Vocabulary list for JLPT N1
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noun
1.
yokozuna (highest rank in sumo), grand champion(sumo term)
2.
best in its field, crème de la crème, cream of the crop
na-adjective, noun
•
yellow, amber
All readings:
黄色【きいろ】
、黄色【こうしょく】
、黄色【おうしょく】
Common word
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to collect (debts), to dun, to exact, to extort
2.
to appoint, to promote, to give patronage
3.
to emphasize, to focus on, to call attention to
See also:取り立てて
Other readings:
取立てる【とりたてる】
、取りたてる【とりたてる】
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)
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
handstand, headstand
2.
being upside down, being in reverse
noun
1.
foundation, base, basis
adverb
2.
jikkuri
Common word
adverb, to-adverb
•
deliberately, carefully, thoroughly, without rushing(onomatopia)
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
disposal, abandonment, scrapping, discarding, abolition
2.
annulment, cancellation, abrogation, repeal
noun
1.
manners, customs
2.
sex service, sex industry, sex-oriented entertainment
Other readings:
フーゾク
zure
Common word
noun
1.
gap, lag, slippage
2.
difference, discrepancy
3.
shear (e.g. shear stress)(physics term)
noun
1.
the Sheep (eighth sign of the Chinese zodiac), the Ram, the Goat
2.
3.
south-southwest(obsolete)
4.
sixth month of the lunar calendar(obsolete)
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
health preservation, recuperation, recreation
Common word
adjective
•
cold, short, curt, blunt(usually kana)
Other readings:
そっけない《素っ気無い》
、そっけない《素気ない》[1]
、そっけない《素気無い》[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
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
1.
view, prospect, outlook
2.
Other readings:
見晴し【みはらし】
、見はらし【みはらし】
Godan-ku verb, transitive verb
1.
to poke (repeatedly, lightly), to nudge(usually kana)
2.
to peck at (one's food), to pick at
3.
to peck at (someone's faults, etc.)
4.
to egg on, to put up to
Other readings:
つつく《突付く》[1]
、つつく《突つく》[2]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
- irregular okurigana usage
adverb, prenominal
•
beforehand, in advance, previously(usually kana)
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
•
to serve, to work for, to attend
Other readings:
事える【つかえる】
noun
•
karuta, traditional Japanese playing cards(usually kana)
All readings:
かるた《歌留多》[1]
、かるた《骨牌》[1]
、かるた《加留多》[1]
、かるた《嘉留太》[1]
、かるた《軽板》[1][2]
、かるた《軽多》[1][2]
、カルタ
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
- word containing out-dated kanji
counter
•
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted), a noun read using its on-yomi
All readings:
箇【か】
、個【か】
、个【か】
、カ
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
excavation, exhumation
2.
discovery (e.g. new talent)
Godan-ru verb
1.
to pledge, to vow, to promise, to swear
2.
to have sexual intercourse (esp. between husband and wife), to share a bed
Godan-mu verb, intransitive verb
1.
to become misty, to become hazy(usually kana)(esp. 霞む)
2.
to get blurry, to grow dim(usually kana)(esp. 翳む)
3.
to be overshadowed, to be upstaged, to be outshone(usually kana)(esp. 霞む)
Other readings:
かすむ《翳む》
na-adjective, noun
•
clear, plain, distinct, obvious, evident, articulate
Other readings:
明りょう【めいりょう】
、明亮【めいりょう】
、明了【めいりょう】
noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
arbitration, conciliation, mediation
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
shortening, contraction, reduction, curtailment, abbreviation
adjective
•
easy, simple, light(usually kana)
Other readings:
たやすい《た易い》
dounika
Common word
adverb, auxillary suru verb
•
in some way or other, one way or another, somehow, only just, barely
tonda
Common word
pre-noun adjectival
1.
unthinkable, unimaginable, inconceivable, unexpected
2.
terrible, awful, serious
adverb
3.
very(archaism)
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to place (in position), to fix, to set (e.g. table), to lay (foundation)
2.
to install, to seat (someone)
See also:上座に据える
3.
to settle (upon something), to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
4.
to apply (moxa)
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