Vocabulary list for JLPT N1

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adverb
1.
what, how
2.
what (a) ...!, how ...!(usually kana)(indicates surprise, admiration, etc.)
3.
surprisingly, to my amazement, believe it or not, why, ...!(usually kana)
interjection
4.
oh my, wow(usually kana)
5.
well, ..., so, ...(usually kana)(used when asking for confirmation or approval)

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
puncture, flat tyre (tire), blowout
2.
bursting, overflowing, being jammed (e.g. phone lines), reaching breaking point, collapse, breakdown, going bankrupt

noun, auxillary suru verb
hard struggle, strenuous effort

na-adjective, adverb
wet through, drenched(onomatopia)

noun, auxillary suru verb
want, shortage, famine

noun, no-adjective
small number, few, minority
See also:多数 (antonym)

noun, auxillary suru verb
donation, presentation, gift
All readings:
寄贈【きぞう】
寄贈【きそう】

adverbial noun, noun (temporal), no-adjective
day after day, every day

noun, auxillary suru verb
ignition, lighting, firing, setting off

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to lay waste, to devastate, to damage
2.
to invade, to break into
3.
to troll (e.g. web forums), to spam(colloquialism, computer term)
Other readings:
荒す【あらす】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
composite, combined, complex

noun
1.
row of houses
2.
every house, each house, every door
adverbial noun
3.
all, totally, altogether, across the board
Other readings:
軒並【のきなみ】

noun
monthly installment (instalment), monthly payment
See also:月払い

noun, auxillary suru verb
revival, reconstruction, restoration, rebuilding, recovery, renaissance

noun
farming, agriculture, cultivation

noun
1.
humanity, empathy, kindness, sympathy
2.
human nature, common sense, customs and manners

adverb, noun, auxillary suru verb, to-adverb
heartbroken, crestfallen, dejected, disappointed(onomatopia)
Other readings:
ガックリ

noun
1.
war, battle, campaign, fight
2.
troops, forces(archaism)
All readings:
【いくさ】
【いくさ】
【いくさ】

noun
1.
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period), samurai
2.
man in attendance (on a person of high standing), retainer(archaism)(only relevant for さぶらい)
Other readings:
【さぶらい】
【さむらい】

na-adjective, noun
sensitive, alert, aware, susceptible

noun
1.
walking
2.
pace, step
3.
course (of history, one's life, etc.), history, progress, advance, development
4.
pitch (of a screw, etc.)
Other readings:
【あゆみ】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun
son(honorific language)

noun
1.
public corporation
2.
public housing(abbreviation)

noun
1.
pipe, tube, cylinder
2.
gun barrel
3.
gun, cannon
4.
well lining, well curb

noun, noun (suffix)
1.
group, bunch, crowd, throng, swarm, band
2.
group(mathematics)

noun
otolaryngology, ear, nose, and throat department

Godan-u verb, transitive verb
1.
to carry on one's shoulder, to shoulder, to bear
2.
to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.), to take upon oneself
Other readings:
荷う【になう】
荷なう【になう】

noun
performance, execution, skill, dexterity, tact
Other readings:
手ぎわ【てぎわ】

noun, no-adjective
delinquency, misconduct

na-adjective, noun
euphemistic, circumlocutory, roundabout, indirect

noun
1.
(wrestling) ring(sumo term)
2.
forum (e.g. for discussion)
3.
sandbag, gabion

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
elimination, erasure, clearing, dissipating, melting away
2.
elimination (of variables)(mathematics)

noun
public discussion, public criticism, controversy

noun
bacterium, bacteria, germ

noun, no-adjective
original work

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
hint, suggestion

adverbial noun, noun
1.
one part, one portion, one section, some
2.
one copy (e.g. of a document)

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener, to abase oneself(usually kana)
Other readings:
へりくだる《遜る》

noun
1.
crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road), going astray
2.
difference of opinion, misunderstanding, estrangement, disagreement
Other readings:
行き違い【ゆきちがい】
行違い【いきちがい】
行違い【ゆきちがい】

noun
birth-place, home town

no-adjective, na-adjective
characteristic, traditional, peculiar, inherent, native, eigen-

adjective
large number, innumerable, great many, immense, vast, abundant(usually kana)

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
catch, catching, obtaining (e.g. information), receiving (e.g. radio transmission or phone call)
2.
catch(baseball term)
noun
3.
shop tout, puller-in
noun, auxillary suru verb
4.
catching (in swimming and boating), catching the water
noun
5.
catcher(baseball term)
6.
call waiting(abbreviation, colloquialism)

noun, auxillary suru verb
excitement, stimulation, agitation, arousal
Other readings:
昂奮【こうふん】
亢奮【こうふん】
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