Top 100 Japanese Words

We believe in learning the most important Japanese vocabularies first to start off your learning journey on the right foot. The Japanese vocabulary list below contains 100 of the most frequently used Japanese words. For more vocabularies like that, check out our yellow Japanese vocabulary book towards the end of this page.

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Japanese Vocabulary 1-20
Japanese Vocabulary 21-60
Japanese Vocabulary 61-100

Japanese Vocabulary 1-20

English	Japanese
I in Japanese	私 (watashi)
you in Japanese	あなた (anata)
he in Japanese	彼 (kare)
she in Japanese	彼女 (kanojo)
it in Japanese	それ (sore)
we in Japanese	私達 (watashi tachi)
you in Japanese	あなた達 (anata tachi)
they in Japanese	彼ら (kare ra)
what in Japanese	何 (nani)
who in Japanese	誰 (dare)
where in Japanese	どこ (doko)
why in Japanese	なぜ (naze)
how in Japanese	どのように (dono yō ni)
which in Japanese	どれ (dore)
when in Japanese	いつ (itsu)
then in Japanese	そして (soshite)
if in Japanese	もし (moshi)
really in Japanese	本当に (hontō ni)
but in Japanese	でも (de mo)
because in Japanese	だから (da kara)

Japanese Vocabulary 21-60

English	Japanese
not in Japanese	ではない (de wa nai)
this in Japanese	これ (kore)
I need this in Japanese	これが必要です (kore ga hitsuyō desu)
How much is this? in Japanese	これはいくらですか？ (kore wa ikura desu ka)
that in Japanese	あれ (are)
all in Japanese	全て (subete)
or in Japanese	又は (mata wa)
and in Japanese	と (to)
to know in Japanese	知る (shiru)
I know in Japanese	知っています (shitte imasu)
I don't know in Japanese	知りません (shirimasen)
to think in Japanese	考える (kangaeru)
to come in Japanese	来る (kuru)
to put in Japanese	置く (oku)
to take in Japanese	取る (toru)
to find in Japanese	見つける (mitsukeru)
to listen in Japanese	聞く (kiku)
to work in Japanese	働く (hataraku)
to talk in Japanese	話す (hanasu)
to give in Japanese	与える (ataeru)
to like in Japanese	好む (konomu)
to help in Japanese	助ける (tasukeru)
to love in Japanese	愛する (aisuru)
to call in Japanese	電話する (denwa suru)
to wait in Japanese	待つ (matsu)
I like you in Japanese	あなたが好きです (anata ga suki desu)
I don't like this in Japanese	これは好きではありません (kore wa suki de wa arimasen)
Do you love me? in Japanese	私のことが好きですか？ (watashi no koto ga suki desu ka)
I love you in Japanese	愛しています (aishite imasu)
0 in Japanese	零 (rei)
1 in Japanese	一 (ichi)
2 in Japanese	二 (ni)
3 in Japanese	三 (san)
4 in Japanese	四 (yon)
5 in Japanese	五 (go)
6 in Japanese	六 (roku)
7 in Japanese	七 (nana)
8 in Japanese	八 (hachi)
9 in Japanese	九 (kyū)
10 in Japanese	十 (jū)

Japanese Vocabulary 61-100

English	Japanese
11 in Japanese	十一 (jū ichi)
12 in Japanese	十二 (jū ni)
13 in Japanese	十三 (jū san)
14 in Japanese	十四 (jū yon)
15 in Japanese	十五 (jū go)
16 in Japanese	十六 (jū roku)
17 in Japanese	十七 (jū nana)
18 in Japanese	十八 (jū hachi)
19 in Japanese	十九 (jū kyū)
20 in Japanese	二十 (nijū)
new in Japanese	新しい (atarashī)
old in Japanese	古い (furui)
few in Japanese	少ない (sukunai)
many in Japanese	多い (ōi)
how much? in Japanese	いくら？ (ikura)
how many? in Japanese	いくつですか？ (iku tsu desu ka)
wrong in Japanese	間違った (machigatta)
correct in Japanese	正しい (tadashī)
bad in Japanese	悪い (warui)
good in Japanese	良い (yoi)
happy in Japanese	嬉しい (ureshī)
short in Japanese	短い (mijikai)
long in Japanese	長い (nagai)
small in Japanese	小さい (chīsai)
big in Japanese	大きな (ōkina)
there in Japanese	あそこ (asoko)
here in Japanese	ここ (koko)
right in Japanese	右 (migi)
left in Japanese	左 (hidari)
beautiful in Japanese	美しい (utsukushī)
young in Japanese	若い (wakai)
old in Japanese	年寄り (toshiyori)
hello in Japanese	こんにちは (konnichiwa)
see you later in Japanese	行って来ます (itte kimasu)
ok in Japanese	はい (hai)
take care in Japanese	気を付けて (ki o tsukete)
don't worry in Japanese	気にしないで (ki ni shinaide)
of course in Japanese	もちろん (mochiron)
good day in Japanese	今日は (kyō wa)
hi in Japanese	やあ (yā)

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Top 100 Japanese Words

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