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Every word comes with furigana, romaji, and an original example sentence from real life in Japan.

808 words · JLPT N5

JLPT N5 vocabulary

Part 41

Words 401–410

Meaning and examples

pay — polite past

sanji goro haraimashita.

I paid at around three.

💡 Form of 払う (to pay).

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fall (rain) — polite past

kesa, furimashita.

This morning I fell (rain).

💡 Form of 降る (to fall (rain)).

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ride — polite past

tomodachi to norimashita.

I rode with my friend.

💡 Form of 乗る (to ride).

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end — polite past

tomodachi to owarimashita.

I ended with my friend.

💡 Form of 終わる (to end).

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begin — polite past

konshuu no getsuyoubi ni hajimarimashita.

I began this Monday.

💡 Form of 始まる (to begin).

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understand — polite past

gakkou no ato de wakarimashita.

I understood after school.

💡 Form of 分かる (to understand).

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eat — polite past

konshuu no getsuyoubi ni tabemashita.

I ate this Monday.

💡 Form of 食べる (to eat).

Memory tip

Once 食べる clicks, 食べました comes free — it is the same word at work in a sentence: 食べる = eat.

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Meaning and examples

see — polite past

kinou, mimashita.

Yesterday I saw.

💡 Form of 見る (to see / to watch).

Memory tip

Do not learn 見ました from zero: it carries 見る inside it. Hold on to 見る = see / watch and the rest is grammar.

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sleep — polite past

kinou, nemashita.

Yesterday I slept.

💡 Form of 寝る (to sleep).

Memory tip

Do not learn 寝ました from zero: it carries 寝る inside it. Hold on to 寝る = sleep and the rest is grammar.

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wake up — polite past

tomodachi to okimashita.

I woke up with my friend.

💡 Form of 起きる (to wake up).

Memory tip

Once 起きる clicks, 起きました comes free — it is the same word at work in a sentence: 起きる = wake up.

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N5 final quiz sets

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JLPT N5 Vocabulary Final Set 1

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