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Carry on topic by topic: each list gives 100 words sorted into three levels. The KoKo app gathers +6,000 Japanese words and brings each one back at the right moment.

Where do these lists come from?

They are the lists of the KoKo app. Each page gives 100 of their words; the full topics, the reviews and the exercises are in the app.

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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.

100 intermediate Japanese words

100 Japanese words worth knowing, picked from the topics Grammar, Everyday life, Fields and translated into English.

Grammar 18 words

Japanese	English
愛する	to love
飲む	to drink
叫ぶ	to shout
乾いた	dry
優しい	gentle
かわいらしい	pretty
早く	early
確かに	admittedly
中に	inside
-も-もない	nor
-するとすぐ	as early asFrom the moment of, without waiting
-の中で	amongWithin a larger group
この	thisDemonstrative determiner, masculine before a vowel
彼ら	themStressed pronoun after a preposition
はい	yesAffirmative answer
しまう	to put away
点灯する	to turn on
拒絶する	to turn down

Everyday life 58 words

Japanese	English
別れの挨拶	farewell
やっほー	hi there
謝罪	apology
一括	batch
山	pile
百	hundred
夜明け	dawn
祭り	celebration
クリスマス	Christmas
虹彩	iris
神経	nerve
腎臓	kidney
せき	coughNoun, the symptom itself
風邪	cold
シロップ	syrup
長子	eldest child
主人	host
喪	mourning
純真	naive
礼儀正しい	polite
退屈	boredom
花瓶	vase
冷蔵庫	fridge
ランプ	lamp
やすり	file
のこぎり	saw
バケツ	bucket
麻	linen
ひだ	pleat
手袋	glove
ブラックベリー	blackberry
ローストした塊肉	roast joint
炭酸飲料	soft drink
苦い	bitter
味が薄い	bland
保存瓶	jar
消費税	value added tax
小包	parcel
預け金	deposit
ベンチ	benchPublic seat
定期市	fair
大修道院	abbey
タイヤ	tyre
フェリー	ferry
ブレーキ	brake
スパ	spa
査証	visa
泊まる	to stay overnight
霜	frost
砂丘	dune
もや	mist
ガチョウ	goose
オオヤマネコ	lynx
樹液	sap
ろう	wax
立方体	cube
不具合	bug
メニュー	menu

Fields 24 words

Japanese	English
口述試験	oral test
合格者	passed
中小企業	small business
休職	leave
石工	bricklayer
バーテンダー	bartender
セット	set
ボクシング	boxing
さいころ	dice
舞踏会	dance ball
ジャズ	jazz
楽屋	dressing room
DNA	DNA
イオン	ion
分別	sorting
量り売り	loose goods
監査	audit
バブル	bubble
査証	visa
軽犯罪	offence
ストライキ	strike
人質	hostage
話題沸騰	buzz
媒体	media

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Frequently asked questions

What comes after these 100 words?: Carry on topic by topic: each list gives 100 words sorted into three levels. The KoKo app gathers +6,000 Japanese words and brings each one back at the right moment.
Where do these lists come from?: They are the lists of the KoKo app. Each page gives 100 of their words; the full topics, the reviews and the exercises are in the app.
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.

How KoKo makes words stick

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