Vocabulary list for JLPT N1
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noun
•
being too late, losing one's final chance
Other readings:
手後れ【ておくれ】
、手おくれ【ておくれ】
noun
1.
background, scenery, backdrop, setting
2.
background (of an incident, situation, etc.), circumstances, context
3.
backing, support (from behind the scenes)
noun
•
servant, manservant, menial(usually kana)
Other readings:
しもべ《下部》
、しもべ《隷》[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
Godan-u verb, intransitive verb
•
to feel shy, to be bashful, to blush
Other readings:
羞じらう【はじらう】
、恥らう【はじらう】
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
•
to perform (a play), to play (a part), to act (a part), to commit (a blunder)
adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
•
once, some time ago(usually kana)
Other readings:
ひところ《一ころ》
noun
1.
world, society, public(only relevant for 世)
2.
life, lifetime
3.
age, era, period, epoch, generation
4.
reign, rule
5.
the times(only relevant for 世)
6.
world (of existence)(Buddhist term)(only relevant for 世)
Other readings:
代【よ】
noun
1.
great numbers (of people), numerical superiority, masses
noun, noun (suffix)
2.
people, folk, clique, bunch(honorific language, familiar language)
Other readings:
衆【しゅ】
na-adjective, noun
•
euphemistic, circumlocutory, roundabout, indirect
suffix, counter
•
Godan-u verb, transitive verb
•
to scoop, to ladle out(usually kana)
Other readings:
すくう《抄う》
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
single word, a few words, brief comment
All readings:
一言【ひとこと】
、一言【いちげん】
、一言【いちごん】
、ひと言【ひとこと】
noun
1.
matchmaker(esp. なこうど)
2.
go-between, intermediary, middleman, mediator, intercessor(esp. ちゅうにん)
All readings:
仲人【なこうど】
、仲人【ちゅうにん】
、媒人【なこうど】
、媒【なこうど】
counter
1.
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper)
2.
3.
counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba)(archaism)
4.
counter for ranking level(sumo term)
chiratto
Common word
adverb
•
at a glance, by accident(onomatopia)
Other readings:
チラッと
、チラっと
、ちらと
、チラと
noun, no-adjective
1.
outdoors, outside, open air
noun
2.
fields, outskirts, suburbs
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to set up (a house, store, etc.), to build, to establish, to run, to maintain
2.
to have at the ready (e.g. a gun), to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera), to prepare in advance (e.g. a meal)
3.
to adopt a posture, to assume a stance, to stand ready, to be poised for
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
4.
to put on an air, to assume an attitude
5.
to stiffen, to tense up, to become formal
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
6.
to fabricate in order to deceive, to make up, to feign
7.
to plan, to scheme
Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to go upstream(usually kana)
2.
to go back (in time, to origin), to date back to, to trace back to, to make retroactive(usually kana)
All readings:
さかのぼる《遡る》
、さかのぼる《溯る》
、さかのぼる《逆上る》[1]
、さかのぼる《泝る》
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
noun
1.
person in charge of music (in a Japanese dance performance)
See also:立方 (たちかた)
2.
person singing ballads (in noh)
3.
coast (esp. as seen from the water), shore
4.
the country, countryside, the provinces, rural area(archaism)
auxillary suru verb
1.
to start work (on), to undertake
2.
to start committing a crime(law term)(also 著手)
noun
3.
embarkation, launch
noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
exclusion, removal, rejection, elimination, abatement, lifting (sanctions, etc.)
noun
•
late at night, small hours of the morning
Other readings:
夜ふけ【よふけ】
、夜深け【よふけ】
Godan-bu verb, transitive verb
•
to value, to prize, to esteem, to respect
All readings:
貴ぶ【とうとぶ】
、貴ぶ【たっとぶ】
、尊ぶ【とうとぶ】
、尊ぶ【たっとぶ】
noun
1.
help, rescue, aid, relief
2.
salvation, solace, (source of) comfort, saving grace
3.
(religious) salvation, (Christian) grace
noun
1.
stamp, seal, chop
2.
seal impression, seal, sealing, stamp, mark, print
3.
mudra (symbolic hand gesture)(Buddhist term)
Common word
adverb
•
something or other, one thing or another, this or that(usually kana)
Other readings:
なんだかんだ《何だ彼だ》
、なんだかだ《何だかだ》
、なんだかだ《何だ彼だ》
interjection, noun, auxillary suru verb
•
OK, okay
All readings:
ＯＫ【オッケー】
、ＯＫ【オーケー】
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
breaking through, breakthrough, penetration
2.
surmounting, overcoming
3.
exceeding, passing
biri
noun
•
last (on the list), (at the) bottom, (in) last position, tailender
All readings:
ビリ
、びり
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
na-adjective, noun
•
solid, firm, stout, burly, strong, sturdy
Other readings:
岩乗【がんじょう】[1]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
na-adjective
•
mild, calm, gentle, quiet, congenial, amicable, amiable, friendly, genial, harmonious, peaceful
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