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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considerable, great, important, significant, a big deal
to strike, to hit, to beat, to knock, to pound, to bang, to slap, to spank, to tap, to pat, to clap (one's hands), to play (the drums); to attack, to bash, to criticize, to censure, to flame (on the Internet); to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish), to chop into small pieces; to beat down the price; to talk (big, bad, idly, etc.); to call, to invoke (e.g. a function)
news, word, tidings, notice, notification, information; omen, foreboding, premonition
to talk, to chat, to chatter
directly, in person, firsthand
to stick through, to force through; to spread throughout, to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass, to allow through; to lead (someone) into (a house, room, etc.), to show in; to go through (a middleman); to (look, listen) through (a window, wall, etc.); to pass (a law, applicant, etc.); to force to accept, to force agreement; to continue (in a state), to persist in; to do to the entirety of, to cover all of, to span the whole ...; to do from beginning to end without a break; to convey (one's ideas, etc.) to the other party; to do to the end, to carry through, to complete
street, road, avenue, thoroughfare; traffic, coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.), passage, running; transmission (of sound), reach (of voice); reputation, favor, favour, popularity; understanding, comprehension, comprehensibility, clarity; the same way (as), as (follows, stated, expected, etc.); counter for sets of things; counter for methods, ways, kinds, etc.
to seize, to catch, to grasp, to grip, to grab, to clutch, to hold, to catch hold of, to lay one's hands on; to obtain, to acquire, to get, to win, to capture; to understand, to grasp, to comprehend
to give up, to abandon (hope, plans), to resign oneself (to)
to struggle in the water, to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe, to (nearly) drown; to indulge in, to lose one's head over something, to be addicted, to wallow in
rice field
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses), glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage), alcohol by volume; extent, degree, limit; presence of mind, composure
copper coin
to reach, to touch, to get to, to carry (of sound); to be delivered, to arrive; to be attentive, to be scrupulous, to be thorough; to be realized (of a desire), to be fulfilled, to get through (to someone), to be appreciated, to make an impression
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone), to entrust (to someone), to entrust (someone) with; to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.), to let (take its own course), to let (happen), to give (oneself to something); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full, to use freely, to use without reserve
to sell (well); to be well known, to be popular, to be famous
vast, huge, immense, enormous, colossal; malva nut (Scaphium affine)
to pull out, to draw out, to extract, to unplug, to weed; to omit, to leave out, to go without, to skip; to do to the end, to do thoroughly, to do completely, to do severely; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre), to drain (e.g. water from a bath), to empty; to pick out, to choose, to select, to extract; to pilfer, to steal; to remove, to get rid of, to take out; to pass, to overtake, to outstrip, to get ahead of; to pierce, to break through, to go through; to cut out (a shape), to create (a pattern) by dying the surrounding area; to seize, to capture, to reduce; to scoop (a story); to take out (an opponent's stones; in go); to masturbate (of a male), to ejaculate (while masturbating); to take (a photo), to record (video)
to come out, to fall out, to be omitted, to be missing, to escape, to come loose; to fade, to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear, to be transparent (e.g. of the sky); to be absentminded, to be careless, to be inattentive, to be foolish; to exit (a program loop); to go through, to pass through, to give way, to collapse; to finish a round with more than 88 points (not counting points gained from scoring combinations)
to smile
table, chart, list; memorial to an emperor