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Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
private land
love romance
rice-bran bag (used for scrubbing the skin when bathing)
men's hairstyle with small sideburns and a wide forehead (Edo period)
year after year
quintic equation
aural highlight of a noh play in which the main actor dances
relief (carving)
(government) inspector-general (Edo period)
something cold (esp. a body)
woman who played music, danced and worked as a prostitute
following someone through a locked door, thus obtaining unauthorized access
Republic of San Marino
three types of relatives (e.g. father, children and grandchildren; parents, siblings, wife and children; etc.)
belle of society
Kyoto's children
pavilion housing the sacred mirror (in Heian Palace)
female servant hired at a lady-in-waiting's own expense
one's predestined length of life
have to (verb)
customer at a brothel
ceremony for appointing officials other than ministers (from the Heian period)
as if it weren't already enough
third lunar month
Fronde (series of French civil wars; 1648-1653)
plowing right after the autumn harvest
washing clothes at night (during the height of the summer)
chief navigator
to break off with (e.g. one's lover)
maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period)