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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skillful, skilful, skilled, good, expert, clever (expression, trick, etc.), apt, appropriate; delicious, tasty, good, nice; good (deal, idea, etc.), profitable, promising, lucky, fortunate, successful, satisfactory, splendid
crowd of people
landlord, landlady
man
poor, pitiable, pathetic, pitiful
to notice, to realize, to realise, to become aware (of), to perceive, to sense, to suspect; to regain consciousness, to come to (one's senses), to come round
very, considerably, easily, readily, fairly, quite, highly, rather; by no means, not readily; middle, half-way point; excellent, wonderful, very good
medium (size), average (grade, level, etc.), middle; in, within, out of (e.g. ten people), among; during, while, in (the course of), within (a period), throughout; currently (doing), in the process of, in the middle of, under (e.g. construction, investigation); middle way, moderation; second volume (of three); junior high school, middle school; China
sweetly (smiling), broadly (grinning)
un-, non-; un-, non-; bad ..., poor ...
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch, guard, lookout; rank, standing, position; bout, match; pieces (in a collection)
but, however, (and) yet, nevertheless, still, for all that
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
smallness, small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name), inferior; younger (of two people with the same name), junior; unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)
swiftly, rapidly, quickly, immediately, hastily, hurriedly; suddenly, abruptly, unexpectedly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.), steeply
whisky, whiskey
overcoat; exceeding, going over, going beyond; exaggerated, overdone, over the top; over par; overexposure
office
car
captain
grand, large; (sports) ground, (playing) field, playground, stadium