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Japanesec Vocab PDF
Stage 6
Vocabulary List
2000
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Contents
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Expressions
Place names
Numerals
Days/Months
Counters
Suffixes/prefixes
Prescribed kanji
[vi]
[vi]
to open
(
[vt]
to open
[vt]
to give, to raise
morning
*
breakfast
the day after tomorrow
leg, foot
flavour, taste
tomorrow
to leave, to deposit,
to get someone to mind something
head
new
that way, that one over there
hot
[vi]
to gather
[vt]
to gather, to collect
( )
( )
*
(
to walk
(
(
)
)
( )
good
to say
house
less than
-
( )
doctor
more than
chair
busy
to hurry
painful, sore
to receive [humble]
strawberry
all day long
the best, the most, number one
when?
sometime, someday
anytime
together, with
with all ones might
full, a lot
generally
6
always
cousin
countryside
to disappear [animate objects]
dog
(
( )
unpleasant
(
( )
colour
various
impression
international
internet
wool
violin
waiter
waitress
above, on, the upper part of
7
to plant
(
[vi]
to move
rabbit
cow, cattle
behind
counter, shop
to sell
noisy, annoying
to be happy
jacket
)
(
*(
*
* *
playground, sportsground
picture, painting
air conditioner / air conditioning
movie, film
movie theatre
*
English [language]
influence
* *
(
English-Japanese dictionary
nutrition (nutritious)
station
station lunch box
escalator
Edo [previous name of Tokyo],Edo period/era
postcard
great, extraordinary, superior
to choose, to select, to elect
lift, elevator
yen [Japanese currency], circle
engineer
nephew
delicious, tasty
(
[vi]
[vt]
to wake someone up
pocket money
to happen
to get angry
grandfather, old man
*
to teach, to tell
uncle [own]
10
( )
talkative, chatty
to push, to shove
late, slow
awful, terrible, dreadful, fearful
your house
[vi]
to fall
*
Japanese tea
to say [honorific]
change [money]
*
toilet
sound, noise
father [someone elses]
younger brother [own]
younger brother [someone elses]
male, man
boy
man
New Years pocket money
[vt]
girl
woman
( )
foreigner
company, office
* *
[vt]
to change [something]
face
*
science
chemistry
13
fire
singer
to lend
gas
number
wind
)
(
cassette (tape)
to count
family [own]
petrol
petrol station
shoulder
person [honorific]
hard, tough, solid
katakana [script]
to tidy up
one way [ticket, journey, etc.]
to win
to be disappointed
school term
musical instrument
14
attractive, good-looking
style, appearance
school
* *
activity
home, family, household
*
home economics
corner
wife [own]
sad
without fail
fairly, quite a bit
( )
( )
rich
she
bag, briefcase
kabuki [traditional Japanese theatre]
wall
* (
*)
god, God
hair
to commute
Tuesday
from [place], since, because
salty, hot, spicy
body
*
karate
to borrow
light [weight]
he
garage
calendar
river
side
cute, charming, pretty
pitiful, pitiable, poor thing
( )
[vi]
to change
to think [analytically], to consider
kangaroo
environment
relationship, connection
kanji [script]
feeling [impression]
to feel
( )
simple, easy
to persist, to try hard
tree, wood
yellow
opportunity, chance
16
machine
to hear, to listen, to ask [a question]
( )
danger (dangerous)
climate
to be audible, to be able to hear
article [newspaper, etc.]
[vi]
to be decided
you [informal]
[vt]
to decide, to choose
feeling
kimono
( )
[shop]
(
(
)
)
suddenly
express [train]
beef
milk
salary
today
(
church
* *
textbook
* *
classroom
)
(
( )
hate
step~, ~-in-law
to cut
to wear
( )
beautiful, clean
smoking prohibited
(
(
*)
air-conditioner, cooler
*
air
18
airport
smelly
whale
19
theatre [drama]
[vt]
( )
(
(
(
(
)
)
(
(
)
)
20
* *
park
pollution
suburb
( )
exchange (student)
senior high school (student)
crossroad, intersection
work, construction
public phone
*
factory
course
coach
tea
school principal
*
traffic
traffic accident
school playground
coat
assembly hall
police box
coffee
public servant
cola
* (
public (school)
Golden Week
national language [Japanese in Japan,
English in Australia]
international
domestic
21
blackboard
here
afternoon [pm]
heart, spirit
morning [am]
answer, reply
to answer, to reply
kotatsu [low table with heater inside]
(
this
after this, from now on
to fall over, to trip
scared, afraid
[vt]
to break
[vi]
to be broken
this month
concert
this week
this time, next time
such as this, this sort of
tonight
convenience store
computer
tonight
service
(
( )
( )
( )
[vt]
[vi]
to go down
to bloom [flowers]
cherry tree, cherry blossom
composition
( )
( )
( )
sugar
* *
tea ceremony
desert
lonely/to miss someone
cushion [for sitting on]
lonely/to miss someone
cold [weather]
samurai warriors
( )
plate
the week after next
the year after next
salad
salary earner, office worker
monkey
to make a noise, to make a fuss
to touch
(
poem, poetry
24
letter, character
(
( )
happiness (happy)
CD, compact disc
jeans
chef/cook
( )
salt
qualification
square, rectangular
but, however
to be scolded
time, hour
timetable [school]
ceremony
(
(
(
( )
quiet
nature
under, below, beneath
era, period, time
underwear
intimate, close
(
vending machine
to die
for a while, for some time
ones own, oneself
island
sister school
* *
[vi]
sister city
to shut, to close
( )
conservative
[vt]
to shut, to close
*
( )
freedom (free)
custom, habit
religion
address
( )
( )
( )
( )
New Year
primary school
scholarship
shogun [commander in chief]
( )
* (
honest
common sense
( )
( )
good at
novel
(
(
(
(
( )
( )
soy sauce
future
*
(
Showa era/period
jogging (to jog)
occupation
plant
*
Japanese calligraphy
to inform, to notify
to investigate, to check up
private school
to know
( )
castle
white
shinkansen, bullet train
population
signal, traffic light
* *
( )
kind
* *
Shinto [religion]
)
supermarket
soup
28
( )
like, favourite
sukiyaki [name of dish]
at once, immediately
few
terrific, great, incredible
a little, a few
bit by bit, a little at a time
to pass, to spend time
( )
sushi
cool [weather]
(
( )
[vt]
sumo wrestling
slippers
to do, to play [games or sport]
to sit down
*(
( )
luxurious, extravagant
pupil
system
government
uniform
a living thing, biology
*
the West
sweater, jumper
world
seat
( )
(
absolutely, definitely
)
zero
( )
...
not at all
war
centre
( )
( )
( )
grandmother [own]
*
sky
that
and after that
or
besides, in addition to that
about time, by and by
physical education
gymnasium
athletics carnival
(
( )
( )
university (student)
( )
hate, detest
carpenter
embassy
all right, O.K.
( )
( )
( )
( )
love
important, precious
almost all, mostly
usually
kitchen
typhoon
very, terrible, awful
towel
high, tall, expensive
height
therefore
32
taxi stand
to put out, to send
to help, to save
just, free of charge
trip, journey
perhaps, maybe
multiculturalism
food
to eat
egg
occasionally
( )
someone, somebody
anyone, everyone
word, vocabulary
( )
( )
(
birthday
underground, basement
near
to differ, to be wrong
nearby, closely
shortcut
the earth
chicken [cooked]
* *
brown
( )
teacup, bowl
(
( )
car park
)
* *
geography
tour
(
about ~, regarding ~
(
* (
[vt]
(
[vt]
[vi]
to continue
to continue
boring
that is to say
cold [to touch]
nail, claw
35
intention
(
hand
T-shirt
set meal
disk
disco
date (to go on a date)
(
polite
table
tape
tape recorder
letter
to go out
text
to be able to do, to be completed
as much as possible
technology
exit
dessert
therefore
test
to help, to assist, to aid
36
( )
( )
shop assistant
weather
weather forecast / report
electricity
( )
typical
e-mail
train [electric]
tradition (traditional)
emperor
tempura [name of dish]
door
toilet
how?, in what way?
why?
at any cost, no matter what
(
animal
zoo
how?
road, street
far away, distant
toast
*
street, road
to pass, to go along
big city, metropolis
time, when
*
( )
sometimes
good at
reading
especially, in particular
( )
special
watch, clock
where?
somewhere
anywhere
place
by the way
year, age
( )
( )
old person
library
on the way, midway
which one, which way
special express train
very
who? [honorific]
next door, next to
which? [of 3 or more]
how much?, about how many?, how long?
to fly, to jump
38
[vi]
to stop
[vi]
*(
)
*(
knife
[vi]
to be fixed, to recover
inside
long
length
to cry
[vt]
to lose
to die [animate], to disappear [inanimate]
why?
summer
nostalgic, remember fondly
39
etc, and so on
what?
something
nothing, not anything
name
to learn
[vi]
to suit
smell
bitter
( )
unskilful, bad at
( )
lively, bustling
meat
to smile
west
Sunday
diary
Japan
Japanese food
luggage
to resemble, to be similar
school entrance ceremony
doll
(
a tie
cat
price
fever
(
)
(
agriculture
note book, exercise book
[vt]
to leave
[vi]
[vi]
tooth, teeth
41
circumstances, case
party
barbeque
hike, hiking
violin
haiku [Japanese 17 syllable poem]
dentist
stall, canteen, kiosk
to enter
postcard
( )
idiot (stupid)
nothing but
to put on [shoes, trousers, etc]
museum
box
scissors
bridge
( )
chopsticks
[vt]
to begin, to start
at first, firstly
for the first time
[vt]
to begin
to run
*
place, location
to be shy, to be ashamed, to be embarrassed
bus
bus stop
butter
twenty years old
*
to work
pachinko [vertical pinball]
( )
( )
( )
flower viewing
story
to talk, to speak
banana
fireworks
mother [own]
pub
quick, fast
early
woods
to pay
spring
half month
half year
handbag
hamburger
half
necessity (necessary)
44
person
terrible, horrible, awful
*
people
alone, by oneself
plastic, vinyl
spare time, free time, leisure
free
sunscreen
hospital
sickness
hiragana [script]
building
( )
( )
lunch
daytime
broad, wide, spacious, vast
to pick up
bottle
pink
( )
complicated
45
( )
general(ly), usual(ly)
*
(
Buddhism [religion]
football (to play football)
physics
calligraphy brush
to put on weight
futon [Japanese bedding]
ship
( )
inconvenient
winter
blouse
platform
(
( )
Japanese bath
culture
literature
grammar
stationery
46
Heisei period/era
*
peace
page
vegemite
( )
room
[vt]
to reduce
[vi]
(
( )
strange, weird
penfriend
(
*(
( )
boxed lunch
convenient, handy, useful
direction, way
boyfriend
foreign trade
after school
cap, hat (to wear a hat)
boat, rowing
platform
47
homestay
homeroom
law
hall
ball
(
( )
(
( )
)
48
to wait
festival
straight
until, as far as, up to
window
to learn
to be on time
meat pie
to be visible, to be able to see
to polish, to brush [teeth]
mandarin
right
short (length)
water
swimming costume
lake
shop
to show
miso
miso soup
*
[vt]
to go to pick up a person
to come to pick up a person
old times, long ago
the oppposite side, the other side, over there
humid
difficult
50
son
daughter
( )
waste (wasteful)
village
purple
( )
eye
niece
business card
(
already, now
soon
Thursday
if
( )
rice cakes
wasted, a waste, regrettable
to have, to hold
to take
to take home
to bring
more
to return [to the starting point]
51
thing [concrete]
ruler
monorail
to receive
forest, wood
gate, gateway
to complain
problem, question, issue
( )
( )
[vt]
amusement park
gum tree, eucalypts, eucalyptus
52
early evening
youth hostel
post office
last night
( )
( )
famous
sense of humourr (to have a sense of humour)
yukata [a cotton kimono]
snow
(
(
good
(
[Western] clothes
well/often
side, next to, horizontal
budget
program, schedule, plan
in the middle of the night, midnight
to call, to invite
to read
appointment, reservation
(to make an appointment / reservation)
yacht
53
night
to be pleased
very well, thats good
weak
( )
( )
(
comfort (comfortable)
* *
(
* (
not at home
example
refrigerator
history
restaurant
54
report, essay
lemon
lemonade
(
(
corridor, passage
Roman letters, romanisation
locker
rock [music]
( )
romantic
word processor
business shirt
wine
*
Japanese-English dictionary
young
to understand
to divide, to distribute
* *
55
Expressions
Oh! Ah!
(
no [informal]
yes [informal]
Welcome home!
Excuse me for going ahead
[when leaving/eating before other people]
Please go ahead, after you
Excuse me for disturbing you
Goodbye [sorry I disturbed you]
Thank you for looking after me
56
Sorry Im late
Take care [to someone who is sick]
(
Congratulations!
Good night
Certainly sir/madam.
( )
( )
Take care
( )
( )
(
)
( )
Excuse me [incomplete]
Goodbye [complete]
(
( )
Is that so?
Thats right
58
Is that so?
Look! There!
Welcome
(
Oh! Wow!
59
Place names (
)
Asia
Africa
Arab
South America
Europe
America
England
Italy
Iraq
Iran
India
Indonesia
Holland
Canada
Korea
Cambodia
Greece
Singapore
Switzerland
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Thailand
Germany
China
New Zealand
France
Brazil
Philippines
Vietnam
Portugal
Hong Kong
South Africa
Mexico
Russia
60
Australia
NSW
Queensland
Victoria
South Australia
Western Australia
Tasmania
Melbourne
Adelaide
Perth
Canberra
Darwin
Brisbane
Cairns
Hobart
Sydney
Japan
Hokkaido
Honshu
Shikoku
Okinawa
Kyushu
Sapporo
Sendai
Tokyo
Narita
Ueno
Ginza
Shinjuku
Shibuya
Yokohama
Nagoya
Kyoto
Nara
Osaka
Kobe
Hiroshima
Fukuoka
Nagasaki
61
Numerals
20
99
100
1,000
10,000
1,000,000
10,000,000
100,000,000
10
11
12
Auxiliary numerals
things
things
people
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
62
Sunday
Monday
2nd
Tuesday
3rd
Wednesday
4th
Thursday
5th
Friday
6th
Saturday
7th
8th
Months (
9th
January
10th
February
11th
March
12th
April
14th
May
20th
June
24th
July
August
September
October
November
December
63
Counters
yen
lesson/chapter
days of month [dates]
days
floor
no. of times
school terms
months [period of time]
months [names of months]
length of time
kilo / kilograms
kilo / kilometres
small/round objects
ages
books
~ oclock
hours [period of time]
school lessons / period
weeks
century
centimetres
cents
general things
marks
degrees
times
dollars
people
years
year level
numbers
ordinal numbers
nights
small animals, fish
minutes
long, thin objects
flat objects
ordinal numbers
metres
64
Suffixes
*
*
(
*
less than
bound for
more than
employee
side
ward
about [length of time]
[after boys name]
prefecture
language
about [a time]
[after names]
city
nationality
past
each
made in ~
[after teachers/doctors]
plural for people
[after childs name]
during
with / included
half
club
shop
Prefixes
(prefix for ordinal numbers)
(prefix every for time)
(prefix next for time)
65
PRESCRIBED KANJI
Active Use (150)
Adjectives
Body/Health
Culture
(nil)
Family/
Friends
Nature
Numbers/
Counters
Occupations
(nil)
(nil)
Places
Positions
(nil)
School
Time
Transport/
Travel
Verbs
Miscellaneous
66