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Japanese N5 Vocabulary Practice

Practice 165 beginner Japanese terms across 11 everyday topics, with readings and examples. N5-oriented, not an official or complete exam list.

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JLPT N5 and N4: the format, every deck and its source
  • People and family

    家族

    family

  • Food and drink

    dinner

    晩ご飯

  • Around town

    ホテル

    hotel

  • Everyday verbs

    to read

    読む

  • Describing things

    古い

    old (things)

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You start with People and family, and the next section opens as you learn the one before it.

  1. Section 1: People and family

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  2. Section 2: Numbers and counting

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  3. Section 3: Days and time

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  4. Section 4: Food and drink

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  5. Section 5: At home

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  6. Section 6: Around town

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  7. Section 7: School and work

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  8. Section 8: Questions and pointing words

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  9. Section 9: Everyday verbs

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  10. Section 10: More verbs

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  11. Section 11: Describing things

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In the order you learn them, one section at a time.

1People and family15 cards

私
I, me
家族
family
お父さん
father, dad
お母さん
mother, mum
弟
my younger brother
妹
my younger sister
子供
child
男の人
man
女の人
woman
人
person
友達
friend
父
(my) father
母
(my) mother
兄
(my) older brother
姉
(my) older sister

2Numbers and counting15 cards

一
one
二
two
三
three
四
four
五
five
六
six
七
seven
八
eight
九
nine
十
ten
百
hundred
千
thousand
万
ten thousand
一つ
one (thing)
二つ
two (things)

3Days and time15 cards

今日
today
明日
tomorrow
昨日
yesterday
今
now
朝
morning
昼
noon; daytime
夜
night, evening
毎日
every day
時間
time; hour
今週
this week
来週
next week
先週
last week
日曜日
Sunday
月曜日
Monday
今年
this year

4Food and drink15 cards

ご飯
cooked rice; meal
水
water
お茶
tea (usually green)
コーヒー
coffee
牛乳
milk
パン
bread
肉
meat
魚
fish
野菜
vegetables
果物
fruit
卵
egg
お酒
alcohol; sake
朝ご飯
breakfast
晩ご飯
dinner
おいしい
tasty, delicious

5At home15 cards

家
house, home
部屋
room
窓
window
机
desk
椅子
chair
ベッド
bed
テレビ
TV
電話
phone; phone call
本
book
鍵
key; lock
傘
umbrella
かばん
bag
写真
photo
時計
clock; watch
お風呂
bath

6Around town15 cards

道
road; way
車
car
電車
train
バス
bus
自転車
bicycle
店
shop
銀行
bank
病院
hospital
郵便局
post office
公園
park
レストラン
restaurant
ホテル
hotel
町
town
近く
nearby; the area near
遠い
far

7School and work15 cards

学校
school
学生
student
先生
teacher
大学
university
勉強
study, studying
宿題
homework
仕事
work, job
会社
company
会社員
company employee
鉛筆
pencil
紙
paper
辞書
dictionary
言葉
word; language
質問
question
休み
day off; break; holiday

8Questions and pointing words15 cards

何
what
だれ
who
どこ
where
いつ
when
いくら
how much (money)
いくつ
how many; how old
どうして
why
どう
how; what about
どれ
which one
これ
this (near me)
それ
that (near you)
あれ
that (over there)
ここ
here
そこ
there (near you)
あそこ
over there

9Everyday verbs15 cards

食べる
to eat
飲む
to drink
行く
to go
来る
to come
帰る
to go home, to return
見る
to see, to watch
聞く
to listen; to ask
話す
to speak, to talk
読む
to read
書く
to write
買う
to buy
する
to do
起きる
to get up, to wake up
寝る
to go to bed, to sleep
待つ
to wait

10More verbs15 cards

ある
to be, to exist (things)
いる
to be, to exist (people, animals)
分かる
to understand
会う
to meet
入る
to enter, to go in
出る
to leave, to go out
開ける
to open (something)
閉める
to close (something)
使う
to use
作る
to make
働く
to work
住む
to live (somewhere)
休む
to rest; to take a day off
乗る
to ride, to get on
知る
to know

11Describing things15 cards

大きい
big
小さい
small
高い
expensive; tall, high
安い
cheap
新しい
new
古い
old (things)
いい
good
悪い
bad
暑い
hot (weather)
寒い
cold (weather)
難しい
difficult
簡単
easy, simple
好き
to like / fond of
元気
well, healthy; lively
静か
quiet

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Food and drink

水

Published September 25, 2026