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Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
mendicant priest's begging bowl
animation director
at the time of writing
subentry (in dictionary)
submitting a haiku (for publication)
one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9)
augmented transition network
hand-clapping performed to celebrate the conclusion or completion of something (3-3-3-1 rhythm, done once)
periventricular leukomalacia (leucomalacia)
sperm donation
listening to once
novel influenza infection
tulou (traditional rural dwelling in Fujian, China)
tour guide-interpreter
left puppeteer (bunraku)
to speak with restraint
reticular activating system
to be constipated
burial mound for person who died for love
lymphoid tissue
protection period (of copyright)
to give off a stench
defrosting (e.g. of a freezer)
motility (usu. sperm)
accidental death (esp. while climbing mountains or being shipwrecked)
radius of influence
traditional Koshōgatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit on the rump with a sacred wooden pole to ensure her fertility
last death anniversary for which there is a memorial service held (usu. the 32nd or 49th)
tuberous
War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (Chinese name for the Second Sino-Japanese War; 1937-1945)