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Dec 24, 2025

N5

Reading

セイ、ショウ、い.きる、い.かす、い.ける、う.ま...

Meaning

life, genuine, birth

Words

発生、生活、生産、生まれる、誕生

N4

Reading

セツ、サイ、き.る、-き.る、き.り、-き.り、-...

Meaning

cut, cutoff, be sharp

Words

一切、切る、切れ、大切、適切

N3

Reading

ジョウ

Meaning

status quo, conditions, circumstances, form, appearance

Words

状態、状況、状、形状、環状

N2

Reading

リン、わ

Meaning

wheel, ring, circle, link, loop, counter for wheels and flowers

Words

輪、競輪、五輪、車輪、指輪

N1

Reading

セイ、サイ、そろ.う、ひと.しい、ひと.しく、あた...

Meaning

adjusted, alike, equal, similar variety of

Words

斉、一斉、斉唱、斉射

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Dec 24, 2025

N5

きゅう、く、ここの、この、ここ

Definition

nine

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N4

はんたい

Definition

opposition, resistance, antagonism, hostility, objection, dissension, reverse, opposite, vice versa, contrast

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N3

ものがたり

Definition

tale, story, legend

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N2

まくら

Definition

pillow, bolster, introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story), lead-in

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N1

じょがい

Definition

exception, exclusion

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