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Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
Wilson's warbler (Cardellina pusilla)
the seven continents
Barnard's Star (star in the constellation Ophiuchus)
to give an address (before a large number of people)
four-on-the-floor
to be able to hold one's head up (of an infant)
one year
Certificate for Students Achieving the Proficiency Level of Upper Secondary School Graduates
transverse section
change of heart
one's own way (esp. of an assertive man)
the Four Freedoms (as defined by Franklin D. Roosevelt: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear)
unable to find adequate words (e.g. to express feelings)
the four great Japanese grammar texts (Yamada, Matsushita, Hashimoto and Tokieda)
not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand
classifier (in Japanese and Chinese linguistics)
spending one night ahead (e.g. at a hotel near the airport the night before catching a flight)
seasoning of grated daikon with soy and vinegar, usu. for fish or vegetables
waiting to see one's opponent's move
Aster yomena (Asiatic species of aster)
fresh Western sweets (usu. containing cream or fruit, e.g. sponge cake, pie)
stage prop in kabuki, consisting of a revolving panel with a life-size doll on each side
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
Interscholastic Athletic Meet
to take a big bite
various intimate services (e.g. massage) rendered by a female high school student or young woman wearing a high school uniform
three greatest teas of Japan (Uji-cha, Sayama-cha and Shizuoka-cha)
tangible side of things (such as equipment and facilities; as opposed to the abstract side)
six-year secondary school (type of school introduced in the 1998 revision of the Japanese School Education Law)
Belarus