Vocabulary Browser
Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
business competition
pickle on a stick (usually a cucumber)
lechery
changing nests
secondary taro corm
destroyer escort
to play shogi
acolyte
to factor out (e.g. in algebra)
to have sparkling eyes
Buddhist theory of the twelve-fold chain of causation, interdependent origination and co-dependent arising (San: pratītya-samutpāda)
world conquest
-maker (e.g. ice-maker)
frequency
place on bridge passageway next to the rear of a noh stage (where the interlude kyogen actors wait)
uncle (one's father's younger brother)
ridge of a cliff
straight-chain
Ludwigia stipulacea (species of primrose-willow)
wooden rods (square, used in a pair) used in Kansai-area rakugo (e.g. to mark scene changes)
thixotropy
oil-based clay (for modelling, sculpting, etc.)
supernaturalist
hostage rescue operation
low fecundity
to leak a major secret
prize
hydroponics
developmental dictatorship (authoritarian form of government that pursues rapid economic development at the expense of democratic freedoms)
ohmmeter