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Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
perceiving reality as it is
curtained sleeping platform in shinden-style residences (used by people of high rank)
being protean and elusive
primitive and barbarous
giving cries of encouragement at a critical moment
person with whom one is having an illicit love affair
Kyoto-style chopped vegetables pickled in salt with red shiso leaves
base isolated system
base isolation
history of one's love affairs
wealth, rank, and arrogant splendor
commonplace and stale
the greatest of the day
wide knowledge and versatile talents
riches and honors are as fleeting as floating clouds
bringing one's own lunch
rebels against one's lord and one's parents
patronizing
to do ... incessantly
chastity belt
complex and mysterious (bizarre)
sudden and dramatic event (incident)
bizarre literature
apologetic (defensive) tone of voice
skilled engineer or mechanic who is clumsy in all other matters
the point of an argument being unclear
impossible to do (although wants to)
to make progress
horizontal structural members (beams, girders, etc.) of a building
to imitate