Vocabulary list for JLPT N1

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noun, auxillary suru verb
punishment, penalty

noun, auxillary suru verb
explanation (e.g. for one's actions), excuse, justification, defense, defence
Other readings:
辯解【べんかい】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

adjective
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air), brisk, bracing, fresh, refreshed
Other readings:
清清しい【すがすがしい】

noun
Jesus (Christ)
Other readings:
エス
イエースース[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kana usage

noun
hour
Other readings:
アウア

adjective
1.
frightening, scary(colloquialism)
2.
extreme, exaggerated, huge(archaism)

adverb, to-adverb, auxillary suru verb
1.
easily, readily, quickly, flatly (refuse)(onomatopia)
2.
lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.), plainly, simply(onomatopia)
Other readings:
アッサリ

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
combination, union, binding, catenation, coupling, joining
2.
bond(chemistry term)

noun
1.
pot (esp. teapot, coffee-pot)
2.
vacuum bottle, thermos flask

noun, auxillary suru verb
advance (into a new market or stage of progress), launching (a new career or venture), expanding (into a new market), stepping forward, emerging

na-adjective, noun
showy, brilliant, gorgeous, florid, gay
Other readings:
花やか【はなやか】

kirikaeru
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
to change, to exchange, to convert, to renew, to throw a switch, to replace, to switch over
Other readings:
切替える【きりかえる】
切り換える【きりかえる】
切りかえる【きりかえる】
切換える【きりかえる】
切り変える【きりかえる】

noun, auxillary suru verb
repair, improvement

noun
1.
ending, conclusion
2.
join, union, connecting
3.
knot, knotting
4.
rice ball(food term)
See also:おむすび

noun, auxillary suru verb
starting (construction) work

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
to (happen to) see, to notice, to catch sight of
All readings:
見かける【みかける】
見掛ける【みかける】

noun, auxillary suru verb
birth and growth, giving birth and raising, development, breeding

no-adjective, noun
unmarried, not yet married
See also:非婚,  既婚 (antonym)

noun
mountain range, mountain belt

Godan-ku verb, transitive verb
to surround, to encircle, to enclose
Other readings:
取巻く【とりまく】
取りまく【とりまく】

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
to weave

noun
1.
height, stature
2.
length (esp. of clothing)
3.
all (one has), everything
4.
magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
Other readings:
【たき】[2]
【たけ】[1]
【たき】[1][2]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji
  2. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun, noun (suffix)
1.
composition, piece of music, song, track (on a record)
noun
2.
tune, melody, air
3.
enjoyment, fun, interest, pleasure

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to gnaw, to nibble, to bite, to munch, to crunch(usually kana)
2.
to dabble in, to have a smattering of(usually kana)
All readings:
かじる《齧る》
かじる《噛る》
かじる《囓る》

Godan-gu verb, transitive verb
1.
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.), to inherit, to take over, to follow
2.
to patch (clothes), to mend, to repair(only relevant for 継ぐ)
3.
to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire), to replenish with, to feed with, to follow up with (e.g. remarks), to gather (one's breath)(only relevant for 継ぐ)
Other readings:
嗣ぐ【つぐ】
続ぐ【つぐ】
襲ぐ【つぐ】

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

noun
teamwork

na-adjective, noun
1.
large build
See also:小柄 (antonym)
no-adjective, noun, na-adjective
2.
large pattern
See also:小柄 (antonym)

suru verb (special)
to face on, to look out on to

noun, auxillary suru verb
plan, plot, idea, conception, vision, scheme

counter
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted), a noun read using its on-yomi
All readings:
【か】
【か】
【か】

noun
1.
bomb
2.
alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)(usually kana)
Other readings:
バクダン

noun
1.
eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara), eastern provinces(archaism)
2.
east(archaism)
3.
wagon, yamatogoto, six-stringed native Japanese zither(abbreviation)
See also:東琴
4.
my spouse(only relevant for 吾妻 and 吾嬬)
Other readings:
【あづま】[1]
吾妻【あずま】
吾妻【あづま】[1]
吾嬬【あずま】
吾嬬【あづま】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to send, to forward(usually kana)
2.
to hand over (e.g. money)(usually kana)
All readings:
よこす《寄越す》
よこす《寄こす》
よこす《遣す》

na-adjective, noun
foolish, stupid

noun
1.
news (from somebody), letter, contact
2.
(somebody's) whereabouts, (somebody's) movements
Other readings:
消息【しょうそこ】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun
paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa), empress tree, foxglove tree
Other readings:
キリ

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
dictatorship, despotism

uketomeru
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to catch, to stop the blow
2.
to react to, to take (advice, etc.), to accept, to come to grips with
Other readings:
受けとめる【うけとめる】

はじ
hajimemashite
expression
How do you do?, I am glad to meet you(usually kana)
All readings:
はじめまして《初めまして》
はじめまして《始めまして》

noun
1.
foreign currency, foreign money, foreign exchange
2.
foreign goods, imported goods

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
ornament, decoration

noun
eyebrow, eyebrows
Other readings:
【まみえ】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun
interchange, service interchange
Other readings:
インター・チェンジ

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
elimination, erasure, clearing, dissipating, melting away
2.
elimination (of variables)(mathematics)
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