Vocabulary list for JLPT N1

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Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to serve, to work for, to attend
Other readings:
事える【つかえる】

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
forfeiture, seizure, confiscation, impounding

noun
treaty, pact, convention, agreement

machiawase
noun
appointment
Other readings:
待ちあわせ【まちあわせ】

na-adjective, no-adjective, noun
1.
small build, small stature, petite
See also:大柄 (antonym)
na-adjective, noun, no-adjective
2.
small pattern
See also:大柄 (antonym)
Other readings:
小がら【こがら】

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
rule, reign, government, governing
All readings:
統治【とうち】
統治【とうじ】

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to freeze, to congeal
2.
to concentrate one's attention on, to devote oneself to something, to ponder, to meditate

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to excel, to surpass, to exceed, to have an edge, to be superior, to outrival
2.
to outweigh, to preponderate
Other readings:
優る【まさる】

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
carrying (on one's person or in the hand)(only relevant for けいたい)
noun
2.
mobile phone, cell phone(abbreviation, usually kana)
See also:携帯電話
Other readings:
ケータイ
ケイタイ

noun, no-adjective
national ownership, state ownership, government ownership

noun
1.
allotment, assignment, allocation, quota, rationing
2.
allocation(computer term)
Other readings:
割当て【わりあて】
割当【わりあて】
割当【かっとう】

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
1.
relay, hook-up
noun, auxillary suru verb
2.
relay broadcasting(abbreviation)

noun
1.
fault, error, mistake
2.
going poorly, being disadvantageous, being unfavorable
prefix
3.
un-, non-, an-

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
to encourage, to cheer, to raise (the voice)

noun
1.
motive, incentive
2.
motif
See also:モチーフ

noun
1.
catalogue, catalog, inventory, index, list
2.
certificate indicating an impending gift

noun
decoration

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
1.
help, rescue, aid, relief
2.
salvation, solace, (source of) comfort, saving grace
3.
(religious) salvation, (Christian) grace

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
use, adoption, acceptance
2.
appointment, employment, engagement, recruitment

Godan-su verb
1.
to run away, to flee, to make off, to take to one's heels, to escape
2.
to start to run away
Other readings:
逃げだす【にげだす】
逃出す【にげだす】
にげ出す【にげだす】

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:
【よ】

noun
1.
project, enterprise, business, industry, operations, venture, service
2.
act, deed, conduct(only relevant for ことわざ)
Other readings:
事業【ことわざ】

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to incline, to lean, to tip, to tilt, to slant, to bend, to list
2.
to devote oneself to, to concentrate on, to pour one's energy into
3.
to ruin, to squander, to empty
4.
to drink (alcohol)

noun, auxillary suru verb
coexistence, living together

noun
1.
(flower) bud
2.
promising young person, budding beauty
Other readings:
【つぼみ】

adjective
1.
noisy, loud(usually kana)
2.
annoying, troublesome, tiresome, persistent, importunate(usually kana)
3.
fussy, finicky, picky, particular, nagging, fastidious, bossy(usually kana)
interjection
4.
shut up!, be quiet!(usually kana)
All readings:
うるさい《煩い》
うるさい《五月蝿い》[1]
うるさい《五月蠅い》[1]
うるさい《煩さい》[2]
ウルサイ
うっさい
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading
  2. irregular okurigana usage

noun, auxillary suru verb
declaration, statement, proclamation

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
disqualification, elimination, incapacity
2.
being unfit for one's role, being a failure

noun, auxillary suru verb
temptation, allurement, lure, enticement, seduction

noun, auxillary suru verb
independence, autonomy, self-reliance

noun
personality, character, individuality, personhood

noun, noun (suffix)
1.
past, after
2.
too (much), over- (e.g. eating)(usually kana)

noun
1.
information, report, journalism, news
auxillary suru verb
2.
to report

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
dump
2.
dump truck(abbreviation)

noun
1.
mark, target
2.
object, subject, focus
3.
point (e.g. of argument)

noun
1.
treasure house, treasury
2.
financial supporter, patron, financier, backer(only relevant for かねぐら)
All readings:
金蔵【かねぐら】
金蔵【きんぞう】[2]
金庫【かねぐら】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage
  2. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

no-adjective, noun
unmarried, not yet married
See also:非婚,  既婚 (antonym)

adverb, no-adjective, na-adjective
1.
very, greatly, much, considerably, to a large extent, quite(usually kana)(余 is ateji)
See also:よほど
adverb
2.
just about to, almost, very nearly(usually kana)
See also:よほど

noun
1.
inflecting dependent word (in Japanese), bound auxiliary(linguistics)
2.
auxiliary verb (in languages other than Japanese)(linguistics)

noun
Yours sincerely, Yours truly, Sincerely yours(letters ending with this start with 拝啓)
See also:拝啓

pronoun
I, me(male term)(rough or arrogant)
Other readings:
【おらあ】[2]
【おり】[2]
【おれ】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji
  2. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

counter
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted), a noun read using its on-yomi
All readings:
【か】
【か】
【か】

interjection
thank you
Other readings:
サンキュ
センキュー
センキュ

adverb, to-adverb
1.
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly(onomatopia)
2.
(falling) little by little, (slipping) gradually, (drawing back) slowly, with a slither(onomatopia)
3.
on and on, while putting off, slovenly, interminably(onomatopia)
4.
with a slurp, with a sniffle(onomatopia)
na-adjective
5.
loose, lax, inconclusive, unresolved(onomatopia)
Other readings:
ズルズル
づるづる[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun
1.
stone (of a fruit), pit, pip
2.
core (of an organization, team, etc.), nucleus, heart
noun, no-adjective
3.
nuclear weapons
See also:核兵器
noun
4.
nucleus (of an atom)(physics term)
See also:原子核
5.
nucleus (of a cell)(biology term)
See also:細胞核
6.
condensation nucleus
See also:凝結核
7.
(planetary) core(astronomy term)
8.
ring (in a cyclic compound)(chemistry term)
9.
kernel, core(mathematics)
10.
nucleus (of a cultured pearl)
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