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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simple, plain, uncomplicated, straightforward, simple-minded, naive
knowledge, information
order (for an item); request, demand, condition
putting money aside, savings, deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins, wins in the bank
bottom, sole
appropriate, suitable, fitting, apt, proper, right, pertinent, relevant
application (of a rule, law, method, etc.)
iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast
electron; electronic
earth, soil, dirt, clay, mud; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens), the ground, the land; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
Saturday
identical, same, one and the same, equal; fair, equal treatment, without discrimination
daytime, during the day; Japan and China, Japanese-Chinese, Sino-Japanese
entrance, entering, admission, admittance
farmer, peasant
wave, billow, ripple, breaker, swell; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step, (something) surging forward inopposably, succession of changes; tendency, (new) wave
expert, learned person; doctor, PhD, Dr.; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryō period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
museum
explosion, detonation, blast, blowing up, eruption; outburst (of emotion), explosion (e.g. of anger), eruption (e.g. of discontent)
field (for growing wheat, fruit, vegetables, etc.), cultivated land, vegetable plot, kitchen garden, plantation; field (of specialization), sphere, area, line; womb, birth, birthplace
discovery, detection, finding