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 receive, to get, to accept, to take, to buy; to eat, to drink; to be crowned with, to wear (on one's head), to have (on top); to have (as one's leader), to live under (a ruler), to install (a president); to get someone to do something
to get irritated, to get annoyed, to be on the edge, to fret, to lose patience
to get, to earn, to acquire, to procure, to gain, to secure, to attain, to obtain, to win; to understand, to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment), to get (ill); to be able to ..., can ...
to take down, to bring down, to lower (a hand, flag, shutter, etc.), to drop (an anchor, curtain, etc.), to let down (hair), to launch (a boat); to drop off (a passenger), to let off, to unload (goods, a truck, etc.), to offload, to discharge; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time, to wear for the first time; to cut off, to fillet (fish), to grate (e.g. radish), to prune (branches); to remove (someone from a position), to oust, to drop; to clear (the table), to remove (offerings from an altar), to pass down (e.g. old clothes), to hand down; to expel from the body (e.g. worms), to abort (a fetus); to invoke (a spirit), to call down
to replace, to convert, to change; to exchange, to interchange, to renew; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
shade, shadow; behind (something), other side, back; the background, behind the scenes, behind someone's back; gloom (in someone's expression, nature, etc.), darkness
basket (shopping, etc.), hamper, cage
to be effective, to take effect, to be good (for); to work, to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.), to be able to; to taste (alcohol), to try
everything, all, the whole; entirely, completely, wholly, all
at the most, at best; to the utmost, as much as possible, as much as one can
to make war (on), to wage war (against), to go to war (with), to fight (with), to do battle (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.), to fight, to contend, to resist
to measure, to weigh, to survey, to time (sound, gauge, estimate); to conjecture, to infer, to surmise
to bark, to howl, to bay, to roar, to yelp, to yap; to howl (of the wind), to roar (of the sea); to yell, to shout, to cry, to moan
increasingly, more and more, decreasingly (when declining), less and less
rather, better, instead, if anything
all at once
birth, birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
to contract (a disease), to suffer from
sure, no mistaking it, for certain, without doubt
rarely, seldom
if, in case, supposing