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Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
new kana orthography (1946 reform, amended 1986)
reporting to the emperor
spring evening
young man (who has recently undergone his manhood ceremony)
pavilion housing imperial treasures and historical artifacts (in Heian Palace)
branch-twined hedge around a field to keep out wild boars and deer
message
last day of the third month of the lunar calendar
door separating the inner castle from the outer castle (Edo period)
to lament the end of spring
deciding the order of players (by drawing one card each; highest draw deals)
imperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods)
court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)
to be mixed up with
wisteria flower
first lunar month
written imperial order (late Heian period)
late frost
fifth lunar month
discarded fan (in autumn)
colonization policy
to eat a boxed lunch
fifth lunar month
expanded edition (of a dictionary)
banded krait (Bungarus fasciatus)
plantar flexion
corner
king of Yamato
to systematize
fan in autumn (esp. one that is no longer used)