Vocabulary Browser
Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
to profit at someone else's expense
oblong stand for trays of food
even the unskilled can succeed by a fluke given enough tries
search thoroughly for something lost before you suspect someone of stealing it
concert band (as a school activity)
multitude
Chongqing government (Kuomintang government based in Chongqing during the Second Sino-Japanese War)
a moment of time in a spring evening is worth a thousand pieces of gold
Thunberg's fleabane (Erigeron thunbergii)
operation to win over someone by using a tactic of gentle persuasion
Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty
sinking of the South Korean navy ship Cheonan (allegedly by a North Korean torpedo; March 26, 2010)
Korean person residing in Japan (esp. a North Korean national who came to Japan before 1945 or a descendant of such a person)
Law for Stabilization of Supply, Demand and Prices of Staple Food
bending from the hips with the legs straight and head nearly to the ground
bodily injury caused by negligence in the conduct of business
neologism (invention of words that have meaning only to the person who uses them)
statue of the birth of Buddha (right hand pointing at the heavens, left hand pointing at the earth)
Law for the Promotion of Utilization of Recycled Resources
interference with a public servant in the execution of his or her duties
thousand-day walk through the mountains from Hieizan to the old Imperial Palace in Kyoto (ascetic practice of the Tendai sect)
warm soba noodles (esp. for dipping, either served after being boiled, or cooled and then rewarmed)
vertical evacuation (e.g. in a building during a tsunami)
dish of potatoes first boiled, then spun around while fried in a bowl (making them look as if covered in powder)
children's self-reliance support facility
Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Law
things cannot be larger than the things that contain them
he has not lived that lives not after death
note written on the reverse of the right side of an ancient document (memorandum or explanation of the contents)
fruits of a wife's labour (in assisting her husband's career, e.g. by running the household)