Vocabulary list for JLPT N1

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noun
noted product, local specialty
See also:名物

Godan-gu verb, transitive verb
1.
to look up (at)
2.
to look up to, to respect, to revere
3.
to ask for (e.g. guidance), to seek, to turn to (someone) for
4.
to depend on, to rely on
5.
to gulp down, to quaff, to drink

adjective
1.
smoky
2.
awkward, ill at ease
Other readings:
煙たい【けぶたい】
烟たい【けむたい】
烟たい【けぶたい】

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

noun, auxillary suru verb
subtraction, deduction (e.g. tax), subsidy
Other readings:
扣除【こうじょ】

adverb
1.
already, now(usually kana)
2.
no longer, not any more(usually kana)(with negative verb)

adjective
1.
sluggish, languid, listless, heavy (heart, legs, etc.), dull(usually kana)
2.
bothersome, tiresome, pain-in-the-ass(usually kana, slang)
Other readings:
だるい《懈い》
ダルい
たるい《怠い》[1]
たるい《懈い》[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun, auxillary suru verb
burn, scald(usually kana)
All readings:
やけど《火傷》
かしょう《火傷》

noun, auxillary suru verb
(practical) experience, personal experience, hands-on experience, first-hand experience

noun
(outward) looks, features, face, countenance, expression
All readings:
顔つき【かおつき】
顔付き【かおつき】
顔付【かおつき】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

adverb
awfully, terribly(usually kana)
Other readings:
いやに《厭に》

noun, auxillary suru verb
indignation, resentment

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to put to bed
2.
to lay down lengthwise, to put a thing on its side
3.
to set something aside unused, to let lie idle
4.
to ferment, to lay down (wine)

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
down (opposite of up), becoming lower, being brought down, bringing down
2.
being down (e.g. with a cold)
3.
down (e.g. a system), not running (e.g. servers)(computer term)
4.
download, downstream(abbreviation, computer term)
noun
5.
down (feathers)

na-adjective, noun
nonsense
Other readings:
ノンセンス

noun
1.
verbal message, word (from someone)
2.
rumour, rumor

counter
1.
counter for nights of a stay
noun
2.
overnight stay, lodging(obscure)

na-adjective, no-adjective, noun
bad condition, not to work out (i.e. a deal), disagreement, break-off, disorder, slump, out of form

adverb
in its entirety, whole, wholly(usually kana)
Other readings:
まるごと《丸事》[1]
まるごと《丸毎》[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
restoration, restitution, rehabilitation
All readings:
復旧【ふっきゅう】
復旧【ふくきゅう】

noun
1.
sky
2.
heaven(only relevant for てん)
3.
svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth)(Buddhist term)(only relevant for てん)
4.
deva (divine being of Buddhism)(Buddhist term)(only relevant for てん)
5.
sole of a Japanese sandal(only relevant for てん)
Other readings:
【あめ】
【あま】

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to knock together, to strike against each other
2.
to arrange (e.g. a meeting), to discuss (in advance)
Other readings:
打ち合せる【うちあわせる】
打合せる【うちあわせる】
打合わせる【うちあわせる】

noun
1.
fossil
noun, auxillary suru verb
2.
petrifaction, petrification, fossilization, fossilisation

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
shock, impact, crash

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
appeal, call for something, request, claim, demand
noun
2.
axiom

noun
1.
ear (of plant), head (of plant)
2.
point, tip
3.
scion (in grafting), cion
Other readings:
【ほ】

noun
1.
ward, borough, city (in Tokyo)
2.
district (e.g. electoral), section, zone (e.g. postal)
See also:郵便区

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
boiling, seething
2.
becoming heated (e.g. debate), excitement, agitation, fermentation
3.
soaring (prices), shooting up

noun
1.
shock (psychological)
2.
crisis (esp. financial)
3.
shock (physical, mechanical)
4.
shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow)(medical term)

noun
origin of a word, derivation of a word, etymology
Other readings:
語原【ごげん】

noun (suffix), prefix
... street, ... quarter, ... district

Godan-mu verb, intransitive verb
1.
to walk, to go on foot
2.
to tread (a figurative path), to follow, to lead (a life), to experience
3.
to advance towards (e.g. a solution), to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.), to embark (on the road to ...)

noun, auxillary suru verb
revolution, rotation

noun
1.
another person, other people, others
See also:人 (ひと)
2.
unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood)(only relevant for たにん)
3.
outsider, stranger(only relevant for たにん)
All readings:
他人【たにん】
他人【ひと】[1]
他人【あだびと】[2]
Notes:
  1. gikun (meaning as reading) or jukujikun (special kanji reading)
  2. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun
model, standard, pattern, norm, criterion, example
All readings:
軌範【きはん】
規範【きはん】

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
to expel, to drive out

noun, auxillary suru verb
deterioration, changing for the worse

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
spinning (textiles)
noun
2.
spun yarn(abbreviation)
See also:紡績糸

noun, auxillary suru verb
lecture attendance, auditing

noun
sisters
All readings:
姉妹【しまい】
姉妹【きょうだい】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kana usage

na-adjective
1.
very hungry, starving, famished(onomatopia)
to-adverb, adverb, auxillary suru verb
2.
fawning, bowing and scraping, being obsequious, being servile, kowtowing, bowing repeatedly, cringing(onomatopia)
See also:ぺこん
3.
giving in, being dented(onomatopia)
See also:ぺこん
All readings:
ペコペコ
ぺこぺこ

adverb, to-adverb, auxillary suru verb
silently (as the grave), quietly (as in death)(onomatopia)
All readings:
しーん
しいん
シーン

noun
1.
collar, lapel, neckband, neck
2.
nape of the neck, scruff of the neck
Other readings:
【えり】
【えり】

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

noun
personal history, career
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