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Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
bird-watching
to scrape off
the crucial moment
classical form of adjectival noun inflection formed by contraction of the particle "to" with the classical verb "ari" ("aru")
Republic of Costa Rica
Xhosa (language)
game of make-believe
pachinko swindler
children's hospital
to learn the ropes
least developed country
even a homely girl looks beautiful at the peak of her youth
economic anthropology
young male with a feminine appearance (esp. one who crossdresses and has a feminine gender expression)
ritual performance (usually around New Year) to pray for a successful rice harvest in the coming year
guardian deity of pregnant women, newborn babies and one's birthplace
rural landscape
land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year's crop and the farmers kept 60%
thanksgiving rice dish after childbirth
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
stereotypically masculine cuisine
to feign friendliness
numbering plan
tool storage room
casting pearls before swine
symbol
system of guilt by association (especially that of Japanese election law, which stipulates that an elected official may lose his position if someone in his campaign commits a crime)
cat grass (often Avena sativa)
Felis (former constellation)
co-education