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First words: what children learn to say first

667 words, in teaching order

Words 501–600
山やま
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; stack; protruding or high part of an object; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); …
Noun
泳およぐ
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
Godan verb
呼よぶ
to call out (to); to call; to invoke; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to brand; to garner (support, etc.); to gather
Godan verb
こう
in this way; like this; so; thus; this (much); uh; er; mm; well
Adverb
狼おおかみ
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
Noun
財さい布ふ
wallet; purse; coin purse; billfold; pocketbook
Noun
被かぶる
to put on (one's head); to wear; to have on; to pull over (one's head); to crown (oneself); to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to dash on oneself; to ship water; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); …
Godan verb
今日きょう
today; this day
Noun
反はん対たい
opposition; resistance; antagonism; hostility; objection; dissent; reverse; opposite; inverse; contrary
Noun
つける
to attach; to join; to connect; to add; to append; to affix; to stick; to glue; to fasten; to sew on; …
Ichidan verb
運はこぶ
to carry; to transport; to move; to convey; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to carry out; to proceed with; to arrange; …
Godan verb
さっき
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
Noun
糊のり
paste; glue; clothing starch
Noun
鍋なべ
pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot
Noun
舐なめる
to lick; to lap; to suck; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of; to look down on (someone); to make a fool of; to treat with contempt; …
Ichidan verb
柔やわらかい
soft; tender; supple; flexible; limber; limp; gentle; mild; mellow; light (topic, book, etc.); …
I-adjective
三さん輪りん車しゃ
three wheeled vehicle (tricycle, motorcycle, etc.); three wheeler
Noun
なる
to become; to get; to grow; to turn; to reach; to attain; to result in; to turn out; to end up; to prove (to be); …
Godan verb
おまわりさん
police officer
Noun
あのね
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute; hold on
Interjection
ドライヤー
dryer (esp. hair); drier; blower
Noun
四し角かくい
square; rectangular
I-adjective
中なか
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; centre; during; while; midst; …
Noun
スカート
skirt
Noun
やさしい
easy; plain; simple
I-adjective
右みぎ
right; right-hand side; right hand; the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned; the right (wing); rightist; the better (of two)
Noun
毛もう布ふ
blanket
Noun
櫛くし
comb
Noun
上あがる
to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; …
Godan verb
隠かくす
to hide; to conceal
Godan verb
かわいそう
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
Na-adjective
左ひだり
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol; drinker
Noun
降おりる
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to disembark; to dismount; to step down; to retire; to give up; …
Ichidan verb
こう
in this way; like this; so; thus; this (much); uh; er; mm; well
Adverb
静しずか
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
Na-adjective
知しる
to know; to be aware (of); to be conscious (of); to learn (of); to find out; to discover; to sense; to feel; to notice; to realize; …
Godan verb
そこ
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised)
Pronoun
運うん転てん
operation (of a machine); running; working; driving (a vehicle); use (of capital, funds, etc.); management; investment
Noun
籠かご
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
Noun
近ちかく
near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
Noun
ハンカチ
handkerchief
Noun
子こ供ども
child; children
Noun
僕ぼく
I; me
Pronoun
昨日きのう
yesterday
Noun
変へん
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; curious; eccentric; funny; suspicious; fishy; unexpected; …
Na-adjective
ゲーム
game
Noun
おじさん
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
Noun
あの
that; those; the
Pre-noun adjectival
どうして
how; in what way; by what means; why; for what reason; for what purpose; what for; cannot possibly; no way
Adverb
悪わるい
bad; poor; undesirable; poor (quality); inferior; insufficient; evil; sinful; ugly; not beautiful; …
I-adjective
台だい所どころ
kitchen; financial situation; finances
Noun
この
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; you (as in "you liar")
Pre-noun adjectival
遠とおく
far away; distant place; a (great) distance; a long way off; afar; long ago; far back; far (into the future); by far
Noun
おかしい
funny; amusing; comical; laughable; ridiculous; strange; odd; peculiar; weird; wrong; …
I-adjective
バター
butter
Noun
まずい
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; unsavoury; unsavory; awful; terrible; unpleasant; poor; unskillful; unskilful; …
I-adjective
横よこ
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; breadth; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside; next to; unconnected
Noun
郵ゆう便びん
mail service; postal service; mail; post; postal matter; postal items
Noun
屋や
shop; store; restaurant; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
Suffix
吹ふく
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to blow on (hot tea, candles, etc.); to puff; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to whistle (a tune); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout; …
Godan verb
醤しょう油ゆ
soy sauce; soya sauce; shoyu
Noun
人ひと
person; someone; somebody; human beings; mankind; man; people; humans; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; …
Noun
向むこう
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; beyond; (in the) distance; far away; far off; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad); …
Noun
庭にわ
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
Noun
幼よう稚ち園えん
kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool
Noun
駐ちゅう車しゃ
parking (a vehicle)
Noun
場じょう
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range; course
Suffix
病びょう気き
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; sickness; bad habit; bad behaviour; weakness; failing
Noun
昼ひる
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
Noun
ほら
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
Interjection
レンジ
range; stove; cooker; microwave oven
Noun
マイク
mike; mic; microphone
Noun
屋や根ね
roof
Noun
僕ぼく
I; me
Pronoun
私わたし
I; me
Pronoun
だから
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why; for that reason; like I said; I told you already
Conjunction
茶ちゃ碗わん
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
Noun
時じ間かん
time; hour; period; class; lesson
Noun
かける
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to suspend (from); to hoist (e.g. sail); to raise (e.g. flag); to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to cover; to lay; to spread; …
Ichidan verb
意い地じ悪わる
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
Na-adjective
枝えだ
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
Noun
ベランダ
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
Noun
おばさん
aunt
Noun
いつ
when; at what time; how soon
Pronoun
チャック
zip fastener; zipper; zip
Noun
レストラン
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
Noun
エアコン
air conditioner; air conditioning; aircon
Noun
だって
even; too; as well; also; they say; I hear; you mean
Particle
他ほか
another place; some other place; somewhere else; outside; another (person or thing); other; different; something else; someone else; the rest; …
Noun
ピクニック
picnic
Noun
ところ
place; spot; scene; site; address; district; area; locality; one's house; point; …
Noun
床とこ
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat; floor
Noun
箒ほうき
broom
Noun
でも
but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; also; as well; even; …
Conjunction
乾かわいた
dry; parched
Prenominal
私わたし
I; me
Pronoun
ジャンパー
(short) jacket; blouson; windbreaker; jumper; ski jumper; jumping event athlete; jumper lead; jumper wire
Noun
お姫ひめ様さま
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
Noun
缶かん
can; tin; canned food
Noun