Vocabulary list for JLPT N1

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

noun, auxillary suru verb
insult, affront, slight, contempt (e.g. of court)

conjunction
and (also), both ... and, as well as
Other readings:
並に【ならびに】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun, auxillary suru verb
poverty, destitution, privation, indigence, penury

noun, no-adjective, na-adjective
1.
the defensive
2.
passive attitude, passivity, passiveness
3.
the passive, passive voice(linguistics)
4.
ukemi (the art of falling safely)(martial arts)
Other readings:
受け身【うけみ】

noun
1.
one breath
2.
time of one breath
3.
pause, break, rest, breather
4.
(doing in) one go, doing without stopping(as 一息に)
5.
small amount of effort, a little more effort

noun, auxillary suru verb
transport, transportation, conveyance, carriage

adverb
of course, certainly, naturally

noun, auxillary suru verb
annihilation, total destruction, complete destruction, crushing defeat

adjective
1.
fleeting, transient, short-lived, momentary, ephemeral, fickle, vain(usually kana)
2.
empty (dream, etc.), mere (hope), faint (possibility)(usually kana)
All readings:
はかない《儚い》
はかない《果敢ない》
はかない《果敢無い》
はかない《果無い》
はかない《果ない》
はかない《果敢い》[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun
past events, bygones
All readings:
旧事【きゅうじ】
旧事【くじ】

noun, auxillary suru verb
(sea) voyage, navigation, sailing, passage, cruise

Godan-su verb, intransitive verb
to plan, to intend, to aspire to, to set aims (sights on)

Godan-ku verb, intransitive verb
to arrive at (after a struggle), to finally reach, to find one's way to, to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
All readings:
たどり着く【たどりつく】
辿り着く【たどりつく】
辿りつく【たどりつく】

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to decide, to determine
2.
to establish, to lay down, to prescribe, to provide, to stipulate
3.
to bring peace (to), to make peaceful

noun, noun (suffix)
punishment, penalty

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
dissection, autopsy
2.
analysis

noun
1.
tactics, strategy
2.
military operation, naval operation(military)
Other readings:
策戦【さくせん】

adverb
completely, all the way, altogether, bodily(usually kana)

noun
1.
growth, breeding
noun (suffix)
2.
growing up (in, as), upbringing

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

Godan-ku verb, transitive verb
to remove, to deinstall, to take away, to set apart
Other readings:
取除く【とりのぞく】
とり除く【とりのぞく】
取りのぞく【とりのぞく】

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to give (time, money, goods), to donate
2.
to do, to perform, to conduct
3.
to apply (processing, makeup, etc.), to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
4.
to sow, to seed, to scatter (e.g. fertilizer), to sprinkle
5.
to spread far and wide(archaism)

noun
1.
seedling, young plant
2.
rice seedling
See also:早苗

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》

noun, na-adjective, auxillary suru verb
1.
extramarital sex, affair, fooling around
2.
infidelity, wantonness, unfaithfulness, inconstancy, fickleness, caprice
Other readings:
うわ気【うわき】
上気【うわき】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

adverb
1.
soon, shortly, before long, in a short time, in a little while(usually kana)
2.
having no time to ..., with no time to ...(after the dictionary form of a verb)
All readings:
まもなく《間もなく》
まもなく《間も無く》

prenominal, adverb
1.
how ...!, what ...!(usually kana)
interjection
2.
what?, what's that?

Ichidan-zuru verb, intransitive verb
to apply correspondingly, to correspond to, to be proportionate to, to conform to
See also:準じる
Other readings:
准ずる【じゅんずる】

noun
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)(usually kana)
Other readings:
きびす《踵》
くびす《踵》
あくと《踵》

noun, no-adjective
overwork, strain

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.), to hang out (e.g. a banner), to fly (e.g. a flag), to hoist, to raise, to display
2.
to hold up high, to raise overhead
3.
to tout (a principle, plan, etc.), to herald, to hold up (an ideal), to parade (e.g. a slogan)
4.
to publish, to print, to carry (e.g. an article)
5.
to tuck up (e.g. sleeves), to roll up
6.
to stoke (a fire), to fan (a flame)(archaism)

noun
1.
fight
2.
fighting spirit(abbreviation)
interjection
3.
fight!, do your best, go for it, keep at it

Godan-gu verb, transitive verb
1.
to rinse, to wash out(usually kana)(esp. 濯ぐ)
2.
to have one's revenge, to wipe out a disgrace(usually kana)(only relevant for すすぐ and そそぐ)(esp. 雪ぐ)
Other readings:
すすぐ《雪ぐ》
そそぐ《濯ぐ》
そそぐ《雪ぐ》
ゆすぐ《濯ぐ》

noun
1.
justice, right, righteousness
2.
correct meaning, correct explanation(usu. in titles of annotated editions of Confucian classics)

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
election

noun, no-adjective
1.
darkness, the dark
noun
2.
bewilderment, despair, hopelessness
3.
hidden place, secrecy, oblivion
noun, no-adjective
4.
black market, shady trading, underhand transactions, illegal channels

noun
manufacturing method, recipe, formula

noun, auxillary suru verb
retail
Other readings:
小売り【こうり】

noun, auxillary suru verb
want, shortage, famine

noun
1.
knowledge, understanding
2.
rules, regulations, guideline, directions
noun (suffix)
3.
deputy, acting

na-adjective, noun
intelligence, cleverness, innate aptitude
See also:鈍根 (antonym)

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
to get in, to go in, to come in, to flow into, to set, to set in(mainly used in fixed expressions and compound verbs)

noun
1.
outline of the Sun (esp. represented as a red circle)
2.
the Japanese flag(abbreviation)

noun
decoration
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