Vocabulary list for JLPT N1

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noun
1.
arrow
2.
wedge, chock
Other readings:
【さ】[1]
【や】
【さ】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

Ichidan-zuru verb, transitive verb
to perform, to play
See also:演じる

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
to show off, to flaunt

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

noun
fixed date, appointed day
Other readings:
日どり【ひどり】

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

na-adjective, noun
beneficial, profitable, useful, helpful, instructive

noun (temporal)
sea route
All readings:
海路【かいろ】
海路【うみじ】
海路【うなじ】

noun
late at night, small hours of the morning
Other readings:
夜ふけ【よふけ】
夜深け【よふけ】

na-adjective, noun
wise, sensible, well-advised, intelligent, sagacious, prudent

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
rebuilding, reconstruction, rehabilitation
2.
protoform reconstruction(linguistics)

noun
burning low, waning, declining

na-adjective
1.
inborn, innate, inherent, congenital, hereditary
2.
a priori

noun
1.
dessert
2.
desert

noun, auxillary suru verb
recognition, awareness, perception, understanding, knowledge, cognition, cognizance, cognisance

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
position

noun
believer, adherent, devotee

noun
information
Other readings:
インフォーメーション
インフォーメーシオン[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kana usage

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
decrease, reduction, decline
See also:増加 (antonym)

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:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

noun
signs, omen, symptoms
Other readings:
萌し【きざし】

noun, auxillary suru verb
performance, appearance (in a stage, film, TV show, etc.)

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
to enquire, to inquire, to seek information
Other readings:
問合わせる【といあわせる】
問合せる【といあわせる】
問い合せる【といあわせる】

noun, no-adjective
anaesthesia, anesthesia
Other readings:
痲酔【ますい】
麻睡【ますい】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

noun, auxillary suru verb
division, section, compartment, block, plot, lot, partition, boundary
Other readings:
区劃【くかく】
區劃【くかく】

prenominal
republican, cooperative

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

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
preceding, going first, leading, going ahead, taking priority

noun, auxillary suru verb
worship, adoration, admiration, cult

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to insert, to put in (such that there is a snug fit), to button, to put on (something that envelops, e.g. gloves, ring)(usually kana)
2.
to have sex, to fuck(colloquialism)
3.
to pigeonhole (into a particular category)
4.
to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
5.
to entrap, to set someone up (e.g. frame them for a crime, etc.)
All readings:
はめる《嵌める》
はめる《填める》[1]
はめる《篏める》[1]
はめる《塡める》[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

noun
1.
structure, construction, appearance
2.
posture (e.g. in martial arts), pose, stance
3.
readiness, determination, preparedness
4.
kanji enclosure type radical (must enclose at least two sides of the kanji)(e.g. 門)
Other readings:
【かまえ】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

adjective
heartening, reassuring

noun
1.
pair
2.
pair-oared boat
3.
pear
Other readings:
ペヤ
ペアー

noun
1.
ball (for sport, games, etc.)
2.
kemari, type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan(only relevant for 鞠 and 毬)
See also:蹴鞠
Other readings:
【まり】
【まり】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

noun
feces, excrement, shit

noun, no-adjective
essence, true nature, substance, reality

noun, noun (suffix)
1.
compilation (of a text), editing
noun, noun (suffix), counter
2.
volume (of a text)
3.
completed literary work
Other readings:
【へん】

adverb, noun
clashing of swords, felling of trees, ringing of an ax
All readings:
丁々【ちょうちょう】
丁々【とうとう】
丁丁【ちょうちょう】
丁丁【とうとう】

いつ
itsunomanika
adverb
before one knows, before one becomes aware of, unnoticed, unawares
All readings:
いつの間にか【いつのまにか】
何時の間にか【いつのまにか】

noun, auxillary suru verb
intention, aim, preference (for), orientation (towards a goal)
See also:指向

no-adjective, na-adjective
characteristic, traditional, peculiar, inherent, native, eigen-

noun
1.
background, scenery, backdrop, setting
2.
background (of an incident, situation, etc.), circumstances, context
3.
backing, support (from behind the scenes)

noun, noun (suffix)
1.
section (of track, etc.), segment, dimension
2.
interval(mathematics)

torimazeru
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
to mix, to put together
Other readings:
取混ぜる【とりまぜる】

adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
daytime, during the day, time from sunrise until sunset, diurnal period
All readings:
昼間【ひるま】
昼間【ちゅうかん】

noun
scale, scope, plan, structure
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