Vocabulary list for JLPT N1
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noun
1.
sky
2.
heaven(only relevant for てん)
3.
svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth)(Buddhist term)(only relevant for てん)
4.
deva (divine being of Buddhism)(Buddhist term)(only relevant for てん)
5.
sole of a Japanese sandal(only relevant for てん)
Other readings:
天【あめ】
、天【あま】
noun
1.
the Rabbit (fourth sign of the Chinese zodiac), the Hare
2.
hour of the Rabbit (around 6am, 5-7am, or 6-8am)
See also:卯の刻
3.
east(obsolete)
4.
second month in the lunar calendar(obsolete)
All readings:
卯【う】
、卯【ぼう】
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
(practical) experience, personal experience, hands-on experience, first-hand experience
Common word
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
•
to advance on, to close in, to march on, to descend on (the enemy), to move towards, to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.), to rush for (the door), to inundate, to overwhelm, to push aside
Other readings:
押寄せる【おしよせる】
、押しよせる【おしよせる】
noun, no-adjective
1.
new face, newcomer, rookie, fresh recruit
2.
modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
1.
chase, pursuit, tracking, stalking
2.
following up, tracing
dounika
Common word
adverb, auxillary suru verb
•
in some way or other, one way or another, somehow, only just, barely
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
•
to go out of use, to become obsolete, to die out, to go out of fashion
Other readings:
頽れる【すたれる】
noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
disturbance, obstruction, hindrance, jamming, interference
Other readings:
妨碍【ぼうがい】
、妨礙【ぼうがい】
noun
1.
clue, lead, key, trail, scent, track
2.
handhold, hold
All readings:
手がかり【てがかり】
、手掛かり【てがかり】
、手掛り【てがかり】
、手懸かり【てがかり】
、手懸り【てがかり】
no-adjective, na-adjective, noun
1.
bad, poor, inferior
noun, no-adjective, na-adjective
2.
delinquent, hoodlum, hooligan
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
mention (in a document), record, entry, statement, listing
Godan-mu verb, intransitive verb
•
to be intimate with, to befriend
infomeeshon
Common word
noun
•
information
Other readings:
インフォーメーション
、インフォーメーシオン[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kana usage
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
charge, custody, safekeeping, deposit, storage
noun, na-adjective
•
liar, fibber
Other readings:
嘘吐き【うそつき】
、嘘付き【うそつき】
、ウソ付き【ウソつき】
、ウソ吐き【ウソつき】
、うそ付き【うそつき】
、噓吐き【うそつき】
、うそ吐き【うそつき】
Godan-bu verb, intransitive verb
1.
to reach, to amount to, to befall, to happen to, to extend, to go on (for, until)
2.
to be up to the task, to come up to
3.
to compare with, to be a match (for)
na-adjective, noun
•
disastrous, tragic, miserable, wretched, pitiful, woeful
Other readings:
悲酸【ひさん】
noun
•
shamisen, samisen, three-stringed Japanese lute
All readings:
三味線【しゃみせん】
、三味線【さみせん】
noun
1.
catalogue, catalog, inventory, index, list
2.
certificate indicating an impending gift
noun, noun (suffix)
1.
work (e.g. of art), production
See also:作品
noun
2.
harvest, cultivation, farming, crop, yield
3.
technique
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
manufacturing, processing, treatment, machining
noun
1.
another person, other people, others
See also:人 (ひと)
2.
unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood)(only relevant for たにん)
3.
outsider, stranger(only relevant for たにん)
All readings:
他人【たにん】
、他人【ひと】[1]
、他人【あだびと】[2]
Notes:
- gikun (meaning as reading) or jukujikun (special kanji reading)
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to accustom, to train (e.g. one's ear)(esp. 慣らす)
2.
to tame, to domesticate, to train (an animal)(esp. 馴らす)
All readings:
慣らす【ならす】
、馴らす【ならす】
noun
1.
son (of others), boy, young master(honorific language)
2.
green young man from a well-to-do family, young man innocent of the ways of the world
Other readings:
坊っちゃん【ぼっちゃん】
noun
•
honey(usually kana)
Other readings:
はちみつ《はち蜜》
、はつみつ《蜂蜜》[1]
、ハチミツ
Notes:
- word containing irregular kana usage
na-adjective, no-adjective, noun
•
single, simple, sole, individual, unitary
panku
Common word
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
jikkuri
Common word
adverb, to-adverb
•
deliberately, carefully, thoroughly, without rushing(onomatopia)
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