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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burly, strong, sturdy; indomitable, indefatigable, strong-willed, resolute, bold; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.), strong
germ, germs, bacteria, bug; something dirty or harmful, vermin
snoring, snore
one day; all day (long), the whole day, from morning till night; first day of the month
truth, reality, fact; sincerity, honesty, faithfulness, good faith; indeed, really, absolutely, truly, actually, very, quite
side (of something, or taking someone's side), part; (watch) case
store, shop, restaurant; merchant's home; rented home; store, shop
to tear off, to peel off, to rip off, to strip off, to skin, to flay, to bark; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.), to deprive of, to divest of
all people, everybody
face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask); face; mask, face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect, facet, side; chamfer; counter for broad, flat objects, levels or stages, e.g. in a video game; looking like a ..., acting as if a ...
to warp, to bend, to contort; to be perverted, to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.), to be distorted, to be cross-grained
to close (one's eyes), to shut
to knock together, to strike against each other; to arrange (e.g. a meeting), to discuss (in advance)
to give birth, to bear (child), to lay (eggs); to produce, to yield, to give rise to, to deliver
faint, dim, weak, slight, vague, indistinct, hazy; poor, wretched, meagre, meager, scanty
alternately, by turns
perfect, complete, flawless
warehouse, storehouse, cellar, magazine, granary, godown, depository, treasury, elevator
crowd, community, group, herd, gathering, assembly
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room), to be confined in, to seclude oneself, to hide away, to stay inside (one's shell); to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.), to imbue with, to infuse with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.), to be heavy with (e.g. smoke), to be stuffy, to be dense; to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.); to confine oneself in a temple to pray
to step back, to move back, to retreat; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior), to leave, to exit; to resign, to retire, to quit; to concede; to move back, to draw back, to recede, to fall back, to retreat; to lessen, to subside, to ebb, to go down (e.g. of swelling); to resign, to retire, to quit