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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joining (a club, organization, etc.), becoming a member, entry, admission, subscription, affiliation, signing (e.g. a treaty), taking out (insurance)
collection, recovery, withdrawal, retrieval
acquisition, possession
establishment, settlement
relief, aid, help, rescue; (religious) salvation, (Christian) grace
public prosecutor
source (of a river), fountainhead; source, origin, root
individuality, personality, quirk, idiosyncrasy, character, individual characteristic
official recognition, official approval, certification, authorization, authorisation
efficiency
handicraft; work, construction, manufacturing; maneuvering, manoeuvering
protest, objection
basis, grounds, foundation, reason, authority; base (of operations)
restoration to life, coming to life again, resuscitation, regeneration; reformation, rehabilitation; recycling, reclamation, recovery; playback, regeneration (of video or sound), views (of an online video); regeneration (of lost or damaged tissue), regrowth; rebirth, reincarnation; recall (memory), retrieval
vote, ballot, division
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
administration of justice, judicature
indication, denotation, designation; instructions, directions
pointing out, identification
point of view, viewpoint, angle, perspective; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)
attempt, trial, experiment; endeavour (endeavor), effort, venture, initiative