Vocabulary Browser
Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
Children's Day (national holiday; May 5)
bottom of one's heart
infrared rays
to look closely
roadside prohibition-edict boards
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.)
Ashikaga period (i.e. Muromachi period; 1336-1573)
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.)
passing university entrance exams in the last year of high school (instead of failing then taking gap year(s))
burying
embarrassing
wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.)
being used to people (e.g. of a young child)
to consist of
region on Japan Sea side of Japan west of Tokyo
going to the capital (esp. of a samurai or daimyo during the Edo period)
to fire (from a job)
biomechanics
self-sufficiency
close associate
hand, foot and mouth disease
value
private parts
in calligraphy, an abbreviated or mistaken form of a character, or a work written in more than one calligraphic style
landslide
state-sponsored temples, particularly those favored and protected by the shogunate during the Kamakura period
large drop (of rain, sweat, tears, etc.)
texture
tea ceremony
to poke fun at