Study Lists

Vocabulary lists by learning tier, and by topic (semantic tag). Each list shows the headword with furigana, its reading and a short gloss, linked to the full entry.

Basic vocabularyFoundational words for beginners β€” the vocabulary every learner meets first. 801 entries. Core vocabularyWords for essential everyday adult communication β€” the layer after the basic tier. 1,982 entries.

By topic (398 tags)

abilities1 ability3 abstract859 academic1 accessories1 accommodation1 achievement1 action2,840 action-general2 action-physical2 activity2 addition1 administration4 administrative7 aesthetics1 age3 agriculture8 airport2 alcohol2 animal-bird50 animal-fish27 animal-general109 animal-insect51 animal-mammal72 appearance218 art297 arts1 astronomy1 atmosphere1 attention1 attitude2 audio production1 baking1 beauty4 behavior9 benefit1 body12 body-action6 body-face1 body-internal116 body-part398 books2 brand-name1 building704 business960 business-marketing1 calculation2 career2 category1 causation1 change238 character2 choice1 classical music1 climate2 clothing338 cognition772 color109 commerce8 commerce-marketing1 communication1,484 communication-discussion1 comparison1 compensation1 competition10 condition1 conflict5 construction2 consumer-behavior1 consumption89 contrast1 cooking176 coping1 counting2 crafts1 creation31 creativity1 crime6 culture935 daily-life948 data1 death2 deception4 decisions1 degree6 degree-extent4 description3 descriptive2,096 design1 desire1 dialect-kansai2 direction140 disaster5 discipline1 discourse5 document5 documents5 drink1 drinking1 economics180 economy2 education918 effort2 electricity1 electronics259 emergency2 emotion1,316 emotion-feeling4 emotion-guilt1 emotion-positive2 emotions1 employment3 endurance1 energy1 entertainment156 environment3 equipment3 error1 establishment1 etiquette1 euphemism1 evaluation418 evaluation-quality1 event2 event-name5 events6 existence130 expression315 facilities1 facility1 family300 fashion1 fate1 feeling1 figurative6 film1 finance245 finance-money1 food1,509 food and drink1 food preparation6 food-cooking2 food-drink1 food-eating2 food-preservation1 force1 formal-language3 freedom1 frequency1 freshness2 furniture105 games1 gaming2 gardening10 genre1 geography688 geometry2 gift2 gift-giving2 gifts2 government1 grammar3 grammatical367 greeting65 health899 healthcare1 history197 hobby4 home2 horticulture2 hospital1 hotel2 household5 household-item1 housing1 human-relations3 identity1 idiom107 immigration1 improvement1 indicator1 industry2 infrastructure4 ingredient3 injury1 institution1 institutions1 instrument5 international1 internet1 interpersonal13 interrogative1 Japanese house1 Japanese-cuisine3 journalism1 judgment1 keigo2 kitchen2 language318 language-expression2 law384 leisure661 life3 life-planning1 life-stage1 lifestyle2 literary5 literature3 loanword23 location9 lodging1 logic4 luck1 machine2 management1 manga1 manner11 manufacturing4 maritime1 marriage1 martial-arts2 material8 materials2 math2 mathematics17 measurement9 mechanical1 media214 medical1 mental-state2 mental_health1 metaphor3 method2 military163 modality2 modern1 modification1 money242 moral1 morality3 movement454 music178 nature799 nature-environment1 networks1 new year1 news1 nostalgia1 number239 number-counter1 object5 objects4 occupation407 occupations1 office2 onomatopoeia153 organization10 organization-name11 organizations1 outdoor activity2 ownership1 pattern1 people6 perception7 person864 person-character3 person-name5 personal-quality4 personal_attributes1 personality406 personality-trait1 philosophy4 photography1 physical11 place10 place-name77 places2 planning2 plant2 plant-flower34 plant-general141 plant-tree22 plumbing1 politeness3 politeness-softener1 politics396 position4 posture1 prediction1 preference2 preparation1 printing1 process3 production1 products4 profession1 promotion1 pronoun3 proper-noun98 proverb25 psychology4 publishing1 quality6 quantity410 question1 ramen1 reaction1 reading2 real_estate2 recovery2 regional1 relationship3 relationships1 religion233 research1 restaurant3 rice1 roads2 rules1 safety6 satisfaction1 science536 seaweed1 self-improvement1 sensation3 sense1 sequence1 service2 services7 shape3 shopping192 signs1 situation1 size91 sleep2 social6 social media1 social-interaction3 society971 society-role1 sound3 space1 spatial3 speech-act1 speed1 sport3 sports429 state5 statistics1 status2 strategy1 structure1 style1 success1 supernatural1 system1 taste2 technical1 technique6 technology565 television2 temperature1 terrain1 theater3 thinking1 tickets2 time14 time-day-of-week18 time-general808 time-month25 time-period141 time-season92 title1 tool557 tools1 tourism1 toys1 trade1 training2 transport5 transportation614 travel228 universal1 urban development1 utility1 value1 vegetable1 viewing1 virtue1 vision1 water2 weapon1 weather347 work943 work-business1 work-name1 workplace2 writing5