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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passing each other; missing (meeting) each other, failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes, discrepancy, disagreement
calling on, visiting
to be used to, to get accustomed to, to be in the habit of doing; to train, to discipline, to teach manners; to tack (in needlework), to baste; to plant (esp. rice seedlings)
family name, lineage, birth; clan
to be given, to be granted, to be honored with, to be honoured with; to give, to bestow, to confer, to honor, to honour
hot topic, talk of the town
to treat (a guest), to receive, to entertain, to be hospitable to, to make welcome
self-esteem, self-respect, self-importance, conceit, pride
intransitive verb
to get damp, to get moist, to get soggy, to become humid
(Shinto) shrine
refusal, declining
to mix, to put together
turning by hand, hand-turned, hand-cranked; preparations, arrangements
arrangements, plan, programme, program, preparations
kind, sort, type, class; species; species
counter for laps or circuits; perimeter; Zhou dynasty (of China; approx. 1046-256 BCE), Chou dynasty
ornamentation, embellishment, decoration, adornment; modification, qualification
to kick (hard), to send flying with a kick, to kick away; to reject flatly, to refuse outright, to turn down
ten minutes
-fold, -ply; jūbako, multi-tiered food box(explanation); heavy; serious, extreme; -fold, -ply