Vocabulary list for JLPT N1

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noun
•
channel
All readings:
チャネル
、
チャンネル

na-adjective
1.
better, preferable, less objectionable, least-worst(usually kana)(esp. マシ)
noun (suffix)
2.
more, increase, extra
noun
3.
increase, growth(archaism)
Other readings:
マシ

noun
•
(water-filled) paddy field

noun
•
aptitude, aptness, suitability

noun
1.
course, route, path, channel
2.
process, means
Other readings:
径路【けいろ】
、
逕路【けいろ】

noun
•
(written) work, book, writings

noun
1.
personal history, background, career
2.
log, record, history
3.
hysteresis(abbreviation)

noun, no-adjective
1.
series, chain, sequence(only relevant for 一連)
noun
2.
two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper)
3.
verse, stanza(only relevant for 一連)
Other readings:
一嗹【いちれん】

no-adjective, noun
•
ultimate, final, last, eventual
Other readings:
窮極【きゅうきょく】

noun
1.
pity, sympathy, compassion, mercy
2.
affection, love

Godan-ku verb, intransitive verb
•
to run counter to, to go against, to disobey, to infringe
Other readings:
叛く【そむく】

suru verb (special), suffix
•
to change into, to convert into, to transform, to be reduced, to influence, to improve (someone)

noun
1.
beach, seashore
2.
captured pieces (in the game of go), captured stones(abbreviation, usually kana)
See also:揚げ浜
3.
Yokohama(abbreviation)
See also:横浜
4.
riverbank, riverside(archaism, Osaka-ben (dialect))
Other readings:
ハマ

noun, no-adjective
•
myopia, shortsightedness, nearsightedness

noun
1.
device, contrivance, mechanism, gadget
2.
trick, trap, calculated manipulation, gambit
3.
(small) scale, half finished
4.
commencement, initiation
5.
set up, laying out, preparation
6.
challenge, attack
Other readings:
仕掛【しかけ】

noun
•
district of a town, city block (of irregular size)

adverb
•
surely, certainly, without doubt(used of beliefs that turned out to be false)

adjective
1.
easy
suffix, adjective
2.
likely to ..., have a tendency to ...(usually kana)(after -masu stem of verb)
3.
easy to ...(usually kana)(after -masu stem of verb)

noun
•
sovereignty, supremacy, dominion
Other readings:
主權【しゅけん】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
nursing, (army) nurse

noun, prenominal
1.
power, motive power, dynamic force
noun
2.
three-phase electricity(engineering term)

noun, suffix
1.
side (of something, or taking someone's side), part
2.
(watch) case
Other readings:
側【かわ】

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
duration, continuance, survival, persistence, retention

noun
•
convenience, accommodation, advantage, benefit, expediency
Other readings:
便宜【びんぎ】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
sympathy, compassion, pity

noun
•
source of river, fountainhead

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars), change, exchange, translation (numerical)
Other readings:
換算【かんざん】

noun
•
aluminum (Al), aluminium(abbreviation)

noun, no-adjective
•
original work

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
incision, operation, section

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
orders, instructions, directive, command

noun
•
retainer, retinue, servant
Other readings:
家礼【けらい】
、
家頼【けらい】

noun
1.
(being in) the red, deficit
See also:黒字 (antonym)
2.
red letter, red writing
3.
corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red

まどお
machidooshii
adjective
•
longed-for, anxiously awaited
Other readings:
待ち遠しい【まちどうしい】[1]
、
待ちどうしい【まちどうしい】[1]
、
待遠しい【まちどおしい】
、
待遠しい【まちどうしい】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kana usage

noun, noun (suffix)
1.
difficulty, trouble, hardship
2.
accident, disaster, danger
3.
fault, defect
4.
criticism

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
concession, conciliation, compromise

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
compensation, reparation

noun
•
form, shape, figure, appearance, phenomenon

noun
•
real name
Other readings:
本名【ほんめい】

interjection, noun, auxillary suru verb
•
OK, okay
All readings:
OK【オッケー】
、
OK【オーケー】

adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
1.
up to now, so far
no-adjective
2.
traditional, conventional, usual, existing

noun, noun (suffix)
1.
form, shape, appearance
See also:帯状
2.
state, condition, circumstances
3.
letter, correspondence
See also:招待状

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to smoke (e.g. fire), to billow smoke, to smoulder, to smolder
2.
to be hazy, to look dim
Other readings:
煙る【けぶる】[1]
、
烟る【けむる】
、
烟る【けぶる】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun
•
balance, difference (in price, cost), margin

noun
•
slope, slanting surface, bevel

noun, no-adjective
1.
physiology
2.
menstruation, one's period, menses
See also:月経
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