Vocabulary list for JLPT N1

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Godan-bu verb, intransitive verb
1.
to reach, to amount to, to befall, to happen to, to extend, to go on (for, until)
2.
to be up to the task, to come up to
3.
to compare with, to be a match (for)
4.
to commit (a crime)
5.
to require (to do)(usu. used in the negative)

noun, noun (suffix)
1.
system, lineage, group
noun
2.
corollary(mathematics)
noun, noun (suffix)
3.
system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period)(geology term)
4.
(taxonomical) series

na-adjective, noun
•
thickheaded, insensitive, dull, thick-skinned

noun
•
answer, reply, response, solution
Other readings:
答え【いらえ】
、
答【こたえ】
、
応え【こたえ】
、
応え【いらえ】
、
報え【こたえ】

suru verb (special), transitive verb
1.
to hold back (e.g. emotions), to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people), to bridle
2.
to get the better of
3.
to control, to command

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
transport, freight, shipping
Other readings:
運漕【うんそう】

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
collection, recovery, withdrawal, retrieval

noun
1.
mouse, rat(usually kana)
2.
dark gray, dark grey, slate (color, colour)
See also:鼠色
All readings:
ねずみ《鼠》
、
ねず《鼠》
、
ネズミ

noun
1.
top and bottom, up and down, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends
no-adjective, noun
2.
upside-down

noun, na-adjective
•
ignorance, innocence, stupidity
Other readings:
無智【むち】

noun
•
pawn(abbreviation, shogi term)

noun
•
terrain, geographical features, topography
All readings:
地形【ちけい】
、
地形【じぎょう】

noun
•
position

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

prenominal, auxillary suru verb
1.
plump, rotund, chubby
adverb, to-adverb
2.
entirely, completely, wholly
Other readings:
丸丸【まるまる】

noun
1.
closing years (period, days), last stage, end stage, end-of-life (care, decision making, etc.)
prenominal
2.
terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.), final
Other readings:
末季【まっき】

noun
1.
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE), Chou dynasty
2.
perimeter(mathematics)
noun (suffix), counter
3.
counter for laps or circuits

noun
•
mood

noun, no-adjective
1.
old person, elderly person, senior citizen
noun
2.
trustee of the Japan Sumo Association, retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay(sumo term)
3.
senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate)
4.
important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
Other readings:
年寄【としより】
、
年より【としより】

ものた
monotarinai
adjective
•
unsatisfied, unsatisfactory, insufficient

noun
1.
metal rod, metal bar, iron rod, crowbar
2.
iron club, iron staff with rings on top (traditionally used by night watchmen)
All readings:
金棒【かなぼう】
、
鉄棒【かなぼう】

noun
•
warehouse, storehouse, cellar, magazine, granary, godown, depository, treasury, elevator
Other readings:
倉【くら】
、
庫【くら】

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
restoration, return
2.
reduction, resolution, deoxidization, deoxidation(chemistry term)

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to accomplish, to achieve, to carry out, to fulfill, to fulfil, to realize, to execute, to perform, to do
Godan-su verb, auxiliary verb
2.
to do ... completely, to do ... entirely(after the -masu stem of a verb)
Other readings:
果す【はたす】

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
•
majority decision, majority vote, majority rule

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
encouragement, promotion, inducement, incitement, stimulation

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to finish, to get it over with, to conclude
2.
to settle, to pay back
3.
to get along (without something), to make do with (without)(often with で)

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
•
to dye, to colour, to color

noun
•
ability, skill, facility
Other readings:
腕まえ【うでまえ】

suru verb (special), transitive verb
1.
to offer, to present, to submit, to supply
2.
to serve (food and drink)
3.
to offer (to the gods), to set up (before an alter)

noun, no-adjective
1.
every month
na-adjective, noun
2.
trite, commonplace, conventional, hackneyed(only relevant for つきなみ)(orig. used as an insult towards old-fashioned poets who would meet monthly to write poetry)
Other readings:
月並【つきなみ】
、
月次【つきなみ】
、
月次【げつじ】

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

pronoun
1.
which(usually kana)(emphatic)
interjection
2.
let me see, well now(usually kana)

noun
•
beast, brute, animal
All readings:
獣【けもの】
、
獣【けだもの】
、
獣【じゅう】
、
ケダモノ

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

taru-adjective, to-adverb
•
dumbfounded, overcome with surprise, in blank amazement, in a daze
Other readings:
茫然【ぼうぜん】
、
ぼう然【ぼうぜん】
、
惘然【ぼうぜん】
、
惘然【もうぜん】
、
ボーゼン

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to grant (request, wish), to answer (prayer)(esp. 叶える)
2.
to fulfill (conditions), to meet (requirements)(esp. 適える)
Other readings:
適える【かなえる】

noun
•
friendship, goodwill, friendly relations, amity

noun
•
(divine) punishment, curse, retribution

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
dictatorship, despotism

noun
•
nephew
See also:甥御,  甥子

pre-noun adjectival
•
a certain ..., some ...(usually kana)
Other readings:
ある《或》

noun
•
public gaze, public notice, attention
All readings:
人目【ひとめ】
、
人目【じんもく】
、
人眼【ひとめ】

Godan-bu verb
1.
to float, to be suspended
2.
to rise to the surface, to appear, to emerge, to show up, to loom (up)
3.
to come to mind, to have inspiration
Other readings:
浮ぶ【うかぶ】
、
泛ぶ【うかぶ】[1]
、
泛かぶ【うかぶ】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
•
to repel, to drive away, to repulse, to reject
Other readings:
斥ける【しりぞける】
、
却ける【しりぞける】

na-adjective
•
fierce, intense, severe, violent, strong, vehement, terrific, terrible

Godan-u verb, transitive verb
•
to laugh at, to ridicule, to mock, to make fun of, to sneer at
Other readings:
嘲笑う【あざわらう】
、
嘲う【あざわらう】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun
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