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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someone, somebody
to give (esp. to someone of lower status), to bestow, to grant, to confer, to present, to award; to provide, to afford, to offer, to supply; to assign; to cause; to pass (a variable to a function)
care, precaution, guarding, caution
association (of ideas), being reminded (of something), suggestion
example; simile, metaphor, allegory, fable, parable
scene, view, prospect, outlook
lunch; noon, midday; daytime; waking up, getting up, rising
to cross over (e.g. mountain), to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass, to be better than, to exceed; to move house; to go, to come
to leave, to go away; to pass, to elapse; to be distant; to send away, to drive off, to divorce; to (do) completely; last ... (e.g. "last April")
to go mad, to lose one's mind, to go crazy, to go insane; to get out of order, to go amiss, to malfunction, to become imprecise; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.), to fall through, to get mixed up; to go crazy (over someone or something), to get enthusiastic, to go wild
discontent, dissatisfaction, complaint, grievance
smell, scent, odour, odor, stench; aura, whiff, smack, flavour, flavor, mood; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
wise, clever, smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets), obedient, good
relative, relation, kin
very, extremely, surprisingly, fairly, quite, considerably, awfully, terribly; terrible, horrid, contemptible, reprehensible; remarkable, extraordinary
lost child, lost person, stray child, missing child
to separate, to part, to divide, to keep apart
to elevate, to raise, to lift up; to flatter, to extol, to praise to the sky
to spend (time), to pass, to lead (a life), to live; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption), to drink (alcohol), to carry too far, to carry to excess; to take care of, to support; to overdo, to do too much; to ... without acting on it, to ... without getting involved
to desire, to wish, to hope; to beg, to request, to implore, to pray; to have something done for oneself
to exert (influence), to exercise, to cause (e.g. damage), to do (e.g. harm), to bring about (e.g. benefits), to extend, to have an effect (on)