Vocabulary Browser
Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
coaching inn
former Christian (forced to apostatize during the Edo period)
continuing offense (multiple consecutive offenses treated a single crime; repealed in 1947)
assassination of US President John F. Kennedy (November 22, 1963)
troops outfitted with red armor (Sengoku and Edo periods)
public servant (esp. police)
serves you right!
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
new mother
thank you (for the meal just served)
Black September (Palestinian extremist group responsible for the massacre of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics)
sapphire wedding (anniversary)
academic aptitude test (taken by Japanese university applicants between 1948 and 1954)
sound used for censoring words or phrases (on TV, radio, etc.)
National Institute of Floricultural Science
heads of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government
searching for and photography at locations used as settings for anime, manga, etc.
The Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics
International Federation for Victory over Communism (group affiliated with the former Unification Church)
Encyclopedia Nipponica
free software (open-source software that can be used, modified, and redistributed without restriction)
Nippon Urban Management and Local Government Research Association
private educational institution to aid correspondence high school students
The Monkey and the Crab (folktale)
what the?
Japanese Society of Neuropsychopharmacology
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (USA)
National Research Institute of Police Science (abbr)
mathematical olympiad
traditional inn priding itself on its cuisine