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すごいですね

L12

Wow! / That's amazing!

いってまいります

L12

good bye; I'm off

ぎおんまつりGion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)

ゴンガン

L12

Hong Kong

シンガポール

ABCストア

L12

ABC Store (fictional supermarket name)

あそびます

to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself

およぎます

to swim; to struggle through (a crowd)

むかえます

to go out to meet; to receive

つかれます

to get tired; to tire

けっこんします

かいものします

L13

shopping; purchased goods

しょくじします

L13

meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet

さんぽします

ほしいwanting (to have); desiring

ひろいspacious; vast

せまいnarrow; confined

(swimming) pool; pool (cue sport)

かわriver; stream

びじゅつart; fine arts

つりfishing; angling

しゅうまつweekend

しょうがつNew Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year

ごろsound (of a sentence); euphony

なにかsomething; some

somewhere; in some respects

のどがかわきます

おなかがすきます

L13

to get hungry

そうしましょう

L13

Let's do that. (agreeing to a suggestion)

ごちゅうもんは

L13

What would you like to order?

ていしょくset meal; special (of the day)

ぎゅうどんgyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with fried onion

おまちください

Please wait a moment.

で御座います

でございますbe; is

べつべつに

L13

separately; apart

アヤックス

L13

Ajax (fictional company name)

おはようテレビ

L13

Good Morning TV (fictional program name)

to attach; to join

to erase; to rub out

to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package)

to tie; to fasten

いそぎます

to hurry; to rush

to wait; to await

to hold (in one's hand); to take

てつだいます

to help; to assist

to call out (to); to call

はなします

to talk; to speak

つかいます

to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of

to stop; to turn off

to show; to display

すわります

to sit (down); to have a seat

to stand (up); to rise

はいります

to enter; to go in

to leave; to exit

to wave; to shake

コピーします

copy; photocopy

でんきelectric (goods)

air conditioner; air conditioning

パスポート

なまえname; given name

じゅうしょaddress (of a home, business, etc.); residence

ちずmap; atlas

しおsalt; common salt

もんだいquestion (e.g. on a test); problem

こたえanswer; reply

よみかたpronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji)

かたdirection; way

straight (ahead); direct

slowly; unhurriedly

すぐimmediately; at once

again; once more

あとで

L14

later (on); afterwards

もうすこし

L14

a bit more; a bit longer

しんごうをみぎへまがってください

L14

Turn right at the traffic light.

これでおねがいします

L14

Here you are. (paying, e.g. in a taxi or shop)

change (for a purchase); toilet splashback

ふじみちょう

L14

Fujimi-cho (fictional district name)

つくります

to make; to produce

to sell; to betray

to finish; to end

けんきゅうします

research; study

しりょうmaterial; materials

catalog; catalogue

じこくひょうtimetable; schedule

to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath)

せいひんmanufactured goods; finished goods

でんしじしょ

L15

(portable) electronic dictionary; pocket electronic dictionary

けいざいeconomy; economics

しやくしょmunicipal office; council

senior high school; high school

はいしゃdentist

どくしんunmarried; single

みなさんall; everyone

おもいだします

to recall; to remember

いらっしゃいます

L15

to be (polite equivalent of います)

にっぽんばし

L15

Nipponbashi (shopping district in Osaka)

みんなのインタビュー

L15

Everyone's Interview (fictional program name)

のりますto get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in

おりますto descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down

乗り換えます

のりかえますto transfer (trains); to change (bus, train)

あびますto dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower)

いれますto put in; to let in

だしますto take out; to get out

下ろします

おろしますto take down; to bring down

おしますto push; to thrust

はじめますto start; to begin

見学します

けんがくしますinspection; study by observation

電話します

でんわしますtelephone call; phone call

わかいyoung; youthful

ながいlong (distance, length); long (time)

みじかいshort; brief

あかるいlight; bright

くらいdark; gloomy

からだbody; torso

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Test — a written quiz with a score at the end — to consolidate what you've learned and spot weak points.
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See also

JLPT N5 Kanji →JLPT N5 Verbs →JLPT N4 Kanji →