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 draw (water), to ladle, to dip up, to scoop up, to pump; to pour (into a cup), to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.), to sympathize with, to intuit, to understand; to draw upon, to inherit
to resound, to be heard far away; to reverberate, to shake, to vibrate; to come (home), to remain (with someone); to have an effect, to make an impression
waste, scrap, garbage, dregs; scum, piece of trash, loser
to show respect for, to revere, to honour, to honor, to worship, to hold in esteem
connection, link, relationship
to be tied together, to be connected to, to be linked to; to lead to, to be related to; to be related (by blood)
yawn, yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
modesty, humility, being humble
pepper
to step over, to step across, to stride over, to stride across, to cross; to stretch over, to span, to bridge, to saddle, to straddle
... and Company, Messrs, for the attention of ...
I'm sorry, my apologies, excuse me, pardon me; may I come in?; permission, leave, license; dismissal, discharge; not wanting, objecting to, being fed up with, wishing to avoid
impudent, shameless, brazen, cheeky, presumptuous
good evening
farewell, adieu, goodbye, so long
to break (into pieces), to smash, to crush, to shatter, to grind (into powder), to pound; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.), to crush, to frustrate; to simplify, to make easy to understand
to break (into pieces), to be broken, to be smashed; to collapse, to crumble, to decline, to cool (e.g. enthusiasm), to dampen (e.g. one's will to fight); to become less formal, to throw off reserve, to become affable; to become easy to understand (e.g. a story); to be worried
national holiday, festival day
to rub, to scrub, to scrape; to repeatedly reuse (a joke, a topic of conversation, etc.), to milk, to keep getting mileage out of; to mash (a button), to spam (a move)
house-cloth, dust cloth
to rust, to become rusty