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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head; hair (on one's head); mind, brains, intellect; leader, chief, boss, captain; top, tip; beginning, start; head, person; down payment, deposit; top structural component of a kanji; pair
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
warm, mild, (pleasantly) hot; considerate, kind, genial; warm (of a colour), mellow; having enough money
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask, to enquire, to query; to hear about, to hear of, to learn of; to follow (advice, order, etc.), to obey, to listen to, to comply with; to hear (e.g. a plea), to grant (a request), to accept (e.g. an argument), to give consideration to; to smell (esp. incense), to sample (a fragrance); to taste (alcohol), to try
pretty, lovely, beautiful, fair; clean, clear, pure, tidy, neat; completely, entirely
eye, eyeball; eyesight, sight, vision; look, stare, gaze, glance; notice, attention, observation, eyes (of the world, public, etc.); an experience; viewpoint; discrimination, discernment, judgement, eye (e.g. for quality); (an) appearance; chance (of success), possibility (of a good result); spacing (between crossed strands of a net, mesh, etc.), opening, stitch, texture, weave; grain (of wood, paper); eye (of a storm, needle, etc.); intersection (on a go board), square (on a chessboard); dot (on a dice), pip, rolled number; graduation, division (of a scale); tooth (of a saw, comb, etc.); ordinal number suffix; somewhat, -ish; point (e.g. of change); eye (empty space inside a group of stones)
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear), to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
to turn on, to switch on, to light up
good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable; sufficient, enough, ready, prepared; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.), beneficial; OK, all right, fine, no problem; Iran-Iraq
say, well, um, er
high (spirits), euphoric, intoxicated; high; yes, that is correct; understood, I see, OK, okay; present, here; pardon?, what's that?, come again?; now, here, here you go; giddy-up, giddap
one month
9th day of the month; nine days
5th day of the month; five days
3rd day of the month; three days
4th day of the month; four days
10th day of the month; ten days
immediately, right away, at once, instantly
2nd day of the month; two days