Vocabulary list for JLPT N1

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Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to look back on (the past), to reflect on, to reminisce about
2.
to look behind (at), to turn round (and look), to look over one's shoulder
3.
to consider, to concern oneself about, to take notice of, to pay attention to, to take into consideration(usu. in the negative)
Other readings:
顧る【かえりみる】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

na-adjective, noun
1.
upper part
noun
2.
upper stream, upper course of a river(only relevant for かみて)
3.
right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV), stage left (actor's POV)(only relevant for かみて)
na-adjective, noun
4.
skillful (in comparisons), dexterity(only relevant for うわて)
noun
5.
over-arm grip on opponent's belt(sumo term)(only relevant for うわて)
Other readings:
上手【かみて】

noun, no-adjective
the very best, utmost

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
to be bulky, to be unwieldy, to grow voluminous(usually kana)
Other readings:
かさばる《かさ張る》

noun
airmail, air mail
See also:航空郵便
Other readings:
エアーメール
エア・メール
エアー・メール

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to smoke (e.g. fire), to billow smoke, to smoulder, to smolder
2.
to be hazy, to look dim
Other readings:
煙る【けぶる】[1]
烟る【けむる】
烟る【けぶる】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun, auxillary suru verb
contribution, service

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
thought, consideration, thinking

noun
evening glow, red sunset, afterglow (of sunset)
Other readings:
夕焼【ゆうやけ】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
circulation (esp. documents), sending round
Other readings:
廻覧【かいらん】

na-adjective, no-adjective, noun
goodness, excellence, virtue

noun, auxillary suru verb
interview, audience, meeting, (viewing) party

noun
1.
ambition, aspiration
2.
sinister designs, treachery

noun, auxillary suru verb
damage

noun
1.
treasure house, treasury
2.
financial supporter, patron, financier, backer(only relevant for かねぐら)
All readings:
金蔵【かねぐら】
金蔵【きんぞう】[2]
金庫【かねぐら】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage
  2. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun, auxillary suru verb
residence, abode, dwelling

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
dramatization (e.g. of a novel), dramatisation, adaptation
2.
dramatization, embellishment, exaggeration, embroidery

noun
wholesale store, wholesale dealer, wholesaler
All readings:
問屋【とんや】
問屋【といや】

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

noun, auxillary suru verb
acquisition, obtaining, coming to hand

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
celebration, congratulations

noun
score, sheet music(music term)

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

noun
1.
running fast, double time
2.
cantering(also 駈歩)
3.
doing things in a hurry
Other readings:
駆足【かけあし】
駈け足【かけあし】
駈足【かけあし】
かけ足【かけあし】

adjective
meagre, meager, scarce, limited, destitute, hard up, lacking, scanty, poor
Other readings:
乏しい【ともしい】

noun
maternity and gynaecology department (gynecology), department of obstetrics and gynaecology (gynecology)

noun
palm (of one's hand)
All readings:
手のひら【てのひら】
【てのひら】
【たなごころ】
【しょう】
手の平【てのひら】

noun
appendix, supplement, annex, extra (of a newspaper or magazine)
Other readings:
附録【ふろく】

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
childbirth, (giving) birth, delivery, parturition, confinement
2.
production (of goods)

noun
bureaucrat, government official, bureaucracy

noun, auxillary suru verb
reinforcement, strengthening

noun, auxillary suru verb
burning, combustion

noun, noun (suffix)
1.
edition, version, printing, impression, implementation (e.g. software)(ばん when a suffix)
noun
2.
plate, block, cast(also written 板)
counter
3.
editions of a publication
Other readings:
【ばん】

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
to point at
Other readings:
指さす【ゆびさす】

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
command, direction
Other readings:
指麾【しき】

adjective
troublesome, annoying, complicated

na-adjective, noun
simple, artless, naive, unsophisticated
Other readings:
素樸【そぼく】

noun
1.
crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road), going astray
2.
difference of opinion, misunderstanding, estrangement, disagreement
Other readings:
行き違い【ゆきちがい】
行違い【いきちがい】
行違い【ゆきちがい】

noun
signs, omen, symptoms
Other readings:
萌し【きざし】

adjective
remarkable, striking, brilliant, splendid, spectacular, wonderful
All readings:
目覚ましい【めざましい】
目覚しい【めざましい】
目ざましい【めざましい】
目醒しい【めざましい】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

adverb
1.
still, as yet, hitherto, only(usually kana)
2.
not yet(usually kana)(with verb in the negative)
3.
more, besides(usually kana)
na-adjective
4.
unfinished, incomplete, not yet finished with(usually kana)
All readings:
まだ《未だ》
いまだ《未だ》

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

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

noun
1.
colony
2.
(immigrant) community(in Brazilian Japanese)
Other readings:
殖民地【しょくみんち】

prefix
original, primitive, primary, fundamental, raw

taru-adjective, to-adverb
vague, obscure, indistinct, hazy, ambiguous
Other readings:
ばく然【ばくぜん】

no-adjective, noun
1.
average, medium, common, ordinary
noun, no-adjective
2.
mid-grade (item), regular grade
noun (suffix)
3.
same level as, equal to, equivalent to, on par with
4.
each (e.g. month), every
5.
row of (teeth, houses, etc.), line of
All readings:
【なみ】
並み【なみ】
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