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Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
Asteraceae (family of flowering plants comprising the asters, daisies, sunflowers, etc.)
high income
to lose hope
Battle of Ueno (battle of the Boshin war; 1868)
people who study or work while listening to the radio (or watching television, etc.)
going back to sleep
agreement used to prevent unauthorized or faked divorce by couples in Japan in the future
Great Patriotic War (Russian name for the war along the eastern front during World War II)
Iran-Contra affair (1984-1986)
electric wheelchair
Cod Wars (UK-Iceland confrontations over fishing rights; 1958, 1971, 1975)
loss of equilibrium
(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
care for patients with bedpans, urinary bottles, etc.
cryptid (animal whose existence is unsubstantiated, e.g. the yeti)
Watergate scandal (1972-1975)
moa (extinct, flightless bird formerly found in New Zealand)
leafbird
walk
Euphorbiaceae (family of flowering plants)
Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis)
telepathic communication
to stop midway
birth parents
coming to Japan (of a non-Japanese person)
to affix
The Five (circle of Russian composers: Balakirev, Cui, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Borodin)
alternating current
sports club (e.g. at school)
red terror