JLPT Vocabulary
Explore vocabulary by level
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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woman, female; female lover, girlfriend, mistress, (someone's) woman
colour, color, hue, tint, tinge, shade; complexion, skin colour, skin color; look (on one's face), expression; appearance, air, feeling; personality, character; tone (of one's voice, etc.), tune, sound, ring; love, lust, sensuality, love affair; lover, paramour; beauty, sexiness, physical appeal; kind, type, variety
pupil, student, schoolchild
west
last month
teacher, instructor, master; sensei, title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.(explanation); intimate or teasing form of address(explanation); one's elder
important, significant, serious, crucial; precious, valuable, dear, cherished, beloved; careful; largely cut (e.g. of cabbage), cut into large pieces
very, greatly, terribly, awfully; immense, enormous, great; serious, grave, dreadful, terrible; difficult, hard, challenging; major incident, disaster
to know, to be aware (of), to be conscious (of), to learn (of), to find out, to discover; to sense, to feel, to notice, to realize; to understand, to comprehend, to grasp, to appreciate; to remember, to be familiar with, to be acquainted with; to experience, to go through, to know (e.g. hardship); to get acquainted with (a person), to get to know; to have to do with, to be concerned with, to be one's concern, to be one's responsibility
electricity; (electric) light
animal
two
year; age, years; past one's prime, old age
half
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold), disease, sickness; bad habit, bad behaviour, weakness, failing; crazy, insane, disturbed, sick in the head
room, chamber; apartment, flat, pad; stable
truth, reality, actuality, fact; proper, right, correct, official; genuine, authentic, real, natural, veritable
name; given name, first name
night, evening; dinner
travel, trip, journey, excursion, tour
cooking, cookery, cuisine, food, dish; dealing with (skillfully), handling (well), managing