Vocabulary Browser
Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
banking principle
stealing another's romantic partner
normalcy bias
financial literacy
last day of the Bon festival (July 20 in most parts of Japan)
government-affiliated
wholly
dining hall at a Zen temple or monastery
New Economic Policy (Soviet Union, 1922-1928)
basic wage
simple, inexpensive Chinese restaurant
ghost story
Nichiren sect that does not accept from or give to non-believers
five signs of the impending death of a heavenly being
customer appreciation day (retail sales day)
back of a stone monument
Western classical studies
special precautions
war communism (Russia, 1918-1921)
principle of national self-determination
colonel (JGSDF)
Tanaka memorial (document, ca. 1927)
nuisance parking
private (JGSDF)
self-appointed enforcer of business closure and stay-at-home requests during the COVID-19 pandemic
preparing a bath
like sweat cannot return inside the body, the word of an emperor cannot be unsaid
female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's misdemeanours and farts
three wholesome roots (no coveting, no anger, no delusion)
hour of the Snake (around 10am, 9-11am, or 10am-12 noon)