Vocabulary Browser
Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
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Aboriginal languages (of Australia)
Sekimon Shingaku
Eurasian golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Japanese Black (breed of cattle)
small mercy (from some misfortune)
difficult to obtain
calling bird (esp. a cuckoo)
phala (attained state, result)
Lamarckian evolutionary theory in which individuals lose characteristics that are not used and develop characteristics that are often used
bread-centered diet (as opposed to rice)
confusing song or poem (esp. used derogatorily to describe a style of middle-age Japanese poetry popularized by Fujiwara no Teika)
chickweed (stitchwort) roasted and mixed with salt, then ground into a powder for use as toothpaste
crown of a buddha's head
rainforest
American golden plover (Pluvialis dominica)
epigenesis (theory)
little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius)
young female TV announcer (who also frequently functions as a television talent doing on-location fluff pieces for variety shows)
(ethical) mistake
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)
to be answerable (for)
pardon me for leaving (first)
vegetable-based food (incl. nuts, berries, etc., but excl. all meat and fish)
Wernicke's area
octagon
carpal (bone)
cow hide tanned using tannin
freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium spp., esp. the Oriental river prawn, Macrobrachium nipponense)