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Stage 6
Vocabulary List
2000
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Contents
Page
Expressions
Place names
Numerals
Days/Months
Counters
Suffixes/prefixes
Prescribed kanji
( ) love (to love)
ice cream
to meet
blue
red
baby
bright, light
autumn
[vi] to open
[vt] to open
morning
* breakfast
* leg, foot
flavour, taste
tomorrow
to leave, to deposit,
over there
warm
4
head
new
hot
[vi] to gather
you
apartment, flat
dangerous
aborigine
sweet
not very
rain
to wash
* to walk
( ) *( ) safety (safe)
5
good
to say
house
less than
to go
how much?
opinion
bullying, torment
to bully, to torment
( ) ( ) doctor
more than
chair
busy
to hurry
painful, sore
to receive [humble]
strawberry
when?
sometime, someday
anytime
together, with
full, a lot
generally
6
always
cousin
countryside
dog
now
meaning
( ) unpleasant
entrance
to need
* colour
( ) various
impression
international
internet
wool
violin
waiter
waitress
7
to plant
wombat
reception (desk)
[vi] * to move
rabbit
cow, cattle
behind
song
to sing
beautiful
arm
horse
skilful, tasty
to be born
to be envious
* counter, shop
to sell
noisy, annoying
to be happy
jacket
driver
* sports carnival
8
* * playground, sportsground
picture, painting
movie, film
movie theatre
* English [language]
influence
* * English-Japanese dictionary
( ) nutrition (nutritious)
station
escalator
postcard
lift, elevator
engineer
pencil
9
nephew
delicious, tasty
many, numerous
big, large
size, dimensions
many [people]
motorbike
owner
sweets, lollies
money
to put, to place
present, gift
to be late
to send
pocket money
to happen
to get angry
* to teach, to tell
uncle [own]
10
uncle [someone else’s], middle-aged man
( ) talkative, chatty
to push, to shove
late, slow
your house
[vi] to fall
* Japanese tea
to say [honorific]
change [money]
* toilet
sound, noise
male, man
boy
man
adult
dance
to dance
to be surprised, to be amazed
same
11
older brother [someone else’s]
rice ball
to ask a favour)
aunt [own]
opal
souvenir
heavy
memories, recollections
to think
weight
parent(s)
snack
to swim
orange
to fold, to break
end
to end
music
hot spring
female, woman
12
girl
woman
•
( ) card (to send a card)
girlfriend
seashore, coast
accountant
foreign language
( ) ( ) foreigner
* company, office
stairs
tour guide
guidebook
shopping
conversation
to buy
to keep [pets]
counsellor
counter
to go home
face
* science
* chemistry
13
to take [time], to cost [money]
to write
to draw, to paint
student
umbrella
to decorate
volcano
* fire
singer
to lend
gas
number
wind
( ) cassette (tape)
to count
family [own]
petrol
petrol station
shoulder
person [honorific]
katakana [script]
to tidy up
to win
to be disappointed
school term
musical instrument
14
attractive, good-looking
style, appearance
school
* * activity
* home economics
corner
wife [own]
sad
without fail
( ) ( ) rich
she
bag, briefcase
wall
paper
( ) * ( *) god, God
( ) hair
camera
itchy
* to commute
Tuesday
glass
15
body
* karate
to borrow
light [weight]
he
garage
calendar
river
side
[vi] to change
kangaroo
environment
relationship, connection
tourism
tourist
nurse
* kanji [script]
feeling [impression]
to feel
( ) simple, easy
•
tree, wood
yellow
opportunity, chance
16
machine
( ) danger (dangerous)
climate
season
rule, regulation
north
postage stamp
ticket
commemoration, memory
yesterday
strict, severe
mood, feeling
hope, desire
[vi] to be decided
you [informal]
feeling
kimono
[shop]
17
suddenly
express [train]
beef
milk
salary
today
* church
* * textbook
* * classroom
last year
( ) hate
step~, ~-in-law
to cut
to wear
( ) beautiful, clean
smoking prohibited
neighbourhood
blond
Friday
•
air-conditioner, cooler
* air
18
* airport
smelly
whale
fruit
mouth
shoe(s)
sock(s)
country, nation
neck
class, group
cloud
cloudy
dark
sportsground, oval
classic
class
club
to compare
to repeat
cricket [game]
Christmas
to come
group
car
black
19
•
( ) plan, schedule (to plan)
honorific language
economy, economics
police
mobile phone
cake
drama, play
* theatre [drama]
this morning
scenery, view
rubber, eraser
result, outcome
good [honorific]
wedding ceremony
Monday
but, however
health (healthy)
right(s)
•
20
* * park
pollution
suburb
( ) ( ) exchange (student)
crossroad, intersection
* work, construction
* public phone
* factory
course
coach
* tea
school principal
* traffic
* traffic accident
school playground
coat
assembly hall
police box
coffee
* * public servant
cola
( ) * ( ) public (school)
Golden Week
English in Australia]
international
domestic
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blackboard
here
afternoon [pm]
heart, spirit
morning [am]
answer, reply
to answer, to reply
chef/cook
parcel
glass [cup]
this year
word, languages
child, children
this
these days
to be troubled, to be in trouble
rubbish
rubbish bin
to be crowded
rubber
comedy
22
this
scared, afraid
[vt] to break
[vi] to be broken
this month
concert
this week
tonight
( ) convenience store
computer
tonight
•
service
recently
purse, wallet
materials, ingredients
fish
[vi] to go down
to bloom [flowers]
composition
23
( ) sashimi [sliced raw fish]
to invite
soccer
magazine
( ) sugar
* * tea ceremony
desert
cold [weather]
samurai warriors
( ) plate
salad
monkey
to touch
industry
sandal(s)
sandwich
regrettable, disappointing
•
poem, poetry
24
letter, character
( ) happiness (happy)
jeans
chef/cook
( ) salt
qualification
square, rectangular
but, however
to be scolded
time, hour
timetable [school]
ceremony
accident
dictionary
earthquake
( ) quiet
nature
underwear
intimate, close
25
( ) question (to ask a question)
dictionary
bicycle
* vending machine
to die
island
sister school
* * sister city
( ) conservative
shirt
to talk, to chat
( ) ( ) freedom (free)
custom, habit
* religion
address
juice
judo
weekend
homework
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( ) ( ) husband [someone else’s]
prime minister
capital [city]
housewife
hobby, interest
kind, type
order, turn
( ) ( ) New Year
primary school
scholarship
( ) * ( ) honest
common sense
( ) ( ) good at
novel
information
( ) soy sauce
future
* Showa era/period
occupation
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plant
* Japanese calligraphy
to inform, to notify
to investigate, to check up
private school
to know
( ) castle
white
population
to believe
( ) kind
* * Shinto [religion]
newspaper
journalist
close friend
•
( ) swimming (to swim)
watermelon
switch
to be uncrowded, to be empty
Wednesday
mathematics
( ) supermarket
soup
28
( ) skirt (to wear a skirt)
( ) ( ) like, favourite
at once, immediately
few
a little, a few
( ) sushi
cool [weather]
sour
steak
stereo
sand
wonderful, splendid
spaghetti
speed
spoon
sport
trousers
to live
29
sumo wrestling
slippers
to sit down
•
( ( ) height (to be tall / short)
character, personality
century
politics
politician
( ) luxurious, extravagant
pupil
system
government
uniform
* the West
sweater, jumper
world
seat
responsibility
( ) absolutely, definitely
back [body]
by all means
narrow, small
30
zero
last month
player, athlete
last week
teacher
war
centre
•
( ) cleaning (to clean)
sausages
straw thongs
there
graduation ceremony
outside
that
beside, nearby
grandfather [own]
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grandmother [own]
* sky
that
or
•
physical education
gymnasium
athletics carnival
( ) ( ) university (student)
( ) ( ) hate, detest
carpenter
embassy
( ) ( ) love
( ) ( ) important, precious
usually
kitchen
typhoon
towel
height
therefore
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to hold in one’s arms, to hug
a lot, many
taxi
* taxi stand
to help, to save
tatami mat
to stand
vertical
building
for example
enjoyable
to enjoy
to look foward to
* trip, journey
perhaps, maybe
multiculturalism
food
to eat
egg
occasionally
to accumulate, to save
to be enough, to suffice
who?
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someone, somebody
anyone, everyone
word, vocabulary
( ) ( ) birthday
gradually
small, little
cheese
team
* underground, basement
near
to differ, to be wrong
nearby, closely
* shortcut
the earth
chicken [cooked]
map
father [own]
* * brown
( ) teacup, bowl
34
junior high school
China
* car park
chalk
exactly, just
chocolate
* * geography
tour
( ) about ~, regarding ~
to use
to be tired
month, moon
to arrive
desk
to make
Japanese pickles
( convenience (convenient/inconvenient)
[vt] to continue
[vi] to continue
boring
that is to say
nail, claw
35
intention
crane
to work, be employed
strong
•
hand
T-shirt
set meal
disk
disco
( polite
table
tape
tape recorder
letter
to go out
text
as much as possible
technology
exit
dessert
therefore
test
36
( ) tennis (to play tennis)
department store
but
television
telephone card
* shop assistant
weather
electricity
( ) typical
train [electric]
( ) tradition (traditional)
emperor
•
door
toilet
why?
* animal
* * zoo
how?
37
road, street
toast
* street, road
* to pass, to go along
time, when
* sometimes
( ) good at
reading
especially, in particular
( ) special
watch, clock
where?
somewhere
anywhere
place
by the way
year, age
( ) ( ) old person
library
very
who? [honorific]
to fly, to jump
38
[vi] * to stop
Saturday
drama
chicken meat
dollar
fast, rapidly
tomato
knife
inside
long
length
to cry
[vt] to lose
why?
summer
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etc, and so on
what?
something
name
to learn
to become
to get used to
what?
anything, everything
to suit
smell
bitter
( ) unskilful, bad at
( ) lively, bustling
meat
to smile
west
Sunday
diary
Japan
Japanese food
luggage
to resemble, to be similar
news
according to~
garden
40
doll
a tie
cat
price
fever
to oversleep
sleepy
agriculture
[vt] to leave
later
throat
to climb
drink
to drink
a kind of seaweed
to change [transport]
• •
tooth, teeth
41
* circumstances, case
party
barbeque
hike, hiking
violin
dentist
to enter
postcard
( ) idiot (stupid)
nothing but
museum
box
scissors
bridge
( ) chopsticks
at first, firstly
[vt] to begin
to run
* place, location
bus
bus stop
passport
42
butter
* to work
nose
flower
( ) ( ) flower viewing
story
to talk, to speak
banana
fireworks
mother [own]
pub
quick, fast
early
woods
to pay
spring
clear [weather]
evening, night
bread
handkerchief
number
handsome, good-looking
43
half month
half year
handbag
hamburger
half
• •
( earrings [pierced] (to wear pierced earrings, to
heater
beach
beer
east
low
picnic
aeroplane
lap, knee(s)
pizza
visa
art gallery
secretary
biscuit
left
video
to be surprised
to move [house]
sheep
( ) necessity (necessary)
44
person
* people
alone, by oneself
plastic, vinyl
free
sunscreen
hospital
sickness
hiragana [script]
building
( ) ( ) * lunch
daytime
to pick up
bottle
pink
• •
( ) fax (to send a fax)
computer games
family restaurant
to increase
fork
pool
deep
clothes
( ) complicated
45
( ) revision (to revise)
bag
pig
pork
( ) general(ly), usual(ly)
* Buddhism [religion]
* physics
calligraphy brush
to put on weight
ship
( ) inconvenient
winter
blouse
platform
old [objects]
professional
( ) Japanese bath
culture
literature
grammar
stationery
46
• •
Heisei period/era
* peace
page
vegemite
pet
bed
* room
[vt] to reduce
belt
( ) strange, weird
penfriend
lawyer
bench
( ) boxed lunch
• •
direction, way
boyfriend
foreign trade
after school
boat, rowing
platform
47
homestay
homeroom
law
hall
ball
I, me [used by boys]
sick room
PD/H/PE
poster
mail box
thin
hotdog
pop [music]
hotel
almost, mostly
bone
volunteer
book
bookshelf
48
to become lost, to be lost
to turn
to be defeated, to lose
grandchild
serious, conscientious
first of all
again
town
mistake
to make a mistake
* to wait
( ) festival
straight
window
to learn
to be on time
manager
mayonnaise
marathon
round
surrounding area
comic, cartoon
home unit
centre, middle
49
meat pie
mandarin
right
short (length)
water
swimming costume
lake
shop
to show
miso
miso soup
[vt] to find
green
everyone
south
ear
milk
everyone, all
to go to pick up a person
humid
difficult
50
son
daughter
( ) waste (wasteful)
village
purple
eye
niece
business card
to stand out
menu
duty-free store
member
already, now
soon
Thursday
if
( ) rice cakes
to have, to hold
to take
to take home
to bring
more
51
thing [concrete]
ruler
monorail
to receive
forest, wood
gate, gateway
to complain
about, approximately
to be useful, to be helpful
vegetable
cheap
to rest, to be absent
to lose weight
at last
mountain
soft, tender
* amusement park
52
* early evening
youth hostel
post office
last night
( ) ( ) famous
snow
uniform
finger
good
* [Western] clothes
well/often
budget
to call, to invite
to read
( ) appointment, reservation
yacht
53
night
to be pleased
weak
( ) ( ) comfort (comfortable)
radio
Chinese noodle
reason
overseas student
fashion, craze
dormitory
parents [own]
both
apple
not at home
example
refrigerator
history
restaurant
54
report, essay
lemon
lemonade
corridor, passage
locker
rock [music]
( ) romantic
word processor
business shirt
wine
* * Japanese-English dictionary
young
to understand
to divide, to distribute
lost property
I, me
to cross
to laugh, to smile
bad
55
Expressions
Oh! Ah!
Oh! [female]
You mustn’t
eating/drinking]
no [informal]
yes [informal]
Welcome home!
asking a favour]
Good morning
( ) Congratulations!
Good night
Certainly sir/madam.
( ) ( ) Take care
•
( ) No, thank you
•
( ) Thank you for the meal [said after a meal]
Sorry
Good evening
Goodbye
57
( ) Excuse me, I’m sorry
Excuse me [incomplete]
Goodbye [complete]
Is that so?
That’s right
•
( ) Are you all right?
[polite - imcomplete/complete]
58
Is that so?
Look! There!
Welcome
Oh! Wow!
59
Place names ( )
Asia
Africa
Arab
South America
Europe
America
England
Italy
Iraq
Iran
India
Indonesia
Holland
Canada
Korea
Cambodia
Greece
Singapore
Switzerland
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Thailand
Germany
China
New Zealand
France
Brazil
Philippines
Vietnam
Portugal
Hong Kong
South Africa
Mexico
Russia
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Australia
NSW
Queensland
Victoria
South Australia
Western Australia
Tasmania
Melbourne
Adelaide
Perth
Canberra
Darwin
Brisbane
Cairns
Hobart
Sydney
Japan
Hokkaido
Honshu
Shikoku
Okinawa
Kyushu
Sapporo
Sendai
Tokyo
Narita
Ueno
Ginza
Shinjuku
Shibuya
Yokohama
Nagoya
Kyoto
Nara
Osaka
Kobe
Hiroshima
Fukuoka
Nagasaki
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Numerals
20
99
100
1,000
10,000
1,000,000
10,000,000
100,000,000
10
11
12
Auxiliary numerals
things things people
10
62
Days of the week Days of the month (
Monday 2nd
Tuesday 3rd
Wednesday 4th
Thursday 5th
Friday 6th
Saturday 7th
8th
Months ( 9th
January 10th
February 11th
March 12th
April 14th
May 20th
June 24th
July
August
September
October
November
December
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Counters
yen
lesson/chapter
days of month [dates]
days
floor
no. of times
school terms
months [period of time]
months [names of months]
length of time
kilo / kilograms
kilo / kilometres
small/round objects
ages
books
~ o’clock
hours [period of time]
school lessons / period
weeks
century
centimetres
cents
general things
marks
degrees
times
dollars
people
years
year level
numbers
ordinal numbers
nights
small animals, fish
minutes
long, thin objects
flat objects
ordinal numbers
metres
64
Suffixes
less than
bound for
more than
* employee
side
* ward
about [length of time]
[after boy’s name]
* prefecture
language
about [a time]
( [after names]
* city
nationality
past
each
made in ~
[after teachers/doctors]
* plural for people
[after child’s name]
during
with / included
half
club
* shop
Prefixes
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PRESCRIBED KANJI
Adjectives
Body/Health
Culture (nil)
Family/
Friends
Nature
Numbers/ (nil)
Counters
Occupations (nil)
Places
Positions (nil)
School
Time
Transport/
Travel
Verbs
Miscellaneous
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