Vocabulary list for JLPT N1

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

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
down (opposite of up), becoming lower, being brought down, bringing down
2.
being down (e.g. with a cold)
3.
down (e.g. a system), not running (e.g. servers)(computer term)
4.
download, downstream(abbreviation, computer term)
noun
5.
down (feathers)

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

adjective
long (time that has passed), old (story)

noun
1.
protagonist, main character, hero(ine) (of a story)
2.
head of household

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to rub, to chafe
2.
to wear out, to become worn
3.
to lose one's innocence, to become sly
Other readings:
磨れる【すれる】
摩れる【すれる】
擂れる【すれる】

no-adjective, noun
alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.

noun, no-adjective, auxillary suru verb
supplement, complement

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
nursing, care, caregiving, caring

adjective
puzzling, tangled, complicated, complex

noun
tumour, tumor, growth, boil, ulcer, abscess, rash, pimple(usually kana)

no-adjective, adverb
right in front, just opposite, under the nose
Other readings:
まん前【まんまえ】

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

na-adjective, noun
ominous, sinister, unlucky, inauspicious

adverb
1.
unwillingly, grudgingly, reluctantly(usually kana)
noun
2.
shaking head in refusal (to children)(usually kana)
interjection
3.
no!, no no!, not at all(usually kana)
All readings:
いやいや《嫌々》
いやいや《嫌嫌》
いやいや《厭々》
いやいや《厭厭》

noun
1.
marsh, swamp, wetland, bog, pond
2.
being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)(slang)

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to be renewed, to change(only relevant for 改まる)
2.
to be improved, to be reformed, to be revised, to be corrected(only relevant for 改まる)
3.
to stand on ceremony, to be formal(only relevant for 改まる)
4.
to take a turn for the worse (of an illness), to take a serious turn
Other readings:
革まる【あらたまる】

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
1.
assistance, support, aid, help
2.
subsidy, supplement, subvention, grant-in-aid
3.
auxiliary, subsidiary
4.
spot (in bodybuilding)

noun, no-adjective
1.
series, chain, sequence(only relevant for 一連)
noun
2.
two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper)
3.
verse, stanza(only relevant for 一連)
Other readings:
一嗹【いちれん】

Godan-u verb, intransitive verb
to cross each other, to run counter to, to differ, to clash, to go awry
Other readings:
食違う【くいちがう】
くい違う【くいちがう】
食いちがう【くいちがう】

adverb, auxillary suru verb
exactly, perfectly(onomatopia)
See also:きちんと

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
hint, suggestion

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

adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
normally, habitually
All readings:
日ごろ【ひごろ】
日頃【ひごろ】

adverbial noun, noun (temporal), no-adjective
day after day, every day

na-adjective, noun
grace, refinement, elegance, daintiness

noun
natural features, topography, climate, spiritual features

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
blink (of eyes), wink
2.
twinkling (of stars), flicker (of light), blink (of light)(only relevant for またたき and まだたき)
All readings:
瞬き【まばたき】
瞬き【またたき】
瞬き【まだたき】[1]
瞬き【めばたき】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
look, glance
noun
2.
stone (in the game of go)

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.), to fold back (e.g. page)
2.
to turn back, to double back, to return
3.
to loopback (a signal, message, etc.)(computer term)
Other readings:
折返す【おりかえす】

prefix
re-, again, repeated, deutero-, deuto-, deuter-

noun, noun (suffix), counter
1.
class, order, rank
suffix
2.
et cetera, etc., and the like
See also:等 (など)
prefix
3.
equal, iso-

noun
1.
script, screenplay
2.
scenario

noun, auxillary suru verb
defense, defence, protection

noun
1.
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land)(abbreviation, Buddhist term)
See also:極楽浄土
2.
paradise, heaven on earth

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

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

noun, no-adjective
ancestral, hereditary, imported, transmitted, handed down

noun, auxillary suru verb
refereeing, trial, judgement, judgment, umpire, referee
All readings:
審判【しんぱん】
審判【しんばん】

noun
warp, curvature, curve, arch

noun
rice (esp. when served on a plate)

Godan-mu verb, intransitive verb
1.
to look out on, to overlook, to front onto
2.
to face (a situation, crisis, etc.), to meet (e.g. death), to be confronted by
3.
to deal with (an issue)
4.
to attend (e.g. a function), to appear (e.g. in court), to be present at, to take part in

noun
custom, practice, convention, precedent

noun
1.
family register
2.
census
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