Vocabulary Browser
Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
small water spring
midsummer greetings
Monoplacophora (polyphyletic class of mollusks)
Festival of Emperor Jimmu (formerly held annually on April 3, the supposed day of his death)
excipient (inactive ingredient added to a drug)
five dhyani buddhas
undisputedly
kanji reading and meaning
Aryavalokitesvara (manifestation of Avalokitesvara)
forged card (e.g. cash card, credit card)
old gentleman
regular election (triennial election of half of the House of Councillors)
my
Zen stick (used by a Zen priest to strike an inattentive zazen sitter)
Michelia compressa (species of Japanese tree similar to champak)
Nandikesvara (Ganesh in the Buddhist pantheon)
nuclear submarine
Shikoku pilgrimage (to the 88 temples)
free lodging (for pilgrims, etc.)
Emperor Meiji's birthday (November 3; national holiday held from 1927 to 1948)
fixed focal length lens
imperial ceremony of ancestor worship formerly held on the vernal equinox
Cintamani-cakra (manifestation of Avalokitesvara)
inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall)
disaccharides
to be soaked (in water)
large-flowered evening primrose (Oenothera glazioviana)
Great Tokyo Air Raid (March 10, 1945)
imperial ceremony of ancestor worship formerly held on the autumnal equinox
god who causes calamities