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First words: what children learn to say first

667 words, in teaching order

Words 101–200
青あおい
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; grey; unripe; inexperienced
I-adjective
豚ぶた
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork
Noun
ライオン
lion (Panthera leo)
Noun
チーズ
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
Noun
歯は
tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)
Noun
亀かめ
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
Noun
納なっ豆とう
natto (fermented soybeans)
Noun
ズボン
trousers; pants
Noun
ペンギン
penguin
Noun
絵え本ほん
picture book
Noun
寝ねる
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.); to ferment (of soy sauce, miso, etc.)
Ichidan verb
お
honorific/polite/humble prefix
Prefix
内うち
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; within (e.g. a day); in the course of; among; amongst; (out) of; between; …
Noun
食たべる
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
Ichidan verb
桃もも
peach (Prunus persica)
Noun
これ
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); used to stress the subject of a sentence
Pronoun
卵たまご
eggs; egg; spawn; roe; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); budding ...; beginning; origin; …
Noun
鳥とり
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
Noun
消しょう防ぼう車しゃ
fire engine; fire truck
Noun
お菓か子し
confections; sweets; candy; cake
Noun
風ふう船せん
balloon (toy or decoration)
Noun
いってらっしゃい
have a good day; take care; see you
Interjection
トイレ
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory; going to the toilet; relieving oneself
Noun
ゼリー
jello; jelly; gelatin dessert; gel
Noun
お母かあさん
mother; mom; mum; ma; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she; her
Noun
いい
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient; enough; ready; prepared; …
I-adjective
フォーク
fork; forkball
Noun
あっ
ah; oh; hey!
Interjection
飲のむ
to drink; to swallow; to take (medicine); to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down; to hold back; to swallow (one's tears); …
Godan verb
カレー
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
Noun
よし
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
Interjection
猿さる
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
Noun
おへそ
navel; belly button
Noun
石いし
stone; rock; pebble; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece; stone (in go, etc.); disc (in Othello); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); …
Noun
ヨーグルト
yogurt; yoghurt
Noun
おばあさん
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
Noun
磨みがき
polish; burnishing; improvement; becoming more skilled
Noun
遊あそぶ
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to have a good time; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to be unused; to meet up (with friends); to hang out; to give oneself up (to gambling, drinking, etc.); …
Godan verb
ケーキ
cake
Noun
すいか
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
Noun
テレビ
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
Noun
もっと
(some) more; even more; longer; further
Adverb
髪かみ
hair (on the head)
Noun
午うま
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac)
Noun
パトカー
patrol car; police car; squad car; cruiser
Noun
歩あるく
to walk
Godan verb
乗のり
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit; energy; enthusiasm; rhythm; feeling
Noun
チン
ching (Thai finger cymbals)
Noun
眼鏡めがね
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination; discernment; insight
Noun
顔かお
face; visage; looks; (facial) features; look; (facial) expression; countenance; honor (honour); dignity; influence; …
Noun
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
甥おい
nephew
Noun
ティッシュ
tissue; facial tissue
Noun
パンツ
underpants; pants; briefs; panties; shorts; knickers; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches; trunks (e.g. swimming)
Noun
トラック
truck; lorry
Noun
遅おそい
slow; late; too late
I-adjective
お歌うた
poem by the emperor or a member of the imperial family; poem; song
Noun
落おちる
to fall; to drop; to come down; to crash; to collapse; to cave in; to give way; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to dip; …
Ichidan verb
月つき
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
Noun
さん
Mr; Mrs; Miss; Ms; -san; politeness marker
Suffix
お父とうさん
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy; dada; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he; …
Noun
一いっ所しょ
one place; the same place
Noun
冷つめたい
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; freezing; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling; indifferent; unfriendly; distant
I-adjective
もしもし
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
Interjection
起おきる
to get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire); to wake up; to be awake; to stay awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen; to take place
Ichidan verb
滑すべり台だい
(playground) slide; (ship) launching platform; sliding ways; slipway
Noun
こんにちは
hello; good day; good afternoon
Interjection
甘あまい
sweet-tasting; sweet; sugary; sugared; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; not spicy; indulgent; …
I-adjective
虫むし
insect; bug; cricket; moth; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness; fretfulness; …
Noun
ほっぺ
cheek
Noun
おじいさん
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
Noun
さら
plate; dish; platter; disc; serving; helping; course; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
Noun
公こう園えん
(public) park
Noun
やつ
fellow; guy; chap; he; she; him; her
Noun
帰かえる
to return; to come home; to go home; to go back; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
Godan verb
かぼちゃ
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
Noun
自じ転てん車しゃ
bicycle; bike
Noun
スープ
(Western) soup
Noun
星ほし
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); heavenly body; star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot; fleck; bullseye; …
Noun
ハンバーグ
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
Noun
きゅうり
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
Noun
肉にく
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); thickness; content; substance; ink pad
Noun
歯はブラシ
toothbrush
Noun
船ふね
ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; seaplane; tank; tub; vat; trough; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
Noun
重おもい
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; gloomy; blue; uneasy; slow; sluggish; lumbering; …
I-adjective
牛うし
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; bull; ox; calf; beef
Noun
おもちゃ
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
Noun
上手じょうず
skillful; skilled; proficient; good (at); adept; clever; flattery
Na-adjective
外そと
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else; outside one's group (family, company, etc.)
Noun
鍵かぎ
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
Noun
電でん話わ
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
Noun
上うえ
above; over; up; top; summit; upper part; head (e.g. of a staircase); surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing); …
Noun
本ほん
book; volume; script; this; present; current; ... in question; ... at issue; main; head; …
Noun
洗あらう
to wash; to cleanse; to rinse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore); to wash over (e.g. deck); to sweep
Godan verb
階かい段だん
stairs; stairway; staircase
Noun
小ちいさい
small; little; tiny; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); minor; low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice); unimportant; petty; …
I-adjective
履はく
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip)
Godan verb
かゆい
itchy
I-adjective
できる
to be able to do; to be possible; to be permitted (to do); to be good at; to do well; to be proficient (in); to be capable; to come into existence; to form; to appear; …
Ichidan verb
爪つめ
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; talon; hoof; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
Noun