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 connect, to link together; to tie, to fasten, to restrain; to maintain, to preserve, to keep; to transfer (phone call), to put a person through; to hedge, to buy or sell forward; to connect (stones)
to chip, to be chipped, to break (off), to be damaged; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.), to be absent, to become lost; to be lacking (in), to be short (of), to be deficient, to be wanting (in); to wane (of the moon), to go into eclipse
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon, natural satellite
prefecture (of Japan), county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.), department (of France), province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
to appear, to come in sight, to become visible, to come out, to embody, to materialize, to materialise; to be expressed (e.g. emotions), to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
proverb, saying, aphorism, maxim
later, afterwards; future; after one's death; descendant
to turn toward, to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.), to look out on, to front (on); to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to, to be fit for; to go towards, to turn to (of one's interests, feelings, etc.), to be inclined (to do)
to turn (towards), to face, to point, to aim, to direct to; to head to, to go towards; to allot, to allocate; to send, to dispatch (e.g. a person); to aim for, to pursue
at any moment (now), at any minute, on the verge of (doing), just about to
hello, good day, good afternoon
to finish, to make an end of, to get through with, to let end; to make do (with), to manage (with); to resolve, to settle, to bring to a conclusion
excuse me, pardon me, I'm sorry, I beg your pardon; thank you, you shouldn't have, it's too much
banknote, bill, note, paper money
market, fair
to support, to prop, to sustain, to underlay, to hold up, to defend; to hold at bay, to stem, to check
to stop (doing), to cease, to desist, to drop, to lay off, to give up, to quit
to stop, to turn off; to park; to prevent, to suppress (a cough), to hold back (tears), to hold (one's breath), to relieve (pain); to stop (someone from doing something), to dissuade, to forbid, to prohibit; to notice, to be aware of, to concentrate on, to pay attention to, to remember, to bear in mind; to fix (in place), to fasten, to tack, to pin, to nail, to button, to staple; to detain, to keep in custody
way, style, fashion, method, system, form, type; ceremony, rite, ritual, celebration; wedding (ceremony); equation, formula, expression; enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō legal codes)
to scold, to chide, to rebuke, to reprimand
person; person, -er; expert, geisha, prostitute