110 Most Common Japanese Words

The most common Japanese words from the top 1,000 by frequency: the 105 of them with a page so far. The workhorse vocabulary every learner needs.

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105 words

#	Freq	Word	Translation	Part of speech	Qualifications
1	1	のof, 's (links two nouns)	of, 's (links two nouns)	particle	-
2	2	にto, at, in (destination, time, place of existence)	to, at, in (destination, time, place of existence)	particle	-
3	3	かquestion marker (turns a sentence into a question)	question marker (turns a sentence into a question)	particle	-
4	4	とand (between nouns); with (together with)	and (between nouns); with (together with)	particle	-
5	5	ことthing, matter (something abstract)	thing, matter (something abstract)	noun	-
6	6	ないthere is no, not have; not (negative ending)	there is no, not have; not (negative ending)	adjective	-
7	7	いいgood, fine	good, fine	adjective	-
8	8	何what	what	pronoun	-
9	9	あなたyou	you	pronoun	-
10	10	このthis (before a noun)	this (before a noun)	determiner	-
11	11	はtopic marker (as for ...)	topic marker (as for ...)	particle	-
12	12	をobject marker	object marker	particle	-
13	13	がsubject marker	subject marker	particle	-
14	14	でat, in (where something happens); by, with (means)	at, in (where something happens); by, with (means)	particle	-
15	15	もalso, too	also, too	particle	-
16	16	よsentence ending: you know, I tell you	sentence ending: you know, I tell you	particle	-
17	17	ねsentence ending: right?, isn't it?	sentence ending: right?, isn't it?	particle	-
18	18	するto do	to do	verb	-
19	19	いるto be, to exist (people and animals)	to be, to exist (people and animals)	verb	-
20	20	あるto be, to exist (things); to have	to be, to exist (things); to have	verb	-
21	21	ですam, is, are (polite)	am, is, are (polite)	other	-
22	22	私I, me	I, me	pronoun	-
23	23	人person	person	noun	-
24	24	学生student	student	noun	-
25	25	先生teacher	teacher	noun	-
26	26	日本Japan	Japan	proper-noun	-
27	27	名前name	name	noun	-
28	28	はいyes	yes	interjection	-
29	29	いいえno	no	interjection	-
30	30	さんMr, Ms (polite suffix after a name)	Mr, Ms (polite suffix after a name)	bound-morpheme	-
31	31	これthis (one), near me	this (one), near me	pronoun	-
32	32	それthat (one), near you	that (one), near you	pronoun	-
33	33	あれthat (one) over there	that (one) over there	pronoun	-
34	34	どれwhich (one)	which (one)	pronoun	-
35	35	そのthat (before a noun), near you	that (before a noun), near you	determiner	-
36	36	あのthat (before a noun), over there	that (before a noun), over there	determiner	-
37	37	ここhere	here	pronoun	-
38	38	そこthere, near you	there, near you	pronoun	-
39	39	どこwhere	where	pronoun	-
40	40	誰who	who	pronoun	-
41	41	行くto go	to go	verb	-
42	42	来るto come	to come	verb	-
43	43	見るto see, to look at, to watch	to see, to look at, to watch	verb	-
44	44	言うto say	to say	verb	-
45	45	分かるto understand	to understand	verb	-
46	46	思うto think, to feel (that)	to think, to feel (that)	verb	-
47	47	知るto know (usually as 知っている); to find out	to know (usually as 知っている); to find out	verb	-
48	48	今now	now	noun	-
49	49	本当truth; really	truth; really	noun	-
50	50	ありがとうthank you	thank you	interjection	-