Vocabulary Browser
Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
Four Perils (malevolent beings)
vote by the Diet to appoint the prime minister
to cause a person trouble
Wood Tiger (51st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1914, 1974, 2034)
copper alloy with traces of silver, lead, or tin
even fools can give good counsel
ninth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Mars and south)
to have steady nerves
people will believe something false if many agree that it is true (an example of argumentum ad populum)
traditional Zen-style architecture
Jintan (brand-name breath mint marketed as having various medicinal properties)
wooden board used on the ridge-ends of a roof instead of an onigawara tile (sometimes covered in copper sheeting)
night where one waits for someone who is supposed to come
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
type of hanging scroll (made from paper of approx. 130cm x 30cm in size)
to accord someone every courtesy
xenoturbellan (either of two species of worm-like basal deuterostomes)
shining
international monitoring team
angular coordinate(s)
shoji with an oil-treated screen (for increased water resistance)
saturation attack
light heat at the beginning of the summer
water left in buckets on the roadside during the summer for travellers
agnosia (loss of ability to recognize objects, persons, sounds, shapes, or smells)
to be quick-witted
fog bow
outdoor party where guests cook various types of vegetables (esp. in Tลhoku)
special event
Self-Defense Force mission