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 pass (e.g. car), to overtake; to surpass, to outstrip, to get ahead of, to outdistance
to assume the posture of praying, to press the palms and fingers of both hands together, to do reverence (e.g. before a statue of the Buddha), to pay one's respects; to beg, to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
to return, to come back, to go back; to turn over; to become extremely, to become completely
to appear uncomfortable (with), to seem to hate, to express dislike
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba, Japanese buckwheat noodles(explanation); Chinese-style wheat noodles
to deify, to enshrine; to pray, to worship
continuously, from beginning to end, from first to last
clean, clear; pure, honest, clean, innocent, platonic, chaste
to assemble, to put together, to set up, to construct, to build, to compose (a story, poem, etc.); to form (words, sentences, etc.)
to hate, to detest
to supplement, to make up for, to compensate for, to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.), to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
reliable, dependable, trustworthy, reassuring; hopeful, promising
urine, piss, pee, urination; breaking a contract
spoon
steadily
route, way, course, directions
to draw back, to sink, to cave in; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye), to retire to (somewhere), to stay indoors, to butt out, to stay out of it
to pamper, to spoil
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column, beam, girder, crossbeam, spar, yard; digit, decade, order of magnitude
to be put in order, to be put to rights; to be disposed of, to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)