Vocabulary Browser
Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
path prefix
point-to-point connection
maximum operating normal mode voltage
transmission delay variation
reselling train tickets on the black market
Synchronous Data Link Control
distributed computing
seven emotions (in The Book of Rites: joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, hate, desire)
wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the Sea of Japan
Harvest festival held on the night of the tenth day of the tenth month (to send the rice paddy gods back to the mountains after harvest)
pavilion used as the emperor's habitual residence (in Heian Palace)
Act on Special Measures Concerning Countermeasures for Large-Scale Earthquakes
coal-fired thermal power
white shoes (for use during the summer)
scroll containing a single line of calligraphy, often of Zen content (usu. found in a tea-ceremony room or house)
cylindrical box used to measure rice
no matter how lovingly raised, a foster child is not actually one's biological child
there is unexpected good in what others have left behind
lead azide
pontic
red light (esp. on emergency vehicles)
tips
kanji reading that has not been approved by the government (and is not to be taught in public schools)
it is no crime to steal flowers
Short-Term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan (Bank of Japan's quarterly economic survey)
cooking over the fire of an unclean home or a home in mourning
changeable weather
inverted-type (e.g. shock-absorber)
research organization
ticket good for multiple performances (e.g. a whole day, including matinee and evening performances)