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JLPT N5 Kanji — Part 2 flashcards

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Fifty more kanji commonly listed for N5 — nature and weather, places and directions, the core verbs (go, come, see, eat, buy…) and the basic adjectives — each with meaning, main on/kun readings and example words, nearly all N5.

Learn deck · part of JLPT N5 · written against: The 100 kanji and the full ~700-word vocabulary commonly listed for N5 (no official list since 2010; checked against the Tanos N5 list, CC BY), with pitch accent from the Kanjium data. Updated 2026-10-10.

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  1. 山
    Meaning: mountain

    On: サン · Kun: やま
    Example: 山 (やま) — mountain · 富士山 (ふじさん) — Mount Fuji
    Nature
  2. 川
    Meaning: river

    On: セン · Kun: かわ
    Example: 川 (かわ) — river
    Nature
  3. 天
    Meaning: heaven; sky

    On: テン · Kun: あめ, あま-
    Example: 天気 (てんき) — weather
    Nature
  4. 上
    Meaning: up; above; on

    On: ジョウ · Kun: うえ, あ(げる), あ(がる), のぼ(る)
    Example: 上 (うえ) — on; above · 上手 (じょうず) — skillful; good at
    Places & Directions
  5. 下
    Meaning: down; below; under

    On: カ, ゲ · Kun: した, さ(げる), さ(がる), くだ(さる), お(りる)
    Example: 下 (した) — under; below · 下手 (へた) — poor at (irregular reading)
    Places & Directions
  6. 中
    Meaning: inside; middle

    On: チュウ · Kun: なか
    Example: 中 (なか) — inside; middle · 中国 (ちゅうごく) — China
    Places & Directions
  7. 行
    Meaning: to go

    On: コウ, ギョウ · Kun: い(く), ゆ(く), おこな(う)
    Example: 行く (いく) — to go · 銀行 (ぎんこう) — bank
    Verbs
  8. 来
    Meaning: to come

    On: ライ · Kun: く(る), きた(る)
    Example: 来る (くる) — to come · 来年 (らいねん) — next year
    Verbs
  9. 大
    Meaning: big

    On: ダイ, タイ · Kun: おお(きい)
    Example: 大きい (おおきい) — big · 大学 (だいがく) — university
    Adjectives & Quantity
  10. 小
    Meaning: small

    On: ショウ · Kun: ちい(さい), こ-, お-
    Example: 小さい (ちいさい) — small
    Adjectives & Quantity

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Review status: Second-reader reviewed, with corrections applied.

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  • Readings and meanings checked against the jōyō kanji table (Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan, 2010) and KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0); reference only, no text copied.
  • Kanji selection follows the set commonly listed for JLPT N5; there is no official JLPT kanji list since 2010.

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