N5

100 of 670 Vocabulary

older brother ②young man
older sister ②young lady ③miss ④ma'am
to memorize ②to learn ③to feel ④to think
heavy ②heavy (feeling) ③slow ④important (position, responsibility, etc.)
interesting ②amusing ③enjoyable ④good
to swim ②to struggle through (a crowd) ③to make one's way through the world ④to totter
to descend (e.g. a mountain) ②to alight (e.g. from bus) ③to step down ④to be granted
female ②female lover
girl ②young woman
company ②workplace
to buy ②to value ③to stir
to return (something) ②to turn over ③to do ... back (e.g. speak back, throw back) ④to do again
to return ②to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.) ③to get home
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money) ②to hang ③to have started to ④to overlap (e.g. information in a manual) ⑤to (come) at ⑥to be fastened
key ②lock ③key (to a problem)
to write ②to draw
student (esp. a university student)
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall) ②to put on (e.g. a blanket) ③to be partway doing ... ④to address (someone)
umbrella ②something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat
to lend ②to rent out
wind ②manner ③cold
direction ②person ③method of ④care of ... ⑤person in charge of ...
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
corner ②(street) corner ③rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.)
(flower) vase
spicy ②salty ③harsh (criticism) ④painful
body ②torso ③build ④health
to borrow ②to rent
light (i.e. not heavy) ②light (i.e. of foot) ③non-serious ④slight
curry (esp. Japanese curry) ②rice and curry
calendar ②calender (machine for flattening things)
river ②River
cute ②dear ③innocent ④dainty
tree ②wood
yellow ②high-pitched (voice)
to disappear ②to go out (of a fire, light, etc.) ③to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.) ④to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
to hear ②to listen (e.g. to music) ③to ask ④to hear about
north ②the North ③North Korea ④north wind
dirty ②disordered ③indecent (language, etc.) ④dastardly
today ②these days
classroom ②department (in a university) ③class ④school (for a particular discipline)
siblings ②brothers ③siblings-in-law ④mate
disliked ②tendency ③distinction
to cut ②to sever (connections, ties) ③to finish
to wear (from the shoulders down) ②to take (the blame, responsibility)
pretty ②clean ③completely
kilo- ②kilogram ③kilometer ④kilo-
medicine ②efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.) ③(pottery) glaze ④(illegal) drug
please (give me) ②please (do for me)
mouth ②opening ③counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), stove burners, and swords
country ②region ③national government ④home (i.e. hometown, home country)
cloudiness ②fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.) ③gloom
to get cloudy ②to cloud up ③to be gloomy ④to look slightly downward (of a noh mask; indicating sadness, grief, etc.)
dark ②depressed ③dark (in color) ④ill-boding
to come (spatially or temporally) ②to come back ③to come to be ④to come from ⑤to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...")
car ②wheel
black ②black go stone ③guilt
black ②dark ③suspicious ④darkened and dirty
police officer
this morning
to erase ②to turn off (power) ③to extinguish ④to bump off
Note: There is no longer an official word or kanji list for the JLPT. This list is a suggestion based on data from Tanos