N5

100 of 670 Vocabulary

spare time ②time (e.g. time it takes to do something) ③time off ④(being) inactive ⑤leaving
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold) ②bad habit ③crazy
noon ②daytime ③lunch
(swimming) pool ②pool (billiards) ③pool (together)
fork ②forkball
to blow (of the wind) ②to blow (one's breath) ③to emit (smoke, fire, etc.) ④to burst out laughing ⑤to brag
clothes (esp. Western clothes) ②counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
2nd day of the month ②two days
fat ②deep (of a voice) ③daring
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.) ②to form (of frost) ③to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight) ④to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
old ②long ③of the distant past ④stale
bath ②bathhouse ③room for drying lacquerware ④base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
unskillful ②imprudent
pet ②trumpet
room ②apartment ③stable
area ②side ③circumstances
study ②diligence ③experience ④discount
other (place, thing, person) ②outside ③nothing except ④besides...
wanting (to have) ②I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
postbox ②post ③post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
thin ②unlucky
button (clothing) ②push-button
book ②this ③main ④counter for long, cylindrical things
truth ②proper ③genuine
in front (of) ②before ③(the) front ④forward ⑤previous (e.g. page) ⑥portion ⑦front (of one's body or clothing)
to bend ②to turn ③to be awry
bad (taste) ②poor ③ugly ④awkward
again ②and ③really ④indirect
still ②(not) yet ③unfinished
town ②downtown ③street ④109.09 m
to wait ②to await ③to depend on
straight (ahead) ②straightforward
match (for lighting a fire)
round ②curved ③harmonious
10,000 ②myriad ③everything ④various
to polish ②to refine (a skill, etc.)
right ②afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing)
short ②brief
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water) ②fluid (esp. in an animal tissue) ③flood ④water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
road ②route ③distance ④road (e.g. to victory)
3rd day of the month ②three days
three ②three years of age
green ②greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
ear ②hearing ③ear (for music, etc.) ④edge
to see ②to examine ③to try ... ④to see (that) ...
everyone ②everything
6th day of the month ②six days
opposite side ②over there ③the other party ④future (starting now)
difficult ②impossible ③fussy ④gloomy
six ②six years of age ③six o'clock (old time system)
village
eye ②eyesight ③ordinal number suffix ④somewhat
glasses ②judgment
now ②already ③tsk
to hold (in one's hand) ②to possess ③to have "it"
thing ②one's things ③item classified as ... ④cause of ... ⑤somehow ⑥really
gate ②branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master ③counter for cannons
question (e.g. on a test) ②problem (e.g. societal, political) ③question (i.e. doubt) ④public discussion
rest ②vacation ③dormancy (of a silkworm prior to molting)
to be absent ②to rest ③to go to bed ④to stop doing some ongoing activity for a time
Note: There is no longer an official word or kanji list for the JLPT. This list is a suggestion based on data from Tanos