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808 words · JLPT N5
JLPT N5 vocabulary
Words 141–150
fuku
clothes
新しい服を買いに行きます。
あたらしい ふく を かい に いきます。
atarashii fuku o kai ni ikimasu.
I am going to buy new clothes.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “clothes” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 服 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →kutsu
shoes
この靴は少し小さいです。
この くつ は すこし ちいさい です。
kono kutsu wa sukoshi chiisai desu.
These shoes are a little small.
Make 靴 yours: write one short sentence about “shoes” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →tsukue
desk
机の上に本があります。
つくえ の うえ に ほん が あります。
tsukue no ue ni hon ga arimasu.
There is a book on the desk.
Tie 机 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “desk” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →isu
chair
この椅子は小さいです。
この いす は ちいさい です。
kono isu wa chiisai desu.
This chair is small.
When you meet 椅子 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “chair” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →tokei
clock / watch
部屋の時計が止まっています。
へや の とけい が とまっています。
heya no tokei ga tomatteimasu.
The clock in my room has stopped.
Say 時計 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “clock” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →shashin
photograph
京都でたくさん写真を撮りました。
きょうと で たくさん しゃしん を とりました。
kyouto de takusan shashin o torimashita.
I took many photos in Kyoto.
Say 写真 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “photograph” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →eiga
movie
週末に日本の映画を見ました。
しゅうまつ に にほん の えいが を みました。
shuumatsu ni nihon no eiga o mimashita.
I watched a Japanese movie on the weekend.
When you meet 映画 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “movie” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →shinbun
newspaper
電車の中で新聞を読みます。
でんしゃ の なか で しんぶん を よみます。
densha no naka de shinbun o yomimasu.
I read the newspaper on the train.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “newspaper” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 新聞 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →tegami
letter
国の家族に手紙を書きました。
くに の かぞく に てがみ を かきました。
kuni no kazoku ni tegami o kakimashita.
I wrote a letter to my family back home.
When you meet 手紙 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “letter” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →pasokon
computer
会社で新しいパソコンをもらいました。
かいしゃ で あたらしい ぱそこん を もらいました。
kaisha de atarashii pasokon o moraimashita.
I got a new computer at work.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “computer” — at work, at the station, online — and attach パソコン to that exact scene.
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