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Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
metaphorical poem (of the Man'yลshลซ)
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
Kanda Festival (held at Kanda Myลjin Shrine in Tokyo on May 15)
Taisha-kyo (sect of Shinto; renamed Izumo Oyashiro-kyo in 1951)
to satisfy (one)
forming by hand (instead of using a potter's wheel, etc.)
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (of China; 907-979)
three lords (highest ranking officials in the old Imperial Chinese or Japanese governments)
merchandise certificate
to keep in mind and do as one has been told
what with this and that
as you see
of bad character
in great amount
stress accent