Vocabulary list for JLPT N1

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interjection, noun, auxillary suru verb
OK, okay
All readings:
OK【オッケー】
OK【オーケー】

noun, no-adjective
1.
large part, greater part, majority
2.
people in general, general public, public at large
adverb
3.
mostly, for the most part, almost, nearly
4.
probably, maybe, perhaps

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
enclosing (e.g. with a letter)

noun
class, level, stratum, layer, hierarchy

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

Godan-mu verb, transitive verb
1.
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.), to throw down the gauntlet, to contend for
Godan-mu verb, intransitive verb
2.
to tackle (e.g. a problem), to attempt, to go after (a prize, record, etc.)
3.
to pressure (someone) for sex, to make advances to

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

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

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】

noun
district of a town, city block (of irregular size)

noun, auxillary suru verb
division of labour, division of labor, splitting into groups (e.g. to search)

noun, no-adjective
main cause, primary factor

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
conception, pregnancy

noun, auxillary suru verb
adoption, selection, choice

Godan-mu verb, transitive verb
1.
to be frugal, to be sparing
2.
to value, to hold dear
3.
to regret (e.g. a loss), to feel sorry (for)
4.
to be unwilling, to be reluctant
Other readings:
吝しむ【おしむ】[1]
愛しむ【おしむ】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

noun, no-adjective
silence (not speaking), muteness

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
puncture, flat tyre (tire), blowout
2.
bursting, overflowing, being jammed (e.g. phone lines), reaching breaking point, collapse, breakdown, going bankrupt

noun
kotatsu, table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat(usually kana)
All readings:
こたつ《炬燵》
こたつ《火燵》
コタツ

noun, auxillary suru verb
germination, sprouting, budding

noun
1.
dessert
2.
desert

noun
1.
evil, wickedness
See also: (antonym)
2.
(role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.), the bad guy
Other readings:
【あく】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

noun, auxillary suru verb
revision (of a rule, price, etc.), alteration, change
See also:改訂
Other readings:
改定【かいじょう】

noun, no-adjective
1.
emotion, feeling
2.
atmosphere, mood, spirit
All readings:
情緒【じょうちょ】
情緒【じょうしょ】

noun, auxillary suru verb
conquest, subjugation, overcoming

noun, noun (suffix)
1.
death, decease
2.
death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation)(archaism)
See also:五刑
noun
3.
(an) out(baseball term)

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
private ownership

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
to entrust, to leave to a person

noun
1.
embankment, bank
2.
beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin(abbreviation)
See also:どて焼き

noun
atmospheric current, air current, airflow

noun
1.
inside out, upside down
2.
flip side, opposite, contrary, reverse

noun
engineering works, civil engineering, public works

pre-noun adjectival
that, those, the(usually kana)(someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)
See also:どの,  この,  その
Other readings:
あん

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
childbirth, (giving) birth, delivery, parturition, confinement
2.
production (of goods)

noun, noun (prefix)
drying, dried
All readings:
干し【ほし】
乾し【ほし】
【ほし】[1]
【ほし】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun
mass communication, mass media(abbreviation)

noun, no-adjective
emergency, first-aid

noun
beak, bill(usually kana)
Other readings:
くちばし《喙》
はし《嘴》
はし《觜》

adjective
1.
painful, heartrending, trying
2.
oppressive, suffocating, miserable

noun
gradations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.), division, scale
All readings:
目盛り【めもり】
目盛【めもり】

むす
musubitsukeru
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
to combine, to join, to tie on, to attach with a knot, to bind (e.g. an address)
Other readings:
結びつける【むすびつける】

noun, auxillary suru verb
taking a seat, sitting down (in one's seat)

noun
1.
source of electricity, electrical power
2.
power (button on TV, etc.)

noun, auxillary suru verb
industrial enterprise

noun, no-adjective
paradise, heaven, Kingdom of Heaven

noun
sunny place, in the sun
Other readings:
日なた【ひなた】

noun
natural features, topography, climate, spiritual features

no-adjective
rising, developing, emergent, burgeoning, new

na-adjective, noun (suffix)
illness
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