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Word list · とらドラ! · Updated October 2026

Toradora! Japanese vocabulary: 60 words from the first episodes

Scary-looking but kind Ryuji teams up with tiny, fierce Taiga to help each other with their crushes. Their quick comic arguments use everyday high-school Japanese.

About 72% of the words below are JLPT N5–N4, so Toradora! 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 38 words · the first words any course teaches

JLPT N4 5 words · still beginner territory

JLPT N3 9 words · intermediate

JLPT N2–N1 3 words · advanced

Show and story words 5 words · not on the JLPT lists, but this series leans on them

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