Vocabulary Browser
Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
footprint of the Buddha carved in stone
withered trees and cold ash
direct kanji input (as opposed to kana-kanji conversion)
soy flour made from parched green soybeans
playful style of haikai poetry popularized in the mid-seventeenth century
to compare (e.g. notes)
small child (esp. a servant child in the Heian-period imperial palace)
oiling
WorldSkills Competition
US military
coconsciousness
children's game in which (at least three) people stand back to back to each other and shove vigorously backwards
release from suspension (of a newspaper, magazine, etc.; Meiji period)
stepping outside to cool down
police investigation carried out in the immediate vicinity of a crime site
to spare oneself
embedded in the ceiling (of a fan, air conditioning unit, etc.)
belt grab reversal (judo)
to lead (a man) around by the nose
eerie
orthostatic hypotension
children's game in which (at least three) people stand back to back to each other and shove vigorously backwards
altostratus cloud
forelock
annual average
gambrel roof
to lead (a man) around by the nose
mythical spirit residing in a person's body that generates a desire to drink (also said to turn water into alcohol)
early phase of the shoin-zukuri residential architecture style
someone who has a title but no real duty