Vocabulary Browser
Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family
great virtue
lethal dose
suffocation
modifier
government-guaranteed bond
food (esp. chicken and vegetables) boiled in plain water (or sometimes dashi, etc.) and served with dipping sauce (esp. ponzu)
appearance of a layperson (as opposed to a Buddhist priest)
large-size refuse (e.g. furniture, electrical goods)
legitimate child
death by suffocation
primary nursing care requirement authorization (a 5-level graded system under health insurance)
man's weeping (esp. of someone not prone to tears)
to abide one's shame
diastrophism (movement and deformation of the earth's crust)
particular word that an owner includes in the names of their racehorses
the palace sanctuary, shrine of imperial ancestors and temple inside the Japanese imperial palace
carrying over a bill from one Diet session to the next, being deliberated by a committee in the interim
word-for-word translation
global warming
first lieutenant
made of bamboo
eldest son's descendants
things to fear: earthquakes, thunder, fires and, most of all, fathers
flight
district court
legitimate heir
just as even coarse tea tastes good when fresh, even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth
People's Republic of China
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.)