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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slack, slackening, sagginess, flabbiness (skin, etc.); dullness, letdown, depression, ennui
at the latest
(about) middle, midway
precipitation, deposition, settlement (e.g. of sediment)
temple bell, hanging bell, funeral bell
resignation, acceptance, consolation
unity, coherence, consistency, coordination, order; settlement, conclusion, closure, completion
summary, recapitulation, aggregation
dotted line, perforated line
rear, rear unit guard; anchor (man)
lapse of memory, (something) slipping one's mind, forgetting for a moment something one knows well
servant (esp. a samurai's attendant); chivalrous man (Edo period); cubed tofu (often served cold); kite shaped like an Edo-period footman; Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants; enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime); he, she, him, her
eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara), eastern provinces; east; wagon, yamatogoto, six-stringed native Japanese zither(explanation); my spouse; east wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of east wind tiles; eastern, east; Tokyo
large building, building with a long roof; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
kanji used as a phonetic symbol, instead of for the meaning, phonetic-equivalent character, substitute character, ateji; kanji used for their meaning, irrespective of reading
daily allowance, daily wages
to write (e.g. a letter), to draw up (a document), to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.), to eat
absurd, ridiculous, silly, ludicrous, nonsensical, asinine, foolish
to go out of use, to become obsolete, to die out, to go out of fashion, to go out of style; to decline (e.g. of morals), to be lost, to go into decline (of a town, business, etc.)
variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width), for kimonos: at least 10 m in length, for haori: at least 7.27 m in length, for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)
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