Vocabulary list for JLPT N1

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Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to start, to begin, to commence
2.
to challenge, to pick (a fight), to make (war), to draw (a reaction) from
3.
to set (traps), to plant (explosives), to lay (mines)
4.
to make a meld call(mahjong term)
Other readings:
仕かける【しかける】
、
し掛ける【しかける】

noun
1.
all people, everybody
2.
ten thousand people
All readings:
万人【ばんにん】
、
万人【ばんじん】
、
万人【まんにん】

noun
•
curtain, hanging, bunting(usually kana)
Other readings:
とばり《帷》
、
とばり《幄》
、
とばり《幌》

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
•
to weaken

noun
•
pension, guesthouse, bed and breakfast, private home providing lodging for travelers (travellers)

adverb
•
(cannot) possibly, (not) by any means, (not) at all, utterly, absolutely(usually kana)(with neg. sentence)

adjective
1.
empty, void, vacant
2.
vain, fruitless, futile, ineffective
3.
lifeless
All readings:
虚しい【むなしい】
、
空しい【むなしい】

noun
1.
cliff, precipice
2.
precipice, brink of a dangerous situation

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to load (a gun, etc.), to charge
2.
to put into (e.g. emotion, effort)
3.
to include (e.g. tax in a sales price)
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
4.
to hang over, to shroud, to enshroud, to envelop, to screen
Other readings:
籠める【こめる】
、
篭める【こめる】
、
罩める【こめる】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
limit, localize, localise

pre-noun adjectival
•
a certain ..., some ...(usually kana)
Other readings:
ある《或》

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
exaggeration

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
sailing, marching, going out, dispatch

noun, no-adjective
•
people, race, nation, ethnic group, ethnos

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
diarrhea, diarrhoea

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
crystal, crystallization, crystallisation
2.
fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
See also:愛の結晶

na-adjective
1.
loose (e.g. belt)
2.
slovenly, careless, slack

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
intervention

noun
•
warehouse, storehouse, cellar, magazine, granary, godown, depository, treasury, elevator
Other readings:
倉【くら】
、
庫【くら】

noun, no-adjective, na-adjective
•
urgency, emergency

Godan-mu verb, transitive verb
1.
to be careful, to be discreet(usu. 慎む)
2.
to do in moderation, to refrain (from overdoing), to abstain(usu. 慎む)
3.
to be reverent(only relevant for 謹む)
4.
to be purified, to be chaste
Other readings:
謹む【つつしむ】
、
虔む【つつしむ】

noun
1.
beast (i.e. any animal other than man)
2.
person reborn into the animal realm(Buddhist term)
See also:畜生道
3.
brute (i.e. a contemptible human being)
interjection
4.
damn it, damn, Christ, for Christ's sake(usually kana)
Other readings:
畜生【ちきしょう】

noun
•
category
Other readings:
カテゴリ
、
カテゴリィ[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kana usage

noun, no-adjective
•
pretension, conceit, hubris(usually kana)
Other readings:
うぬぼれ《己惚れ》
、
うぬぼれ《自惚》[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
migration, immigration

noun, no-adjective
•
main line, trunk line

numeric
1.
three(参 is used in legal documents)
prefix
2.
tri-
All readings:
三【さん】
、
三【み】
、
3【さん】
、
3【み】
、
参【さん】
、
参【み】
、
弎【さん】
、
弎【み】

adverb
1.
now (after such a long time), at this late hour (i.e. it is too late for something), at this point of time
2.
afresh, anew, again
Other readings:
今さら【いまさら】

no-adjective
1.
some, few, a number of, a little (bit)
adverbial noun
2.
somewhat, to a certain extent
no-adjective, adverbial noun, noun
3.
many, a lot(archaism)(only relevant for そこばく and そくばく and そこば)
Other readings:
若干【そこばく】
、
若干【そくばく】
、
若干【そこば】[1]
、
幾許【そこばく】
、
幾許【そくばく】
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun
1.
cotton (material)
2.
red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)(usually kana)(only relevant for きわた)
All readings:
木綿【もめん】
、
木綿【きわた】
、
木棉【きわた】

na-adjective, no-adjective, noun
•
sudden, abrupt, unexpected, unforeseen

noun, no-adjective
•
leisure, leisure time, spare time

noun
•
otolaryngology, ear, nose, and throat department

noun
•
hot topic, talk of the town
Other readings:
持ちきり【もちきり】

na-adjective, no-adjective, noun
1.
sweet flavour, sweet flavor, mildness
na-adjective, noun, no-adjective
2.
flattery
3.
stupidity

noun
•
agreement, rules, code, protocol, convention, bylaw

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
acknowledgement, acknowledgment, understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"), noting, acceptance
See also:ご了承
Other readings:
諒承【りょうしょう】
、
領承【りょうしょう】

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
obstruction, check, hindrance, prevention, impediment, interdiction, preemption, blocking
Other readings:
沮止【そし】

noun, noun (suffix)
1.
difficulty, trouble, hardship
2.
accident, disaster, danger
3.
fault, defect
4.
criticism

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

noun
•
source of river, fountainhead

よと
yobitomeru
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
•
to (call and) stop, to call (someone) to stop, to hail (e.g. a taxi)
Other readings:
呼びとめる【よびとめる】
、
呼び留める【よびとめる】
、
呼止める【よびとめる】
、
呼留める【よびとめる】

adverbial noun, noun
•
day and night, around the clock, always, constantly

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
borrowing(humble language, polite language)

noun
•
swap, exchange
Other readings:
取替【とりかえ】

noun
1.
son(humble language)
2.
punk, brat
3.
penis(colloquialism)
All readings:
倅【せがれ】
、
悴【せがれ】
、
伜【せがれ】

noun
1.
dirt, filth, grime
2.
account (e.g. online service)(垢 is ateji)
See also:アカ

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
•
to bite off, to gnaw through
Other readings:
かみ切る【かみきる】

suru verb (special)
•
to fall in love with, to love
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