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808 words · JLPT N5
JLPT N5 vocabulary
Words 411–420
oshiemashita
teach — polite past
友だちと教えました。
ともだち と おしえました。
tomodachi to oshiemashita.
I taught with my friend.
💡 Form of 教える (to teach / to tell).
Once 教える clicks, 教えました comes free — it is the same word at work in a sentence: 教える = teach / tell.
Read the full tip →oboemashita
memorize — polite past
三時ごろ覚えました。
さんじ ごろ おぼえました。
sanji goro oboemashita.
I memorized at around three.
💡 Form of 覚える (to memorize).
Once 覚える clicks, 覚えました comes free — it is the same word at work in a sentence: 覚える = memorize.
Read the full tip →wasuremashita
forget — polite past
友だちと忘れました。
ともだち と わすれました。
tomodachi to wasuremashita.
I forgot with my friend.
💡 Form of 忘れる (to forget).
Once 忘れる clicks, 忘れました comes free — it is the same word at work in a sentence: 忘れる = forget.
Read the full tip →demashita
leave — polite past
学校のあとで出ました。
がっこう の あと で でました。
gakkou no ato de demashita.
I left after school.
💡 Form of 出る (to leave / to attend).
akemashita
open — polite past
先月、はじめて開けました。
せんげつ、はじめて あけました。
sengetsu, hajimete akemashita.
Last month I opened for the first time.
💡 Form of 開ける (to open).
shimemashita
close — polite past
きのうの夜、家で閉めました。
きのう の よる、いえ で しめました。
kinou no yoru, ie de shimemashita.
Last night I closed at home.
💡 Form of 閉める (to close).
misemashita
show — polite past
学校のあとで見せました。
がっこう の あと で みせました。
gakkou no ato de misemashita.
I showed after school.
💡 Form of 見せる (to show).
karimashita
borrow — polite past
家族といっしょに借りました。
かぞく と いっしょ に かりました。
kazoku to issho ni karimashita.
I borrowed together with my family.
💡 Form of 借りる (to borrow).
Do not learn 借りました from zero: it carries 借りる inside it. Hold on to 借りる = borrow and the rest is grammar.
Read the full tip →kimashita
wear — polite past
きのうの夜、家で着ました。
きのう の よる、いえ で きました。
kinou no yoru, ie de kimashita.
Last night I wore at home.
💡 Form of 着る (to wear).
kotaemashita
answer — polite past
学校のあとで答えました。
がっこう の あと で こたえました。
gakkou no ato de kotaemashita.
I answered after school.
💡 Form of 答える (to answer).
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