Vocabulary
218,851 words organized by JLPT level, each with readings, meanings, and example sentences.
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —他人のふんどしで相撲を取るto profit at someone else's expense; to rob Peter to pay Paul; to take risks with other people's money
- —例えて言うとfiguratively speaking; metaphorically speaking; so to speak
- —多重積分multiple integral
- —宝蜱erythaeid mite (Erythraeoidea spp.)
- —退館leaving (a library, museum, etc.); exiting
- —太刀打ちできるto be a good match (for); to stand a chance (against); to be able to compete (with); to hold one's own
- —玉飾りNew Year ornament (usu. of straw, fern leaves, seaweed and bitter orange fruit, and hung at the entrance of a home)
- —対策チームtask force; response team; squad; unit
- —大切にするto cherish; to treasure; to prize; to set a high value on; to take good care of; to look after
- —食べ比べるto taste and compare several dishes (or foods) of the same type
- —種床container for growing seedlings; seedbed; sowing bed
- —立ち聞くto listen in; to eavesdrop
- —短腹quick-tempered; easily offended
- —他説other theories
- —建て主client (of a builder, etc.); person having something built or constructed
- —大枚をはたくto spend a fortune; to pay a high price
- —高橋財政fiscal and monetary policies of Takahashi Korekiyo in the 1930s
- —高砂百合Formosan lily (Lilium formosanum)
- —高砂の松long marriage; twin pines at Takasago
- —高砂台(Japanese) Darby and Joan dolls
- —高砂の尉と姥(Japanese) Darby and Joan
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