Japanese Vocabulary

A List of Common Words in Japanese

This page contains a list of over 300 of the most commonly used words in English and Japanese vocabulary.

The table includes the following: Japanese adjectives, verbs, animals, body parts, objects, food, people, and survival words that you might want to learn. Most of the vocabulary is used for the everyday life conversations, so these words might come handy if you memorize them.

If you don't know how to say a word then check our Japanese alphabet and Japanese pronunciation pages to get some help. You can also check our Japanese phrases page for some sentences that may be useful when visiting Japan or communicating with a Japanese person.

I hope the content of this page was useful to you, and that you learned some Japanese vocabulary, expressions and words. Try to memorize them to be able to use them in your daily conversation. Make sure to check our Learn Japanese page, which contains several lessons that might help you in your efforts to learn the Japanese language, or click on a link in the list below.