Vocabulary Browser
Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
nation-state
frequently asked questions
climate change
popular
ability score (in role-playing games, etc.)
Edo-period office in charge of compiling the traditional calendar, astronomical measurements, surveying, translating Western books, etc.
if you like
to be comprehensible
Bureau of Shrine Affairs (1900-1940)
if you are so inclined
form of ancient Chinese entertainment similar to a circus (brought to Japan during the Nara period)
year in which an imperial memorial ceremony is held (the 3rd, 5th, 10th 20th, 50th and 100th years after death and every 100 years thereafter)
rubefacient (substance that causes redness of skin)
Amur stickleback (Pungitius sinensis)
Ichijitsu Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto; form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai)
Kurozumi-kyo (sect of Shinto)
variable light (e.g. with a dimmer)
rite seeing off the gods on their way to Izumo Shrine (held on the last night of the ninth lunar month and first night of the tenth lunar month)
you (referring to one's spouse or partner)
Board of Ceremonies (part of the Imperial Household Agency)
rough voice (e.g. when one has a cold or sore throat)
kagura (esp. when performed at the imperial palace)
Shinto Taiseikyō (sect of Shinto)
final performance
Tendai Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto; form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai)
Sannou Ichijitsu Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto; form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai)
to feel hungry
Taiseikyō (sect of Shinto)
shrewd
publication of two or more different books together as one