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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(hard) candy, toffee; rice-sugar, sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber, yellowish-brown
many, numerous, a lot; large amount of, large quantity of, a lot, much; frequent, common
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.), to undress
to die, to pass away; to lose spirit, to lose vigor, to look dead; to cease, to stop
cheap, inexpensive; calm, peaceful, quiet
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view, to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend, to deal with, to handle; to have started to, to be on the verge of; to overlap (e.g. information in a manual), to cover; to (come) at; to be fastened; to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.); to be caught in; to get a call; to depend on; to begin (a task), to set about (doing), to get down to
narrow, confined, small, cramped; limited, narrow-minded, confining
to live (of humans), to reside, to inhabit, to dwell, to abide
where, what place; how much (long, far), what extent
bad, poor, undesirable; poor (quality), inferior, insufficient; evil, sinful; ugly, not beautiful; at fault, to blame, in the wrong; bad (at doing something); unprofitable, unbeneficial; sorry, (my) bad, unforgivable
(formal) shirt, dress shirt, business shirt, button-up shirt
apartment building, apartment block, apartment house; apartment
elevator, lift; elevator
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
camera
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
kilo-, 1000; kilogram, kilogramme; kilometre, kilometer; kilo-, 1024, 2^10
guitar
shirt (undergarment), undershirt, singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
shower
skirt