem. Thanks for using NIHONGO ICHIBAN.
Usagi says:
April 29, 2012 at 21:17
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Hello! I am Usagi. The Kanji 背 is usually pronounced せ not せい, please note せい is an alternate
reading for せ but it is not usually pronounced this way in sentences like “メアリーは背(せ)が高(たか
い)” and “私(わたし)は背(せ)が高(たかい)”. N5 learners are more likely to need to know せ from what I
have seen. Thank you for an excellent website!
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Alex says:
May 14, 2012 at 21:49
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Hello!
I’m a bit confused.Sould I memorise all 800 words in Kanji for JLPT5 test or only those highlighted in
pink or those written in red?
Thank you.
Sincerely,Alex
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Nicolas says:
May 15, 2012 at 08:52
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Hello,
Thanks for your questions, which other might have had too. For the JLPT N5 you need to know
all 800 vocabulary, but you do not need to know to read them all as kanji. The list includes all
kanji writing for those who are interested, but you only need to know the kanji writing of the
vocabulary in pink to pass the test.
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Alex says:
May 16, 2012 at 03:59
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Thank you,Nicolas.It’s very clear now.It appears much easier then.
Best regards,
Alex
nibill says:
July 2, 2012 at 04:06
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That might be a stupid question, but if the Kanji, which are highlighted here, are all I have to
know, what about the separate Kanji list? I assume I have to know the 103 Kanjis from the
list, as well as those here highlighted, right?
Fatsy says:
May 27, 2012 at 00:15
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Hi! The Kanji card linked to 妹 is the Kanji card for 姉.
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sophiecoureau says:
May 28, 2012 at 10:17
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Hello,
Thank you for noticing ! I made the changes.
Best regards
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Fatsy says:
June 10, 2012 at 15:33
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Hello again! The meaning for 見せる is to show. To watch, to look or to see is 見る.
By the way, this review material is really great. I’m hoping you could update the material for N4.
More power!
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Fatsy says:
June 24, 2012 at 23:03
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Hi! It’s me again. I would just like to ask about the kanji 内(うち). It says in my Kanji book that
the meaning of this character is “inside.” Does the word “uchi” meaning “house” really have a kanji
for it? 教えてください。
どうもありがとう。
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ケイリーたん says:
July 1, 2012 at 16:58
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No it doesn’t. You just use kana (e.g. うちが出る。)
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sophiecoureau says:
July 2, 2012 at 09:03
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内 means inside, 家 means home and they both can be read うち.
The Kanji for house is frequently use.
Best regards,
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che osman says:
September 6, 2012 at 18:01
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minasan…..itsu mo gambatte kudasai…………..
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che osman says:
September 6, 2012 at 18:08
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watashi wa malaysia karakita che osman desuta…..tokidoki jikan ga attara nihongo o
bengkioshitai…demo chotto muzukashi ga nihon jin no tomodachi ga imasen….nihon go o hanashi
wa muzukashi ni narimasuta.
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Yosra says:
September 18, 2012 at 15:25
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There are some Kanji that are colored but are not included in the 103 Kanji that are in the JLPT N5
kanji book here http://nihongoichibandotcom.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/kanjibookjlptn5.pdf
Does the book need to updated or is there a mistake?
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Namine says:
November 11, 2012 at 22:12
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Hm Please, the list for the JLPT N5, I know it’s not the official but, you colored this list, the boxes of
the words are highlighted or is this just the word writed in red with link ?
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eric says:
November 16, 2012 at 11:46
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the kanji for oozei, 大勢 is missing but still marked red, so i guess it should be known for the test?
thx, for the great site.
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sophiecoureau says:
November 19, 2012 at 17:27
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The world oozei often comes out in the JLPT N5 but the kanji is quite complicated and thus not
required for the N5 !
Good Luck !
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nils says:
November 21, 2012 at 20:56
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Hi, Sophie and Nicolas. Thanks for an excellent tool. Just noted a few mistakes and typos.
1. The word お菓子 okashi does not have a ひらがな version.
2. I don’t think the kanji for 〜だい ~dai, meaning “counter for machines”, is 〜代, but 〜台. 代 is
rather used to refer to age or generation.
3. The roomaji transliteration for 真直ぐに まっすぐに should be “massugu ni”, rather than “massugi
ni”.
4. The verb “to forget”, which is listed as 忘る わする wasuru, should be 忘れる わすれる
wasureru (it’s a verb from Group 2).
Again, thank you for the great tool.
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Nicolas says:
March 9, 2013 at 00:30
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Hi Nils,
Thanks for pointing out the mistakes. It took a while, but we fixed it now.
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DeniseLim 迷飛 デーニズ (@crushonFRHnLEAD) says:
January 19, 2013 at 00:49
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こんにちわ!本とにありがとうございます!I trust this will help me~
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ryoxy says:
February 8, 2013 at 03:33
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Hello there!
Sorry for asking this but I can learn to speak Japanese too from this right? I mean not only learning
kanji but speaking too?
Thank you! =)
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Yuuki says:
February 11, 2013 at 09:10
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Hi,
Thanks for the great list!
I just wanna ask if this list is the combination of iadj, naadj and verbs lists of JLPT N5?
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Nicolas says:
February 11, 2013 at 10:00
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Yes, it includes all adjectives, verb, nouns, etc.
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When your trying to help, but end up sounding like a brat. says:
February 14, 2013 at 18:48
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On the very top, ああ’s romanji should be aa not ah… And since it doesn’t have a kanji, why not just
put N/A (not applicable)? Oh well, do whatever you want. :3
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When your trying to help, but end up sounding like a brat. says:
February 14, 2013 at 18:58
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Or like you did with ageru.
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Yuuki says:
February 15, 2013 at 09:06
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“ah” is just an English translation of “aa” (cuz you should at least know how to pronounce Kana
already)
Putting N/A in a long list like this would cause the confusion (esp for my eyes), so I think it’s
fine to leave it blank!
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Namine says:
March 23, 2013 at 03:57
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I don’t think so. I all romaji’s column, we can see the kana’s transcription, and then the
translation, btw, why add a translation column if romaji is translation ^^ it’s not logical so..
Romaji of ああ is aa for me ^^
chuachua says:
April 6, 2013 at 02:00
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I’m working with this
my class is studing Minna no nihongo 1. And those words are my vocabulary, but my sensei said
that we were going to have JPLT4 after finishing JPLT5’s knowledge I have no idea how i gonna
pass it
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Vishal says:
April 15, 2013 at 16:14
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Hi Nicholas, in the romaji section for cup, koppu is written in katakana and it is transliterated into
romaji as kappu. Please do the correction.. ^^
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Vishal Poojary says:
April 17, 2013 at 22:31
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Hi NIcolas! Thanks a lot fr the gr8 help in the form of this site!! It is indeed a boon. One correction I
noticed was that of Koppu.. It should have been Kappu.. isn’t it?
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Nicolas says:
May 17, 2013 at 22:36
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Thanks for pointing this out. I fixed it (although it took a while)
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R.Saravanan says:
June 11, 2013 at 12:28
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Dear Nicholas san,
Thanks for providing the useful information to us.
I’m glad that somebody so committed for helping peoples to learn Japanese.
regards,
R.Saravanan
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Sharmila guha says:
June 14, 2013 at 18:19
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Hi why don’t you also include the kikurenshyu? That will be of great help. Thanks!
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Nicolas says:
June 20, 2013 at 05:07
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Thanks for sharing this good idea. We keep adding more pages and function step by step but
adding audio will take us quite some time as we first want to finish all the vocabulary & kanji
lists. But we added this to the development list.
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quý says:
June 26, 2013 at 03:26
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could you give us audio file ?
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gopinath says:
July 11, 2013 at 01:40
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hai can u pls add audio for each word so that it will be helpful for learning the correct pronunciation.
thanks in advance.
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Michael P. Havens says:
August 30, 2013 at 05:27
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This question might have already been asked and answered already, but I was just wondering, since
there is only 103 total kanji you’ve grouped for the N5, can I assume that much of the vocabulary on
this list will be in the “furigama” format, and not in kanji? At first glance, there are quite a few kanji
listed on this list that is not part of the 103 set.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
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sophiecoureau says:
August 30, 2013 at 09:18
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Yes, in N5 test most of vocabulary is in Hiragana or Kanji with Hiragana translation written
above.
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avadai says:
October 3, 2013 at 02:22
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thanks for the list.
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ayumi says:
October 5, 2013 at 21:40
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how can i remember all the vocabs ??
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rath says:
October 24, 2013 at 13:32
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i can say the Japanes also the international language. i want to learn japanes because i want to work
with Japan people. And then i want to go to Japan and do the work at there.
Also in my country now many Japanes Companies here. So if i know the japanes language i easily
to make good conversations with them. So i will learn japanes now.
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Rohan says:
November 23, 2013 at 21:22
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Hi Nicolas,
Thanks for putting up such a great site .Filled with great information & such good content , it is very
helpful to novice like me.
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Erato says:
February 2, 2014 at 20:09
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Thanks! This is a great help!
However, I see 675 vocab. items, where are the other 125?
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February 22, 2014 at 07:57
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Hey! Do you use Twitter? I’d like to follow you if that would be ok.
I’m undoubtedly enjoying your blog and look forward to new posts.
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Hien Trang says:
April 4, 2014 at 17:49
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Hello every one, I’m a new member, I will take part in the N5 level of JLPT next July, but I don’t
know what kind of Kanji I have to study. Someone please tell me those Kanji I should learn for the
N5 level are the red words or words in the pink boxes? Please help me, many thanks.
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mario shervin says:
May 7, 2014 at 13:24
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tnxxxx a lot very important vocabulary list for me.
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Dawid says:
June 25, 2014 at 05:16
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Hi. I’ve noticed a minor spelling mistake that you’ve made; Instead of translating suu (吸う ) as “to
breathe”, you’ve put “to breath”. Apart from that, thanks for creating this list, it’s very helpful.
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hayatesuzuki says:
June 25, 2014 at 08:56
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Thanks for letting us know! we have corrected the mistake.
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Nicolas says:
July 6, 2014 at 07:27
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Thanks for letting us know. It has been corrected.
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Nimpha says:
June 26, 2014 at 16:10
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I’m looking for the vocabulary of the character yu (ゆ), but I can’t find it.
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