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Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
running away from home for a very short time
to sell out before the price falls (usu. shares)
academic advisor (e.g. at a university research lab)
plane wave
perfectly white skin (woman)
Oncomelania hupensis nosophora (species of tropical freshwater snail)
stopping position (of a vehicle; at a pedestrian crossing, traffic lights, etc.)
Lindera glauca (species of spicebush)
univocal
neologism (invention of words that have meaning only to the person who uses them)
to arrange (e.g. flowers)
Gaultheria adenothrix (alpine shrublet in the Ericaceae family)
Japonic languages
to begin to like something (one did not initially like)
reduction in service (flights, buses, etc.)
to signal the winner of a match (by the referee raising his fan towards the winner)
angular Solomon's seal (Polygonatum odoratum)
tipping a wheelchair back (e.g. to negotiate stairs)
luminescent organism
ergodic theory
exchange traded fund
tall shield orchid (Nervilia aragoana)
Dutch auction
leaving an online shopping session without purchasing the goods in the cart
Hokkaido dialect
imputation of responsibility
Panama Papers
corresponding amount
to bury (e.g. in ash, snow, earth)
shinkansen pear