Vocabulary Browser
Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
road-rail vehicle (vehicle which can travel both on railroad tracks and normal roads)
military expedition led in person by the emperor
pseudoeffective
votive offering of money
native of Osaka
potsherd
fellow men
Kลjien (Japanese dictionary published by Iwanami Shoten)
set of problems (e.g. in a textbook) in which previously learned skills are applied to real world situations
monilethrix
teaching licence
pelvic girdle
mould room technician (radiology)
evening breeze
downsizing by laying off part-time and temporary workers
kiheitai (irregular militia during the Bakumatsu period)
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
Ryลtan (region in Kansai corresponding to the two historical provinces of Tanba and Tango)
optical system
new style poetry