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100 of 1,826 Vocabulary

tedium ②to feel bored
cabinet minister
to face (each other) ②to be directed toward (the future, etc.) ③to receive (a client, etc.) ④to compare with
great war ②world war
mostly ②probably ③most ④ordinary ⑤proper
attitude ②attitude (towards an issue, etc.)
president (of a nation) ②big man
majority ②mostly
representation ②exemplification ③leader ④switchboard number
very ②immense ③serious ④major incident
diamond ②(railway) schedule ③diagram
flat ②calm ③plateau
representation ②proxy
continent ②continental Asia (esp. mainland China) ③continental Europe
to throw down ②to kill ③to overthrow ④to leave unpaid
so ②like I said
house ②one's house ③one's husband
a little ②amount
to save ②to help ③to support (financially) ④to facilitate
ordinary ②free of charge ③only ④but
to make war (on) ②to compete (against) ③to struggle (against adversities, etc.)
to strike ②to attack ③to sound out (someone's views) ④to pound (meat or fish)
at once ②directly (face, lead to, etc.)
to stand up ②to rise ③to recover ④to take action
position ②viewpoint
to pass (of time)
after all ②but ③even ④too
the vertical ②front-to-back ③vertical (relationship) ④(weaving) warp
example ②simile
another person ②unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood) ③outsider
seed (e.g. of a plant) ②material (e.g. for an article) ③ingredient ④cause
time (three times, each time, etc.)
perhaps ②generous
ball ②egg ③okonomiyaki ④coin
ball ②egg ③okonomiyaki ④coin
ball ②egg ③okonomiyaki ④coin
occasional
occasionally ②casually
intolerable ②irresistible ③cannot help (doing)
to be silent
no good ②hopeless ③neutral point (in go)
step ②grade ③counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.) ④dan
unit ②credit (in school) ③in units of (e.g. "in thousands")
group ②organization
being in charge (of an area of responsibility)
earth ②place ③territory ④bottom (of a package, book, etc.)
(social) position ②position (in a company, organization, etc.)
cheese ②tee (piping) ③cheese (said when taking a photograph)
wisdom ②prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
underground ②world of the dead ③underground (activities, movement, etc.)
prefectural governor
horizon (related to land)
district ②the country ③civilian society
tea ②tea plant (Camellia sinensis) ③mockery
Note: There is no longer an official word or kanji list for the JLPT. This list is a suggestion based on data from Tanos