The 1000 Most Common Japanese Words: 401–500

Frequency-ordered vocabulary list · kanji, reading, romaji and meaning

The household and the classroom: furniture, appliances, school subjects, exams and the vocabulary of work — meetings, deadlines, salaries and colleagues.

Every entry below shows the word as it is normally written, its reading in hiragana or katakana, the romaji transcription and the English meaning. You can turn this exact range into printable flashcards with the free tool — set the range to 401–500 and print.

All 1000 words