JLPT Vocabulary
Explore vocabulary by level
Master essential Japanese words organized by JLPT level. Each entry includes readings, meanings, and example sentences to help you learn effectively.
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academic year, school year; year in school, grade in school
(piece of) type, movable type, moveable type, printing type; printed word, printed matter, print
atmospheric pressure, air pressure; atmosphere (unit of pressure)
guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium), passenger seat (e.g. taxi); audience
system; lineage, ancestry, family line; group (e.g. of colors) (colours), family (e.g. of languages), party, school (of thought); close (evolutionary) relationship; a population sharing a common ancestor (in genetics), strain (e.g. bacterial)
blood pressure
prefectural office
affirmation; affirmative
to raise, to lift, to boost, to enhance
the four seasons
paper money, note, bill
purple, violet; purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon), red gromwell, red-root gromwell; soy sauce
national holiday, public holiday
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady, female court attache, woman who served at the imperial palace; woman (esp. as a love interest)
victory or defeat, outcome (of a game, battle, etc.)
ascent, climbing, ascending (path), climb; up-train, train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream, uphill
upper level, upper grade, high rank, advanced level, senior level, upper class
mind and body
God, god, deity, divinity, spirit, kami; ace, king, superior person, god (amongst men)
Wednesday
nature (of a person), disposition, temperament, character; quality, inherent characteristic, property, nature, (chemical) behavior