JLPT N5 Colors & Shapes vocabulary
30 words from JLPT N5 that relate to Colors & Shapes, ordered by real-world frequency. Words that have an example sentence show it alongside.
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 色何色なの？ | colorWhat colour is it? |
| 高い波が高い。 | tall, high; expensiveThe waves are high. |
| 大きな大きな犬ね。 | bigIt's a big dog. |
| 黒白先黒死。 | blackWhite to play and win. |
| 長い人生は長い。 | long, lengthyLife is good. |
| 小さな小さな部屋ね。 | small, littleIt's a small room. |
| 緑緑です。 | greenIt's green. |
| 大きい大きいね。 | big, largeIt's big. |
| たて彼は腹をたてた。 | length, heightHe became irritated. |
| 小さい小さい！ | small, littleSo small! |
| 茶色茶色の動物は？ | brownWhat animal is brown? |
| 低いトムは声が低い。 | short, lowTom has a low-pitched voice. |
| 白い白いですか。 | whiteIs it white? |
| 赤い顔赤いよ。 | redYour face is red. |
| 短い人生は短い。 | short (length)Life is short. |
| 重い頭が重い。 | heavy; seriousI feel heavy in the head. |
| 黒い猫は黒いんだ。 | black; darkThe cat is black. |
| 軽い軽い風邪です。 | light, non-serious, minorIt's only a slight cold. |
| 広い広いな！ | spacious; wide; broadGod, this place is huge! |
| 青い空は青い。 | blueThe sky is blue. |
| 薄いあの人は影が薄い。 | thin, weakHe is always in the background. |
| 狭い狭い部屋だね。 | narrow; not spaciousIt's a small room. |
| 明るい月は明るい。 | bright (in reference to personality or weather); cheerfulThe moon is bright. |
| 暗い外は暗い。 | dark, gloomyIt is dark outside. |
| 細い細く長く愛して。 | thin, slender, fineLove me lithe, love me long. |
| 黄色い花は黄色い。 | yellowFlowers are yellow. |
| 太いトムは首が太いんだ。 | fat, thickTom has a thick neck. |
| 厚い彼は情に厚い人だ。 | kind, warm(hearted), thick, deepHe is a man of warm heart. |
| 丸い地球は丸い。 | round, circularThe earth is round. |
| 明い僕は明くる朝パリへ立つことになっていた。 | bright (in reference to personality or weather); cheerfulI was leaving for Paris the next morning. |
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