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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to be broken, to break, to fall apart, to collapse, to be destroyed, to be damaged; to break (down), to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.), to collapse, to break down (of a relationship, negotiations, etc.), to be broken off, to be ruined (of an atmosphere, one's image, etc.)
to say, to be called; to do
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off, to wipe away, to clear away, to dust off, to cut off (e.g. branches); to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded), to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention), to show (e.g. respect, concern); to make (e.g. effort, sacrifice), to expend, to exert; to move out (of one's own place), to vacate; to sweep (e.g. one's legs), to knock aside; to make a sweeping stroke (in Japanese calligraphy); to reset (an abacus)
to increase, to multiply
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to hurry, to rush, to hasten, to make something happen sooner
to decide, to choose, to determine, to make up one's mind, to resolve, to set one's heart on, to settle, to arrange, to set, to appoint, to fix; to clinch (a victory), to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing, to go through with; to always do, to have made a habit of; to take for granted, to assume; to dress up, to dress to kill, to dress to the nines; to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.), to succeed in doing; to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.); to eat or drink something, to take illegal drugs
to laugh; to smile; to sneer, to ridicule; to be dumbfounded, to be flabbergasted
inconvenience, inexpediency, unhandiness
grammar
cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
deep; profound; dense, thick; close (relationship); intense, strong; late
to boil, to heat (a liquid), to prepare (a bath, hot drink); to excite, to rouse, to stir
to be helpful, to be useful
to transfer (trains), to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.), to switch (to a different system, method, etc.), to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
to pull out, to take out, to draw out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable), to summon (e.g. to court), to bring (e.g. someone to the negotiating table), to drag; to withdraw (money), to draw; to bring out (talent, potential, beauty, flavour, etc.), to extract (information, the truth, etc.), to get (e.g. an answer out of someone), to obtain (e.g. a result), to elicit, to draw (a conclusion), to derive (e.g. pleasure); to get (money) out of someone, to coax out of someone, to get someone to pay, to make someone produce (funds)
to face; to go towards, to head towards
to part (usu. of people), to part from, to part with, to be apart from; to separate (of a couple), to break up, to divorce; to lose (e.g. one's mother), to be bereaved
to come down, to go down, to fall, to drop, to sink, to get lower; to hang, to dangle; to move back, to step back, to withdraw, to retire; to deteriorate, to fall off, to be downgraded; to get closer to the present day; to play a sagari, to extend downwards
to go out to meet, to receive, to welcome, to greet, to salute, to hail; to call for, to summon, to invite; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family), to take (e.g. a wife); to reach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.), to enter (a new phase, new era, etc.), to approach (e.g. death)
to advance, to go forward; to precede, to go ahead (of); to make progress, to improve; to deepen, to heighten; to be fast (of a clock), to be ahead; to do of one's own free will