Explore

Find words by how they're built

Search every word that has opened, then narrow by JLPT level, layer of the vocabulary, the process that shaped it or part of speech. Pick as many options as you like in each group. Each option shows how many words it would leave.

38 of 7831 words

Only words that have opened are searched. A layer is shown only when KANJIDIC2 or the cited text establishes it; the words with none are under “Not stated”. Parts of speech are groups of JMdict's tags (see each option's tooltip), and a word can sit in more than one.

© 2025 - 2026 NipponDaily. Released under the Apache-2.0 License.

Origins quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Kaikki.org; meanings & kanji from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 & KRADFILE (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0) — how we check it