A 90-page beginner Japanese vocabulary workbook teaching 240 essential words and expressions through Kana, Romaji, English, recognition and active recall practice.

Designed for beginner Japanese learners, this structured printable resource moves beyond simply reading vocabulary lists. Learners first meet vocabulary with Kana, Romaji and English meanings, then progressively reduce support through recognition, recall, application and review activities. The workbook itself describes this progression as Learn → Recognize → Recall → Apply/Read → Review.

The resource covers 240 beginner Japanese words and expressions. Native Japanese vocabulary is presented primarily in Hiragana, with conventional loanwords in Katakana. Romaji is used as temporary reading support and is reduced during later recognition, recall and mixed-review activities. Kanji is not taught in this workbook.

Learners practise vocabulary across practical beginner themes including greetings and essentials, questions and useful words, people and family, numbers and quantities, time and calendar vocabulary, home and daily life, food and drinks, common verbs, transport and places, shopping and money, body and health, school and work, common adjectives and colours, and nature and everyday nouns. The resource includes vocabulary such as greetings, weekdays, household objects, food and drink, everyday verbs and useful descriptive language.

Activities include matching Japanese vocabulary to English meanings, choosing the correct Kana, English-to-Kana recall, Kana-to-English recall and confidence checking. Later pages move into cumulative and mixed-category practice, including Kana recognition, Katakana loanword recognition, category sorting and mixed Japanese-to-English and English-to-Kana retrieval.

The workbook can support Japanese lessons, tutoring, homeschool learning, revision and independent study. Teachers can select individual pages for vocabulary introduction, retrieval practice or review, while learners can also work through the complete sequence independently.

Learning objectives

Learners practise:

recognising essential beginner Japanese vocabulary written in Kana
connecting Japanese words with their English meanings
using Romaji as temporary reading support
retrieving Kana from English prompts
retrieving meanings from Japanese prompts
distinguishing and recognising familiar Katakana loanwords
reviewing vocabulary across mixed categories
identifying vocabulary that needs further practice

Files included

Two printable PDF versions are supplied:

A4 PDF — 90 pages
US Letter PDF — 90 pages

Both versions contain the same learning material. Answer keys are included for the workbook exercises, including the later application activities.

This is a digital printable resource. No physical product is supplied.