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First words: what children learn to say first

667 words, in teaching order

Words 401–500
保ほ育いく
nurturing; rearing; childcare; day care
Noun
所しょ
counter for places (offices, facilities, stations)
Suffix
コーヒー
coffee
Noun
後うしろ
back; behind; rear
Noun
ピアノ
piano (instrument); piano (dynamic)
Noun
叩たたく
to strike; to hit; to beat; to knock; to pound; to bang; to slap; to spank; to tap; to pat; …
Godan verb
止とまる
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to cease; to be stopped; to be suspended; to alight; to perch on
Godan verb
見みえる
to be seen; to be visible; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to appear; to come
Ichidan verb
たくさん
a lot; lots; plenty; many; a large number; much; a great deal; a good deal; enough; sufficient; …
No-adjective
サンドイッチ
sandwich
Noun
園えん
garden; orchard; park; plantation; kindergarten; nursery school; preschool
Suffix
聞きこえる
to be heard; to be audible; to reach one's ears; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
Ichidan verb
くっつける
to attach; to stick together; to paste; to glue; to place together; to put side by side
Ichidan verb
切きる
to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery); to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to disconnect; to punch (a ticket); to tear off (a stub); …
Godan verb
誰だれ
who
Pronoun
どっち
which way; which direction; where; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
Pronoun
怒おこる
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to scold; to tell (someone) off
Godan verb
踊おどる
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
Godan verb
シャツ
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
Noun
明日あした
tomorrow
Noun
ポテト
potato; sweet potato
Noun
怪け我が
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
Noun
触さわる
to touch; to feel; to handle; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
Godan verb
出だす
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to show; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish; to make public; to send (e.g. letter); …
Godan verb
今いま
now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; another; more
Noun
嬉うれしい
happy; glad; pleased; delighted; overjoyed; joyful; delightful; gratifying; pleasant
I-adjective
洋よう服ふく
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
Noun
着つく
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
Godan verb
一いち番ばん
number one; first; first place; best; most; game; round; bout; as a test; as an experiment; …
Noun
うるさい
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; tiresome; persistent; importunate; fussy; finicky; picky; …
I-adjective
リボン
ribbon
Noun
ほうれん草そう
spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
Noun
聞きく
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to hear about; to hear of; to learn of; to follow (advice, order, etc.); to obey; …
Godan verb
空からっぽ
empty; vacant; hollow
No-adjective
疲つかれる
to get tired; to tire; to get fatigued; to become exhausted; to grow weary; to become worn out (of a well-used object)
Ichidan verb
部屋へや
room; chamber; apartment; flat; pad; stable
Noun
シャンプー
shampoo
Noun
もらう
to receive; to take; to accept; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch; to be affected
Godan verb
前まえ
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; previously; prior; ago; (minutes) to (the hour); (the) front; frontal part; …
Noun
エプロン
apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)
Noun
舌した
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock); reed (of a musical instrument)
Noun
捕つかまえる
to catch; to capture; to arrest; to seize; to restrain; to grab; to clutch; to grasp; to hold on to; to catch hold of (someone); …
Ichidan verb
登のぼる
to ascend; to go up; to climb
Godan verb
川かわ
river; stream; River; the ... river
Noun
塗ぬる
to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer; to varnish; to put up (wallpaper)
Godan verb
手て袋ぶくろ
glove; mitten; mitt
Noun
箱はこ
box; case; chest; package; pack; crate; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; counter for boxes (or boxed objects)
Noun
包ほう丁ちょう
kitchen knife
Noun
ぶつかる
to bump into; to run into; to collide with; to hit; to strike; to encounter; to meet with; to come upon; to face; to run up against; …
Godan verb
元げん気き
lively; full of spirit; energetic; vigorous; vital; spirited; healthy; well; fit; in good health
Na-adjective
今こん度ど
this time; now; next time; another time; shortly; soon; recently; lately; the other day
Noun
玄げん関かん
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule; porch; foyer; mud room
Noun
直なおす
to repair; to mend; to fix; to correct (a mistake, bad habit, etc.); to put right; to restore; to straighten (e.g. a tie); to tidy up (one's hair, make-up, etc.); to revive (one's spirits); to change; …
Godan verb
扇せん風ぷう機き
electric fan
Noun
スーパー
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
Noun
ける
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
Godan verb
次つぎ
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
Noun
眉まゆ
eyebrow; eyebrows
Noun
眉まゆ毛げ
eyebrow
Noun
医い者しゃ
doctor; physician
Noun
わかる
to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized (realised); …
Godan verb
どれ
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
Pronoun
ベッド
bed
Noun
引ひっ張ぱる
to pull; to draw; to pull tight; to string (lines); to run (cable); to stretch; to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul; to tow; …
Godan verb
拾ひろう
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to pick out; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.); to snatch (an unexpected victory); to pull off; …
Godan verb
回まわる
to turn; to rotate; to revolve; to spin; to go around; to circle; to revolve around; to orbit; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); …
Godan verb
難むずかしい
difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; fastidious; …
I-adjective
汚よごす
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to make dirty; to stain; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor; to defile
Godan verb
プレゼント
present; gift
Noun
逃にげる
to run away; to flee; to get away (e.g. from danger); to escape; to break out; to leave (e.g. one's spouse); to take cover; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to dodge; …
Ichidan verb
ゆっくり
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure; easily (e.g. in time); well; sufficiently; amply; with time to spare; …
Adverb
柿かき
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
Noun
電でん池ち
battery; cell
Noun
助たすける
to save; to rescue; to spare; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to); to provide aid; to facilitate; to stimulate; …
Ichidan verb
テープ
tape
Noun
見みせる
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist); to have (an antique, etc.) appraised; to have (an injury, person, etc.) looked at (by a doctor); to take (someone) to a doctor; …
Ichidan verb
破やぶる
to tear; to rip; to break; to destroy; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence); to disturb (e.g. peace); …
Godan verb
顎あご
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
Noun
消きえる
to disappear; to vanish; to go out of sight; to go away; to become lost; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to turn off (e.g. of a TV screen); to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); …
Ichidan verb
新あたらしい
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern
I-adjective
遅おそい
slow; late; too late
I-adjective
道みち
road; path; street; lane; passage; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory); …
Noun
あそこ
there; over there; that place; yonder; you-know-where; that far; that much; that point
Pronoun
会かい社しゃ
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
Noun
そっち
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family; your company; that person
Pronoun
それ
that; it; then; that point (in time); that time
Pronoun
しまう
to finish; to stop; to end; to put an end to; to bring to a close; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to shut down; to shut up; to put away; …
Godan verb
むく
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to strip; to bare (teeth, fangs); to open wide (eyes)
Godan verb
天てん気き
weather; fair weather; fine weather
Noun
スコップ
shovel; spade; scoop
Noun
ジャム
jam
Noun
そう
in that way; thus; such; so; the same; that's the case; so?
Adverb
隣となり
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour; next-door neighbor
No-adjective
ダンプカー
dump truck
Noun
バケツ
bucket; pail
Noun
フライパン
fry pan; frying pan
Noun