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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noon, midday; daytime; lunch
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat), fowl, poultry
train, electric train
clothes (esp. Western clothes), clothing, dress, costume, suit, outfit; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
medicine, pharmaceuticals, (legal) drugs, pill, ointment, salve; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug, narcotic; small bribe
next (to), adjoining, adjacent; house next door, neighbouring house, next-door neighbour, next-door neighbor
to make, to produce, to manufacture, to build, to construct; to prepare (food), to brew (alcohol); to raise, to grow, to cultivate, to train; to till; to draw up (a document), to make out, to prepare, to write; to create (an artistic work, etc.), to compose; to coin (a phrase), to organize, to organise, to establish, to found; to have (a child); to make up (one's face, etc.); to fabricate (an excuse, etc.); to give a (false) appearance, to feign (a smile, etc.), to put on a show of emotion; to form (a line, etc.); to set (a record); to commit (a sin, etc.)
big, large, great
mother, mom, mum, ma; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker), she, her
railway station, train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
summer vacation, summer holiday
everyone, everybody, all; everything, all
rest, recess, respite; vacation, holiday, absence, suspension; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
bridge
older brother, elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
siblings, brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law; mate, friend
police officer, policeman, constable
entrance, front door, entryway, entranceway, entry hall, vestibule, porch, foyer, mud room
this week
tooth, teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.), cog; support (of a geta)
library