JLPT study
JLPT vocabulary, level by level.
7,583 words from N5 to N1, with readings and meanings. Grouped by word type, from most to least common.
- JLPT N5666 wordsSee the N5 vocabulary →
- JLPT N4629 wordsSee the N4 vocabulary →
- JLPT N31,640 wordsSee the N3 vocabulary →
- JLPT N21,731 wordsSee the N2 vocabulary →
- JLPT N12,917 wordsSee the N1 vocabulary →
How to learn vocabulary
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Through kanji
A word like 学生 (student) sticks better once you know 学 and 生. Learn words together with their kanji.
02
Most common first
Every list is sorted by frequency: the first words show up everywhere, in reading and in speech.
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At the right time
Rereading a list isn't enough: seeing each word again right before you'd forget it is what makes it last.
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Unofficial lists by Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk, CC BY), cleaned up for this site: modern spellings, duplicates and mismatched homophones removed. Meanings: Jonathan Waller and JMdict (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed for N5 and N4.