Vocabulary list for JLPT N1

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noun, auxillary suru verb
•
adjustment, touch up

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
labor, labour, exertion, diligent service

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
despair, hopelessness

とお
toorikakaru
Godan-ru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb
•
to happen to pass by
Other readings:
通り掛かる【とおりかかる】
、
通り掛る【とおりかかる】

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.), providing a meal, lunch service

noun
1.
deadline, closing, cut-off, end(not 閉め切り, etc.)
2.
cofferdam(not 閉め切り, etc.)
no-adjective, noun
3.
closed (door, window, etc.)(not 〆切, etc.)
Other readings:
締切り【しめきり】
、
締切【しめきり】[1]
、
〆切【しめきり】
、
〆切り【しめきり】
、
乄切り【しめきり】[2]
、
閉め切り【しめきり】
、
閉切り【しめきり】
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage
  2. word containing out-dated kanji

no-adjective, na-adjective
1.
sole, single, solo
noun
2.
independence, singleness, singularity

Godan-u verb, intransitive verb
1.
to dance (orig. a whirling dance)
See also:踊る
2.
to flutter about, to revolve

noun
•
management, (executive) staff, leaders, leadership, top brass, upper echelons

noun, no-adjective
•
tactics

noun, na-adjective, no-adjective
1.
poverty, penury, need, destitution
2.
shortage, lack, want

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

taru-adjective, to-adverb
•
orderly, regular, systematic, well-organized, well-organised, trim, tidy, accurate
Other readings:
井然【せいぜん】

よあ
yomiageru
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to read out, to read aloud, to call out
2.
to finish reading, to read through
Other readings:
読上げる【よみあげる】

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
speaking by proxy, speaking for (someone else), acting as spokesman (for), representing (the views, feelings, etc. of)(only relevant for 代弁 and 代辯)
2.
payment by proxy, compensation by proxy, paying on behalf (of)(only relevant for 代弁 and 代辨)
3.
acting for (someone else), carrying out (on someone's behalf)(only relevant for 代弁 and 代辨)
Other readings:
代辨【だいべん】
、
代辯【だいべん】

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
threat, menace, coercion, terrorism

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
change (personnel), transfer, reshuffle

noun
•
printing
Other readings:
摺り【すり】
、
刷【すり】

noun
•
lunch, midday meal
All readings:
昼飯【ひるめし】
、
昼飯【ちゅうはん】
、
昼飯【ひるはん】
、
昼めし【ひるめし】

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
decision, determination

na-adjective, noun
1.
absurd, unreasonable, nonsensical, preposterous, incoherent(usually kana)
2.
extreme, senseless, reckless, wanton(usually kana)
3.
disorderly, chaotic, confused, messy(usually kana)
adverb
4.
incredibly, really, so, super(usually kana)
All readings:
めちゃくちゃ《目茶苦茶》[1]
、
めちゃくちゃ《滅茶苦茶》[1]
、
メチャクチャ
、
めっちゃくちゃ
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

noun
1.
the teaching profession
2.
education of laity (in Christianity)

noun, noun (suffix)
•
beauty

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
•
to serve, to work for, to attend
Other readings:
事える【つかえる】

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
lottery, drawn lot
All readings:
くじ引き【くじびき】
、
籤引き【くじびき】
、
籤引【くじびき】

adverb, to-adverb, noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
moving from place to place, being passed around repeatedly
2.
rolling about
All readings:
転々【てんてん】
、
転転【てんてん】

もあ
moriagaru
Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to swell, to rise, to bulge, to be piled up
2.
to rouse, to get excited
Other readings:
盛りあがる【もりあがる】
、
盛り上る【もりあがる】
、
盛上がる【もりあがる】
、
盛上る【もりあがる】

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
defeat, lost battle, losing a war

adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
•
two days before yesterday, three days back (ago)
All readings:
一昨昨日【いっさくさくじつ】
、
一昨昨日【さきおとつい】
、
一昨昨日【さきおととい】
、
一昨々日【いっさくさくじつ】
、
一昨々日【さきおとつい】
、
一昨々日【さきおととい】

noun
1.
sense, idea, thought, feeling(esp. 〜の念)
2.
desire, concern
3.
attention, care(esp. 念に〜、念の/が〜)

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
moving forward (e.g. vehicle), onward movement
2.
advance (work, procedure, etc.), advancement, progress
3.
progress (of a disease), disease progression
noun
4.
progression (harmonic, melodic)(music term)

noun
1.
post, official position
2.
managerial position, executive position

noun, prefix
•
pure, undiluted, raw, crude

Godan-mu verb
•
to strive, to endeavour, to endeavor, to make an effort, to be zealous

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
change of post
Other readings:
轉任【てんにん】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

adverb
•
something or other, one thing or another, this or that(usually kana)
Other readings:
なんだかんだ《何だ彼だ》
、
なんだかだ《何だかだ》
、
なんだかだ《何だ彼だ》

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
discussion, argument, debate

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:
  1. word containing irregular kana usage

noun, no-adjective
•
prattle, broken language, halting language, baby talk, imperfect speech, smattering
Other readings:
カタコト

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
•
to become frightened, to be frightened (of), to be scared (of)
Other readings:
脅える【おびえる】
、
悸える【おびえる】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

noun
•
the body, the flesh, the outer man, one's physique

na-adjective
1.
smooth (of a surface), glassy, velvety, soft
2.
smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.), fluent (speech), fluid, trouble-free
3.
continuously differentiable(mathematics)
Other readings:
滑らか【すべらか】
、
滑か【なめらか】[1]
、
滑か【すべらか】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun
1.
sum(mathematics)(only relevant for 和)
2.
harmony, peace(only relevant for 和)
noun, noun (prefix), no-adjective
3.
Japan, Japanese-style
Other readings:
倭【わ】

Godan-ru verb, Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
•
to be damp, to be moist(一段 form is mainly spoken language)
Other readings:
湿気る【しっける】

noun, na-adjective
1.
economic slump, hard times, depression, recession
See also:好景気
na-adjective, noun
2.
poor (business), dull, slack, inactive
3.
gloomy, cheerless, dismal

noun
1.
war, campaign, battle
2.
unpaid work (ritsuryo system), forced labor(archaism)
Other readings:
役【えだち】

noun
1.
value, worth, merit
2.
estimation, evaluation, appraisal
Other readings:
値打【ねうち】
、
値うち【ねうち】
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