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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specialization, specialisation
involving only the parties concerned, tete-a-tete
meeting face-to-face, seeing in person; facing (each other), opposing (traffic, etc.), confronting; opposite player; opposite side, (person) directly opposite
conformity, alignment, agreement, sympathy, following suit; tuning; same tone, same pitch
health preservation, recuperation, recreation
main building (as opposed to an annex, outbuilding, etc.); this library, this museum, this theatre, this hall, this building
burying in the ground; having underground deposits
dairy farming
good sense
good quality, fine quality, superior quality, high quality
shamisen, samisen, three-stringed Japanese lute(explanation)
war, battle, campaign, fight; troops, forces
side, edge, beside, besides, nearby; while (doing), in addition to, at the same time
presentiment, premonition, hunch; to have a premonition, to have a hunch
bathroom
tone color, tone colour, tone quality, timbre
all-purpose, utility, universal; all-powerful, almighty, omnipotent, all-round (e.g. athlete)
excuse; explanation
to pull up, to drag up, to lift up; to increase, to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw, to leave, to pull out, to retire; to promote (someone to a higher position); to return home; to expedite the schedule
to lower (a price, tax, standard, etc.), to bring down, to reduce, to cut; to demote; to withdraw (a proposal, request, etc.), to abandon; to withdraw (troops, etc.), to pull back, to move back
pressure; oppression, suppression