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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acidity; acidic
leading a meeting, presiding over a meeting, officiating at a ceremony, chairmanship; chairman, presenter, host, moderator, master of ceremonies
Buddhist temple; religious building, church, cathedral, mosque
writing, authoring
real feeling, actual feeling; to actually feel, to have a real feeling (that ...), to experience personally
before oneself, in front of one, nearby; a bit before reaching (a location), this side (of a location); one's standpoint, one's appearance, face, honour; skill, dexterity, artistry, ingenuity; tea-ceremony procedures; I, me; you
myth, mythology
relative, relation, kin
ability, performance, efficiency
creation, production, creative work (novel, film, etc.), original work, (creative) writing; fabrication, fiction, invention
enlargement, increase
shipbuilding
measurement
multi-unit apartments, apartment complex
middle-age, middle age, midlife, one's middle years
vertex, apex; top (e.g. of a mountain), summit, peak; top (of a profession, field, etc.), summit; peak (of popularity, a boom, etc.), height (e.g. of prosperity), apex, zenith, climax
showy, loud, flashy, gaudy
skin
criticism, critique, review, comment, critical essay
holiday house, vacation home, villa; prison, jail
to collapse, to crumble; to get out of shape, to lose one's shape, to become disorganized, to become untidy; to break down, to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market), to slump, to decline; to break money into small change; to turn bad (e.g. weather), to change for the worse, to deteriorate