Japanese Frequency Dictionary 2 - Intermediate Vocabulary

Intermediate Japanese Vocabulary List: 2501-5000 Most Common Japanese Words

This book is a follow-up of the Japanese Frequency Dictionary - Essential Vocabulary. 

This book expands on the Japanese word list of the first book in the Japanese learning series. You will improve your vocabulary from about CEFR A2+ up to CEFR B2+ level. This frequency dictionary is intended for intermediate Japanese students. 

If you know the 5000 most common Japanese words, you will have a vocabulary similar to an adult native speaker who finished high-school.

You can express yourself with ease, and go about your daily life effortlessly. Shopping, small talk, and regular conversations are easy enough for you. You can read and understand virtually all radio and TV shows, websites, and the newspaper. Reading literature is still challenging, and discussing technical issues in-depth will have you looking for words. 

In technical terms: you can understand 89% of all spoken Japanese and 85% of all written Japanese.

You don't have to have read the 1st book in the series to enjoy this frequency dictionary. Any intermediate Japanese learner will benefit from this book.

You can use this book as a stand-alone Japanese course. You can also use it together with any other intermediate Japanese lessons, courses or methods.

This book contains the 2501 to 5000 most common Japanese words. The Japanese word list is presented to you in a neatly organized manner.

• intermediate Japanese vocabulary, with English translation(s).

• Japanese words ranked by general frequency and alphabet.

• Frequency as part of speech (the most used adjectives, nouns, verbs, etc.)

• Japanese to English example sentences.

• Phonetic spelling of Japanese words (IPA phonetic transcriptions)

What is Inside This Japanese Dictionary?

The basis of this dictionary consisted of over 1 million words. All raw data has been lemmatized and cleaned. We do not list conjugations of verbs and adjectives as separate entries. This book only lists only the root word, just like in a regular dictionary.

This Japanese word list for intermediate students can roughly be divided into three sections:

• 2500 Japanese words, ranked by general frequency.
• Frequency lists by part of speech: 
• list of adjectives in Japanese
• list of adverbs in Japanese
• list of conjunctions in Japanese
• list of prepositions in Japanese
• list of pronouns Japanese
• list of nouns in Japanese
• list of common Japanese verbs
•  2,500 Japanese words in alphabetical order.

Japanese pronunciation can be challenging. We added phonetic transcriptions of Japanese words, so you know how to pronounce Japanese words right. The phonetic spelling of words is done with the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).

Intermediate Japanese: Summary

The Japanese Frequency Dictionary 2 – Intermediate Vocabulary gives you a high-frequency word list to learn intermediate Japanese. Study the most used words to expand your Japanese vocabulary rapidly. 

These high-frequency words are an excellent tool for intermediate Japanese lessons.

This word list roughly covers CEFR vocabulary ratings from A2+ (advanced beginner) to B2+ (independent user).

Genre: Foreign Language Study.

Paperback and hardcover: pre-order

The print editions are 6 x 9 inch (15.2 x 22.9 cm), approximately 216 pages each. You can pre-order them now. They are expected to ship in Q1 2027. You pay at checkout and your copy ships as soon as printing is complete. The e-book is a separate option on this page.