| 誕生日 | たんじょうび | birthday |
| だんだん | gradually, by degrees | |
| 小さい | ちいさい | small, little |
| 小さな | ちいさな | small, little |
| 近い | ちかい | near, close by, short |
| 違う | ちがう | to differ (from) |
| 近く | ちかく | near |
| 地下鉄 | ちかてつ | underground train, subway |
| 地図 | ちず | map |
| 父 | ちち | (one’s own) father |
| 茶色 | ちゃいろ | brown |
| ちゃわん | rice bowl | |
| ～中 | ～ちゅう | during, while ～ing |
| ちょうど | just, right, exactly | |
| ちょっと | a little, somewhat | |
| 一日 | ついたち | for one day, first of month |
| 使う | つかう | to use |
| 疲れる | つかれる | to get tired, to tire |
| 次 | つぎ | next |
| 着く | つく | to arrive at, to reach |
| 机 | つくえ | desk |
| 作る | つくる | to make, to create |
| つける | to turn on (eg a light) | |
| 勤める | つとめる | to serve, to work (for) |
| つまらない | insignificant, boring | |
| 冷たい | つめたい | cold (to the touch) |
| 強い | つよい | strong, powerful |
| 手 | て | hand |
| テープ | tape | |
| テープレコーダー | tape recorder | |
| テーブル | table | |
| 出かける | でかける | to depart, to go out |
| 手紙 | てがみ | letter |
| できる | to be able to | |
| 出口 | でぐち | exit |
| テスト | test | |
| では | with that… | |
| デパート | department store | |
| でも | but, however | |
| 出る | でる | to appear, to leave |
| テレビ | television, TV | |
| 天気 | てんき | weather |
| 電気 | でんき | electricity, (electric) light |
| 電車 | でんしゃ | electric train |
| 電話 | でんわ | telephone |
| 戸 | と | door (Japanese style) |
| ～度 | ～ど | counter for occurrences |
| ドア | door (Western style) | |
| トイレ | toilet | |
| どう | how, in what way | |
| どうして | why?, for what reason | |
| どうぞ | please, kindly, by all means | |
| 動物 | どうぶつ | animal |
| どうも | thanks, very | |
| 十 | とお | ten |
| 遠い | とおい | far, distant |
| 十日 | とおか | ten days, the tenth (day of the month) |
| ～時 | ～とき | at the time of ～ |
| 時々 | ときどき | sometimes |
| 時計 | とけい | watch, clock |
| どこ | where, what place | |
| 所 | ところ | place |
| 年 | とし | year, age |
| 図書館 | としょかん | library |
| どちら | which, which way | |
| どっち | which one, which way | |
| とても | very | |
| どなた | who | |
| 隣 | となり | next to, next door to |
| どの | which | |
| 飛ぶ | とぶ | to fly, to hop |
| 止まる | とまる | to come to a halt |
| 友達 | ともだち | friend |
| 土曜日 | どようび | Saturday |
| 鳥 | とり | bird |
| とり肉 | とりにく | chicken meat |
| 取る | とる | to take |
| 撮る | とる | to take (a photo) |
| どれ | which (of three or more) | |
| どんな | what, what kind of | |
| ない | there isn’t, doesn’t have | |
| ナイフ | knife | |
| 中 | なか | inside, middle, among |
| 長い | ながい | long |
| ～ながら | while ~ing, during, although | |
| 鳴く | なく | to sing (bird), to make sound (animal) |
| 無くす | なくす | to lose something |
| なぜ | why | |
| 夏 | なつ | summer |
| 夏休み | なつやすみ | summer vacation, summer holiday |
| ～など | et cetera | |
| 七つ | ななつ | seven |
| 何 | なん/なに | what |
| 七日 | なのか | seven days, the seventh day (of the month) |
| 名前 | なまえ | name |
| 習う | ならう | to learn |
| 並ぶ | ならぶ | to line up, to stand in a line |
| 並べる | ならべる | to line up, to set up |
| なる | to become | |
| 何～ | なん～ | what sort of ～ |
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