Vocabulary Browser
Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
banded krait (Bungarus fasciatus)
plantar flexion
corner
king of Yamato
to systematize
fan in autumn (esp. one that is no longer used)
Dōtanuki school (Muromachi-period swordsmithing school)
to touch each other
lantern ghost
Hakke Shinto (Shinto tradition transmitted by the House of Hakuo Shirakawa)
firing practice with live ammunition
small festival on the eve of the main festival (esp. of the Gion festival)
gene
smoky fire to repel mosquitoes
Consciousness-Only School (of Buddhism)
house built on sand
land of eternally tranquil light (highest realm in Tendai Buddhism)
to mask oneself
residence for low class samurai enrolled in one of the police forces (Edo period)
point where two ocean currents meet (e.g. a warm current and a cold current)
Indian goosegrass (Eleusine indica)
one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of food and other matters)
production committee system (joint financing for a work, e.g. anime, film, game)
Oribe ware (style of Japanese pottery)
tsunami earthquake
Margaritifera laevis (species of freshwater pearl mussel)
stalks of butterbur boiled in soy sauce
emergency volcanic alert (e.g. an eruption warning)
Zen Buddhism and Pure Land Buddhism
steel formwork