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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fortune, luck, chance
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
counter for occurrences; a time, an instance; inning (baseball), round, game; episode, chapter, instalment; Hui (people); Islam
to feel, to sense, to experience; to be moved (by), to be touched (by), to be impressed (by), to respond (to); to become infected with (an illness), to catch
strange, odd, peculiar, queer, curious
relief, aid, rescue
bureau, department; office (e.g. post, telephone), broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio), channel, exchange; affair, situation; game (of go, shogi, etc.)
safe, strongbox, cashbox, vault, strongroom; depository, cash office, treasury, provider of funds
to furnish with, to equip with, to provide, to install; to prepare for, to make preparations for, to make provision for; to possess (all that is needed), to be endowed with, to be equipped with; to be born with, to have since birth
to repeat, to do over again
to talk about, to speak of, to tell, to narrate; to recite, to chant; to indicate, to show
time, (the) hour; favourable time, opportunity, chance
to protect, to guard, to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise), to abide (by the rules), to observe, to obey, to follow
(traffic) congestion, traffic jam, gridlock; delay, stagnation
hut, cabin, shed, (animal) pen; small theatre (theater), temporary playhouse, circus tent, booth; one's own house
(religious) faith, belief, creed
books
height (e.g. of summer), peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season), (in) season, full bloom, full swing (of a party, etc.); prime (of one's life), (one's) best days, bloom; (being in) heat, rut
coal
fishing, angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling, bait, making deliberately inflammatory posts online
type, pattern, model, epitome, exemplar, archetype, perfect example