How many words are in this list?

This page gives 100 Japanese words on “Adjectives”. The full topic holds 232 in the KoKo app: 92 at the easy level, 82 at the medium level and 58 at the hard level.

Which words should I start with?

With level 1: these are the easiest words of the topic. Move on to level 2 once they come to you without thinking, then to level 3.

How can I remember this Japanese vocabulary?

By seeing each word again at longer and longer intervals, just before you forget it: that is spaced repetition. The KoKo app does it for you and tells you each day which words to review.

Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?

Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.

Japanese vocabulary: adjectives

Big, small, easy, expensive, tired: the Japanese adjectives you need to describe a person, an object or a situation.

Here are 100 Japanese words on “Adjectives”, translated into English and sorted from easiest to hardest.

Level 1: easy 40 words

Japanese	English
より良い	better
大きい	big
空白	blankSpace or form not filled in
穏やか	calm
古典的	classic
清潔	clean
現在の	current
危険	dangerous
死んだ	dead
難しい	difficult
簡単	easyDone without effort
高価	expensive
公正	fair
偽り	false
速い	fast
太い	fatHeavily built person or animal
いっぱい	full
うれしい	glad
硬い	hard
高い	high
信じ難い	incredible
興味深い	interesting
長い	long
低い	low
主要	main
自然	natural
新しい	newRecently appeared or acquired
多数の	numerous
特殊	particular
実用的	practical
生	raw
まじめ	serious
病気	sick
単純	simple
小さい	small
奇妙	strange
強い	strong
本当	true
唯一の	unique
次に来る	upcomingComing right after in time

Level 2: medium 35 words

Japanese	English
許可された	allowed
利用できる	available
のんき	carefree
中央の	central
心地よい	comfortable
完全	complete
義務的	compulsory
曲がった	curved
乾いた	dry
永遠	eternal
例外的	exceptional
満たされた	filled
楽しい	fun
広大	huge
同一	identical
ありそう	likely
地元の	local
ゆるい	looseNot tight, slack
隣の	neighbouring
平凡	ordinary
部分的	partial
永久的	permanent
かわいらしい	pretty
前の	previous
最近の	recent
信頼できる	reliable
静か	silent
似ている	similar
ほっそりした	slim
適した	suitable
見事	superb
疲れた	tired
伝統的	traditional
不公平	unfair
広々とした	vast

Level 3: hard 25 words

Japanese	English
おおよその	approximate
眠っている	asleep
魅惑的	attractive
火が通った	cooked
傷んだ	damaged
遠い	distant
ひどい	dreadful
ほこりっぽい	dusty
過度	excessive
頻繁	frequent
才能がある	gifted
醜悪	hideous
運が良い	lucky
複数の	multiple
うるさい	noisy
休息した	rested
満足のいく	satisfactory
柔らかい	soft
醜い	ugly
利用できない	unavailable
不確か	uncertain
居心地が悪い	uncomfortable
ありそうにない	unlikely
運が悪い	unlucky
使い古した	worn out

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Frequently asked questions

How many words are in this list?: This page gives 100 Japanese words on “Adjectives”. The full topic holds 232 in the KoKo app: 92 at the easy level, 82 at the medium level and 58 at the hard level.
Which words should I start with?: With level 1: these are the easiest words of the topic. Move on to level 2 once they come to you without thinking, then to level 3.
How can I remember this Japanese vocabulary?: By seeing each word again at longer and longer intervals, just before you forget it: that is spaced repetition. The KoKo app does it for you and tells you each day which words to review.
Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?: Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.