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Word list · ハイキュー!! · Updated October 2026

Haikyu!! Japanese vocabulary: 60 words from the first episodes

Hinata is short and obsessed with volleyball, and his new high school team includes his former rival. Most of the dialogue is loud talk between teammates, full of sports vocabulary.

About 70% of the words below are JLPT N5–N4, so Haikyu!! is a friendly start if you know your kana and a little grammar.

How this list was made: we went through the Japanese subtitles of the first 3 episodes, reduced every word to its dictionary form, dropped names, sound effects and grammar particles, and kept the words that come up most. Each word has one short line from the show.

JLPT N5 32 words · the first words any course teaches

JLPT N4 10 words · still beginner territory

JLPT N3 12 words · intermediate

JLPT N2–N1 2 words · advanced

Show and story words 4 words · not on the JLPT lists, but this series leans on them

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