JLPT Vocabulary

Native-speaker vocabulary recording - Grammar Plus!

This audio, recorded by a Japanese native speaker and English native speaker, contains all the of the core vocabulary needed to pass the JLPT N4 and N5.

As well as all the words, recorded in Japanese and English, it also contains all the other vocabulary items you need for this level. For example all the counters and word suffixes such as くらい, 屋（や） and 中（ちゅう）.

It also comes with a transcript in English, kanji and hiragana.

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Example Japanese sentences

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Note: If you're wondering how to use a particular grammar, maybe it's better to use this grammar tool which allows you to search example sentences by JLPT grammar.

VocabRadio

Streaming Japanese vocabulary. Just like Internet radio, but it's just lists of Japanese words.

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VocabBubble

It sits next to your clock and pops up a bubble every minute to teach you a new Japanese word. Vocabulary for all JLPT levels is included, but you can make your own files, or delete some of the provided vocabulary files to study just your level.

The word bubbles start automatically after one minute. You can force a word bubble to appear by right-clicking the icon.

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How many words do you know?

Just like the level checker on this site, estimates the size of your Japanese vocabulary. All Japanese.

Try 語彙数推定テスト.

JLPT N1

Vocabulary sound files

jlpt1_mp3.zip	(188.8 MB) - All of the MP3 Files below in a single ZIP file.
jlpt1_words.zip	(76.9 KB) - All of the UTF Files below in a single ZIP file.

MP3		UTF file (Unicode text)		Zipped UTF File
01.mp3	(13.8 MB)	01.utf	(13.6 KB)	01.zip	(6.3 KB)
02.mp3	(14.6 MB)	02.utf	(12.9 KB)	02.zip	(5.8 KB)
03-part1.mp3	(5.4 MB)	03-part1.utf	(4.2 KB)	03-part1.zip	(2.1 KB)
03-part2.mp3	(9.6 MB)	03-part2.utf	(9.2 KB)	03-part2.zip	(4.3 KB)
04.mp3	(13.3 MB)	04.utf	(12 KB)	04.zip	(5.3 KB)
05.mp3	(14.7 MB)	05.utf	(13 KB)	05.zip	(5.9 KB)
06.mp3	(14.4 MB)	06.utf	(12.7 KB)	06.zip	(5.6 KB)
07.mp3	(15.4 MB)	07.utf	(12.8 KB)	07.zip	(5.7 KB)
08.mp3	(15.6 MB)	08.utf	(12.9 KB)	08.zip	(5.8 KB)
09.mp3	(15.7 MB)	09.utf	(13.5 KB)	09.zip	(6.1 KB)
10.mp3	(14.6 MB)	10.utf	(13.1 KB)	10.zip	(6 KB)
11.mp3	(15.2 MB)	11.utf	(13.3 KB)	11.zip	(6.2 KB)
12.mp3	(17.5 MB)	12.utf	(13.2 KB)	12.zip	(5.8 KB)
13.mp3	(14.1 MB)	13.utf	(12.3 KB)	13.zip	(5.6 KB)

Vocabulary text files

Read Level 1 vocabulary

Read Level 1 vocabulary (with English)

Download Level 1 vocabulary

Download Level 1 vocabulary (with English)

JLPT N2

Vocabulary sound files

The word list for these files has been taken from this Level 2 vocabulary list (XLS file).

jlpt2_mp3.zip	(108.1 MB) - All of the MP3 Files below in a single ZIP file.
jlpt2_0001-0200.mp3	(3.8 MB)
jlpt2_0201-0400.mp3	(3.7 MB)
jlpt2_0401-0600.mp3	(3.5 MB)
jlpt2_0601-0800.mp3	(3.5 MB)
jlpt2_0801-1000.mp3	(3.6 MB)
jlpt2_1001-1200.mp3	(3.3 MB)
jlpt2_1201-1400.mp3	(3.7 MB)
jlpt2_1401-1600.mp3	(3.7 MB)
jlpt2_1601-1800.mp3	(3.3 MB)
jlpt2_1801-2000.mp3	(3.7 MB)
jlpt2_2001-2200.mp3	(3.6 MB)
jlpt2_2201-2400.mp3	(3.4 MB)
jlpt2_2400-2599.mp3	(8.3 MB)
jlpt2_2600-2799.mp3	(7.2 MB)
jlpt2_2800-2999.mp3	(5.7 MB)
jlpt2_3000-3199.mp3	(4.9 MB)
jlpt2_3200-3399.mp3	(5.1 MB)
jlpt2_3400-3599.mp3	(5.7 MB)
jlpt2_3600-3799.mp3	(6.3 MB)
jlpt2_3800-3999.mp3	(5.4 MB)
jlpt2_4000-4199.mp3	(5 MB)
jlpt2_4200-4399.mp3	(5 MB)
jlpt2_4400-4599.mp3	(5 MB)
jlpt2_4600-4790.mp3	(5.2 MB)

Vocabulary text files

Read Level 2 vocabulary

Read Level 2 vocabulary (with English)

Download Level 2 vocabulary

Download Level 2 vocabulary (with English)

Download Level 2, 3, 4 and 5 vocabulary list (with English) - XLS Document

JLPT N4

Vocabulary sound files

jlpt4_mp3.zip	(20 MB) - All of the MP3 Files below in a single ZIP file.
jlpt4_0001-0200.mp3	(6.8 MB)
jlpt4_0201-0400.mp3	(7.2 MB)
jlpt4_0401-0602.mp3	(6.9 MB)