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808 words · JLPT N5
JLPT N5 vocabulary
Words 381–390
tsukurimashita
make — polite past
三時ごろ作りました。
さんじ ごろ つくりました。
sanji goro tsukurimashita.
I made at around three.
💡 Form of 作る (to make).
Once 作る clicks, 作りました comes free — it is the same word at work in a sentence: 作る = make / create.
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use — polite past
家族といっしょに使いました。
かぞく と いっしょ に つかいました。
kazoku to issho ni tsukaimashita.
I used together with my family.
💡 Form of 使う (to use).
Do not learn 使いました from zero: it carries 使う inside it. Hold on to 使う = use a thing and the rest is grammar.
Read the full tip →yasumimashita
rest — polite past
先月、はじめて休みました。
せんげつ、はじめて やすみました。
sengetsu, hajimete yasumimashita.
Last month I rested for the first time.
💡 Form of 休む (to rest).
Do not learn 休みました from zero: it carries 休む inside it. Hold on to 休む = rest / take a day off and the rest is grammar.
Read the full tip →hatarakimashita
work — polite past
先週の日曜日に働きました。
せんしゅう の にちようび に はたらきました。
senshuu no nichiyoubi ni hatarakimashita.
I worked last Sunday.
💡 Form of 働く (to work).
働きました is 働く in a different shape. The core word has not changed, so keep the same picture in mind: 働く = work (a job).
Read the full tip →arukimashita
walk — polite past
先週の日曜日に歩きました。
せんしゅう の にちようび に あるきました。
senshuu no nichiyoubi ni arukimashita.
I walked last Sunday.
💡 Form of 歩く (to walk).
hashirimashita
run — polite past
友だちと走りました。
ともだち と はしりました。
tomodachi to hashirimashita.
I ran with my friend.
💡 Form of 走る (to run).
oyogimashita
swim — polite past
三時ごろ泳ぎました。
さんじ ごろ およぎました。
sanji goro oyogimashita.
I swam at around three.
💡 Form of 泳ぐ (to swim).
asobimashita
play — polite past
家族といっしょに遊びました。
かぞく と いっしょ に あそびました。
kazoku to issho ni asobimashita.
I played together with my family.
💡 Form of 遊ぶ (to play).
shinimashita
die — polite past
きのうの夜、家で死にました。
きのう の よる、いえ で しにました。
kinou no yoru, ie de shinimashita.
Last night I died at home.
💡 Form of 死ぬ (to die).
tachimashita
stand — polite past
先月、はじめて立ちました。
せんげつ、はじめて たちました。
sengetsu, hajimete tachimashita.
Last month I stood for the first time.
💡 Form of 立つ (to stand).
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