Vocabulary
218,851 words organized by JLPT level, each with readings, meanings, and example sentences.
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —芋がらdried taro stem
- —一杯食わせるto play a trick on; to cheat; to deceive; to dupe
- —異物感foreign-body sensation
- —咽喉頭異常感症globus pharyngis; lump in one's throat; pharyngolaryngeal paresthesia
- —痛痒いpainfully itchy; painful and itchy
- —痛いの痛いの飛んでいけthere, there; kiss it better; pain, pain, fly away
- —痛いところを突くto hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
- —痛いところone's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
- —息が上がるto run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)
- —嫌よ嫌よも好きのうちsaying no is also an expression of fondness; no often means yes; the lady doth protest too much
- —一寸刻み(at a) snail's pace; inch by (painful) inch
- —一歩譲るto be slightly inferior; to be a degree worse; to give an inch; to make a concession; to concede a point
- —陰生代Cryptozoic (period)
- —言うだけあってjust as one was told; like she (he) said
- —今だから言えるI can say now (what I couldn't before); now (that things have changed) I don't mind telling you; I couldn't tell you until now; I couldn't have told you this back then
- —居眠るto doze off; to nod off; to snooze
- —息が弾むto breathe hard; to pant; to be out of breath
- —育ボスfamily-friendly boss; boss sympathetic to male employees spending time with their children
- —一般データ保護規則General Data Protection Regulation (EU, 2018); GDPR
- —色砂coloured sand (used for coating interior plaster walls)
- —いってらっぴsee you; take care
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