Vocabulary Browser
Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
Japan Self-Defense Forces
anniversary of a person's death (on which Buddhist commemorative rites, etc. are performed)
thrift
unaffected and sincere, with fortitude and vigor (vigour)
outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade)
Lorentz contraction
magnetization
ratio of the margin of loss of an electoral candidate in a single-constituent district (used to break ties when determining the representative of a proportionally represented district)
Coalition of the Willing (nations who supported America's preemptive strike in Iraq in 2003)
Banchō Seisaku Kenkyūjo (faction of the LDP)
silkworm-raising room
source of income
one by one
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments)
qieyun (ancient Chinese dictionary arranged by rhyme, displaying characters' meanings and representing their pronunciation with fanqie)
armored recovery vehicle
"winner" of a meal paid for by dutch treat (i.e. the person who eats the most)
security force
swiftness of foot
(informal) discussion
operation (of a machine, factory, fishing boat, etc.)
same day shipping
essential elements of information
Japan's three antinuclear principles (against producing, possessing and allowing the entry of nuclear weapons into Japanese territory)
sparsely connected neural network
reduced-size edition (esp. of an unabridged compilation of a newspaper)
kana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word
there isn't a moment to be wasted
Doctor of Commercial Science
person that annoys or causes trouble