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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trace, tracks, mark, sign; site, remains, ruins; scar
plan, design, layout
major subject, special study
choice, selection, option
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.), being equivalent to; appropriate, suitable, befitting, proportionate; to be proportionate to, to be in keeping with, to be deserving of, to be worthy of; considerable, substantial; considerably, rather, quite, fairly, pretty
damage, injury, loss
physical education, PE, gym (class)
representation, agency, proxy; proxy, agent, representative, deputy, substitute, surrogate, stand-in
cabinet minister
majority, more than half, most (of); mostly, largely, mainly, predominately, nearly
unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.), denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many), group, whole; credit (in school, university, etc.), point; by the ..., in units of ..., in groups of ..., in amounts of ..., each ..., by ..., every...
birth (of a person), nativity; creation, formation, birth, origin, making; one's first birthday
earth, ground, land, soil; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
(social) position, status, standing; position (in a company, organization, etc.), post, rank
underground, below the ground; world of the dead, the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.), secret, illegal, in hiding
junior high school, middle school, lower secondary school
interruption, discontinuance, suspension, stoppage; cancellation (of a planned event), calling off
notice, attention, observation
author (usu. of a particular book), writer
fixed period, fixed term; regular, periodic, periodical; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit; futures contracts
resistance, opposition, standing up to; reluctance, repulsion, repugnance; resistance, drag, friction; electrical resistance; resistor