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Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
it's better to be rough and ready than slow and elaborate
cryptosporidiosis
(repeated) side stepping (stamina test)
Tokugawa Yoshinobu's resignation as Minister of the Interior and the abandonment of the Shogunate's territories (during the Meiji Restoration)
Guizhou Province (China)
to seek knowledge
mass-market product (i.e. non-premium)
corrupt monk
analyzer (device)
(talking in a) half-joking manner
desert climate
congratulatory visit to the Imperial Palace (for New Year and the Emperor's birthday)
person who is preoccupied with appearing popular
indirect bragging (esp. on social media; by casually showing off something bragworthy as if it were unintended)
to leave in the dark
full-time trade union official
to commit a crime
polycythemia
long-term substitute teacher (filling in for someone on maternity or long-term sick leave)
in the confusion of the moment
lone criminal
to sing someone's praises
stickiness
rapid transit (in Taiwan)
reduction (of an allowance, limit, quota, etc.)
abuse of elderly people
dish of the same ingredient prepared two different ways, stewed together (esp. tofu, specialty of Kyoto)
Dutch East Indies
bubble bath with very small bubbles (giving the water a whitish appearance)
hyperthermophile