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808 words · JLPT N5
JLPT N5 vocabulary
Words 21–30
atarashii
new
新しいパソコンを買いました。
あたらしい ぱそこんを かいました。
atarashii pasokon o kaimashita
I bought a new computer.
Fresh out of the box — a new phone, a new job, a new coworker. 新しい is newness you can still feel.
Read the full tip →ookii
big
この会社は大きいです。
このかいしゃは おおきいです。
kono kaisha wa ookii desu
This company is big.
When you meet 大きい in real text, pause on it once — meeting “big” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →chiisai
small
小さいチームで働いています。
ちいさい ちーむで はたらいています。
chiisai chiimu de hataraite imasu
I work in a small team.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “small” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 小さい to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →takai
expensive / tall
東京の家賃は高いです。
とうきょうの やちんは たかいです。
toukyou no yachin wa takai desu
Rent in Tokyo is expensive.
高い climbs in two directions: prices go up (expensive) and buildings go up (tall). Context tells you which way it is pointing.
Read the full tip →yasui
cheap
この店は安くておいしいです。
このみせは やすくて おいしいです。
kono mise wa yasukute oishii desu
This restaurant is cheap and tasty.
安い is the price tag that makes you relax — cheap in cost, not necessarily cheap in quality.
Read the full tip →kau
to buy
コンビニで弁当を買います。
こんびにで べんとうを かいます。
konbini de bentou o kaimasu
I buy a boxed lunch at the convenience store.
Picture handing money across a counter and walking off with the bag — that whole exchange is 買う.
Read the full tip →yomu
to read
毎晩、本を読みます。
まいばん、ほんを よみます。
maiban, hon o yomimasu
I read a book every night.
Eyes moving across lines — a book, an email, a station sign. 読む is reading of any kind, from novels to chat messages.
Read the full tip →kaku
to write
日本語でメールを書きます。
にほんごで めーるを かきます。
nihongo de meeru o kakimasu
I write emails in Japanese.
Anything your hand or keyboard produces — notes, kanji practice, a daily report — you 書く it.
Read the full tip →hanasu
to speak / to talk
上司と話しました。
じょうしと はなしました。
joushi to hanashimashita
I talked with my boss.
話す is speech flowing out of you toward someone — chatting with a coworker, telling a story. It is the talking half of a conversation; 聞く is the listening half.
Read the full tip →yasumi
holiday / day off
土曜日と日曜日は休みです。
どようびと にちようびは やすみです。
doyoubi to nichiyoubi wa yasumi desu
Saturday and Sunday are days off.
When you meet 休み in real text, pause on it once — meeting “holiday” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
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