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808 words · JLPT N5
JLPT N5 vocabulary
Words 51–60
shiru
to know
あの人の名前を知っていますか。
あの ひと の なまえ を しっています か。
ano hito no namae o shitteimasu ka.
Do you know that person's name?
Make 知る yours: write one short sentence about “know” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →sumu
to live (reside)
私は東京に住んでいます。
わたし は とうきょう に すんでいます。
watashi wa toukyou ni sundeimasu.
I live in Tokyo.
When you meet 住む in real text, pause on it once — meeting “live (reside)” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →uru
to sell
あの店では野菜を売っています。
あの みせ で は やさい を うっています。
ano mise de wa yasai o utteimasu.
They sell vegetables at that shop.
Say 売る out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “sell” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →harau
to pay
ここでお金を払ってください。
ここ で おかね を はらって ください。
koko de okane o haratte kudasai.
Please pay here.
Tie 払う to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “pay” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →furu
to fall (rain)
今日は朝から雨が降っています。
きょう は あさ から あめ が ふっています。
kyou wa asa kara ame ga futteimasu.
It has been raining since this morning.
Tie 降る to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “fall (rain)” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →noru
to ride
毎日、電車に乗ります。
まいにち、でんしゃ に のります。
mainichi, densha ni norimasu.
I ride the train every day.
When you meet 乗る in real text, pause on it once — meeting “ride” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →owaru
to end
学校は三時に終わります。
がっこう は さんじ に おわります。
gakkou wa sanji ni owarimasu.
School ends at three.
Say 終わる out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “end” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →hajimaru
to begin
授業は九時に始まります。
じゅぎょう は くじ に はじまります。
jugyou wa kuji ni hajimarimasu.
Class begins at nine.
Make 始まる yours: write one short sentence about “begin” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →wakaru
to understand
先生の話がよく分かりました。
せんせい の はなし が よく わかりました。
sensei no hanashi ga yoku wakarimashita.
I understood the teacher's talk well.
When you meet 分かる in real text, pause on it once — meeting “understand” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →neru
to sleep
毎晩、十一時に寝ます。
まいばん、じゅういちじ に ねます。
maiban, juuichiji ni nemasu.
I go to bed at eleven every night.
Lights off, futon out — 寝る covers both lying down and actually sleeping. The last verb of every day.
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