Words from Japanese Newspapers in Order of Frequency

Flash Quizzes & Flashcards

• Nouns [Total Words = 23,403]
  • Nouns with Kanji from Newspapers #1 (1-25)
  • Nouns with Kanji from Newspapers #2 (26-50)
  • For more, click the "Next Quiz" link at the bottom of each quiz.
• Verbs [Total Words = 2,787]
  • Verbs with Kanji from Newspapers #1 (1-25)
  • Verbs with Kanji from Newspapers #2 (26-50)
  • For more, click the "Next Quiz" link at the bottom of each quiz.
• Adjectives [Total Words = 2,411]
  • Adjectives with Kanji from Newspapers #1 (1-25)
  • Adjectives with Kanji from Newspapers #2 (26-50)
  • For more, click the "Next Quiz" link at the bottom of each quiz.
• Adverbs [Total Words = 289]
  • Adverbs with Kanji from Newspapers #1 (1-25)
  • Adverbs with Kanji from Newspapers #2 (26-50)
  • For more, click the "Next Quiz" link at the bottom of each quiz.
• All "Parts of Speech" Mixed Together [650 quizzes each with 50 words.]
  Good for "flashcards," but not so good for multiple-choice quizzes since the answers are often too easy.
  • Words with Kanji from Newspapers #1 (1-50)
  • Words with Kanji from Newspapers #2 (51-100)
  • For more, click the "Next Quiz" link at the bottom of each quiz.

About the Quizzes

• The words are sorted by the frequency in which they appeared in 4-years of the Mainichi Newspaper. Only words used more than 2 times in the data analyzed were used. For the quizzes with all parts of speech merged, only words used more than 7 times were included.
• The question order and the position of the correct answer is randomly chosen. The distractors are then randomly chosen from other words in the list.
• The number that you see listed with the "part of speech" after you have answered the question is the number of times that word appears in the analyzed data.
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About the Flashcards

• The order is randomly shuffled each time you go through the set of "cards."

A Suggested Way to Use These Quizzes

• Go through the set of data at least three times. Perhaps this will take about 15 minutes per quiz.
  1. Do the 4-choice quiz which will show you the readings.
  2. Do the 5-choice quiz which does not show the readings.
  3. Go through the flashcards.
• Tomorrow, come back do the same quiz again (maybe just once), then do the next quiz.