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Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
Shima (former province located at the eastern tip of present-day Mie Prefecture)
Iki (former province located on Iki Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture)
sitting on a veranda
good things come to those who wait
alula
Sagami (former province located in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture)
Wakasa (former province located in the south of present-day Fukui Prefecture)
anecdotal evidence
conservative mainstream (in Japan assoc. with LDP faction of Shigeru Yoshida)
quirk of fate
speech impediment
Ryōtan (region in Kansai corresponding to the two historical provinces of Tanba and Tango)
optical system
new style poetry
ostracism
reception center (e.g. for refugees)
traditional Japanese pattern
temporary reception center
Naha (city in Okinawa)
Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)
Sado (former province located on Sado Island in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
anti-satellite weapon
Restless Leg Syndrome
Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
for gifts, it's the thought that counts
meter rate
Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
mole near the mouth
longnose butterfly fish (Forcipiger flavissimus, species of butterflyfish from the Indo-Pacific)