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Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
Shลwa restoration (call for Imperial restoration by militarists in the 1930s)
tossing a coin (to a street performer or beggar)
approaching the enemy
theatre of the absurd (theater)
pebbled butterflyfish (Chaetodon multicinctus)
Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine
one's luck with the opposite sex
single (record, CD, etc.)
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
dipping sauce
museum (esp. with collections of old objects)
voluntary liquidation
United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1945-1950)
tax exemption for one's spouse
appraisal
Far East Command
being called upon to give a Buddhist service (or lecture, etc.) at the Imperial Court
the four beginnings (in Mencius's belief in humanity's innate goodness)
Hector's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori)
stinking chamomile (Anthemis cotula)
taking the opportunity to do something
fair and equitable principle
enduring and accepting
having one's good intentions backfire dangerously
inseparably
progeria
stripe
long sword with birds' heads carved on the pommel
United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950-1972)
General Headquarters (office of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers; 1945-1952)