Japanese Vocabulary Flashcards: 100 Common Words
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Japanese Vocabulary Flashcards: 100 Common Words
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About this deck
One hundred everyday Japanese words for beginners: greetings, pronouns, family, food, places, time words, basic verbs and adjectives. The front shows the word as it is normally written, usually with kanji, followed by its hiragana or katakana reading in brackets.
The back gives the English meaning and the Hepburn romanization in parentheses, so you can check pronunciation even before you can read kana. Verbs are in dictionary form; ใ-adjectives and ใช-adjectives are labeled.
The words line up well with JLPT N5 vocabulary. Turn on audio to hear each word in Japanese.
Study tips
- Learn hiragana before relying on this deck; romaji is a support, not a substitute for kana.
- Read the kana reading aloud first, then look at the kanji. Recognizing kanji comes with repetition.
- Pay attention to long vowels and double consonants (ใใฐใใใ vs ใใฐใใ, ใใฃใฆ vs ใใฆ); they change the meaning.
- Once a word is familiar, cover the reading and try to read the kanji alone.
All 100 cards
| Front | Back |
|---|---|
| ใใใซใกใฏ | hello; good afternoon (konnichiwa) |
| ใใฏใใ ใใใใพใ | good morning (ohayou gozaimasu) |
| ใใใฐใใฏ | good evening (konbanwa) |
| ใใใใชใ | goodbye (sayounara) |
| ใใใใจใ | thank you (arigatou) |
| ใใฟใพใใ | excuse me; sorry (sumimasen) |
| ใฏใ | yes (hai) |
| ใใใ | no (iie) |
| ใ้กใใใพใ (ใใญใใใใพใ) | please (onegaishimasu) |
| ็ง (ใใใ) | I; me (watashi) |
| ใใชใ | you (anata) |
| ๅฝผ (ใใ) | he; boyfriend (kare) |
| ๅฝผๅฅณ (ใใฎใใ) | she; girlfriend (kanojo) |
| ไฝ (ใชใซ / ใชใ) | what (nani / nan) |
| ่ชฐ (ใ ใ) | who (dare) |
| ใฉใ | where (doko) |
| ใใค | when (itsu) |
| ใชใ | why (naze) |
| ใใใ | how much (price) (ikura) |
| ไบบ (ใฒใจ) | person (hito) |
| ็ท (ใใจใ) | man; male (otoko) |
| ๅฅณ (ใใใช) | woman; female (onna) |
| ๅญไพ (ใใฉใ) | child (kodomo) |
| ๅ้ (ใจใใ ใก) | friend (tomodachi) |
| ๅฎถๆ (ใใใ) | family (kazoku) |
| ๆฏ (ใฏใฏ) | (my) mother (haha) |
| ็ถ (ใกใก) | (my) father (chichi) |
| ๅ ็ (ใใใใ) | teacher (sensei) |
| ๅญฆ็ (ใใใใ) | student (gakusei) |
| ๅฎถ (ใใ) | house; home (ie) |
| ๅญฆๆ ก (ใใฃใใ) | school (gakkou) |
| ไผ็คพ (ใใใใ) | company; office (kaisha) |
| ้ง (ใใ) | train station (eki) |
| ๅบ (ใฟใ) | shop; store (mise) |
| ่ป (ใใใพ) | car (kuruma) |
| ้ป่ป (ใงใใใ) | train (densha) |
| ๆฐด (ใฟใ) | water (mizu) |
| ใ่ถ (ใใกใ) | tea; green tea (ocha) |
| ใณใผใใผ | coffee (koohii) |
| ใ้ฃฏ (ใใฏใ) | cooked rice; meal (gohan) |
| ใใณ | bread (pan) |
| ่ (ใซใ) | meat (niku) |
| ้ญ (ใใใช) | fish (sakana) |
| ๆฌ (ใปใ) | book (hon) |
| ใ้ (ใใใญ) | money (okane) |
| ้ป่ฉฑ (ใงใใ) | telephone (denwa) |
| ๆ้ (ใใใ) | time (jikan) |
| ไปๆฅ (ใใใ) | today (kyou) |
| ๆๆฅ (ใใใ) | tomorrow (ashita) |
| ๆจๆฅ (ใใฎใ) | yesterday (kinou) |
| ไป (ใใพ) | now (ima) |
| ๆ (ใใ) | morning (asa) |
| ๅค (ใใ) | night; evening (yoru) |
| ๆฅ (ใฒ) | day; sun (hi) |
| ้ฑ (ใใ ใ) | week (shuu) |
| ๅนด (ใจใ) | year; age (toshi) |
| ใใ | here (koko) |
| ใใ | there, near you (soko) |
| ใใใ | over there (asoko) |
| ใใ | this (kore) |
| ใใ | that, near you (sore) |
| ๆ (ใฆ) | hand (te) |
| ็ฎ (ใ) | eye (me) |
| ็ฌ (ใใฌ) | dog (inu) |
| ็ซ (ใญใ) | cat (neko) |
| ๅฑฑ (ใใพ) | mountain (yama) |
| ๅท (ใใ) | river (kawa) |
| ้จ (ใใ) | rain (ame) |
| ๆฅๆฌ (ใซใปใ) | Japan (Nihon) |
| ๆฅๆฌ่ช (ใซใปใใ) | Japanese language (nihongo) |
| ่ฑ่ช (ใใใ) | English language (eigo) |
| ไธ (ใใก) | one (ichi) |
| ไบ (ใซ) | two (ni) |
| ไธ (ใใ) | three (san) |
| ๅ (ใใ ใ) | ten (juu) |
| ใใ | to do (suru) |
| ๆฅใ (ใใ) | to come (kuru) |
| ่กใ (ใใ) | to go (iku) |
| ๅธฐใ (ใใใ) | to go home; to return (kaeru) |
| ้ฃในใ (ใในใ) | to eat (taberu) |
| ้ฃฒใ (ใฎใ) | to drink (nomu) |
| ่ฆใ (ใฟใ) | to see; to watch (miru) |
| ่ใ (ใใ) | to hear; to listen; to ask (kiku) |
| ่ฉฑใ (ใฏใชใ) | to speak (hanasu) |
| ่ชญใ (ใใ) | to read (yomu) |
| ๆธใ (ใใ) | to write (kaku) |
| ่ฒทใ (ใใ) | to buy (kau) |
| ๅใใ (ใใใ) | to understand (wakaru) |
| ใใ | to exist, for things (aru) |
| ใใ | to exist, for people and animals (iru) |
| ๅคงใใ (ใใใใ) | big (ookii) โ ใ-adj. |
| ๅฐใใ (ใกใใใ) | small (chiisai) โ ใ-adj. |
| ๆฐใใ (ใใใใใ) | new (atarashii) โ ใ-adj. |
| ๅคใ (ใตใใ) | old, for things (furui) โ ใ-adj. |
| ้ซใ (ใใใ) | tall; expensive (takai) โ ใ-adj. |
| ๅฎใ (ใใใ) | cheap (yasui) โ ใ-adj. |
| ๆใ (ใใคใ) | hot, weather (atsui) โ ใ-adj. |
| ๅฏใ (ใใใ) | cold, weather (samui) โ ใ-adj. |
| ๅฅฝใ (ใใ) | liked; to like (suki) โ ใช-adj. |
| ๅ ๆฐ (ใใใ) | healthy; energetic (genki) โ ใช-adj. |
Frequently asked questions
โบWhy do some words have no kanji?
Many common words are normally written in hiragana (like ใใใใจใ) or katakana for loanwords (like ใณใผใใผ). The deck uses the everyday spelling.
โบWhich romanization system is used?
Modified Hepburn, the most common system in textbooks. Long vowels are shown as doubled letters (ou, ii) rather than with macrons.
โบWhat is the difference between ใ-adjectives and ใช-adjectives?
They conjugate differently. ใ-adjectives end in ใ and change their ending; ใช-adjectives take ใช before a noun (ใใใใช ใธใ, a quiet room).
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