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Vocabulary · JLPT N5–N1

Learn words through pictures and context.

Discover Japanese words, readings and meanings, one illustration at a time.

Illustration of 判

判

N1

はん

seal; stamp; monogram signature; judgment

Illustration of 満月
N1

まんげつ

full moon

Illustration of 生まれつき
N1

うまれつき

by nature; by birth; native

Illustration of 原子
N1

げんし

atom

Illustration of ゆとり
N1

ゆとり

reserve; affluence; room; time (to spare)

Illustration of 教職
N1

きょうしょく

teaching certificate; the teaching profession

Illustration of 図る
N1

はかる

to plot; to attempt; to plan; to take in; to deceive; to devise; to design; to refer A to B

Illustration of 綴じる
N1

とじる

to bind; to file

Illustration of 没落
N1

ぼつらく

ruin; fall; collapse

Illustration of 類

類

N1

たぐい

a kind

Illustration of 竿

竿

N1

さお

rod; pole (e.g. for drying laundry)

Illustration of 野党
N1

やとう

opposition party

Illustration of 採算
N1

さいさん

profit

Illustration of 職員
N1

しょくいん

staff member; personnel

Illustration of 欠乏
N1

けつぼう

want; shortage; famine

Illustration of 帯びる
N1

おびる

to wear; to carry; to be entrusted; to have; to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

Illustration of 悪者
N1

わるもの

bad fellow; rascal; ruffian; scoundrel

Illustration of 華々しい
N1

はなばなしい

brilliant; magnificent; spectacular

Illustration of ぺこぺこ
N1

ぺこぺこ

fawn; be very hungry

Illustration of 阻む
N1

はばむ

to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct; to oppose; to thwart

Illustration of 心得
N1

こころえ

knowledge; information

Illustration of 同情
N1

どうじょう

sympathy; compassion; sympathize; pity; feel for

Illustration of 詰る
N1

なじる

to rebuke; to scold; to tell off

Illustration of ドリル
N1

ドリル

drill

Illustration of 交付
N1

こうふ

delivering; furnishing (with copies)