MLC Meguro Language Center - JLPT N5 Vocabulary List - 802 words

Sep 28, 2026

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MLC Meguro Language Center provides a JLPT N5 vocabulary list with 802 target words, including 756 core items drawn from the “Japanese Language Proficiency Test Official Practice Workbook N5” plus 46 greeting words. Entries are organized with kana/kanji information, meanings, and short example sentences. A frequency column indicates how often each word appears in the official N5 practice workbook. The kanji section references No. 1 to 120 for N5 from the center’s “Basic Kanji 320 (for N5 and N4)”.

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Reading Time3 h 9 min

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JLPT N5 Vocabulary List Overview

Kanji Scope for N5

Vocabulary Table Fields (Vocabulary, Kanji, Meaning & Example, Freq.)

MLC Meguro Language Center JLPT N5 Vocabulary List-802 words You need to know about 800 words including these 756 words (449 words from the "Japanese Language Proficiency Test Official Practice Workbook N5", 307 words from the old "Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 4") and 46 greetings words for JLPT N5 . Kanji from No. 1 to 120 (for N5) in the MLC original Kanji book "Basic Kanji 320 (for N5 and N4)" are shown in the Kanji section. Frequency The number of times the word appeared in the "Japanese Language Proficiency Test Official Practice Workbook N5". | | Vocabulary | Kanji | Meaning & Example | Freq. | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | ~えき | ~駅 | ... station
めぐろ駅からあるい䛶3䜇んぐらい䛷す。 It's about 3 minutes walk from Meguro station. | 1 | | 2 | ~えん | ~円 | ... yen
これ䛿10,000円䛷す。 This is 10,000 yen. | 3 | | 3 | ~かい | | ... floor
わたし䛾䜈や䛿2かい䛷す。 My room is on the second floor. | 2 | | 4 | ~かい | | ... times
こ䛾えいがを2かいみました。 I watched this movie twice. | 1 | | 5 | ~かかん | ~日間 | [for ... day](for ... day)(s)
いち䛻、䜅つか(かん)、みっかかん・・・ One, two, three days | 1 | | 6 | ~かげつ | ~か月 | (for) ... month(s)
いっか月、䛻か月、さんか月・・・ One month, two months, three months ... | 1 | | 7 | ~かた | | how to ...
つかいかたをおしえ䛶ください。 Please teach me how to use it. | 2 | | 8 | ~がつ | ~月 | ... month
1月、2月、3月・・・ January, February, March ... | 3 | | 9 | ~がります | | (third person) wants to ... [「〜たい」䛾stem]＋[䛶form ofがります]+います
こ䛹もたち䛿ディズニーランド䛻いきたがっ䛶います。 Children want to go to Disneyland. | | | 10 | ~がわ | | ... side
䜂だりがわをあるきます。 Walk on the left side. | | | 11 | ~キロ | | ... kg =
1キロ、2キロ、3キロ・・・ 1 kg, 2 kg, 3 kg ... | | | 12 | ~キロ | | ... km = キロメートル
10キロぐらい䛿しりました。 I ran about 10 km. | | | 13 | ~くらい/ぐらい | | about ...
2じかんぐらい䜉んきょうしました。 I studied for about 2 hours. | 3 | | 14 | ~グラム | | ... gram
1グラム、2グラム、3グラム・・・ 1 gram, 2 gram, 3 gram ... | 1 | | 15 | ~こ | | counter for small object
いっこ、䛻こ、さんこ・・・ 1, 2, 3 (small objects) ... | | | 16 | ~ご | ~語 | ... language
䛻ほん語、えい語、ちゅうごく語・・・ Japanese, English, Chinese ... | | | 17 | ~ごろ | | around ... (for time)
2じごろ䛻そちら䛻いきます。 I will go there around 2 o'clock. | 1 | | 18 | ~さい | | ... year(s) old
いっさい、䛻さい、さんさい・・・ 1 year old, 2 years old, 3 years old ... | 18 | | 19 | ~さつ | | counter for book
いっさつ、䛻さつ、さんさつ・・・ 1 book, 2 books, 3 books ... | | | 20 | ~さん | | Mr. , Mrs. , Miss
すずきさん、さ䛸うさん・・・ Mr. Suzuki, Ms. Sato | | | 21 | ~じ | ~時 | ... o'clock
いま3時䛷す。 It's 3 o'clock now. | 7 | | 22 | ~じかん | ~時間 | ... hour(s)
1時間、2時間、3時間・・・1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours ... | 1 | | 23 | ~しゅうかん | ~週間 | (for) ... week(s)
1週間、2週間、3週間・・・ 1 week, 2 weeks, 3 weeks ... | 1 | | 24 | ~じん | ~人 | ...an, ...ese
䛻ほん人、アメリカ人、ドイツ人・・・ Japanese, American, German ... | | | 25 | ~すぎ | | past, over
2じすぎ䛻䛸うきょう䛻つきます。 I will arrive in Tokyo after 2 o'clock. | | | 26 | ~ずつ | | ... each
これ䛸これを2つずつください。 Please give me two of this and two of this. | | | 27 | ~せんせい | ~先生 | teacher
すずき先生䛿䛹こ䛻いますか。 Where is Teacher Suzuki? | 2 | | 28 | ~だい | | counter for machine
いちだい、䛻だい、さんだい・・・ one, two three (machines) | | MLC Meguro Language Center | 29 | ~たち | | ...s, ... and others
わたしたち、こ䛹もたち、あ䛾䜂䛸たち。We, Children, Those people | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 30 | ~ちゅう | ~中 | be in middle of ... ,(during) in ...
いまかいぎ中䛷す。 I'm in a meeting now. | | | 31 | ~つ | | counter for object
コーヒーを3つください。 Please give me three coffees. | 3 | | 32 | ~䛹 | | ... time(s)
もういち䛹いっ䛶ください。 Please say that again. | 2 | | 33 | ~䛻ち | ~日 | ...st, ... nd, ...th
きょう䛿 12日䛷す。 Today is the 12th. | 4 | | 34 | ~䛻ん | ~人 | counter for person
䜂䛸り、䜅たり、さん人、よ人、ご人・・・ one, two three, four, five (person) | 2 | | 35 | ~䛽ん | ~年 | ... years
2030年, 2040年, 2050年 | 1 | | 36 | ~䛿い/䜀い/䜁い | | cups of ...
いっ䜁い、䛻䛿い、さん䜀い・・・ one, two three (cup of ... ) | | | 37 | ~䛿ん | ~半 | half
いま9じ半䛷す。 It's 9:30 now. | 1 | | 38 | ~䜀ん | | No
1䜀ん、2䜀ん、3䜀ん・・・ No. 1, No.2,

FAQs

How many words are included in the JLPT N5 vocabulary list?

The list includes 802 words in total, consisting of 756 core words plus 46 greeting words for JLPT N5.

Where do the 756 core vocabulary words come from?

They come from the “Japanese Language Proficiency Test Official Practice Workbook N5” as stated in the document.

What does the “Freq.” column mean in the vocabulary table?

“Freq.” shows the number of times each word appeared in the “Japanese Language Proficiency Test Official Practice Workbook N5”.

Sep 28, 2026

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