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Word list · ノラガミ · Updated October 2026

Noragami Japanese vocabulary: 60 words from the first episodes

Yato is a minor god without a shrine who takes odd jobs for five yen each. A girl whose soul keeps slipping out of her body ends up following him. Their casual banter includes words for gods and shrines, along with spirit vocabulary.

About 67% of the words below are JLPT N5–N4, so Noragami is manageable once you have the basics down.

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 5 words · still beginner territory

JLPT N3 6 words · intermediate

JLPT N2–N1 4 words · advanced

Show and story words 10 words · not on the JLPT lists, but this series leans on them

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