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808 words · JLPT N5
JLPT N5 vocabulary
Words 121–130
gakkou
school
毎日、学校へ行きます。
まいにち、がっこう へ いきます。
mainichi, gakkou e ikimasu.
I go to school every day.
学校 covers the whole building-and-lessons package, from elementary school up. Language schools count too — 日本語学校.
Read the full tip →ginkou
bank
銀行でお金を下ろしました。
ぎんこう で おかね を おろしました。
ginkou de okane o oroshimashita.
I withdrew money at the bank.
Make 銀行 yours: write one short sentence about “bank” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →byouin
hospital
病院は駅の隣にあります。
びょういん は えき の となり に あります。
byouin wa eki no tonari ni arimasu.
The hospital is next to the station.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “hospital” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 病院 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →toshokan
library
図書館で本を借りました。
としょかん で ほん を かりました。
toshokan de hon o karimashita.
I borrowed a book from the library.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “library” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 図書館 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →mise
shop
あの店のラーメンはおいしいです。
あの みせ の らーめん は おいしい です。
ano mise no raamen wa oishii desu.
The ramen at that shop is delicious.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “shop” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 店 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →kouen
park
昼休みに公園でお弁当を食べます。
ひるやすみ に こうえん で おべんとう を たべます。
hiruyasumi ni kouen de obentou o tabemasu.
I eat my boxed lunch in the park during the lunch break.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “park” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 公園 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →heya
room
部屋に机と椅子があります。
へや に つくえ と いす が あります。
heya ni tsukue to isu ga arimasu.
There is a desk and a chair in the room.
Tie 部屋 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “room” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →daidokoro
kitchen
台所で朝ご飯を作ります。
だいどころ で あさごはん を つくります。
daidokoro de asagohan o tsukurimasu.
I make breakfast in the kitchen.
Say 台所 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “kitchen” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →kuni
country
私の国は日本より暑いです。
わたし の くに は にほん より あつい です。
watashi no kuni wa nihon yori atsui desu.
My country is hotter than Japan.
When you meet 国 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “country” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →machi
town
私の町には大きい公園があります。
わたし の まち に は おおきい こうえん が あります。
watashi no machi ni wa ookii kouen ga arimasu.
There is a big park in my town.
Make 町 yours: write one short sentence about “town” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
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