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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failure, mistake, blunder
to live, to exist; to make a living, to subsist; to be in effect, to be in use, to function; to come to life, to be enlivened; to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.), place; position, post
line, stripe, stria; line (e.g. telephone line), wire; ray (e.g. X-ray), beam; line (e.g. of a railroad), track, route, lane; outline, contours, form; level; division; line (of action), position, approach, policy, principle; impression one leaves, air one gives off
junior high school, middle school, lower secondary school
attention, notice, heed; care, caution, precaution, looking out (for), watching out (for); advice, warning, caution, reminder; admonishment, reprimand, telling-off
answer, reply, response; answer, solution, result
hospitalization, hospitalisation
admission (to a school or university), entrance, enrolment, enrollment, matriculation
play, playing, game; pleasure, amusement, pastime, recreation, diversion; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); flexibility (in a performance, art, etc.), freedom; flyleaf
leaf, blade (of grass), (pine) needle
way, method, means, resource, course
typhoon, hurricane
price, cost
ship, boat, watercraft, vessel, seaplane; tank, tub, vat, trough; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
opposite side, bottom, other side, side hidden from view, undersurface, reverse side; rear, back, behind; lining, inside; in the shadows, behind the scenes, offstage, behind (someone's) back; more (to something than meets the eye), hidden side (e.g. of one's personality), unknown circumstances, different side; proof; opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.), contrary; inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.); bottom (of an inning), last half (of an inning)
peace of mind, relief, (sense of) security, safety, assurance, confidence
seashore, coast, seaside, waterfront, beach
church, congregation
fault, trouble, breakdown, failure, being out of order; damage (to a part of the body), injury, hurt; problem, hitch, obstacle, hindrance; objection, protest
public employee, government employee, public-sector worker, public servant, civil servant