JLPT Vocabulary
Explore vocabulary by level
Master essential Japanese words organized by JLPT level. Each entry includes readings, meanings, and example sentences to help you learn effectively.
Total entries
JLPT levels
Example sentences
Audio clips
tea drinking; teahouse, tearoom, coffee lounge, coffee shop, (rather formal) cafe
military uniform
in two equal parts
manufacturing method, recipe, formula
negligence, neglect, carelessness, procrastination
authority, expert, connoisseur, well-informed person; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations), tact, insight; supernatural powers, magical powers
originality
minuscule amount, extremely small quantity
custom
rainy weather
to act (a part), to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.), to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder), to pretend (e.g. to be a good father), to disgrace oneself
pleasant, agreeable, comfortable, refreshing
credit; money owed on an account, bill; hanger, holder, rest, rack, peg, hook, stand; in the process of (doing), midway through, half-(done); on the verge of, just about to; hot noodles in broth; wholesale price as a proportion of the list price (in tenths)
cancer
ophthalmology
narrow, tight, cramped; formal, stiff, strict, ceremonious, rigid; constrained, uncomfortable; tight (e.g. finances)
place of work
putting off, postponing
to lay waste, to devastate, to damage; to invade, to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums), to spam
wharf, bridge, jetty, pier
to give (time, money, goods), to donate; to do, to perform, to conduct; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.), to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation); to sow, to seed, to scatter (e.g. fertilizer), to sprinkle; to spread far and wide