N5 Adverbs List - Let’s Pass the JLPT!

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2023/05/01

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Adverbs in Japanese are 副詞 (fukushi). Adverbs are groups of words used to modify nouns, pronouns, verbs and adjectives in order to clarify. Here, we compiled a list of 40 adverbs required to know at the JLPT N5 level.

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What is an adverb?
Examples of Adverbs in JLPT N5 Level
1. N5 Adverbs List
Sample N5 Quiz

What is an adverb?

An adverb is a word that is used to complement or modify a noun, pronoun, verb or adverb itself to expand on a concept or as a modifier. When learning about adverbs, it is important to be able to break the sentence down into its individual words.

For example, “たくさん食べる (takusan taberu) - to eat a lot” is formed with “たくさん (takusan) - adverb meaning a lot” + “食べる (taberu) - ru-verb meaning to eat”. Or “とてもやすい (totemo yasui) - very cheap” is made up of “とても (totemo) - adverb meaning very” + “やすい (yasui) - i-adjective meaning cheap”

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どう dou		how; in what way?
どうして doushite		why; for what reason?
なぜ naze	何故	why?
いかが ikaga		how about
いくら ikura		how much?
いくつ ikutsu		how many? ; how old are you?
たいへん taihen	大変	very; greatly; difficulty; gravely
とても totemo		very
たくさん takusan		a lot; enough
あまり amari		not very; not much
ちょっと chotto		a little
すこし sukoshi	少し	a little; a moment
ちょうど choudo	丁度	precisely; just right
もっと motto		more
まっすぐ massugu	真っ直ぐ	straight ahead
ほんとうに hontouni	本当に	really; truly
どうぞ douzo		please; by all means; here you go
どうも doumo		thank you
ひとり hitori	一人	alone; 1 person
いちばん ichiban	一番	no.1; first place; best
いちど ichido	一度	once; one time; temporarily
いっしょに issho ni	一緒に	together
さきに sakini	先に	first of all; before (something else)
すぐに suguni	直ぐに	immediately; at once
まえに mae ni	前に	before; ahead
はじめて hajimete	初めて	first time
また mata		again
まだ mada		yet to; more; besides this
まだ～ていません mada ~te imasen		yet to ~ (verb) (polite form)
だけ dake		only
おなじ onaji	同じ	the same
だんだん dandan		gradually
いろいろ iroiro	色々	various
いつも itsumo		always
ときどき tokidoki	時々	sometimes
けっこう kekkou	結構	rather; fairly; quite
もう mou		already; again; soon
たぶん tabun	多分	maybe
よく yoku		often; nicely; well
ゆっくり yukkuri		slowly