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Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
to arrange not to contradict each other
Japanese and Chinese medicine
northern side house (to the rear of a main residence; often home to one's wife)
vestibule
normal conversation
having an ancient and honorable origin
Local Government Finance Act
person who estimates the variety and quantity of wood necessary to build a house from looking at the plans
to communicate with each other
year after year
quintic equation
aural highlight of a noh play in which the main actor dances
relief (carving)
(government) inspector-general (Edo period)
woman who played music, danced and worked as a prostitute
following someone through a locked door, thus obtaining unauthorized access
Republic of San Marino
three types of relatives (e.g. father, children and grandchildren; parents, siblings, wife and children; etc.)
belle of society
female servant hired at a lady-in-waiting's own expense
one's predestined length of life
customer at a brothel
ceremony for appointing officials other than ministers (from the Heian period)
third lunar month
maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period)
travellers' inn
palace workshop responsible for making furnishings, etc. (Heian period)
eleventh lunar month
Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (East Timor)
employer (esp. of a geisha, prostitute, etc.)