Vocabulary list for JLPT N1

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noun
1.
face
2.
surface
3.
mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)(only relevant for おもて and もて)
All readings:
【おもて】
【おも】
【も】[1]
【もて】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun, auxillary suru verb
dressing up in fine clothes, splendid clothes, one's best clothes

noun
settlement, conclusion, summary(usually kana)

no-adjective, na-adjective
1.
inevitable, necessary, certain, sure
See also:偶然 (antonym)
noun
2.
inevitability, necessity

noun
Santa Claus
Other readings:
サンタ・クロース

na-adjective, noun
poor, meagre, meager, feeble, scanty, shabby, insubstantial

noun
1.
document, writing, letter, papers, notes, records, archives
2.
document addressed to someone(only relevant for もんじょ)(paleography term)
Other readings:
文書【もんじょ】
文書【ぶんじょ】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

prefix
1.
honorific/polite/humble prefix(honorific language, polite language, humble language, usually kana)(usu. before a term with an on-yomi reading)
See also:御 (お)
suffix
2.
honorific suffix(honorific language)(after a noun indicating a person)

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
guidance, lead, acting as guide
2.
guide, primer, guidebook, handbook, manual
3.
influence, connections, introduction, good offices
Other readings:
手引【てびき】

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

na-adjective, no-adjective, noun
simplicity, convenience, easiness, quasi-

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

noun, no-adjective
(plant) bulb

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
praise, glorification, extolment
Other readings:
讚美【さんび】
讃美【さんび】

adverb, to-adverb, auxillary suru verb
tedious, boring, being fed up with(onomatopia)
Other readings:
ウンザリ

na-adjective
diligent, industrious

noun
telex, teletypewriter exchange(abbreviation)

noun
1.
stamina, endurance, physical strength, resilience, resistance to disease
2.
strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)

noun
1.
ball (for sport, games, etc.)
2.
kemari, type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan(only relevant for 鞠 and 毬)
See also:蹴鞠
Other readings:
【まり】
【まり】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

noun, noun (suffix)
fellow, mutual, companion, comrade
Other readings:
同士【どし】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun, auxillary suru verb
patience, endurance
Other readings:
辛棒【しんぼう】[1]
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

noun
genre

noun, auxillary suru verb
withdrawal (e.g. from an organization), secession, leaving, pulling out

auxillary suru verb, adverb, to-adverb
to pamper, to make a fuss of, to spoil, to fawn over(onomatopia)
Other readings:
ちゃほや[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kana usage

Ichidan verb
1.
to escape (disaster, death, etc.), to be saved from, to be rescued from
2.
to avoid (e.g. punishment), to evade (e.g. responsibility), to avert, to elude, to be exempted from
All readings:
免れる【まぬがれる】
免れる【まぬかれる】

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
reclamation (e.g. wasteland), cultivation, development
2.
pioneering, opening up (e.g. new market), breaking new ground, trailblazing

noun, auxillary suru verb
control

expression
1.
and so on, and so forth, et cetera, and such, and the like
noun, auxillary suru verb
2.
comment, criticism
Other readings:
云云【うんぬん】

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
composite, combined, complex

adverb
altogether, entirely(usually kana)
Other readings:
ことごとく《尽く》

noun
seashell, shell
Other readings:
貝がら【かいがら】
貝殼【かいがら】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

noun
tumour, tumor, growth, boil, ulcer, abscess, rash, pimple(usually kana)

noun
application, entry, request, subscription, offer, proposal, overture, challenge
Other readings:
申込み【もうしこみ】
申込【もうしこみ】

noun
influence, power, might, strength, potency, force, energy

Godan-mu verb, intransitive verb
to mount up, to pile up, to accumulate, to increase(usually kana)

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to accustom, to train (e.g. one's ear)(esp. 慣らす)
2.
to tame, to domesticate, to train (an animal)(esp. 馴らす)
Other readings:
馴らす【ならす】

noun, auxillary suru verb
viewing

noun, prenominal
elbowroom, leeway, room, reserve, margin, allowance, latitude, time (to spare)

noun, auxillary suru verb
one defeat

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
salary, pay, compensation, allowance (e.g. housing allowance), benefit, bonus(esp. 手当)
2.
medical care, treatment(esp. 手当て)
3.
advance preparation(esp. 手当て)
All readings:
手当【てあて】
手当て【てあて】

noun
inventory, stock, stockpile

noun (suffix), noun
1.
right (to do something)
noun, noun (suffix)
2.
authority, power

noun
1.
way, method, means, resource, remedy
2.
(technical) specification
Other readings:
仕樣【しよう】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
breeding, multiplication, increase, propagation, reproduction
Other readings:
蕃殖【はんしょく】

noun
stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations), stele, stela
Other readings:
【ひ】
石文【いしぶみ】

noun, no-adjective
objectivity, objective, object (philosophical)
See also:主観 (antonym)
Other readings:
客観【かっかん】
客観【かくかん】

noun
custom, practice, convention, precedent

adjective
1.
flat, even, level, simple
2.
plain (speech, etc.), simple
Other readings:
扁たい【ひらたい】

na-adjective
1.
chic
2.
sick
3.
thick
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