Vocabulary Lists
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Vocabulary Lists

Michael Kluemper's Quia Activities in Romaji
Usagi Chan's Genki Vocabulary Lists (Shea and Masuyama)
sorted by lessons used in the Genki textbook.
A Japanese Dictionary for Beginners (ÆþÌçÆüËܸ켭ŵ)
A free, downloadable 5,000 Japanese word list with English definitions, by the ³¤³°¤ËÆüËܸ춵ºà¤òÁ÷¤ë²ñ
Glenn Rosenthal's Vocabulary Lists
Various lists for students at UCLA.
Jim Breen's EDICT
An extensive, downloadable file. Each line = [Japanese - Reading - Part(s) of Speech - English] Many web-based dictionaries use this.
Nihongo Shoho's Vocabulary Lists
Done with images, so you do not need a Japanese font. Elementary vocabulary
www.kahome.co.uk's Vocabulary Lists
Word lists for the books Japanese for Busy People, Japanese for College Students, Nihongo Shoho and SL Japanese ab initio.
Nihongo o Narau - Romaji Vocabulary Lists (Domini Lyman)
Adjectives, Animals, ...
www.kantango.com (Raymond Fix)
Requires registering. However, when registering, a fake email address works, so you can avoid the potential of receiving spam.
Choose words from Jim Breen's EDICT, then do flashcards.
www.e-japanese.jp (Yoshimichi Iwata)
Of special interest are the JLPT word lists in Excel format:
Book4.xls

Book3.xls Book2.xls Book1.xls
Hiragana - Romaji - Kanji - English (You do not need to register to download these.)

Vocabulary Flashcards for studying for the JLPT (Markus Dreyer)
Formatted PDF files for printing.
WordChamp's Food Vocabulary and other lists.
Many of the words have audio files, so you can practice your pronunciation, too.
WAKEwakaru: French-Japanese Glossary (Alain Cote)
Not a traditional vocabulary list, but you can browse 5 words at a time. Start.
David Hallgren's Nihongo Website - Vocabulary Lists for Genki
Try the "printer friendly" links. (Note on July 5, 2006, it seemed that there are some character set problems on some of his pages.)
500 Essential Japanese Season Words
Selected by Kenkichi Yamamoto.
www.LanguageGuide.org/nihongo/ (Thomas Blackmon)
It is recommended to use Netscape or FireFox browser for this site. Other browsers may not work
jpf.org.uk's vocabulary lists
Vocabulary lists in PDF and EXCEL formats
mit.edu/seantek (Sean Leonard)
PDF file vocabulary lists.
Nihongo de Care
Aimed at nursing and caretaking, but some parts, such as Basic Expressions 500, are good all of us.

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