Japanese vocabulary lists

[Homerduff]

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if there are members here who might have some usefull vocabulary lists on their pc and who are willing to share them with me ? Or if you have links to any good websites with vocabulary (merely daily used words), I would be glad if you could share them with me.

Thanks in advance !

 

[yukio_michael]

list of japanese sound effects: (good for manga, etc)

Japanese Sound effects and what they mean

vocabulary from a number of books:

KA: Japanese Vocabulary

 

[leonmarino]

Here's a vocabulary list, apparently for the JLPT tests. It's in PDF. My plan is to memorize it this year!!

 

[Homerduff]

Thanks guys, very interesting links.

Though I dont really understand all the abbrevations used on the JLPT vocabulary list. adj and n are clear but things like vs and the verb abbrevations are unclear. Could you help me out on here please ?

 

[JimmySeal]

vs - verb constructed with する
v1 - ichidan verb
v5s - godan verb ending in す
v5r - godan verb ending in る
v5m - godan verb ending in む
etc.

The letters that appear after the 5s are redundant if you ask me. If you look at the word you can see what its ending is.

 

[Ghik]

Here's a full list from EDICT documentation:

adj	adjective (keiyoushi)
adj-na	adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
adj-no	nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
adj-pn	pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)
adj-t	`taru' adjective
adv	adverb (fukushi)
adv-n	adverbial noun
adv-to	adverb taking the `to' particle
aux	auxiliary
aux-v	auxiliary verb
aux-adj	auxiliary adjective
conj	conjunction
exp	Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
id	idiomatic expression
int	interjection (kandoushi)
iv	irregular verb
n	noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
n-adv	adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
n-pref	noun, used as a prefix
n-suf	noun, used as a suffix
n-t	noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
neg	negative (in a negative sentence, or with negative verb)
neg-v	negative verb (when used with)
num	numeric
pref	prefix
prt	particle
suf	suffix
v1	Ichidan verb
v5	Godan verb (not completely classified)
v5aru	Godan verb - -aru special class
v5b	Godan verb with `bu' ending
v5g	Godan verb with `gu' ending
v5k	Godan verb with `ku' ending
v5k-s	Godan verb - iku/yuku special class
v5m	Godan verb with `mu' ending
v5n	Godan verb with `nu' ending
v5r	Godan verb with `ru' ending
v5r-i	Godan verb with `ru' ending (irregular verb)
v5s	Godan verb with `su' ending
v5t	Godan verb with `tsu' ending
v5u	Godan verb with `u' ending
v5u-s	Godan verb with `u' ending (special class)
v5uru	Godan verb - uru old class verb (old form of Eru)
vi	intransitive verb
vk	kuru verb - special class
vs	noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
vs-i	suru verb - irregular
vs-s	suru verb - special class
vt	transitive verb
vz	zuru verb - (alternative form of -jiru verbs)

Buddh	Buddhist term
MA	martial arts term
comp	computer terminology
food	food term
geom	geometry term
gram	grammatical term
ling	linguistics terminology
math	mathematics
mil	military
physics	physics terminology

X	rude or X-rated term
abbr	abbreviation
arch	archaism
ateji	ateji (phonetic) reading
chn	children's language
col	colloquialism
derog	derogatory
ek	exclusively kanji
fam	familiar language
fem	female term or language
gikun	gikun (meaning) reading
hon	honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language
hum	humble (kenjougo) language
id	idiomatic expression
m-sl	manga slang
male	male term or language
male-sl	male slang
ng	neuter gender
obs	obsolete term
obsc	obscure term
pol	polite (teineigo) language
rare	rare
uK	word usually written using kanji alone
uk	word usually written using kana alone
vulg	vulgar expression or word

 

[Arc2004]

A really good program i use is Wakan and it has an inbuilt vocabulary list that you can print and a dictionary japanese-english english-japanese and it has a kanji finder thing that has like tonnes of kanji and it helps so much! you might like the vocabulary listings ：D

 

[undrentide]

WaKan Project Website - About
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