Vocabulary Browser
Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
Certificate for Students Achieving the Proficiency Level of Upper Secondary School Graduates
transverse section
change of heart
spending one night ahead (e.g. at a hotel near the airport the night before catching a flight)
fresh Western sweets (usu. containing cream or fruit, e.g. sponge cake, pie)
stage prop in kabuki, consisting of a revolving panel with a life-size doll on each side
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
Interscholastic Athletic Meet
productive age
primary benchmark (surveying)
dumplings offered to the moon (on the 15th day of the 8th month and the 13th day of the 9th month)
type of local militia in China most active during the Qing dynasty
law of equal division of rice fields (of ancient China)
thinly sliced salmon head cartilage (also whale etc.)
it's hard to cut one's ties to close relatives even if they are wicked
cash gift from local government to the elderly (often on 77th and 88th birthdays)
person who has a romantic preference for older men
persistently bothering someone (for no good reason)
child on the waiting list (for a kindergarten, nursery school, etc.)
remaining bones after decay of a corpse
housing for the elderly with home-care services provided
Sanfrecce Hiroshima (professional football club)
person working for someone else (followed by job title)
special-express ticket (usu. needed in addition to a basic fare ticket)
ground proximity warning system
children's game of catching bamboo spatulas on the back of the hand
party ticket (esp. one for a political fundraising party)
parallelogram of force
full width at half maximum
Japan Association for Trade with Russia & Central-Eastern Europe (ROTOBO)