Vocabulary Browser
Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
a wise person always follows the right course
earnest prayers being answered
user's manual
full Japanese court dress of traditional fashion
cutting a fine (dashing, gallant, noble) figure
splitting the bill so that the others end up paying the whole amount
as if Christmas and one's birthday had come at the same time
small country with a small population (The Chinese philosopher Lao-tze's ideal of a state)
restoring one's impaired reputation
gentle on the outside but tough on the inside
welcome party for new students, club members, etc.
(behaving with) patience and prudence
announcing the succession to another's stage name
being bold and courageous, but also careful and meticulous
return of the land and people from the feudal lords to the Emperor
if you don't speak your mind, you'll feel uneasy afterwards
confinement to one's home
(being unable to control) one's worldly desires and passions
worrying before one's people worry, enjoying oneself only after one's people have enjoyed themselves (a precept to be observed by a ruler)
altar (esp. Christian)
very strange (mysterious, weird)
(two sides) being evenly matched in influence or power
being widely read and having a highly retentive memory
a small-minded person being idle (tends to do evil)
purifying oneself (religiously) by abstaining from eating meat
having an eye to the big picture
corruption of public morals
demonstrative of one's worth
smoke of powder and hail of bullets
pretending to obey someone to his face but badmouthing him behind his back