Vocabulary list for JLPT N1

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noun
birth-place, home town

Ichidan verb
1.
to escape (disaster, death, etc.), to be saved from, to be rescued from
2.
to avoid (e.g. punishment), to evade (e.g. responsibility), to avert, to elude, to be exempted from
All readings:
免れる【まぬがれる】
免れる【まぬかれる】

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

na-adjective, noun
taste, palate, sense of taste

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
to prohibit

noun
1.
project, enterprise, business, industry, operations, venture, service
2.
act, deed, conduct(only relevant for ことわざ)
Other readings:
事業【ことわざ】

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
1.
comment
2.
(blog) comment(abbreviation)

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb, auxiliary verb
to end, to come to an end, to close, to finish
Other readings:
終る【おわる】
了わる【おわる】
卒わる【おわる】
畢わる【おわる】
竟わる【おわる】
了る【おわる】
卒る【おわる】
畢る【おわる】
竟る【おわる】

bakabakashii
adjective
absurd, ridiculous, silly, ludicrous, nonsensical, asinine, foolish(usually kana)
Other readings:
バカバカしい

Godan-mu verb, transitive verb
to insert, to include, to incorporate, to cut in (printing)
Other readings:
組込む【くみこむ】
組みこむ【くみこむ】

noun
custom, convention, tradition, mores, conventional practice(usually kana)
All readings:
しきたり《仕来り》
しきたり《仕来たり》
しきたり《為来り》
しきたり《為来たり》

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to start, to begin, to commence
2.
to challenge, to pick (a fight), to make (war), to draw (a reaction) from
3.
to set (traps), to plant (explosives), to lay (mines)
4.
to make a meld call(mahjong term)
Other readings:
仕かける【しかける】
し掛ける【しかける】

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to be used to, to get accustomed to, to be in the habit of doing(usually kana)
2.
to train, to discipline, to teach manners(usually kana)
See also:躾ける
3.
to tack (in needlework), to baste(usually kana)
4.
to plant (esp. rice seedlings)(usually kana)
Other readings:
しつける《為付ける》

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
being elected
2.
being selected (to win a prize, etc.)
3.
winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)
See also:当籤

Godan-mu verb, intransitive verb
1.
to warp, to bend, to contort
2.
to be perverted, to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.), to be distorted, to be cross-grained
All readings:
歪む【ゆがむ】
歪む【いがむ】

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】

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
to boast of, to be proud of, to take pride in

noun
letter, writings
Other readings:
【ふみ】

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

taru-adjective, to-adverb, adverb
still, as yet, as it has been

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
retreat, falling back, moving backwards, reversing, retrogression, retraction
2.
recession, waning
noun
3.
backspace (key)(computer term)

noun
steam

noun, auxillary suru verb
mention (in a document), record, entry, statement, listing

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
fund-raising, collection of funds

noun, auxillary suru verb
financing, loan

noun
1.
both extremities
See also:両極端
2.
North and South Poles
3.
positive and negative poles

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to perceive, to sense, to discern
2.
to understand, to comprehend, to realize
3.
to attain enlightenment(Buddhist term)
Other readings:
覚る【さとる】

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
to accomplish, to finish, to carry through, to follow through
Other readings:
遣り遂げる【やりとげる】

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

noun, no-adjective
porcelain (esp. hard-paste porcelain), china, chinaware

noun
umeboshi, pickled dried ume, pickled dried plum
All readings:
梅干し【うめぼし】
梅干【うめぼし】

Godan-mu verb, intransitive verb
to become red, to redden, to blush

noun, auxillary suru verb
chemical combination

no-adjective
prior, beforehand, in advance, before the fact, ex ante(often as 事前に)
See also:事後

noun
1.
pair of compasses, compass (for drawing circles, etc.)
2.
(mariner's) compass
3.
legs, step, gait

na-adjective, noun
1.
close (relationship, connection, etc.), intimate, near
2.
close (together)
Other readings:
蜜接【みっせつ】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits), elimination, eradication, destruction, suppression
2.
making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings(Buddhist term)
3.
curing illness
Other readings:
対治【たいじ】

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

noun, auxillary suru verb
lesson, precept, teachings, moral

na-adjective, noun
1.
big, large, drastic, substantial
See also:小幅 (antonym)
noun
2.
full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
See also:小幅,  中幅
Other readings:
大巾【おおはば】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to write down (what someone says), to take down dictation, to take notes (e.g. of a lecture)
2.
to copy out (a text)
Other readings:
書取る【かきとる】

noun, auxillary suru verb
meeting (face-to-face), seeing, visit, interview

noun, auxillary suru verb
running a wheeled vehicle (e.g. car), running to program, job, etc., traveling, travelling

adjective
1.
smelling of fish, fishy, smelling of blood, bloody
2.
degenerate (of a monk), depraved, corrupt, fallen
3.
worldly, mundane, secular, common, ordinary
4.
fishy, suspicious, questionable
Other readings:
腥い【なまぐさい】

noun
buoyancy, floating power

noun, auxillary suru verb
leadership, initiative, spearhead

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to put on the market, to put out for sale, to put on sale, to begin selling, to market
Godan-su verb, intransitive verb
2.
to become popular
Other readings:
売出す【うりだす】

suru verb (special), transitive verb
1.
to injure, to damage, to harm, to hurt
2.
to kill
3.
to hinder, to obstruct

noun, auxillary suru verb
march, parade
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