Vocabulary Browser
Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
shower effect (theory that placing high-selling items on the upper floors of a department store will lead to increased sales in the lower floors)
ozeki-ranked wrestler in danger of losing his rank
Nanking Incident (targeting of Nanking's foreign properties and residents by Kuomintang troops in March, 1927)
medium build
to pick out (with the fingers)
latter days of the law (one of the three ages of Buddhism)
number of words a person speaks
yellowtail amberjack (species of fish, Seriola lalandi)
battle of words
to add (one thing to another)
all but dead
break (from work, etc.)
lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)
to prevent
eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Ason, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi)
mediator
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants)
to be open (to traffic)
job transfer
to fly about
six codes (constitution, civil code, criminal code, commercial code, code of civil procedure, code of criminal procedure)
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road)
retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation
nuclear bomb
fixed-amount (postal) savings
sealed letter
Manchukuo (Japanese Manchurian puppet state; 1932-1945)
pencil case
perpetual youth and longevity