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Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
Local Public Enterprise Act
terrible pain
type of Japanese hairstyle for young women (late Edo period)
night-soil man
copying calligraphy from a model
special course
to get along well together
difficult battle
Tanzenburo (famous early Edo-period bathhouse)
five residences for court ladies (in the inner Heian Palace)
periodic inspection
early spring
bringing up (one's daughter) like a princess
respect for one's elders
small boat used for unloading goods from a large boat anchored nearby
Epipaleolithic (era)
to hold one's life dear
first bath of the year
female prostitute working at a bathhouse (Edo period)
geisha from the Fukagawa red-light district in Edo
cherry tree east of the southern stairs of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace)
ladies' pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)
court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)
last day of March
Pallas's rosefinch (Carpodacus roseus)
cleaning out mud from a ditch or drain
pavilion housing the emperor's bathing quarters and dressing chamber (in Heian Palace)
mouth freshener
refreshing and pleasant autumn
type of faceted glass from Edo