Vocabulary Browser
Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
standards organization
activism
excise tax
golden venus chub (Hemigrammocypris rasborella)
to hold an additional item in one's hand
Hypericum (plant genus including St. John's worts)
right of samurai to kill commoners for perceived affronts (Edo period)
Omobranchus elegans (species of combtooth blenny)
draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh
exploiting class
evidence-based medicine
vascular endothelial growth factor
going through a cave, grass ring or the interior of a large Buddhistic statue, etc. (symbolizing rebirth)
even the unskilled can succeed by a fluke given enough tries
Oklahoma City bombing (April 19, 1995)
Massive Open Online Course
distilled alcohol (esp. that used in some sakes and liqueurs)
Aucuba japonica var. borealis (variety of Japanese laurel)
street where many shops and businesses are closed (e.g. due to an economic slump)
like a pigeon who's been shot by a peashooter (i.e. wide-eyed in shock)
age in days
easy-to-use telephone equipment provided free of charge or at a rebated cost for elderly or disabled who live alone
avoidant personality disorder
to dance
sword-shaped stoneware found in archeological sites in eastern Japan dating to the end of the Jomon period
decorating the alcove of a tea room with a hanging scroll and flowers (in more formal tea ceremonies, during only the first and second half respectively)
Akihabara massacre (June 8, 2008)
calligraphy technique of holding the brush perpendicularly, lower arm raised, and elbow held away from the body
Mariana Trench (deepest part of the ocean, near the Mariana Islands)
traditional Koshōgatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit on the rump with a sacred wooden pole to ensure her fertility