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Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
the Twenty-Two Shrines
something that goes without saying
indescribable
feeling a sudden chill
Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii)
farewell party
to meet (someone of higher status)
neo-scholasticism
to be worried about
independent training (e.g. of athletes working without a coach)
to place a weight upon (e.g. when making pickles)
self-knowledge
to set one's hand to
metaphorical poem (of the Man'yōshū)
moment of force
loss of a game that was "called" by the umpire
first day of the month
bourgeois society
Hymenoptera
Arctic lamprey (Lethenteron camtschaticum)
clans supposedly descended from the gods
Lepidoptera (order comprising the butterflies and moths)
to be talked about behind one's back
track meet (non-competitive driving on a race course)
unanticipated
harsh tasting
difficult to get into
waiting for the sun (traditional all-night event of worship and neighbourhood fellowship)
generic product
five generations of earthly deities