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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script, libretto, scenario
throwing in, inserting, depositing (e.g. a ballot); investment, commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.), injection, infusion; launching (a product into the market), introduction; submitting (a job to a computer), issuing (a command)
difficulty, trouble, hardship, shortage; accident, disaster, danger; fault, defect, flaw; criticism, charge, blame
specific gravity, relative density; relative importance, weight
walking; pace, step; course (of history, one's life, etc.), history, progress, advance, development; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
membrane, film
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), Indian lotus, lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
promising, hopeful, full of promise
to feel down, to feel sad, to be depressed, to be in low spirits; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.), to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
forestry
company, lot, people, bunch, gang, pack, guys, group, folks; troupe, company (of musicians)
reading aloud, recitation
I, me; I, me
advice, counsel, suggestion, tip, hint
to make (the best) use of, to put to good use, to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.), to capitalise on (experience, etc.); to let live, to keep alive; to revive, to resuscitate, to bring back to life; to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
division, section, compartment, block, plot, lot, partition, boundary
finish, finishing, finishing touches
exploration, expedition
to plan, to attempt, to devise; to plot, to conspire, to scheme; to aim for, to strive for, to work towards, to seek; to deceive, to trick, to take in
to swell (out), to expand, to be inflated, to distend, to bulge; to get cross, to get sulky, to pout
request, favor, favour; reliance, dependence, trust, hope