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808 words · JLPT N5
JLPT N5 vocabulary
Words 41–50
oyogu
to swim
夏に海で泳ぎます。
なつ に うみ で およぎます。
natsu ni umi de oyogimasu.
I swim in the sea in summer.
Make 泳ぐ yours: write one short sentence about “swim” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →asobu
to play
子どもが公園で遊んでいます。
こども が こうえん で あそんでいます。
kodomo ga kouen de asondeimasu.
Children are playing in the park.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “play” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 遊ぶ to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →shinu
to die
おじいさんは去年、病気で死にました。
おじいさん は きょねん、びょうき で しにました。
ojiisan wa kyonen, byouki de shinimashita.
My grandfather died of an illness last year.
Tie 死ぬ to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “die” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →tatsu
to stand
電車の中で立っています。
でんしゃ の なか で たっています。
densha no naka de tatteimasu.
I am standing on the train.
Make 立つ yours: write one short sentence about “stand” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →suwaru
to sit
ここに座ってもいいですか。
ここ に すわって も いい です か。
koko ni suwatte mo ii desu ka.
May I sit here?
Say 座る out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “sit” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →toru
to take
上のかばんを取ってください。
うえ の かばん を とって ください。
ue no kaban o totte kudasai.
Please take down the bag from up there.
Make 取る yours: write one short sentence about “take” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →toru
to take a photo
公園で写真を撮ります。
こうえん で しゃしん を とります。
kouen de shashin o torimasu.
I take photos in the park.
Say 撮る out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “take a photo” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →narau
to learn from someone
学校で日本語を習っています。
がっこう で にほんご を ならっています。
gakkou de nihongo o naratteimasu.
I am learning Japanese at school.
When you meet 習う in real text, pause on it once — meeting “learn from someone” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →hairu
to enter
どうぞ、部屋に入ってください。
どうぞ、へや に はいって ください。
douzo, heya ni haitte kudasai.
Please come into the room.
When you meet 入る in real text, pause on it once — meeting “enter” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →omou
to think
この本はおもしろいと思います。
この ほん は おもしろい と おもいます。
kono hon wa omoshiroi to omoimasu.
I think this book is interesting.
When you meet 思う in real text, pause on it once — meeting “think” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →Full-level practice
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