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Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
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placoderms (extinct fishes of class Placodermi)
willow gudgeon (species of fish, Gnathopogon caerulescens)
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climate change
to feel anxious
generic product
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Edo-period office in charge of compiling the traditional calendar, astronomical measurements, surveying, translating Western books, etc.
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Stefan-Boltzmann law
Metagonimus yokogawai (species of intestinal fluke)
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Bureau of Shrine Affairs (1900-1940)
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form of ancient Chinese entertainment similar to a circus (brought to Japan during the Nara period)
good deeds
gall (abnormal plant growth formed by insects)
street with houses lined up only on one side
spinnerule (small spinning tube on a spinneret)
imperial memorial ceremony (held on the anniversary of the emperor's or empress's death, on fixed years)
year in which an imperial memorial ceremony is held (the 3rd, 5th, 10th 20th, 50th and 100th years after death and every 100 years thereafter)
rubefacient (substance that causes redness of skin)
Amur stickleback (Pungitius sinensis)
Ichijitsu Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto; form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai)
Kurozumi-kyo (sect of Shinto)
variable light (e.g. with a dimmer)
schistosomiasis japonica
brown-spotted grouper (Epinephelus chlorostigma)
spawning migration