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 step on, to tread on, to trample on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil), to stand on, to visit; to experience, to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.), to go through (e.g. formalities), to complete; to estimate, to guess, to judge, to value, to appraise; to rhyme; to succeed to (e.g. the throne)
scary, frightening, eerie, dreadful
vehicle, conveyance, (means of) transport; ride (at a fair, amusement park, etc.), attraction
(my) wife; inside the home, one's family
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose, to be good enough, to be enough, to manage, to make do
hurrying (to somewhere), rushing, hastening; express (train)
to gather, to collect, to assemble
to go to and from (a place), to go back and forth between, to run between (e.g. bus, train, etc.), to ply between; to go to (school, work, etc.), to attend, to commute, to frequent; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity), to be communicated (e.g. thought); to resemble
to get angry, to get mad, to lose one's temper; to scold, to tell (someone) off
soft, tender, supple, flexible, limber, limp; gentle, mild, soft, mellow; light (topic, book, etc.), informal; flexible (thinking, mind, etc.), malleable, adaptable
(another's) daughter; young lady
to be broken, to break, to fall apart, to collapse, to be destroyed, to be damaged; to break (down), to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.), to collapse, to break down (of a relationship, negotiations, etc.), to be broken off, to be ruined (of an atmosphere, one's image, etc.)
to say, to be called; to do
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off, to wipe away, to clear away, to dust off, to cut off (e.g. branches); to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded), to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention), to show (e.g. respect, concern); to make (e.g. effort, sacrifice), to expend, to exert; to move out (of one's own place), to vacate; to sweep (e.g. one's legs), to knock aside; to make a sweeping stroke (in Japanese calligraphy); to reset (an abacus)
to increase, to multiply
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to hurry, to rush, to hasten, to make something happen sooner
to decide, to choose, to determine, to make up one's mind, to resolve, to set one's heart on, to settle, to arrange, to set, to appoint, to fix; to clinch (a victory), to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing, to go through with; to always do, to have made a habit of; to take for granted, to assume; to dress up, to dress to kill, to dress to the nines; to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.), to succeed in doing; to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.); to eat or drink something, to take illegal drugs
to laugh; to smile; to sneer, to ridicule; to be dumbfounded, to be flabbergasted
inconvenience, inexpediency, unhandiness
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