| 5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 293 | |||
| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| jail | noun | The thief was put into the jail. | prison |
| jam | noun | Strawberry jam is good on toast. | preserves |
| noun | We were caught in a traffic jam. | stoppage | |
| verb | People were jammed in a small room. | packed | |
| January | noun | He was born the first of January. | first month |
| Japan | noun | Japan is an industrial nation. | country name |
| Japanese | adj. | Japanese cameras are considered good. | from Japan |
| noun | The Japanese are hard working people. | Japan person | |
| jar | noun | We bought a jar of honey for breakfast. | glass container |
| jaw | noun | The man hit him on the jaw. | lower part face |
| jazz | noun | We listened to jazz on the radio. | type of music |
| jealous | adj. | She was a very jealous woman. | envious |
| jealousy | noun | Jealousy can wreck a marriage. | suspicion |