Vocabulary Browser
Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction
acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
person with gender identity disorder
warm soba noodles (esp. for dipping, either served after being boiled, or cooled and then rewarmed)
hutong (narrow street or alley in a traditional residential area of a Chinese city, esp. Beijing)
last business day of the year (usu. December 28)
very slowly
smoke detector (residential)
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
major histocompatibility complex
Act on Payment of Relief Benefit for Victims, etc. of Crimes Committed by Aum Shinrikyo
fear of having blank days (e.g. for a freelancer)
good friend (esp. one has become acquainted with at a gambling den)
European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
classification yard (railway)
quitting one's job to care for one's family (e.g. one's elderly or sick parents)
monoclinic crystal system
(we) apologize for the inconvenience
going to the toilet (of a woman)
outrage marketing (deliberately stirring up controversy to generate publicity)
Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act
Smaller Enterprise Retirement Allowance Mutual Aid System (retirement pension system established in 1959)
Japan Electronics Industry Development Association
Financial Accounting Standards Foundation
Chลซkyล metropolitan area (most of Aichi, and parts of Gifu and Mie prefectures; centered around Nagoya)
self-ionization (e.g. of water)
to be humiliated
State Environmental Protection Administration
Takugin Hosho (bankrupted Japanese credit guarantor)
it is better to try and fail than never to try at all