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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carpet, rug, runner
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air), brisk, bracing, fresh, refreshed
to garnish, to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support, to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); to mimic, to imitate; to draw something near to oneself, to approach nearby
even if, no matter (what), if, though, although, supposing, supposing that, -ever
precious, valuable, priceless; noble, exalted, sacred
to value, to prize, to esteem; to respect, to honour, to honor, to revere, to look up to
tender-hearted, compassionate, charitable, good-hearted
average, medium, common, ordinary; mid-grade (item), regular grade; same level as, equal to, equivalent to, on par with; each (e.g. month), every; row of (teeth, houses, etc.), line of
to swallow, to gulp down; to understand, to grasp, to take in, to catch on, to learn; to engulf, to swallow up; to be filled with (people), to contain; to swallow (one's words), to suppress (a yawn, tears, etc.), to stifle, to hold back
to shine, to glow; to look attractive, to look nice, to be set off (by)
fleeting, transient, short-lived, momentary, ephemeral, fickle, vain; empty (dream, etc.), mere (hope), faint (possibility)
waiting room, anteroom, antechamber, green room
one layer, single layer; monopetalous; unlined kimono; single-edged eyelid, eyelid with an epicanthic fold, upper eyelid with no fold
folk customs, folkways, ethnic customs
thigh
to leak out, to escape, to come through, to shine through, to filter out; to find expression, to give vent; to leak out, to be divulged, to be disclosed; to be omitted, to be left out, to be excluded, to be not included
residence, estate, grounds, premises, mansion
depression, melancholy, dejection, gloom, despondency
nursing, (protective) care
very, greatly, much, to a large extent, quite; just about to, almost, very nearly
late at night, small hours of the morning