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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Monday
cooked rice; meal
liking, being fond of, to one's liking, to one's taste, preferred, favourite; liking (romantically), being in love with, beloved; faddism, eccentricity; as one likes, as it suits one; lecherous, lustful, salacious
to bloom, to flower, to blossom, to open; to rise up (of breaking waves)
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next, following, subsequent; stage, station
for the first time; only after ... is it ..., only when ... do you ..., not until ... do you ...; first time, (one's) first
place, spot, scene, site; address; district, area, locality; one's house; point, aspect, side, facet; passage (in text), part; space, room; thing, matter; whereupon, as a result; about to, on the verge of; was just doing, was in the process of doing, have just done, just finished doing; approximately, around, about
to write, to compose, to pen; to draw, to paint
to ascend, to go up, to climb; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun), to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to; to advance (in price); to swim up (a river), to sail up; to come up (on the agenda)
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath), to breathe out, to blow on (hot tea, candles, etc.), to puff; to play (a wind instrument), to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.), to whistle (a tune); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.), to spout, to spew, to puff out; to sprout, to put forth (buds); to appear (on the surface), to form, to be coated with (powder, rust, etc.); to burst out laughing, to burst into laughter; to brag, to talk big; to smelt, to mint
Wednesday
to be born
in front (of), before (e.g. a building); before, earlier, previously, prior, ago, (minutes) to (the hour); (the) front, frontal part, fore, head (e.g. of a line); forward, ahead; (in the) presence (of), in front (of someone); previous (e.g. page), prior (e.g. engagement), first (e.g. half), former (e.g. example); portion, helping; front (of one's body or clothing), breast (of a coat, kimono, etc.); privates, private parts; criminal record, previous conviction, (a) prior
birthday
to put, to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.), to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position), to hire, to employ; to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc.), to bear (in mind, etc.); to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool; to take in (boarders, etc.), to provide lodging in one's house; to separate spatially or temporally; to do something in advance; to leave something in a certain state, to keep something in a certain state
to arrive at, to reach; to sit on, to sit at (e.g. the table)
exactly, precisely, just, right, opportunely, fortunately; just (like), as if, as though
to fly, to soar; to jump, to leap, to spring, to bound, to hop; to spatter, to scatter, to splash, to fly (e.g. of sparks); to hurry, to rush; to flee, to run off, to escape; to disappear, to vanish, to fade, to thin out; to break off, to come off, to fall off, to blow (of a fuse); to be sent out (of an order), to fly (of false rumours, catcalls, etc.); to come flying (of a punch, kick, etc.); to be missing (of a page, stitch, etc.), to skip, to jump (e.g. of a conversation)
Saturday
to work, to labor, to labour; to function, to operate, to be effective, to work (i.e. ... works), to come into play; to commit (e.g. a crime), to perpetrate, to do, to act, to practise, to practice; to be conjugated