Vocabulary Browser
Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
passing (along the way)
cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey
to rustle
kindness begets kindness
large front gate
scholar of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture
rough fence of bamboo, logs, etc. constructed at battle sites or execution grounds
to have a flag set (indicates the setting of a variable that determines, for example, how a game will end)
application developer
highest ranking prostitute in Edo's Yoshiwara red-light district (from the Hōreki era onward)
Perciformes (order of perch and perch-like fish)
thumb shift keyboard
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
to understand everything from only one part
scroll containing a single line of calligraphy, often of Zen content (usu. found in a tea-ceremony room or house)
traditional Japanese poem with verses of five and seven morae repeated at least three times, usu. ending with a verse of seven
smartphone app malware
not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand
to take a big bite
you will appreciate your parents' advice as you grow older, just as it takes time to feel the effects of unwarmed sake
15th day of the New Year (when women would belatedly do their New Year's greetings or go back to their parents' homes; in Kyoto and Osaka)
manpower supplied by designated adult men to government officials, or tax in lieu (ritsuryō system)
refusing to budge
the four great civilizations of the world (China, Babylon, India and Egypt; as put forward by Chinese scholar Liang Qichao in 1900)
three shrines (usu. in ref. to Ise Grand Shrine, Iwashimizu Hachimangū and Kamo Shrine, or Kasuga Grand Shrine)
I shouldn't say this, but
Magen David Adom (Israel's emergency medical service)
no matter what anyone says
abruptly hanging up the phone while the other person is still talking
handsome men have neither money nor power