Japanese taxi vocabulary with furigana for the Tokutei Ginou exam

Updated October 7, 2026

According to the official guidelines the taxi exam is given in Japanese (with ruby where needed), and much of the difficulty is in the kanji. The Tokutei Taxi vocabulary notebook contains 500 words with furigana readings, English and Vietnamese meanings, chosen from the questions in the app's 20 tests.

500words in the notebook
100free words
14topic groups
3languages: Japanese, English, Vietnamese

How the notebook is built

Instead of a generic word list, the notebook was generated from the 1,000 questions in the 20 practice tests and ranked by how often each word appears. Words that appear most often rank highest, so when you study from the top of the list you meet them again in the questions. Each entry has the kanji form, the hiragana reading, an English meaning, a Vietnamese meaning and an example sentence taken from the tests, with furigana on the kanji.

The words are grouped by topic: Practical scenarios, Stopping & parking, Traffic rules, Alcohol & roll call, Customer service, Safety & inspection, Driver duties, Refusing passengers, Operation management, Fares, Emergencies & accidents, Accessibility, Lost items, Assistance dogs.

Sample table: 16 real words from the notebook

These 16 words are taken straight from the app's vocabulary notebook so you can judge how practical the list is:

Japanese	Reading	English	Vietnamese
旅客	りょかく	passenger	hành khách
乗務	じょうむ	on-duty driving, crew duty	làm nhiệm vụ lái xe (ca làm)
拒否	きょひ	refusal	từ chối
停車	ていしゃ	stopping (a vehicle)	dừng xe (tạm thời)
駐車	ちゅうしゃ	parking	đỗ xe
点呼	てんこ	roll call, pre/post-duty check	điểm danh, kiểm tra trước/sau ca (tenko)
補助犬	ほじょけん	assistance dog	chó hỗ trợ (người khuyết tật)
運賃	うんちん	fare	tiền cước (vé xe)
空車	くうしゃ	vacant taxi	xe trống (chưa có khách)
回送	かいそう	out of service	chạy xe không đón khách
踏切	ふみきり	railroad crossing	chỗ chắn tàu (giao cắt đường sắt)
忘れ物	わすれもの	lost item, left-behind item	đồ để quên
運行管理者	うんこうかんりしゃ	operation manager	người quản lý vận hành
酒気帯び	しゅきおび	under the influence of alcohol	có hơi rượu (trong người)
消火栓	しょうかせん	fire hydrant	trụ cứu hỏa
横断歩道	おうだんほどう	pedestrian crossing	vạch qua đường cho người đi bộ

Watch out for look-alike pairs such as 停車 (ていしゃ), a short stop, and 駐車 (ちゅうしゃ), parking. They appear constantly in questions about where stopping and parking are prohibited. Another pair is 空車 (くうしゃ), a vacant taxi, and 回送 (かいそう), driving without taking passengers.

Try a full 50-question Tokutei Taxi practice test and see which answers you missed and why.

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Exams 1 to 3 are free with furigana and translations, right in your browser. VIP is bought inside the app (App Store).

Learning words through example sentences

Knowing a word's meaning is not enough; you need to recognise it inside a real question. Here are three sentences from the practice tests, with furigana and translations:

点呼てんこは、運行管理者うんこうかんりしゃ等などが実施じっしする。

Roll call will be conducted by the operations manager or other relevant personnel.
Điểm danh do quản lý vận hành, v.v. thực hiện.

聴導犬ちょうどうけんも、補助犬ほじょけんとして同伴どうはんを原則げんそく拒否きょひできない。

Hearing assistance dogs, as service dogs, cannot be refused entry in principle.
Chó trợ thính cũng không được từ chối theo nguyên tắc.

実車じっしゃなのに空車くうしゃと表示ひょうじしてはならない。

It is not permissible to display "vacant" when a vehicle is actually in service.
Đang có khách thì không được để đèn trống.

Furigana only helps you read; it does not change what a sentence means. The legal meaning lives in the word, so learn each word together with its kanji, not just its reading.

Free and VIP

The first 100 words (by rank) are free for everyone. The remaining words are part of VIP, which is bought inside the iOS app with Apple payment, with the price shown by Apple: download Tokutei Taxi on the App Store. Furigana is also shown in full in the three free practice tests.

How to study 500 words effectively

Learn 10 to 15 words a day, starting with the highest-ranked ones.
Say both the word and its reading aloud; the exam is in Japanese and you need to recognise the kanji.
After each group of words, take a practice test and notice where those words appear. See free CBT mock tests.
Collect the words that keep tripping you up into a separate list and review it every few days.

If you are new to the exam, start with what the Tokutei Taxi exam is, and read the study tips for the keywords that cause the most traps.

Frequently asked questions

How many words are in the taxi vocabulary notebook?

500 words. Each has kanji, a furigana reading, English and Vietnamese meanings and an example sentence from the tests.

Where do the words come from?

From the 1,000 questions in the app's 20 practice tests, ranked by how often they appear, so you learn the words you will actually meet while practising.

Is any of the vocabulary free?

Yes. The first 100 words by rank are free; the rest are part of VIP.

Do I need strong Japanese to use it?

No. Every word comes with a reading and English and Vietnamese meanings. The exam is in Japanese though, so you do need to get used to the kanji.