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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to put on (one's head), to wear, to have on, to pull over (one's head), to crown (oneself); to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.), to pour (water, etc.) on oneself, to dash on oneself, to ship water; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.), to take (blame), to assume (responsibility), to shoulder (burden); to overlap (e.g. sound or color); to be similar, to be redundant; to be fogged (due to overexposure, etc.); to close, to come to an end; to get a full house, to sell out; to blunder, to bungle, to fail; to be deceived
to increase, to grow
to stream, to flow (liquid, time, etc.), to run (ink); to be washed away, to be carried; to drift, to float (e.g. clouds), to wander, to stray; to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire), to spread, to circulate; to be heard (e.g. music), to be played; to lapse (e.g. into indolence, despair); to pass, to elapse, to be transmitted; to be called off, to be forfeited; to disappear, to be removed
to recommend (someone to do), to advise, to encourage, to urge; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.), to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
ice cream
iron (for pressing clothes); hair iron, hair tong, curling tong
album
ink
energy; energy, strength, power, stamina, get-up-and-go; energy source, energy resource; food energy, calories
engine
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card, debit card; card, program, matchup, pairing; dough scraper, spatula; curd
camp, camping
classical music; classic, classical; classic (work), the classics
cream; ice cream
Christmas
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear); grass
group (usu. of people)
case (container); case (instance, situation); case
game
coach; coaching, training
code, program; code, regulation, rules; code, symbol set; cord, flex; chord; string (on an instrument)