Vocabulary list for JLPT N1

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noun
1.
you (people)
interjection
2.
gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, my friends, everyone(making appeal, etc.)

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to grant, to give, to confer, to award
2.
to teach, to instruct, to impart (knowledge)

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
rough sketch

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
colouring, coloring, colorant

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
planning, project, plan, design
Other readings:
企劃【きかく】

noun
1.
little girl, maiden, young lady, female usually between 7 and 18 years old
2.
female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)(archaism)(only relevant for 少女 and しょうじょ)
All readings:
少女【しょうじょ】
、
少女【おとめ】
、
乙女【おとめ】
、
小女【しょうじょ】

noun
1.
(social) class
2.
rank, grade

noun
•
show, exhibition, spectacle
All readings:
見世物【みせもの】
、
見せ物【みせもの】

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
praise, glorification, extolment
Other readings:
讚美【さんび】
、
讃美【さんび】

noun
•
father and mother, parents
All readings:
父母【ふぼ】
、
父母【ちちはは】
、
父母【ててはは】[1]
、
父母【かぞいろは】[1]
、
父母【ぶも】[1]
、
父母【かぞいろ】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

pre-noun adjectival
•
satisfactory, decent(usually kana)(usually used in the negative sense)
Other readings:
ろくな《陸な》
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

noun, no-adjective
•
bad reputation, disgrace, unpopularity

noun
•
crane

na-adjective, noun
•
impolite, rude
See also:失礼,  失礼

noun
•
intercom, interphone
All readings:
インターホン
、
インターフォン

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
strike (i.e. industrial action)

noun
•
prayer, supplication
Other readings:
祷り【いのり】

noun
•
hygiene, sanitation, health

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.), subscribing (incl. free subscriptions), taking (e.g. newspaper)

adjective
1.
hateful, abominable, poor-looking, detestable
2.
amazing, fantastic, admirable, lovely, wonderful(often with irony)
All readings:
憎い【にくい】
、
悪い【にくい】

Godan-mu verb, transitive verb
•
to throw into, to toss into
Other readings:
ほうり込む【ほうりこむ】

noun
1.
nobleman, dignitary, lord(honorific language)
2.
feudal lord (of the Edo period), daimyō(honorific language)
See also:大名
3.
man brought up away from the world, arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to commit (e.g. crime), to perpetrate, to make (e.g. mistake)
2.
to break (e.g. rule), to violate, to transgress, to contravene
3.
to rape, to violate, to ravish, to deflower

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
integration, unification, unity, combination, consolidation, synthesis

suru verb (special)
•
to escape from, to get out

noun
•
armed might, military power, the sword, force

na-adjective
1.
tender, warm, caring, thoughtful
2.
meticulous, detailed, attentive
3.
deep (of a colour), thick (e.g. fog)
Other readings:
濃やか【こまやか】

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
gargling, rinsing one's mouth
All readings:
含嗽【がんそう】
、
含嗽【うがい】[1]
、
含漱【がんそう】
Notes:
  1. gikun (meaning as reading) or jukujikun (special kanji reading)

Godan-ku verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb
1.
to lament, to grieve, to regret
Godan-ku verb, transitive verb
2.
to deplore
Other readings:
歎く【なげく】

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
hard struggle, strenuous effort

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to rot, to decay
2.
to die in obscurity
3.
to be forgotten with time(often in neg.)

noun
•
other intention, hidden purpose, ulterior motive, ill will, malice

noun, no-adjective
•
settlement of accounts, closing accounts, financial results, reporting (of accounts)

noun, noun (suffix), counter
1.
class, order, rank
suffix
2.
et cetera, etc., and the like
See also:等 (など)
prefix
3.
equal, iso-

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
disaster, accident, shipwreck, distress

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, auxillary suru verb
•
burn, scald(usually kana)
All readings:
やけど《火傷》
、
かしょう《火傷》

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
contribution, service

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
vigilance, caution, alertness, precaution, being on guard

noun, na-adjective
•
holiness, sacredness, sanctity, dignity

noun, noun (suffix)
•
quantity, amount, volume, number, amount of money(usu. だか when used as a suffix)
Other readings:
高【だか】

noun
1.
errand, mission, going as envoy(polite language)
2.
messenger, bearer, errand boy, errand girl(polite language)
3.
familiar spirit(polite language, honorific language)
Other readings:
御使い【おつかい】
、
お遣い【おつかい】
、
御遣い【おつかい】
、
お使【おつかい】[1]
、
御使【おつかい】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
massage
Other readings:
マサージュ

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
aggression, invasion, raid
Other readings:
侵掠【しんりゃく】

noun, noun (suffix)
1.
angle
2.
square, cube
3.
bishop(abbreviation, shogi term)
4.
third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)
See also:五音
5.
Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)(astronomy term)
6.
jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
See also:元 (げん)

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
1.
outbreak, spring forth, occurrence, incidence
2.
generation (e.g. of power or heat), genesis, origin
3.
ontogeny, development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
See also:個体発生

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
restraint, restriction, fetters, yoke, shackles
2.
binding, confinement with rope(orig. meaning)

na-adjective, noun
•
honor, honour, credit, prestige

noun, na-adjective
•
predominance, superiority, ascendancy, advantage, supremacy
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