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Word list · HUNTER×HUNTER · Updated October 2026

Hunter x Hunter Japanese vocabulary: 60 words from the first episodes

Gon leaves his island for the Hunter Exam, hoping to find the father who left him to become a Hunter. The opening exam arc has plenty of vocabulary about tests and their rules, as well as travel. Gon's own speech is casual and direct.

About 73% of the words below are JLPT N5–N4, so Hunter x Hunter 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 28 words · the first words any course teaches

JLPT N4 16 words · still beginner territory

JLPT N3 5 words · intermediate

JLPT N2–N1 3 words · advanced

Show and story words 8 words · not on the JLPT lists, but this series leans on them

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