100 Adverbs Commonly Found in the JLPT

13/04/20263 min read

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100 adverbs commonly found in the JLPT

No.	Kanji	Hiragana	Romaji	Meaning
1		いつも	itsumo	always, usually
2		ちょっと	chotto	a little
3		ときどき	tokidoki	sometimes
4		もう	mou	already
5		まだ	mada	not yet
6		とても	totemo	very
7		あまり	amari	not very
8		だいたい	daitai	roughly
9		すこし	sukoshi	a little
10		ぜんぜん	zenzen	(not) at all
11	早く	はやく	hayaku	early, quickly
12	速く	はやく	hayaku	fast
13		ずっと	zutto	all the time, throughout
14		はじめて	hajimete	for the first time
15		べつべつに	betsubetsu ni	separately
16		ゆっくり	yukkuri	slowly
17		すぐ	sugu	immediately
18		また	mata	again
19		あとで	atode	later
20	もう一度	もういちど	mou ichido	once more
21		まっすぐ	massugu	straight
22		とくに	tokuni	especially
23		まず	mazu	first of all
24		なかなか	nakanaka	not easily, hard to
25		ぜひ	zehi	by all means
26		いちども	ichidomo	(not) even once
27		だんだん	dandan	gradually
28		もうすぐ	mousugu	soon
29		なんかいも	nankaimo	many times
30		よかったら	yokattara	if it is OK
31		たぶん	tabun	perhaps
32		きっと	kitto	surely
33		ほんとうに	hontou ni	actually
34		そんなに	sonnani	that much
35		もちろん	mochiron	of course
36		よく	yoku	often
37		もし〜たら	moshi ~ tara	if… then
38		いくら〜ても	ikura ~ temo	no matter how much…
39		ずいぶん	zuibun	fairly
40		ちょくせつ	chokusetsu	directly
41		いつでも	itsudemo	anytime
42		はっきり	hakkiri	clearly
43		ほとんど	hotondo	almost
44		しばらく	shibaraku	for a while
45		たいてい	taitei	usually
46		まだ	mada	still
47		ずっと	zutto	all through (a period)
48		おそく	osoku	late
49		こんなに	konnani	like this
50		あんなに	annani	like that
51		もしかしたら	moshikashitara	perhaps, maybe
52		さっき	sakki	a while ago
53		さきに	sakini	before, first
54		もっと	motto	more
55		はじめに	hajime ni	first
56		やっと	yatto	at last
57		かなり	kanari	fairly
58		かならず	kanarazu	certainly
59		ぜったいに	zettai ni	absolutely
60		じょうずに	jouzu ni	well, skilfully
61		できるだけ	dekiru dake	as much as possible
62		きちんと	kichinto	neatly, properly
63		いまにも	ima ni mo	at any moment
64		いっしょうけんめい	isshoukenmei	with all one's might
65		ぴったり	pittari	exactly, perfectly
66		きゅうに	kyuu ni	suddenly
67		ちょうど	choudo	just, exactly
68		じゆうに	jiyuu ni	freely
69		たまに	tamani	occasionally
70		ちっとも	chittomo	not… at all
71		えんりょなく	enryo naku	without reserve
72		さいしょに	saisho ni	first of all
73		さいごに	saigo ni	finally
74	一概に	いちがいに	ichigai ni	anyway (in general)
75		あるいは	aruiwa	or
76		あらかじめ	arakajime	first (do beforehand)
77		あらためて	aratamete	once again
78	意外と	いがいと	igaito	unexpectedly
79		いかにも	ikanimo	indeed
80		おそらく	osoraku	probably
81		そろそろ	sorosoro	soon
82	実は	じつは	jitsu wa	actually
83	確か	たしか	tashika	surely
84		いつか	itsuka	someday
85		このごろ	kono goro	recently
86	大勢	おおぜい	oozei	many people
87	途中で	とちゅうで	tochuu de	on the way, in the middle of…
88		によって	ni yotte	depending on
89	慌てて	あわてて	awatete	hurriedly, in a rush
90	一切	いっさい	issai	not at all
91	順番に	じゅんばんに	junban ni	in order
92	心から	こころから	kokoro kara	from the heart
93		おなじく	onajiku	likewise
94		おもいきって	omoikitte	resolutely
95		っていうか	tte iu ka	in a way, sort of
96	一旦	いったん	ittan	for now
97		ところが	tokoroga	however
98		きわめて	kiwamete	extremely
99		うんざり	unzari	fed up
100		がち	gachi	tend to (negative)