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JLPT N5 Vocabulary List

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  1. する

    verb

    to do

  2. なる

    verb

    to become

  3. ひと

    noun

    person

  4. とし

    noun

    year

  5. にち

    noun

    sun,sunshine,day

  6. わたし

    pronoun

    I,myself

  7. (humble) I,myself

  8. それ

    pronoun

    that

  9. できる

    verb

    to be able to

  10. これ

    pronoun

    This

  11. verb

    to say

  12. なか

    noun

    middle

  13. いち

    noun

    one

  14. なん

    interrogative

    what

  15. Oneself

  16. かた

    noun

    person, way of doing

  17. problem

  18. また

    adverb

    again,and

  19. いま

    adverb

    now

  20. やる

    verb

    to do

  21. まえ

    noun

    before

  22. verb

    to go

  23. どう

    interrogative

    how,in what way

  24. verb

    to appear,to leave

  25. Time

  26. verb

    to write

  27. noun

    two

  28. verb

    to hold

  29. うえ

    noun

    on top of

  30. to use

  31. talk,story

  32. ほん

    noun

    book

  33. ここ

    pronoun

    Here, here

  34. noun

    eye

  35. おお

    adjective

    many

  36. verb

    to know

  37. Today

  38. いえ

    noun

    house

  39. verb

    to hear, to listen to, to ask

  40. まん

    noun

    ten thousand

  41. もう

    adverb

    already

  42. verb

    to read

  43. to enter,to contain

  44. verb

    to come

  45. 仕事しごと

    verbal noun

    Job

  46. おな

    adjectival noun

    same

  47. くに

    noun

    Country

  48. さん

    noun

    Three

  49. meaning

  50. Company

  51. to make

  52. ちょっと

    adverb

    somewhat

  53. verb

    to put out

  54. ほか

    noun

    other, the rest

  55. たか

    adjective

    tall, expensive

  56. つぎ

    noun

    next

  57. word, language

  58. あなた

    pronoun

    you

  59. noun

    hand

  60. そこ

    pronoun

    that place, bottom, sole

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