The 100 most common Japanese words for beginners: a frequency word list with free A1 practice. The first 100 high-frequency words to support beginner recognition and sentence building.
Recognize common Japanese words in short A1 prompts.
Vocabulary trainer →Recall core Japanese words from English cues and topic groups.
Vocabulary trainer →Use frequent Japanese words in short beginner sentences.
Vocabulary trainer →Words below are loaded from the aligned vocabulary catalog used by the trainer, with each concept matched across study languages.
| Concept | 日本語 | English | Deutsch |
|---|---|---|---|
| i#1 | 私 | I | ich |
| the#1 | その | the | der/die/das |
| you#2 | あなた | you (informal) | du |
| he#3 | 彼 | he | er |
| she#4 | 彼女 | she | sie |
| a#5 | 一つの | a / an | ein |
| we |
These entries come from the aligned vocabulary system, so each concept can connect the current study language to matching words in other languages.
Public comparison is limited to three languages at a time.
| 私たち |
| we |
| wir |
| it#6 | それ | it | es |
| this#7 | これ | this | dies |
| that#8 | それ | that (conjunction) | dass |
| who#9 | 誰 | who | wer |
| what#10 | 何 | what | was |
| where#11 | どこ | where | wo |
| how#12 | どうやって | how / like | wie |
| not#13 | ない | not | nicht |
| and#14 | と | and | und |
| or#15 | または | or | oder |
| but#16 | しかし | but | aber |
| with#17 | と一緒に | with | mit |
| on#19 | の上に | on | auf |
| for#20 | のために | for | für |
| to#22 | へ | to | zu |
| at#23 | に | at / on | an |
| so#24 | だから | so | so |