Vocabulary list for JLPT N1

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Godan-mu verb, transitive verb
1.
to pinch, to hold (between one's fingers), to pick up (with chopsticks, tweezers, etc.)(usually kana)
2.
to pick up and eat, to snack on(usually kana)
3.
to pick out (the main point), to summarize, to sum up(usually kana)
4.
to bewitch, to possess, to fascinate(usually kana)(usu. as つままれる)
Other readings:
つまむ《摘まむ》
つまむ《撮む》
つまむ《抓む》

noun
form, shape, figure, appearance, phenomenon

noun
delay, lag, postponement, falling behind
Other readings:
後れ【おくれ】

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
steering, piloting, flying, control, operation, handling
2.
management, handling, control, manipulation

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
dump
2.
dump truck(abbreviation)

noun, auxillary suru verb
lapse of memory, (something) slipping one's mind, forgetting for a moment something one knows well
All readings:
ど忘れ【どわすれ】
ド忘れ【ドわすれ】
度忘れ【どわすれ】

noun
(full) name, family name and given name

adverb
1.
how, in what way, how about(usually kana)
na-adjective
2.
questionable(usually kana)

noun, auxillary suru verb
(sea) voyage, navigation, sailing, passage, cruise

noun, no-adjective
odd number
See also:偶数

no-adjective, noun
not yet known, unknown, strange
See also:既知 (antonym)

noun
manufacturing method, recipe, formula

noun, auxillary suru verb
viewing

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to get complicated, to grow worse, to turn sour(usually kana)

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
reasoning, inference, deduction
noun
2.
mystery or detective genre
See also:推理小説

noun
objection, dissent, protest

noun
topic of discussion, agenda

adjective
1.
gloomy (e.g. mood), depressing(usually kana)
2.
irritating, troublesome(usually kana)
3.
heavy (weather), cloudy(usually kana)
Other readings:
うっとおしい《鬱陶しい》[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kana usage

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

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
shaking, trembling, pitching, rolling, oscillation
2.
disturbance, unrest, agitation, excitement, commotion, turmoil, discomposure, feeling shaken

noun
channel (e.g. between two land masses), strait

noun, auxillary suru verb
scorn, disdain, contempt
Other readings:
軽べつ【けいべつ】

noun, no-adjective
1.
old person, elderly person, senior citizen
noun
2.
trustee of the Japan Sumo Association, retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay(sumo term)
3.
senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate)
4.
important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
Other readings:
年寄【としより】
年より【としより】

noun
1.
time
2.
thyme
3.
time out (e.g. in sport)

noun
outward appearance, exterior appearance, outward show, looks

noun
side (esp. of a waterbody), edge, bank, shore(usually kana)
All readings:
ほとり《辺》
ほとり《畔》
ほとり《辺り》[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun
spurious article, forgery, counterfeit, imitation, sham
All readings:
偽物【にせもの】
偽物【にせもん】
偽物【ぎぶつ】
贋物【にせもの】
贋物【にせもん】
贋物【がんぶつ】
ニセ物【ニセもの】
ニセ物【ニセもん】
にせ物【にせもの】
にせ物【にせもん】
ニセモノ
ニセモン

noun, auxillary suru verb
excitement, stimulation, agitation, arousal
Other readings:
昂奮【こうふん】
亢奮【こうふん】

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
childbirth, (giving) birth, delivery, parturition, confinement
2.
production (of goods)

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
to be planted

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
search (esp. for someone or something missing), manhunt
2.
legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.(law term)

noun, no-adjective
carbon (C)

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to pass (the night), to spend
2.
to reveal, to divulge, to disclose, to expose
3.
to prove, to verify

adverb
awfully, terribly(usually kana)
Other readings:
いやに《厭に》

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
to grow, to cultivate, to wear a beard

noun
1.
university graduate, bachelor
2.
bachelor's degree

Godan-gu verb, transitive verb
1.
to row, to scull, to paddle(usually kana)
See also:舟を漕ぐ
2.
to pedal (e.g. bicycle)
3.
to swing (on a swing)
4.
to operate a hand pump
5.
to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)

noun, auxillary suru verb
pillage, plunder, looting, robbery
Other readings:
掠奪【りゃくだつ】

no-adjective, na-adjective, adverb
considerably, fairly, quite(usually kana)
All readings:
かなり《可也》
かなり《可成り》
かなり《可なり》
かなり《可成》

noun
thing that should be (carefully) avoided, no-no, thing to definitely not do, something forbidden, taboo

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
ornamentation, embellishment, decoration, adornment, polish up (writing)
2.
modification, qualification(linguistics)

noun
joint, seam, joining point
Other readings:
継目【つぎめ】

noun, noun (suffix), auxillary suru verb
1.
increasing
noun, auxillary suru verb
2.
uploading, posting (e.g. content), putting online(abbreviation)
noun
3.
close-up(abbreviation)
noun, auxillary suru verb
4.
finishing shooting (of a film, etc.)(abbreviation)
noun
5.
upswept hairstyle(abbreviation)
6.
being up (i.e. leading in sports)
7.
warming up(abbreviation)
noun (suffix)
8.
being over, being finished

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
dialogue, discussion, conversation, interaction

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

noun
statue of Buddha, image of Buddha, Buddhist statue, Buddhist image
Other readings:
佛像【ぶつぞう】

noun
sale
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