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Today’s Kanji
Mar 30, 2026
Today’s Words
Mar 30, 2026
N5
だいがく
Definition
post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc., former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators), the Great Learning - one of the Four Books
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N4
よごれる
Definition
to get dirty, to become dirty, to become sullied, to become corrupted, to lose one's chastity
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N3
ろうどう
Definition
manual labor, manual labour, toil, work, Labour Party
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N2
めやす
Definition
criterion, standard, yardstick, reference, aim, rough estimate, approximation
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N1
せいほう
Definition
manufacturing method, recipe, formula
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