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Word list · けいおん! · Updated October 2026

K-On! Japanese vocabulary: 60 words from the first episodes

High school girls bring their school's light music club back to life. Simple, relaxed conversations include school and music vocabulary, making this one of the easier series to start with.

About 73% of the words below are JLPT N5–N4, so K-On! 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 35 words · the first words any course teaches

JLPT N4 9 words · still beginner territory

JLPT N3 8 words · intermediate

JLPT N2–N1 4 words · advanced

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

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