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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 63

Words 621–630

Meaning and examples

polite past: was small

kinou no tenki wa totemo chiisakatta desu.

The weather yesterday was very small.

💡 Form of 小さい (small).

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polite past: was expensive

hoteru no heya wa totemo takakatta desu.

The hotel room was very expensive.

💡 Form of 高い (expensive / tall).

Memory tip

Do not learn 高かったです from zero: it carries 高い inside it. Hold on to 高い = high: tall or expensive and the rest is grammar.

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polite past: was cheap

kyonen no natsu wa totemo yasukatta desu.

Last summer was very cheap.

💡 Form of 安い (cheap).

Memory tip

Once 安い clicks, 安かったです comes free — it is the same word at work in a sentence: 安い = easy on the wallet.

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polite past: was busy

sengetsu no ryokou wa totemo isogashikatta desu.

Last month's trip was very busy.

💡 Form of 忙しい (busy).

Memory tip

Under the surface, 忙しかったです is still 忙しい — same image, new grammar around it: 忙しい = busy.

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polite past: was fun

kinou no tenki wa totemo tanoshikatta desu.

The weather yesterday was very fun.

💡 Form of 楽しい (fun).

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polite past: was interesting

hoteru no heya wa totemo omoshirokatta desu.

The hotel room was very interesting.

💡 Form of 面白い (interesting).

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polite past: was difficult

kodomo no toki wa muzukashikatta desu.

When I was a child it was difficult.

💡 Form of 難しい (difficult).

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polite past: was easy

kinou wa totemo yasashikatta desu.

Yesterday it was very easy.

💡 Form of 易しい (easy).

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polite past: was early

kinou no tenki wa totemo hayakatta desu.

The weather yesterday was very early.

💡 Form of 早い (early).

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polite past: was fast

senshuu no tesuto wa totemo hayakatta desu.

Last week's test was very fast.

💡 Form of 速い (fast).

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