Vocabulary list for JLPT N1

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Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to make (the best) use of, to put to good use, to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.), to capitalise on (experience, etc.)
2.
to let live, to keep alive
3.
to revive, to resuscitate, to bring back to life
4.
to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
Other readings:
活かす【いかす】

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
bank, weir, embankment, levee

noun
1.
shock (psychological)
2.
crisis (esp. financial)
3.
shock (physical, mechanical)
4.
shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow)(medical term)

adjective
1.
unpleasant, disagreeable, nasty(usually kana)
2.
lewd, lascivious, obscene, filthy, dirty(usually kana)
Other readings:
いやらしい《厭らしい》
、
やらしい《嫌らしい》
、
やらしい《厭らしい》

noun
1.
effect, virtue, efficacy, impression
2.
one's dominant eye(only relevant for 利き目 and きき眼 and 利目)
Other readings:
利き目【ききめ】
、
きき眼【ききめ】
、
効目【ききめ】
、
利目【ききめ】

noun
1.
product, produce
2.
result, fruit

noun
•
gradations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.), division, scale
All readings:
目盛り【めもり】
、
目盛【めもり】

noun, no-adjective
•
urban areas, the streets, town, city

noun, na-adjective, no-adjective
•
empty stomach, hunger
See also:満腹 (antonym)

も
moshikashite
adverb
1.
perhaps, possibly, maybe, by any chance, if I'm not mistaken(usually kana)
2.
if, in case, in the event that(usually kana)

noun, no-adjective
•
state-sponsored, national

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
•
to sing, to chirp, to twitter(usually kana)

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to place (in position), to fix, to set (e.g. table), to lay (foundation)
2.
to install, to seat (someone)
3.
to settle (upon something), to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
4.
to apply (moxa)

noun
1.
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period), main road
2.
highway (e.g. to success), path (to becoming ...)

Godan-ku verb, transitive verb
1.
to flip, to snap, to flick(usually kana)
2.
to repel(usually kana)
3.
to use (an abacus), to calculate(usually kana)
4.
to strum, to pluck the strings (of a guitar, etc.)(usually kana)

noun, noun (suffix)
•
fellow, mutual, companion, comrade
Other readings:
同士【どし】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun
•
miscellaneous goods, general goods, sundries

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
reading, translation

Godan-u verb, transitive verb
1.
to carry off, to run away with, to sweep away, to snatch, to kidnap, to abduct(usually kana)(also written as 浚う)
2.
to take entirely for oneself, to monopolize(usually kana)
Other readings:
さらう《掠う》
、
さらう《拐う》[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
composite, combined, complex

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
chorus, singing in a chorus

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
restoration, restitution, rehabilitation
All readings:
復旧【ふっきゅう】
、
復旧【ふくきゅう】

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
trust, confidence, credence

noun, no-adjective
•
insect, bug

noun
•
Dear (so and so), Dear Sir, Dear Madam, To Whom It May Concern(letters beginning with this typically end with 敬具)
See also:敬具

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to look back on (the past), to reflect on, to reminisce about
2.
to look behind (at), to turn round (and look), to look over one's shoulder
3.
to consider, to concern oneself about, to take notice of, to pay attention to, to take into consideration(usu. in the negative)
Other readings:
顧る【かえりみる】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
concession, conciliation, compromise

noun
•
cycle

noun
•
abundant harvest, bumper crop

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
exhibiting, showing, putting on display, putting up for sale, entering (a work into a competition), submitting

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

noun, no-adjective
•
Arab

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to hurt, to injure, to cause pain(usu. 痛める)
2.
to harm, to damage, to spoil(usu. 傷める)
3.
to worry, to bother, to be grieved over, to afflict(usu. 痛める)
4.
to cause financial loss, to hurt one's pocket(usu. 痛める)
Other readings:
傷める【いためる】

noun, na-adjective, no-adjective
•
mystery, mysteriousness, secret

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, auxillary suru verb
•
entrusting (something to a person), consignment (of goods), putting in someone's charge, trust, commission
Other readings:
委托【いたく】

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
abolition, repeal

noun
•
necklace, choker
Other readings:
頸飾り【くびかざり】
、
頚飾り【くびかざり】

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
•
to flatter, to soft-soap, to sweet talk, to cajole, to instigate(usually kana)

noun, no-adjective
•
orange (fruit, colour)

noun
•
atmospheric current, air current, airflow

na-adjective
1.
nonsensical, unreasonable, absurd, unrealistic(usually kana, yojijukugo)
2.
awfully, extremely, to excess, senseless, reckless(usually kana)
noun, na-adjective
3.
disorder, confusion, being jumbled, being mixed up(usually kana)
adverb
4.
very, extremely, excessively(colloquialism, usually kana)
Other readings:
ムチャクチャ
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
launching (e.g. newspaper), first issue

Godan-ku verb, transitive verb
•
to scratch, to claw
All readings:
引っかく【ひっかく】
、
引っ掻く【ひっかく】
、
引掻く【ひっかく】

noun, no-adjective
•
depopulation

Godan-su verb, intransitive verb
•
to reflect, to throw back light

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

na-adjective, no-adjective
1.
best(only relevant for ベスト)
noun
2.
vest
Other readings:
ヴェスト

noun
•
(water-filled) paddy field

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
injury, wound
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