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First words: what children learn to say first

667 words, in teaching order

Words 1–100
バイバイ
bye-bye; goodbye; saying goodbye; parting
Interjection
ママ
mom; mommy; mum; mummy; mother; mama; mamma; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
Noun
はい
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; OK; okay; present; here; now; here you go; …
Interjection
ある
to be; to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about; to exist (in a completed state); to be (something unchanged in its current state)
Godan verb
パパ
dad; daddy; papa
Noun
靴くつ
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
Noun
バナナ
banana
Noun
パン
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
Noun
どうぞ
please; kindly; pray; I beg (of you); by all means; certainly; of course; (go) ahead; (feel) free (to); (you are) welcome (to); …
Adverb
お茶ちゃ
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
Noun
手て
hand; arm; handle; worker; help; trouble; care; effort; means; way; …
Noun
目め
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; vision; look; stare; gaze; glance; notice; …
Noun
あっち
that way; that direction; over there; yonder; that (one); that person; there; foreign country (esp. a Western nation)
Pronoun
痛いたい
painful; sore
I-adjective
足あし
foot; paw; arm (of an octopus, squid, etc.); leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; means of transportation; (one's) ride
Noun
バス
bus
Noun
牛ぎゅう乳にゅう
(cow's) milk
Noun
暑あつい
hot; warm; sultry; heated; passionate; impassioned; burning (desire, etc.); on everybody's mind; on the radar; du jour; …
I-adjective
美味おいしい
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; tasty; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient; favorable; desirable; profitable
I-adjective
犬いぬ
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); canine; counterfeit; inferior; useless; wasteful
Noun
ありがとう
thank you; thanks
Interjection
車くるま
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel; castor; caster
Noun
ボール
ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone)
Noun
象ぞう
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
Noun
ジュース
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
Noun
ごちそうさま
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal
Interjection
雨あめ
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
Noun
いただく
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to buy; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head); to have (on top); …
Godan verb
耳みみ
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; heel (of bread or cheese); selvedge (of woven fabric); selvage; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.); handle
Noun
うんち
poo; poop; doo-doo; caca; whoopsie
Noun
猫ねこ
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer
Noun
りんご
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
Noun
シー
shchi (traditional Russian cabbage soup)
Noun
葉はっぱ
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
Noun
電でん車しゃ
train; electric train
Noun
頂ちょう戴だい
receiving; getting; accepting; being given; eating; drinking; having; please (give me; do for me)
Noun
だめ
no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken; hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless; cannot; must not; …
Na-adjective
矢や
arrow; wedge; chock
Noun
嫌いや
disliking; not wanting; unwilling (to do); reluctant; unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; horrible; disgusting; undesirable; …
Na-adjective
ない
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unpossessed; unique; not; impossible; won't happen; to not be; …
I-adjective
うん
yes; yeah; uh huh; hum; hmmm; well; erm; huh?; oof
Interjection
帽ぼう子し
hat; cap; cap (move)
Noun
鼻はな
nose
Noun
いちご
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
Noun
頭あたま
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; intellect; leader; chief; boss; captain; top; …
Noun
ご飯はん
cooked rice; meal
Noun
おしっこ
wee-wee; pee-pee; number one
Noun
もう
already; yet; by now; now; (not) any more; (not) any longer; soon; shortly; before long; presently; …
Adverb
行いく
to go; to move (towards); to head (towards); to leave (for); to move through; to travel across; to walk along (e.g. a road); to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to turn out; …
Godan verb
先せん生せい
teacher; instructor; master; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.
Noun
口くち
mouth; opening; hole; gap; orifice; mouth (of a bottle); spout; nozzle; mouthpiece; gate; …
Noun
椅い子す
chair; seat; stool; bench; post; position; office
Noun
おしり
bottom; buttocks; bidet function (for anal cleansing)
Noun
おっぱい
breast milk
Noun
おむつ
diaper; nappy
Noun
嫌いや
disliking; not wanting; unwilling (to do); reluctant; unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; horrible; disgusting; undesirable; …
Na-adjective
お腹なか
belly; abdomen; stomach
Noun
ご飯はん
cooked rice; meal
Noun
人にん参じん
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
Noun
ぶどう
grape; grapevine
Noun
パンダ
panda
Noun
行いく
to go; to move (towards); to head (towards); to leave (for); to move through; to travel across; to walk along (e.g. a road); to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to turn out; …
Godan verb
おはよう
good morning
Interjection
よいしょ
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone); sucking up to
Interjection
トマト
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
Noun
魚さかな
fish
Noun
こっち
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me; we; us
Pronoun
おいで
coming; going; being (somewhere); (please) come; go; stay
Noun
花はな
flower; blossom; bloom; petal; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda; (the) best; …
Noun
うさぎ
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
Noun
赤あかちゃん
baby; infant
Noun
傘かさ
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap; pileus
Noun
みかん
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; clementine; satsuma; citrus (Citrus spp.)
Noun
開あける
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock; to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room; to move out; to clear out; …
Ichidan verb
コップ
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (suit)
Noun
おしまい
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
Noun
飛ひ行こう機き
airplane; aeroplane; plane; aircraft
Noun
おにぎり
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
Noun
おむすび
onigiri; rice ball
Noun
熊くま
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
Noun
スプーン
spoon; spoon lure
Noun
好すき
liking; being fond of; to one's liking; to one's taste; preferred; favourite; liking (romantically); being in love with; beloved; faddism; …
Na-adjective
大おおきい
big; large; great; loud; extensive; spacious; important; decisive; valuable; older; …
I-adjective
怖こわい
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
I-adjective
かえる
frog
Noun
麒き麟りん
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn)
Noun
ここ
here; this place; this point; now; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...; the next ... (e.g. few days); these next ...
Pronoun
あり
ant
Noun
うどん
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
Noun
一いち
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; a (single); one (of many); ace; …
Numeric
ごめんなさい
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
Expression
いっぱい
one cup (of); one glass (of); one bowl (of); cupful; glassful; bowlful; spoonful; one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); …
Noun
蟹かに
crab
Noun
水みず
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
Noun
おやすみ
holiday; day off; absence; sleep; rest; good night
Noun
赤あかい
red; crimson; scarlet; vermilion
I-adjective
かわいい
cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty; dear; precious; darling; pet; innocent; …
I-adjective