Vocabulary list for JLPT N1

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noun, auxillary suru verb
counterattack, counteroffensive, counterblow

na-adjective, noun
uncertain, vague, ambiguous(onomatopia)

na-adjective, no-adjective
plain, frank, candid, open, direct, straightforward, unabashed, blatant, flagrant(usually kana)
Other readings:
あからさま《偸閑》[1]
あからさま《白地》[1]
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

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

noun
game under lights (e.g. baseball), night game(sports term)

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

noun
quiz

na-adjective, noun
honor, honour, credit, prestige

Godan-mu verb, intransitive verb
1.
to be crowded, to be packed
2.
to be complex
auxiliary verb
3.
to go into, to put into, to remain (seated), to be plunged into (silence), to do thoroughly(only relevant for 込む)
4.
to do intently(only relevant for 込む)
5.
to continue in the same state(only relevant for 込む)
All readings:
込む【こむ】
混む【こむ】
籠む【こむ】[1]
篭む【こむ】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

noun, auxillary suru verb
dispute, resistance

noun, auxillary suru verb
contrast, comparison

noun
1.
beast (i.e. any animal other than man)
2.
person reborn into the animal realm(Buddhist term)
See also:畜生道
3.
brute (i.e. a contemptible human being)
interjection
4.
damn it, damn, Christ, for Christ's sake(usually kana)
Other readings:
畜生【ちきしょう】

noun, auxillary suru verb
pardon, forgiveness, forbearance

pre-noun adjectival
satisfactory, decent(usually kana)(usually used in the negative sense)
Other readings:
ろくな《陸な》
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

noun
1.
electric line, electric cable, power cable
2.
telephone line, telegraph wire

noun
cabinet (of a government), ministry

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to kick away, to kick off, to kick hard
2.
to refuse curtly, to reject outright
Other readings:
蹴とばす【けとばす】

noun, na-adjective, no-adjective
favorable reception, good reputation, popularity

noun
1.
sigh
2.
grief, lamentation
All readings:
【たん】
【たん】

noun, auxillary suru verb
regulation, (traffic) policing, control, restriction

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

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to bind, to file
2.
to top with egg (e.g. donburi)

noun
shame, embarrassment, disgrace
Other readings:
【はじ】
【じょく】[2]
【はじ】
【はじ】
恥じ【はじ】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage
  2. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to blame, to reproach, to censure, to rebuke, to reprove, to find fault, to take to task, to criticize, to criticise
2.
to question (a suspect), to challenge
Ichidan verb
3.
to aggravate (an injury), to be aggravated, to get inflamed
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
4.
to prick (one's conscience)

noun
1.
ladder(usually kana)
2.
stairs(usually kana)
noun, auxillary suru verb
3.
going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)(usually kana)(only relevant for はしご and ハシゴ)
All readings:
はしご《梯子》
はしご《階子》
はしご《梯》
ていし《梯子》
ハシゴ

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
handstand, headstand
2.
being upside down, being in reverse

noun, auxillary suru verb
change, transition, vicissitudes

noun, auxillary suru verb
ignition, lighting, firing, setting off

noun
borrowing, debt, loan

suru verb (special), transitive verb
to need, to demand, to take, to require

noun, auxillary suru verb
being produced in a particular region, local specialty

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.), to assume the shape of, to turn oneself into, to transform oneself into
2.
to disguise oneself as
3.
to change radically, to metamorphose
4.
to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

na-adjective, no-adjective, noun
automatic
Other readings:
オートマティック

noun
1.
pot (esp. teapot, coffee-pot)
2.
vacuum bottle, thermos flask

noun, auxillary suru verb
regulation, control

noun, noun (prefix)
1.
drive-in (bank, cinema, etc.)
noun
2.
roadside restaurant, rest stop

noun
son(honorific language)

noun
1.
kind, sort, type(usually kana)
2.
equal, match, peer
All readings:
たぐい《類い》
たぐい《比い》
たぐい《類》
たぐい《比》

na-adjective
1.
in good health, healthy, well, fit, robust, strong
2.
skilled, proficient, adept
noun
3.
master, expert
See also:達人

noun, auxillary suru verb
registration, accession, register, entry, record

noun
1.
making, producing, manufacturing, building, construction, make, structure
2.
appearance (attire, make-up, etc.)
3.
build, physique
4.
sashimi
See also:御作り
noun (prefix)
5.
forced (smile, etc.)
All readings:
作り【つくり】
造り【つくり】

noun, auxillary suru verb
punishment, penalty

noun
intercom, interphone
All readings:
インターホン
インターフォン

na-adjective, noun
showy, brilliant, gorgeous, florid, gay
Other readings:
花やか【はなやか】

noun, auxillary suru verb
integration, unification, unity, combination, consolidation, synthesis

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to fail, to blunder, to mess up, to screw up
2.
to be dismissed, to be fired
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