Vocabulary list for JLPT N1
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noun
1.
personal history, background, career
2.
log, record, history
3.
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
place, situation, position, location
All readings:
位置【いち】
、位地【いち】
adjective
•
meagre, meager, scarce, limited, destitute, hard up, lacking, scanty, poor
Other readings:
乏しい【ともしい】
noun
•
fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds), fair weather, clear weather, clear sky, fair skies
Other readings:
晴天【せいでん】[1]
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun
•
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)(usually kana)
Other readings:
きびす《踵》
、くびす《踵》
、あくと《踵》
noun
•
itemized form, itemised form, itemization, itemisation
Other readings:
個条書き【かじょうがき】
、箇条書【かじょうがき】
noun
•
origin of a word, derivation of a word, etymology
Other readings:
語原【ごげん】
noun
1.
line (of text), row, verse
2.
carya (austerities)(Buddhist term)
3.
samskara (formations)(Buddhist term)
4.
noun
1.
beast (i.e. any animal other than man)
2.
3.
brute (i.e. a contemptible human being)
interjection
4.
damn it, damn, Christ, for Christ's sake(usually kana)
Other readings:
畜生【ちきしょう】
noun, no-adjective
•
small number, few, minority
Godan-su verb, transitive verb
•
to threaten, to menace, to frighten (into doing)
See also:脅かす (おどかす)
Other readings:
威す【おどす】
、嚇す【おどす】
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
division of labor, division of labour, specialization, specialisation, assembly-line production
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
forcing, enforcement
na-adjective
2.
forced, enforced
noun, noun (suffix)
•
system, organization, organisation, imperial command, laws, regulation, control, government, suppression, restraint, holding back, establishment
to-adverb, adverb
•
long, drawn-out, very long
Other readings:
長長【ながなが】
、永永【ながなが】
、永々【ながなが】
noun
1.
pot, jar, vase
2.
dice cup
3.
depression, basin (e.g. of a waterfall)
See also:滝壺
4.
5.
key point (of a conversation, etc.), essence(usually kana)
6.
acupuncture point, moxibustion point, pressure point(usually kana)
7.
position on the fingerboard (of a shamisen, koto, etc.)(usually kana)(often ツボ)
8.
target (when aiming an arrow)(archaism)
All readings:
壺【つぼ】
、壺【つほ】[2]
、壺【つふ】[2]
、壷【つぼ】
、壷【つほ】[2]
、壷【つふ】[2]
、壼【つぼ】[1]
、壼【つほ】[1][2]
、壼【つふ】[1][2]
、ツボ
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
buzaa
Common word
noun
•
buzzer, personal alarm (loud buzzer to attract attention in case of attack)
Godan-gu verb, intransitive verb
1.
to swing, to sway, to shake, to tremble
2.
to waver, to feel shaken, to become unstable
suru verb (special), intransitive verb
•
to be worth, to be worthy of, to deserve, to merit(usu. as 〜に値する)
Other readings:
価する【あたいする】
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
insult, affront, slight, contempt (e.g. of court)
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:
- word containing out-dated kanji
noun
•
plan, scheme, plot, design, project, intention, aim
Other readings:
目論み【もくろみ】
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
meeting (face-to-face), seeing, visit, interview
counter
1.
indicates position in a sequence
See also:目 (め)
noun
2.
divisions of a kabuki performance
Other readings:
番め【ばんめ】
noun
1.
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period), samurai
2.
man in attendance (on a person of high standing), retainer(archaism)(only relevant for さぶらい)
Other readings:
侍【さぶらい】
、士【さむらい】
noun
•
light, lamp, torch
All readings:
灯【ひ】
、灯【ともしび】
、灯火【とうか】
、灯火【ともしび】
、灯し火【ともしび】[1]
、燭【ともしび】
、燈火【とうか】
、燈火【ともしび】
、ともし火【ともしび】
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
noun
1.
life and death
2.
samsara (cycle of death and rebirth)(Buddhist term)(only relevant for しょうし and しょうじ)
3.
death(only relevant for しょうし and しょうじ)
Other readings:
生死【しょうし】
、生死【しょうじ】
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