Vocabulary Browser
Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
misappropriation of public funds
cloakroom
meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine
to fall into ruin
Japan Sea coastal areas
ritual visits to a temple
traditional style of Japanese residential architecture
redistribution (of software)
small, light and thin (of consumer products, esp. electronics)
moisture absorbing
through ticket (e.g. rail, air)
having graduated from junior high school (as one's highest completed level of education)
joint committee of both houses
speech used by the speaker to convey the social stature between the speaker and listener
maid-in-waiting in the domestic quarters of a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)
attitude that with the state as one's boss, normal fiscal accountability can be dispensed with
trade liberalization
state-supported provincial temple (Nara period)
biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga)
fresh Japanese sweets (usu. containing red bean paste)
protection against wind
Church of Perfect Liberty (religious group founded in Japan in 1924)
industrial engineering
environmentally damaging (indiscriminate) development
male temple employee (esp. one who does odd jobs)
inhabitants of the main island
managing to find a way (to raise money, make ends meet, etc.)
Mahayana Buddhism
blackout (to prevent being seen by enemy aircraft during a nighttime air raid)
prohibition on women entering (usu. for religious reasons)