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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conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.), overcoming, surmounting, bringing under control
bone fracture
helper, assistant; help, assistance
to receive, to get, to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour), to interpret, to understand
week
scholarship, stipend, bursary, grant-in-aid; student loan
wheat
clean, hygienic, sanitary; pure, virtuous, immaculate
economising, saving
annotation, explanatory note, comment
parking (a vehicle)
flute, fife, pipe, recorder, flageolet, shakuhachi, clarinet; whistle
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged), katana; scalpel; chisel, burin, graver; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to jump out, to leap out, to fly out, to run out, to rush out, to bolt out; to appear (suddenly), to emerge, to come out; to protrude, to project, to jut out, to stick out; to leave (a company, one's hometown, etc.), to run away (from home), to cut ties with; to start flying
footpath, walkway, sidewalk, pavement
direction, way, side, area (in a particular direction); side (of an argument, etc.), one's part; type, category; field (of study, etc.); indicates one side of a comparison; way, method, manner, means; length (of each side of a square)
to desire, to want, to wish for, to hope for; to expect (of someone), to hope for, to look forward to; to see, to command (a view of), to overlook
in short, in a word, to sum up, to put it simply, to make a long story short, after all
storm, tempest; uproar, hullabaloo, storm (e.g. of protest), winds (e.g. of change); pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
the way there, outbound leg, outbound trip, departing leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses), bean, pea; soya bean (Glycine max), soybean, soy; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small, miniature, baby, midget, small-scale; child