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Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
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)
hair replacement surgery
radio astronomy
obi-tying ceremony designed to ensure safe birth of a child
small (of a grain or berry, etc.)
congeries of many households
written response
chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)
(the crime of) high treason
building with a gabled, hipped roof