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808 words · JLPT N5
JLPT N5 vocabulary
Words 31–40
kaeru
to return home
六時に家へ帰ります。
ろくじ に いえ へ かえります。
rokuji ni ie e kaerimasu.
I go home at six.
帰る is not just leaving — it is going back to where you belong, usually home. At the end of the workday you 帰る, even if you stop at a convenience store on the way.
Read the full tip →kiku
to listen / to ask
毎日、音楽を聞きます。
まいにち、おんがく を ききます。
mainichi, ongaku o kikimasu.
I listen to music every day.
聞く does double duty: your ears take words in (listen), and your mouth requests them (ask). Both are ways of getting information through sound.
Read the full tip →au
to meet
駅で友だちに会います。
えき で ともだち に あいます。
eki de tomodachi ni aimasu.
I will meet my friend at the station.
会う is two people arriving at the same spot on purpose — meeting a friend at the station, meeting a client at the office. It takes に: 友達に会う.
Read the full tip →matsu
to wait
ここで少し待ってください。
ここ で すこし まって ください。
koko de sukoshi matte kudasai.
Please wait here a little.
Standing at the ticket gate, checking your phone, watching for someone — that in-between time is 待つ.
Read the full tip →tsukuru
to make
母は台所で料理を作ります。
はは は だいどころ で りょうり を つくります。
haha wa daidokoro de ryouri o tsukurimasu.
My mother makes food in the kitchen.
From dinner to documents to software, 作る is hands (or keyboards) turning materials into something that did not exist before.
Read the full tip →tsukau
to use
会社でパソコンを使います。
かいしゃ で ぱそこん を つかいます。
kaisha de pasokon o tsukaimasu.
I use a computer at work.
使う is putting a thing to work for you — a tool, money, time, a dictionary. If it serves a purpose in your hands, you 使う it.
Read the full tip →yasumu
to rest
日曜日は家で休みます。
にちようび は いえ で やすみます。
nichiyoubi wa ie de yasumimasu.
I rest at home on Sundays.
休む is pressing pause — resting your body, skipping work, taking a day off. 会社を休む means you stayed home today.
Read the full tip →hataraku
to work
姉は病院で働いています。
あね は びょういん で はたらいています。
ane wa byouin de hataraiteimasu.
My older sister works at a hospital.
働く is the everyday act of working — showing up, doing the job, earning your pay. 会社で働いています is the standard “I work at a company.”
Read the full tip →aruku
to walk
駅まで歩いて行きます。
えき まで あるいて いきます。
eki made aruite ikimasu.
I walk to the station.
Say 歩く out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “walk” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →hashiru
to run
毎朝、公園を走ります。
まいあさ、こうえん を はしります。
maiasa, kouen o hashirimasu.
I run in the park every morning.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “run” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 走る to that exact scene.
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