· 10 lists · 401 words
Getting around and going away
The station, the street, the trip and the city around it.
What holds these lists together
Travel is where Japanese is most often read rather than heard, and read at speed: a station sign, a ticket machine, a platform display, a line of text running across the carriage. Much of it is short kanji words that repeat everywhere — 東口 and 西口 are the east and west exits of a station, 乗り換え is a change of train — and recognising them matters more than being able to say them. Directions are given by landmark rather than by street name, because most streets have none: 二つ目の信号を右に曲がってください is an ordinary answer to "where is it?". The lists run from the first train ride to day trips, hot springs and the last train home.
The ten lists
Spread across the levels
The category runs across the levels — it is an area, not a difficulty. If you practise it, you can also choose a level at the top of the practice page and then get only the part that sits there.
| Level | Words | Share |
|---|---|---|
| N5 | 67 | 17 % |
| N4 | 45 | 11 % |
| N3 | 169 | 42 % |
| N2 | 120 | 30 % |
Practise this category
Multiple choice and gaps, across all ten lists and all 401 words. Whatever you get wrong comes back tomorrow.