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Irodori Japanese for Life in Japan: Elementary 2 (A2)

1313 words, in teaching order

Words 1–100
主しゅ任にん
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
Noun
パート
part; part-timer; part-time (work)
Noun
一いち番ばん
number one; first; first place; best; most; game; round; bout; as a test; as an experiment; …
Noun
長ながい
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
I-adjective
出しゅっ身しん
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
Noun
中ちゅう国ごく
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region
Noun
手て続つづき
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
Noun
生せい活かつ
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
Noun
色いろ々いろ
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different); variously; in various ways; in many ways; various things; this and that
Na-adjective
な
don't; do; hey; listen; look; say; now, ...; well, ...; I tell you!; you know; …
Particle
なんでも
any; anything; whatever; whatever one likes; everything; all; I am told; I hear; I understand; they say
Expression
良よい
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient; enough; ready; prepared; …
I-adjective
私わたし
I; me
Pronoun
いつでも
always; all the time; at all times; (at) any time; whenever (you like)
Adverb
担たん当とう
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
Noun
申もうす
to say; to be called; to do
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
一いっ生しょう懸けん命めい
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly; desperately
Adverb
頑がん張ばる
to persevere; to persist; to keep at it; to hang on; to hold out; to do one's best; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post; …
Godan verb
方ほう角がく
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; bearing; method; means; approach
Noun
北きた
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea
Noun
東ひがし
east
Noun
南みなみ
south
Noun
西にし
west
Noun
自し然ぜん
nature; natural; spontaneous; automatic; naturally; spontaneously; automatically
Noun
川かわ
river; stream; River; the ... river
Noun
島しま
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
Noun
森もり
forest; shrine grove
Noun
ジャングル
jungle; jungle music
Noun
草そう原げん
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie; steppe
Noun
砂さ漠ばく
desert
Noun
高こう原げん
tableland; plateau
Noun
首しゅ都と
(national) capital (city); metropolis
Noun
観かん光こう地ち
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
Noun
モンゴル
Mongolia
Noun
のんびり
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully; to relax; to take it easy; to chill
Adverb
する
to do; to carry out; to perform; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); …
Suru verb
都と会かい
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
Noun
畑はたけ
field (for growing wheat, fruit, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; vegetable plot; kitchen garden; plantation; field (of specialization); sphere; area; line
Noun
大おお勢ぜい
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
Noun
お客きゃくさん
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper; spectator; audience; tourist; sightseer; passenger
Noun
テント
tent
Noun
違ちがう
to differ (from); to be different; to be distinct; to be unlike; to vary; to disagree (with); to be wrong; to be incorrect; to be mistaken; to become abnormal; …
Godan verb
猫ねこ
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer
Noun
髪かみ
hair (on the head)
Noun
短みじかい
short; brief
I-adjective
せ
back; reverse; rear side; back (e.g. of a chair); spine (of a book); height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
Noun
背せが高たかい
tall (of a person)
Expression
座すわる
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to kneel (on the floor); to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
Godan verb
立たつ
to stand (up); to rise; to get to one's feet; to stand on end (e.g. of hairs); to stick up; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to take up (a position, post, etc.); …
Godan verb
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
帽ぼう子し
hat; cap; cap (move)
Noun
ピアス
earrings (for pierced ears); ear piercing; body piercing
Noun
ワンピース
dress; one-piece (e.g. swimsuit)
Noun
着きる
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
Ichidan verb
博はく
doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
Suffix
靴くつ
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
Noun
吐はく
to vomit; to throw up; to spit up; to emit; to send forth; to breathe out; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment); to express; to tell; …
Godan verb
眼鏡めがね
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination; discernment; insight
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
ひげ
moustache; mustache; beard; whiskers; sideburns; facial hair; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); (chin) tuft; shadow (on a candlestick chart)
Noun
生はやす
to grow; to cultivate; to let grow (e.g. weeds)
Godan verb
ひる
to dry (up); to become parched; to ebb; to recede
Ichidan verb
下げ
lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority; second volume (of two); third volume (of three)
Noun
シャツ
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
Noun
ズボン
trousers; pants
Noun
赤あかい
red; crimson; scarlet; vermilion
I-adjective
白しろい
white; blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; unmarked; spotless; immaculate; innocent; not guilty; pure
I-adjective
黄き色いろい
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
I-adjective
青あおい
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; grey; unripe; inexperienced
I-adjective
黒くろい
black; dark; blackish; sun-tanned (skin); suspicious; criminal; illicit; darkened and dirty; sooty; covered in dirt; …
I-adjective
ジャンパー
(short) jacket; blouson; windbreaker; jumper; ski jumper; jumping event athlete; jumper lead; jumper wire
Noun
ほら
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
Interjection
優やさしい
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
I-adjective
厳きびしい
severe; strict; rigid; unsparing; relentless; hard (to do); difficult; tricky; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather); …
I-adjective
怖こわい
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
I-adjective
忙いそがしい
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
I-adjective
真面目まじめ
serious; earnest; sober; grave; honest; sincere
Na-adjective
元げん気き
lively; full of spirit; energetic; vigorous; vital; spirited; healthy; well; fit; in good health
Na-adjective
恋こい人びと
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
Noun
孫まご
grandchild
Noun
この間あいだ
the other day; lately; recently; during this period
Noun
赤あかちゃん
baby; infant
Noun
なく
to cry; to shed tears; to weep; to sob; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to face hardship; to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly; to make sacrifices; …
Godan verb
今こん度ど
this time; now; next time; another time; shortly; soon; recently; lately; the other day
Noun
見みた目め
appearance; look
Noun
遅おそい
slow; late; too late
I-adjective
心しん配ぱい
worry; concern; anxiety; uneasiness; fear
Noun
かっこいい
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat; with-it; groovy
I-adjective
歌うた
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
Noun
演えん技ぎ
acting; performance
Noun
ダンス
dance; dancing
Noun
上手じょうず
skillful; skilled; proficient; good (at); adept; clever; flattery
Na-adjective
歌か手しゅ
singer
Noun
誰だれか
someone; somebody
Pronoun
引いん退たい
retirement
Noun
今いまでも
even now; still; as yet
Adverb