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Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
to play shogi
acolyte
to factor out (e.g. in algebra)
to have sparkling eyes
Buddhist theory of the twelve-fold chain of causation, interdependent origination and co-dependent arising (San: pratฤซtya-samutpฤda)
world conquest
-maker (e.g. ice-maker)
frequency
place on bridge passageway next to the rear of a noh stage (where the interlude kyogen actors wait)
uncle (one's father's younger brother)
ridge of a cliff
straight-chain
Ludwigia stipulacea (species of primrose-willow)
wooden rods (square, used in a pair) used in Kansai-area rakugo (e.g. to mark scene changes)
thixotropy
oil-based clay (for modelling, sculpting, etc.)
supernaturalist
hostage rescue operation
low fecundity
to leak a major secret
prize
hydroponics
developmental dictatorship (authoritarian form of government that pursues rapid economic development at the expense of democratic freedoms)
ohmmeter
lewdness
minor taro root
double doors (opening from the centre)
beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
flute-player seating area (noh), behind upstage left
stonewort (esp. Braun's stonewort, Chara braunii)