Vocabulary list for JLPT N1
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Common word
adjective
•
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words), easily mistaken, confusingly similar, misleading, equivocal, ambiguous
adverb
1.
exactly, precisely, just, right(usually kana)
2.
as if, as though, quite(usually kana)
All readings:
ちょうど《丁度》
、ちょうど《恰度》[1]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
noun
1.
kindness, favor, favour, friendliness
2.
goodwill, affection, liking (for someone), love
noun
•
matter, thing, affair, circumstance
Other readings:
事がら【ことがら】
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to start, to begin, to commence
2.
to challenge, to pick (a fight), to make (war), to draw (a reaction) from
3.
to set (traps), to plant (explosives), to lay (mines)
4.
Other readings:
仕かける【しかける】
、し掛ける【しかける】
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
union, unity, solidarity
2.
bundling, binding, tying
3.
putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)(archaism)
adverb
•
naturally, as a matter of course(usually kana)
Other readings:
おのずから《自ら》
adverb
1.
especially, particularly, unusually, above all
2.
additionally(archaism)
Other readings:
異に【ことに】
noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
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rising, ascending, climbing
noun, no-adjective
1.
turning by hand, hand-turned, hand-cranked
noun
2.
preparations, arrangements
adjective
1.
fleeting, transient, short-lived, momentary, ephemeral, fickle, vain(usually kana)
2.
empty (dream, etc.), mere (hope), faint (possibility)(usually kana)
All readings:
はかない《儚い》
、はかない《果敢ない》
、はかない《果敢無い》
、はかない《果無い》
、はかない《果ない》
、はかない《果敢い》[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
noun, no-adjective
•
settlement of accounts, closing accounts, financial results, reporting (of accounts)
noun
•
kotatsu, table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat(usually kana)
All readings:
こたつ《炬燵》
、こたつ《火燵》
、コタツ
noun (prefix)
1.
the last (i.e. immediately preceding) (e.g. "the last mayor"), previous, one-time, former
2.
pre- (e.g. "premodern")(before the name of an era)
no-adjective, noun
3.
before, earlier
See also:前 (まえ)
Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to write down (what someone says), to take down dictation, to take notes (e.g. of a lecture)
2.
to copy out (a text)
Other readings:
書取る【かきとる】
noun
•
disposition, nature
Other readings:
気だて【きだて】
、気立【きだて】[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
noun
1.
another person, other people, others
See also:人 (ひと)
2.
unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood)(only relevant for たにん)
3.
outsider, stranger(only relevant for たにん)
All readings:
他人【たにん】
、他人【ひと】[1]
、他人【あだびと】[2]
Notes:
- gikun (meaning as reading) or jukujikun (special kanji reading)
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
pronoun
•
these(usually kana)
All readings:
これら《これ等》
、これら《此等》
、これら《是等》
、これら《此れ等》
noun, auxillary suru verb
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ruin, destruction, devastation, waste, decay
noun, noun (suffix)
1.
having, holding, possessing, owning, using, holder, owner, user
2.
wear, durability, life(also written as 保ち)
3.
charge, expense
noun
4.
draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.), tie(literary or formal term)
darake
Common word
noun (suffix)
1.
full of (e.g. mistakes), riddled with
2.
covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
noun
1.
course, route, path, channel
2.
process, means
Other readings:
径路【けいろ】
、逕路【けいろ】
na-adjective, noun
•
precise, exact, detailed, accurate, minute, close
Godan-u verb, transitive verb
1.
to carry on one's back
2.
to be burdened with, to take responsibility for
3.
to have (something) in the background, to be in front (of something)
Godan-u verb, intransitive verb
4.
All readings:
背負う【せおう】
、背負う【しょう】
、脊負う【せおう】[1]
、脊負う【しょう】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.), to be contained within, to fall within (e.g. a budget)
2.
to settle down (into), to be installed (in one's rightful place), to be returned (to one's original position)
3.
to settle into (one's position), to take up (a post), to occupy (a role)(esp. 納まる)
4.
to be delivered, to be paid (e.g. taxes)(only relevant for 納まる)
5.
to be settled (dispute, conflict, etc.), to be sorted, to subside (e.g. wind), to calm down, to abate(only relevant for 収まる)
See also:治まる
6.
to be satisfied (e.g. with an answer), to consent, to agree
All readings:
収まる【おさまる】
、納まる【おさまる】
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
reception, acceptance, enjoyment, being given
noun
•
desire, appetite, lust
Other readings:
慾望【よくぼう】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
attachment, adhesion, tenacity, fixation, obsession
All readings:
執着【しゅうちゃく】
、執着【しゅうじゃく】
、執著【しゅうちゃく】
、執著【しゅうじゃく】
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
locking up (doors and windows), fastening the doors
All readings:
戸締まり【とじまり】
、戸締り【とじまり】
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