Kakimashou - JLPT Test

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50 of 1,825 Vocabulary

ま	い	ご
迷子

lost child

ま	か
任


せ


る

to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone) ②to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.) ③to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full

ま	く
幕

curtain ②act (in a play) ③falling of the curtain ④end

ま
負


け

defeat ②failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.) ③discount

ま	ご
孫

grandchild


ま


さ


か

by no means ②something unexpected ③currently ④indeed


ま


さ


に

exactly ②right (when) ③just (about to) ④really (ought to)

ま
真

じ
面

め
目

serious ②honest

ま
増


す

to increase

ま
先


ず

first (of all) ②probably ③more or less (satisfactory) ④anyway

ま	ず
貧


し


い

poor ②lacking (quantity and quality-wise)


マ


ス


タ


ー

to master (a skill) ②proprietor ③leader


ま


す


ま


す

increasingly

ま	た
又

again ②and ③really ④indirect

ま
未


だ

still ②(not) yet ③unfinished

ま	ち
町

town ②downtown ③street

ま
間

ち	が
違


い

mistake ②accident ③improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman)

ま	つ
松

pine tree (Pinus spp.) ②highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

ま
真


っ

か
赤

bright red ②downright (e.g. lie)

ま
真


っ

す
直


ぐ

straight (ahead) ②straightforward

ま	っ	た
全


く

really ②indeed ③good grief

ま	つ	り
祭

festival ②harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob ③galore (as in "goals galore")

ま	な
学


ぶ

to learn

ま	ね
真似

imitating ②behavior

ま	ね
招


く

to invite ②to beckon ③to call in ④to bring on oneself


マ


マ

as (it is) ②with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on) ③as (one pleases, one is told, etc.) ④sic

ま	め
豆

legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses) ②soya bean (Glycine max) ③small ④child

ま	も
守


る

to protect ②to keep (i.e. a promise)

ま	る
丸

circle ②entirety ③money ④suffix for ship names

ま	る
丸


い

round ②curved ③harmonious


ま


る


で

quite ②as if

ま	わ
回


す

to turn ②to pass around ③to ... around (e.g. chase, fool, play) ④to surround (something) with ⑤to put (an arm) around (e.g. someone's waist)

ま	わ
回


り

rotation ②making the rounds ③by way of ④round ⑤size

ま	ん
万

い	ち
一

(unlikely event of) emergency ②(if) by some chance

ま	ん
満

ぞ	く
足

satisfaction ②sufficient ③satisfying (an equation)

み
身

one's body ②oneself ③one's place (in society, etc.) ④main part

み
実

fruit ②seed ③(in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc. ④content

み
見

お	く
送


り

seeing (someone) off ②deferment ③letting a pitch go by ④wait-and-see attitude

み
味

か	た
方

friend ②taking sides (with)

み
見

ご	と
事

splendid ②utter (esp. defeat) ③something worth seeing


ミ


ス

mistake

み
満


ち


る

to fill ②to wax (of the moon) ③to rise (of the tide) ④to expire (of a period of time)

み	つ
密

dense ②close (relationship) ③esoteric Buddhism

み	と
認


め


る

to recognize ②to deem ③to approve ④to admit

み	ん	な
皆

everyone ②everything

み
見

ま
舞


い

visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune) ②letter of inquiry

み	や	げ
土産

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling ②present brought by a visitor ③something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation)

み	や	こ
都

capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital) ②capital (of music, fashion, etc.) ③location of the Imperial Palace

みょ	う
妙

strange ②wonder ③cleverness

みょ	う
明

ご
後

に	ち
日

day after tomorrow ②wrong (e.g. direction)

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