N5 Vocabulary: Places & transport — 52 words with readings
The Places & transport topic has 52 common N5 words. Each entry shows the reading, romaji and English meaning.
| Word | Reading | Romaji | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 入口 | いりぐち | iriguchi | entrance |
| 上 | うえ | ue | above (up, top, etc.), over, on top of |
| 後ろ | うしろ | ushiro | back, behind, rear |
| 映画館 | えいがかん | eigakan | movie theater, cinema |
| 駅 | えき | eki | station |
| 外国 | がいこく | gaikoku | foreign country; abroad |
| 北 | きた | kita | north |
| 喫茶店 | きっさてん | kissaten | café |
| 銀行 | ぎんこう | ginkou | bank |
| 国 | くに | kuni | country; place of origin |
| 公園 | こうえん | kōen | a park |
| 交差点 | こうさてん | kōsaten | intersection |
| 交番 | こうばん | kōban | police box |
| 食堂 | しょくどう | shokudō | cafeteria, dining hall |
| 外 | そと | soto | outside, exterior |
| そば | そば | soba | near, close, beside; Japanese traditional buckwheat noodle |
| 大使館 | たいしかん | taishikan | embassy |
| タクシー | タクシー | takushii | taxi |
| 建物 | たてもの | tatemono | building |
| 近く | ちかく | chikaku | nearby; in the neighborhood |
| 地下鉄 | ちかてつ | chikatetsu | underground train, subway |
| 出口 | でぐち | deguchi | an exit |
| デパート | デパート | depaato | (abbr.) department store |
| 電車 | でんしゃ | densha | electric train |
| 所 | ところ | tokoro | place |
| 図書館 | としょかん | toshokan | library |
| 隣 | となり | tonari | next to, next door to |
| 中 | なか | naka | inside, middle, among |
| 西 | にし | nishi | west |
| 橋 | はし | hashi | bridge |
| バス | ばす | basu | bus; bath; bass |
| 東 | ひがし | higashi | east |
| 飛行機 | ひこうき | hikouki | airplane |
| 左 | ひだり | hidari | left hand side |
| 病院 | びょういん | byouin | hospital |
| プール | ぷーる | puuru | swimming pool |
| 辺 | へん | hen | area, vicinity |
| ポスト | ぽすと | posuto | mailbox; post, position |
| ホテル | ほてる | hoteru | hotel |
| 町 | まち | machi | town; city |
| 右 | みぎ | migi | right hand side |
| 店 | みせ | mise | store, shop |
| 道 | みち | michi | road, street; way, directions |
| 南 | みなみ | minami | South |
| 向こう | むこう | mukō | beyond, over there |
| 村 | むら | mura | village |
| ～屋 | や | ya | ~ shop |
| 八百屋 | やおや | yaoya | greengrocer |
| 郵便局 | ゆうびんきょく | yūbinkyoku | post office |
| 横 | よこ | yoko | beside; side; width |
| 旅行 | りょこう | ryokō | travel, trip |
| レストラン | れすとらん | resutoran | restaurant |
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