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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clean, clear; pure, honest, clean, innocent, platonic, chaste
suitable, appropriate, fitting, proper; appropriately, accordingly, as required, at one's discretion
hibernation, winter sleep, torpor
to omit, to leave out, to skip; to overtake, to pass; to say, to speak
to commit (e.g. crime), to perpetrate, to make (e.g. mistake); to break (e.g. rule), to violate, to transgress, to contravene; to rape, to violate, to ravish, to deflower
written language, literary language; classical (or formal) written style based on Heian-period Japanese
square (e.g. metre)
presentation (e.g. of a gift)
heir, inheritor; successor
Japanese text, sentence in Japanese
extracurricular
tidying up, finishing
hint, suggestion, clue, implication; suggestion
funny, comical, humorous, laughable; ridiculous, silly, absurd
to accustom, to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame, to domesticate, to train (an animal)
constraint, reserve, feeling hesitant, being afraid of troubling someone
thrift, economy, frugality
to show off, to flaunt
unsightly, ugly, unseemly, indecent, deplorable, disgraceful, shameful
to interfere (with), to hinder, to be hindered (from doing), to become impeded, to have difficulty, to suffer inconvenience
to handle, to operate (a machine, etc.), to use; to deal with (an issue), to manage; to treat (someone), to deal with (someone); to deal in, to carry, to sell