The 1000 Most Common Japanese Words: 501–600

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

Nature and the wider world: animals, plants, weather events, the environment and country names. Also the beginning of the food block, with the Japanese dishes you will meet on any menu.

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 501–600 and print.

All 1000 words