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amount of money
safe ②depository
present day ②early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
tension ②tensions (between countries, groups, etc.) ③tonus
section (i.e. of text) ②phrase ③verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry) ④haiku
to eat ②to live ③to bite ④to tease
coincidence ②by chance ③contingency
stinking ②suspicious ③smelling of ④looking like
to rot ②to corrode ③to have the audacity to ④to lose a bet ⑤to be drenched
habit (usu. a bad one) ②peculiarity ③crease
to give ②to kindly do for one
down-train ②down-slope ③downbound (esp. away from Tokyo) ④downstream
distinction
class (of students) ②group (of people) ③lot ④set (of items) ⑤typesetting
to cross (legs or arms) ②to put together ③to braid ④to grapple
cloudiness ②fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.) ③gloom
throne ②government position ③social standing ④grade (of quality, etc.)
(way of) life
classical music ②classic ③classic (work)
to live ②to spend (time)
glass (drinking vessel) ②glass (material) ③glasses (eyewear)
to go mad ②to get out of order ③to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.) ④to go crazy (over someone or something)
group (usu. of people)
painful ②distressing ③hard to do
sunset ②end ③year-end
trouble ②anxiety
to add ②to increase ③to include ④to inflict (damage)
detailed ②knowing very well
to be added to ②to join in (e.g. a group of friends) ③to increase (e.g. heat) ④to be applied (e.g. heat, pressure)
native Japanese reading of a Chinese character ②precept
army ②military authorities ③team
Note: There is no longer an official word or kanji list for the JLPT. This list is a suggestion based on data from Tanos