English-Japanese Vocabulary Quizzes

Quizzes to Help You Learn and Review Vocabulary
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Romanized Japanese to English (No Japanese Font Requred)

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Quiz Data Contributed by Charles Kelly.
- Animals (37)
- Baseball (52)
- Buildings (19)
- Colors (8)
- Commonly-Used Words (1,554)
- Family Members 🟩 (20)
- Law (118)
- Time Phrases (144)

English to Japanese (Japanese Font Required)

Quiz Data Contributed by Charles Kelly.
- Japanese - English
  - 4480 English Words You Should Know (85 Kb)
    - Below, you can find these same words divided into 344 smaller quizzes each with 12 words.
    - Or use Charles Kelly's Daily English-Japanese Quizzes
  - Countries (49)
  - Transportation / Travel (32)
- Japanese - (Reading Hints) - English
  - Animals (37)
  - Baseball (51)
  - Buildings (51)
  - Clothes (12)
  - Commonly-Heard Words (1,544)
    - Flash Version: Commonly-Heard Words (with Flashcards & Matching)
  - Drinks (21)
  - Jobs & Occupations (18)
  - Katakana Reading Practice (709)
  - Law (118)
  - Plants (23)
  - Sports (186)
  - Stores (19)
  - School Subjects (44)
  - Words Related to Studying English (19)
- Charles Kelly has many other (free) Japanese-English quizzes at English-Japanese Vocabulary Activities and also www.manythings.org/japanese.
Quiz Data Contributed by Kelly Quinn.
- Japanese - English
  - 1870 General Service English Words with Japanese Translations
- Japanese - (Reading Hints) - English
Quiz Data Contributed by Takeshi Oi.
- Japanese - English
  - Some Words (849)
  - Adjectives with Comparative and Superlative Forms (141)
  - English Ajectives (369)
  - Biology (127)
  - Medical Terms (163)
  - Phrases (911)
  - Chemistry Vocabulary
    - Chemistry - Level 1 (145)
    - Chemistry - Level 2 (365)
  - Medical Vocabulary for Specialists (Very, Very Difficult)
    - Ophthalmology - Quiz 1
    - Ophthalmology - Quiz 2
- Japanese - (Reading Hints) - English
  - Animals (140)
  - Human Body (47)
  - Family (23)
  - Foods & Cooking (60)
  - Jobs & Occupations (26)
  - Living (53)
  - Nature (49)
  - Plants (49)
  - Forms & Shapes (10)
  - Stores & Shops (12)
  - Traffic (18)
Quiz Data Contributed by Satoru Shinagawa（日本語の先生）.
These quizzes do not use kanji, but only use hiragana or katakana.
- For the Nakama Textbook
  These quizzes do not use kanji, but only use hiragana or katakana.
  - Nakama Lesson 2 Vocabulary 🟩 (75)
  - Nakama Lesson 3 Vocabulary 🟩 (86)
  - Nakama Lesson 4 Vocabulary 🟩 (57)
  - Nakama Lesson 5 Vocabulary 🟩 (69)
  - Nakama Lesson 6 Vocabulary 🟩 (62)
- Japanese Lessons
  - Vol. 1
    - Japanese Lesson 1 🟩 (28)
    - Japanese Lesson 2 🟩 (77)
    - Japanese Lesson 3 🟩 (76)
    - Japanese Lesson 4 🟩 (58)
    - Japanese Lesson 5 🟩 (75)
    - Japanese Lesson 6 🟩 (67)
    - Japanese Lesson 7 🟩 (58)
    - Japanese Lesson 8 🟩 (56)
    - Japanese Lesson 9 🟩 (53)
    - Japanese Lesson 10 🟩 (90)
    - Japanese Lesson 11 🟩 (62)
    - Japanese Lesson 12 🟩 (59)
    - Japanese Lessons 1 Though 12 All Words in Vol. 1 🟩 (749)
  - Vol. 2
    - Japanese Lesson 1 🟩 (43)
    - Japanese Lesson 2 🟩 (71)
    - Japanese Lesson 3 🟩 (68)
    - Japanese Lesson 4 🟩 (62)
    - Japanese Lesson 5 🟩 (64)
    - Japanese Lesson 6 🟩 (54)
    - Japanese Lesson 7 🟩 (60)
    - Japanese Lesson 8 🟩 (58)
    - Japanese Lesson 9 🟩 (75)
    - Japanese Lesson 10 🟩 (57)
    - Review - All Words in Vol. 2 🟩 (612)
  - Review - All Words in Vol.1 & Vol. 2 🟩 (1,357)
Quiz Data Contributed by Yoshimichi Iwata.
- Japanese Language Proficiency Test - Level 4 (The Easiest)
  - Level 4 Verbs 🟩 (84)
  - Level 4 Adjectives 🟩 (60)
  - Level 4 Nouns 🟩 (224)
  - Level 4 Other Words 🟩 (90)
- Japanese Language Proficiency Test - Level 3
  - Level 3 Verbs 🟩 (133)
  - Level 3 Adjectives 🟩 (32)
  - Level 3 Nouns 🟩 (176)
  - Level 3 Other Words 🟩 (58)
- Japanese Language Proficiency Test - Level 2
  - Level 2 Verbs 🟩 (406)
  - Level 2 Adjectives 🟩 (61)
  - Level 2 Nouns
    - Level 2 Nouns #1 🟩 (100)
    - Level 2 Nouns #2 🟩 (100)
    - Level 2 Nouns #3 🟩 (100)
    - Level 2 Nouns #4 🟩 (100)
    - Level 2 Nouns #5 🟩 (100)
    - Level 2 Nouns #6 🟩 (100)
    - Level 2 Nouns #7 🟩 (100)
    - Level 2 Nouns #8 🟩 (100)
    - Level 2 Nouns #9 🟩 (100)
    - Level 2 Nouns #10 🟩 (100)
    - Level 2 Nouns #11 🟩 (100)
    - Level 2 Nouns #12 🟩 (100)
    - Level 2 Nouns #13 🟩 (100)
    - Level 2 Nouns #14 🟩 (100)
    - Level 2 Nouns #15 🟩 (100)
    - Level 2 Nouns #16 🟩 (100)
    - Level 2 Nouns #17 🟩 (100)
    - Level 2 Nouns #18 🟩 (100)
    - Level 2 Nouns #19 🟩 (100)
    - Level 2 Nouns #20 🟩 (120)
  - Level 2 Other Words
- Japanese Language Proficiency Test - Level 1
  - Level 1 Verbs
  - Level 1 Adjectives
  - Level 1 Nouns
  - Level 1 Other Words
Quiz Data Contributed by ALC.
- Idiomatic English Expressions (366)
Quiz Data Contributed by Jim Breen.
- Commonly-Used Japanese Words (From 20,000 Most Commonly-used Words)
  - Adjectives (Keiyoushi) (276)
  - Adverbs (Fukushi) (313)
  - Adverbial Nouns (Fukushitekimeishi) (317)
  - Temporal Nouns (Jisoumeishi) (241)
  - Adj-No (188)
    Nouns which may take the genitive case particle "no"

New: April 21, 2006

Charles Kelly's "4,480 Words You Should Know" has been divided up into shorter quizzes, each with 12 words.

Older Quizzes

The quizzes below are based on an older version of EDICT.

Quiz Data is from Jim Breen's EDICT_SUB 04SEP1998.
(This is his smaller dictionary file with 10,703 Selections from EDICT)
These words were not selected by a teacher as being words useful to learn. These are all the words contained in the dictionary. Perhaps these quizzes are only useful for very advanced students.
Romanized Japanese - English
- Verbs from the Romaji Version of EDICT (3,614)
- Words Ending in -ii from the Romaji Version of EDICT (278)
Japanese - (Reading Hints) - English
- Verbs
- Nouns That Can Take SURU to Become Verbs
- Adjectival Nouns
- Other Sets of Words from the Dictionary
  - Words That End with "i" (Mostly Adjectives)
  - One Word Definitions

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