Japanese/Lessons/Word list 1

This is the list of words you should have learned during the first five weeks of this course. Please ensure that you know these words. Note: Many of these words are from the JLPT Level 4 vocabulary list. あう　- to meet あおい　- blue あたたかい　- warm あたらしい　- new あつい - hot あめ - rain あるく　- to walk いい　- good いいえ　- no いう　- to tell, to say いぬ　- dog いろ　- color うえ　- top, above うち　- home, house うまれる　- to be born うる　- to sell え　- picture, painting, drawing えいご　- English language えん - yen (national currency of Japan) えんぴつ - pencil おいしい - delicious, good-tasting おおきい - big おかね　- money おさけ - sake おしえる - to teach, to instruct おちゃ　- tea おとこ　- man おとこのこ　- boy おんがく - music おんな　- woman おんなのこ　- girl かう - to buy かく - to write がくせい - student かぞく - family からだ - body, health き - tree きく - to listen, to ask きのう - yesterday きょう - today きらい - dislike, hate きれい - clean, beautiful ぎんこう - bank くち - mouth くに - country くる - to come けっこん - marriage げんき - energetic, healthy こども　- child ごはん - cooked rice, a meal さく - to bloom ざっし - magazine さむい - cold じかん - time した - under, below, beneath しぬ - to die じょうず - skill, skillful, good at しる - to know しろい - white しんぱい - worry, care すき - to like すごい - awesome, terrific すずしい - cool, refreshing せい - height, stature せかい - world せんせい - teacher, doctor, master ぜんぶ - all, entire そと - outside そら - sky だいじょうぶ - safe, all right, O.K. たいせつ - important たいへん - serious, difficult, awful たぶん - perhaps, probably たべる - to eat たんじょうび - birthday ち - blood ちいさい - small ちがう - different ちから - strength, power ちょっと - just a minute, just a little つかう - to use つづり - spelling つよい - strong て - hand てんき - weather でんわ - telephone どうぐ - tool, instrument とけい - clock, watch ところ - place, spot, one's place (room, home) とぶ - to fly なつ - summer なる - to become にく - meat にげる - to escape, to run away にっぽん - Japan (actually, にほん (nihon) and にっぽん (nippon) are both valid pronunciations of 日本, and moreover, there is no fixed rule to choose one pronunciation over the other; it seems like にっぽん is sometimes more preferred when talking about the Japan, and にほん - when talking about Japanese people; also usage varies from dialect to dialect) にょろにょろ - wriggling-ly, like a snake にわ - garden ぬぐ - to take off (clothing) ぬれる - to get wet ねこ - cat ねる - to go to bed, to sleep のむ - to drink のる - to get on, to ride in, to board はい - yes ばか - fool, idiot はたらく - to work, to practice, to commit ひと - man, person, human being びょうき - illness びょういん - hospital ふく - clothes ふるい - old (opposite of new, not young) へや - room べんきょう - study ぼうし - hat ほん - book まずい - unappetising, unpleasant (taste, situation) まち - town, street, road まつ - to wait まんが - manga (Japanese-style hand-drawn comic book) みず - water みせ - store, shop, establishment みち - road, street, way, method みょうじ - family name, surname むこう - beyond, over there, opposite direction, the other party むずかしい - difficult め - eye めがね - spectacles, glasses もしもし - telephone "hello" (first word it is common to say over phone) もの - thing, object もんだい - problem, question やさしい - easy, plain やま - mountain やめる - to stop, to resign, to end ゆうびんきょく - post office ゆき - snow ゆめ - dream よむ - to read よわい - weak りっぱ - splendid, fine りゅうがくせい - overseas student りょうしん - parents; both parents りょこう - travel, trip れきし - history わかる - to understand, to know, to realize わすれる - to forget わるい - bad