JLPT Vocabulary
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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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metal
(police) detective; criminal matter
calculation, computation, reckoning, counting, adding up, working out, figures; consideration, calculation, estimation, expectation
hole, opening, orifice, perforation; pit, hollow, cavity, hole (e.g. in the ground); burrow, den, lair, holt, hole; deficit, shortage, (financial) hole, loss; gap (left by a missing employee, team member, etc.), vacancy, opening; flaw, fault, defect, weak point, hole (in a theory, plan, etc.), loophole; good place not many people know about, well-kept secret; upset victory (with a large payoff), long shot, dark horse; (partitioned) box (type of floor seating in a traditional Japanese theatre); hiding place, hideout
limit, bound
each other, one another
lower back, waist, hips, lumbar region; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.), resilience, spring
difficulty, hardship, trouble, distress; infeasibility, inability (to carry out)
property, fortune, assets
composition (of music), setting, writing music
expenditure, disbursement, expenses
death, dying, mortality
time, hour, moment; occasion, case; chance, opportunity, season; the times, the age, the day; tense
automatic; intransitive verb
quality, value; nature, inherent quality, character; logical quality
alcohol, sake
week
regarding as important, attaching importance to, taking a serious view of, putting emphasis on
moment, instant, second
favourable, favorable, doing well, OK, all right
signature, autograph