JLPT N5 Vocabulary — Food, Shopping & Town flashcards
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Ninety-four N5 words for eating, shopping and finding your way: food and drink, meals and tableware, shops, money and post, town buildings, streets and transport, position and compass words, and the こ・そ・あ place words, each in a kana example sentence, most with their pitch accent.
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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たべもの (食べ物) (n.)
たべものは なにが すきですか。food [3]Food & Drink
What kind of food do you like? -
のみもの (飲み物) (n.)
のみものは なにに しますか。drink, beverage [3]Food & Drink
What would you like to drink? -
あさごはん (朝ご飯) (n.)
あさごはんの あとで、いぬと さんぽを します。breakfast [3]Meals & Tableware
After breakfast I take the dog for a walk. -
ひるごはん (昼ご飯) (n.)
ひるごはんは がっこうの しょくどうで たべます。lunch [3]Meals & Tableware
I eat lunch in the school cafeteria. -
かいもの (買い物) (n.)
にちようびに デパートで かいものを しました。shopping [0]Shops · Money & Post
I did some shopping at a department store on Sunday.
Watch out: To go shopping is かいものに いく. -
まち (町) (n.)
どようびは まちの としょかんで べんきょうします。town; city [2]Town & Buildings
On Saturdays I study at the town library. -
みち (道) (n.)
よる この みちは くらいです。road, street; the way [0]Streets & Transport
This road is dark at night.
Watch out: To ask the way is みちを きく. -
うえ (上) (n.)
やまの うえは とても さむかったです。top; on, above [0]Position & Direction
It was very cold at the top of the mountain. -
きた (北) (n.)
きたの くには ふゆが ながいです。north [0]Compass Points
Northern countries have long winters. -
ここ (pron.)
ここで ちょっと まって ください。here, this placeHere & There (こそあ)
Please wait here a moment.
Watch out: The set: ここ (by me), そこ (by you), あそこ (away from us both), どこ (where?).
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- Word selection follows vocabulary commonly listed for JLPT N5 (no official list exists since 2010; checked against the N5 list compiled by Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk, CC BY); meanings and kanji spellings checked against JMdict (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Reference only; all example sentences are original.
- Pitch-accent positions checked against the Kanjium accent data (CC BY-SA 4.0); reference only.
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