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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hand, arm; forepaw, foreleg; handle; hand, worker, help; trouble, care, effort; means, way, trick, move, technique, workmanship; hand, handwriting; kind, type, sort; one's hands, one's possession; ability to cope; hand (of cards); direction; move (in go, shogi, etc.)
autumn, fall
spring, springtime; New Year; prime (of life), height (of one's prosperity), heyday; adolescence, puberty; sexuality, sexual desire
a little, a bit, a small amount, a few, some, slightly, somewhat; a little while, a short time, a moment, a minute; a little way, a short distance
newspaper
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue), liquid; flood, floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
voice; singing (of a bird), chirping (of an insect), hoot; voice, opinion (as expressed in words), view, wish, attitude, will; sound; sense (of something's arrival), feeling; voice, voiced sound
thousand, 1,000
foot, paw, arm (of an octopus, squid, etc.); leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; means of transportation, (one's) ride; money, coin
university, college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
man, male; fellow, guy, chap, bloke; male lover, boyfriend, man; manliness, manly honor, manly honour, manly reputation; man, boy; male; manly, brave, heroic; larger (of the two), greater; man; husband; son; masculine noun; son; baron; man, male
telephone call, phone call; telephone (device), phone
road, path, street, lane, passage; route, way; distance, journey; road (e.g. to victory), course; way (of living, proper conduct, etc.), moral principles; teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist), dogma; field (e.g. of medicine), subject, speciality; means, way, method
two, 2
hundred, 100
hospital, clinic, doctor's office, doctor's surgery, infirmary
north; the North, northern territories; North Korea; north wind
every day, daily
tree, shrub, bush; wood, timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
question (e.g. on a test), problem; problem (e.g. societal, political), question, issue, subject (e.g. of research), case, matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion, controversy; trouble, problem, inconvenience, difficulty
next year