Vocabulary list for JLPT N1

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Godan-ku verb, transitive verb
1.
to flip, to snap, to flick(usually kana)
2.
to repel(usually kana)
3.
to use (an abacus), to calculate(usually kana)
4.
to strum, to pluck the strings (of a guitar, etc.)(usually kana)

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
carrying (on one's person or in the hand)(only relevant for けいたい)
noun
2.
mobile phone, cell phone(abbreviation, usually kana)
See also:携帯電話
Other readings:
ケータイ
ケイタイ

noun
Imperial Palace (of Japan), imperial residence
Other readings:
皇居【こうぎょ】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

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:
【か】
【か】
【か】

noun, noun (suffix)
1.
fortune, riches
2.
goods
noun
3.
incorporated foundation(abbreviation)

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to tell, to inform, to announce
2.
to indicate, to signal, to mark

noun
original document (not a copy or adaptation), book in its original language (esp. a European language)

noun
temple bell, hanging bell, funeral bell
Other readings:
釣り鐘【つりがね】
吊り鐘【つりがね】

noun
1.
embankment, bank
2.
beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin(abbreviation)
See also:どて焼き

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
dispatch, despatch, deployment
noun
2.
temporary employee (esp. from an agency), temporary worker, agency temp(abbreviation)

noun, no-adjective
inflation(abbreviation)

na-adjective, noun
1.
gloomy, dismal, miserable, melancholy
See also:陽気 (antonym)
noun
2.
spirit of yin

noun
(good) result, outcome, fruits (of one's labors), product, accomplishment

こと
kotoniyoruto
expression
possibly, maybe, perhaps(usually kana)

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】

prefix
prefix for forming ordinal numbers

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
Other readings:
納まる【おさまる】

adverb, to-adverb
1.
decisively, decidedly, boldly, once and for all, unreservedly, frankly(onomatopia)
2.
precisely, exactly(onomatopia)
Other readings:
ズバリ

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to visit, to call on
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
2.
to arrive, to come, to appear
Other readings:
訪れる【おとづれる】

noun, noun (suffix)
1.
department (in an organization), division, bureau(higher than a 課)
2.
club
3.
part, component, element
4.
category
counter
5.
counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine

noun
1.
rental car, rent-a-car, hired auto
2.
car rental agency, car hire agency, hire car agency

noun
1.
seedling, young plant
2.
rice seedling
See also:早苗

noun, na-adjective
(idle) curiosity, fancifulness, whimsy, (having) strange tastes
Other readings:
もの好き【ものずき】
物数奇【ものずき】

noun
1.
specific gravity, relative density(physics term)
2.
relative importance, weight

noun, no-adjective
1.
darkness, the dark
noun
2.
bewilderment, despair, hopelessness
3.
hidden place, secrecy, oblivion
noun, no-adjective
4.
black market, shady trading, underhand transactions, illegal channels

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to make (the best) use of, to put to good use, to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.), to capitalise on (experience, etc.)
2.
to let live, to keep alive
3.
to revive, to resuscitate, to bring back to life
4.
to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
Other readings:
活かす【いかす】

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to sink (e.g. a ship), to submerge
2.
to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair)
3.
to floor (an opponent)

Godan-ku verb, transitive verb
1.
to go through, to pierce, to penetrate
2.
to run through (e.g. a river through a city), to pass through
3.
to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.), to carry out, to persist with, to keep (e.g. faith), to maintain (e.g. independence)

noun, auxillary suru verb
definition

na-adjective, noun
intelligence, cleverness, innate aptitude
See also:鈍根 (antonym)

noun, no-adjective
end of term

noun
mass communication, mass media(abbreviation)

noun, auxillary suru verb
feeling keenly, fully realizing

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to freeze, to congeal
2.
to concentrate one's attention on, to devote oneself to something, to ponder, to meditate

noun
1.
catalogue, catalog, inventory, index, list
2.
certificate indicating an impending gift

na-adjective
frequent, incessant

noun
jeans, dungarees(abbreviation, usually kana)

adverb
1.
please, kindly, I beg of you, if it pleases you(humble language)
See also:どうぞ
2.
by all means, without fail
See also:どうぞ
Other readings:
何卒【なにそつ】[1]
何とぞ【なにとぞ】
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kana usage

noun, auxillary suru verb
rough sketch

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
alliance, union, league

noun
the same grade, same class

Godan-u verb, transitive verb
1.
to harm, to hurt, to injure, to damage, to spoil, to mar
auxiliary verb, Godan-u verb
2.
to fail to ..., to miss one's opportunity to ...
Other readings:
害う【そこなう】
損う【そこなう】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun
abundant harvest, bumper crop

adjective
desirable, hoped for, preferable, advisable

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to dry up (spring, pond, etc.), to run out

noun
1.
basis, foundation(archaism)
2.
cause

noun, auxillary suru verb
support (e.g. of one's dependents), maintenance
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