Vocabulary list for JLPT N1
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noun
•
wholesale store, wholesale dealer, wholesaler
All readings:
問屋【とんや】
、問屋【といや】
noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
customary use, common usage, general usage
noun
•
technical skill, ability, capacity
Other readings:
伎能【ぎのう】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
adverb
1.
expressly, especially, taking the trouble (to do), going to the trouble of (doing), going out of one's way (to do)(usually kana)
2.
intentionally, deliberately(usually kana)(used to criticize someone's actions)
Other readings:
わざわざ《態態》
noun
1.
tide, current
2.
sea water
3.
opportunity, chance(only relevant for しお)
4.
thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater(abbreviation)(only relevant for うしお)
See also:潮汁 (うしおじる)
All readings:
潮【しお】
、潮【うしお】
、汐【しお】
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
advance sale, booking
Other readings:
前売【まえうり】
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to swell (out), to expand, to be inflated, to distend, to bulge
2.
to get cross, to get sulky, to pout
Other readings:
脹れる【ふくれる】
noun
•
waiting room, anteroom, antechamber, green room
All readings:
控え室【ひかえしつ】
、控室【ひかえしつ】
noun
•
sovereignty, supremacy, dominion
Other readings:
主權【しゅけん】[1]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
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, no-adjective
•
senility, senile decay, infirmity (through age)
Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to go upstream(usually kana)
2.
to go back (in time, to origin), to date back to, to trace back to, to make retroactive(usually kana)
All readings:
さかのぼる《遡る》
、さかのぼる《溯る》
、さかのぼる《逆上る》[1]
、さかのぼる《泝る》
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
noun
•
thing that should be (carefully) avoided, no-no, thing to definitely not do, something forbidden, taboo
Common word
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to catch, to stop the blow
2.
to react to, to take (advice, etc.), to accept, to come to grips with
Other readings:
受けとめる【うけとめる】
noun
1.
war, battle, campaign, fight
2.
troops, forces(archaism)
All readings:
戦【いくさ】
、軍【いくさ】
、兵【いくさ】
adjective
•
large number, innumerable, great many, immense, vast, abundant(usually kana)
noun
1.
heir, inheritor
2.
successor
Other readings:
後継ぎ【あとつぎ】
、跡継【あとつぎ】
、後継【あとつぎ】
noun
•
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.), side show, entertainment
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
1.
unobstructed view, perspective, visibility, vista
2.
forecast, outlook, prospect, prediction
3.
insight, foresight
Other readings:
見透し【みとおし】
、見通【みとおし】[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
conversation, conference (usu. between important people), discussion, interview
noun, noun (suffix)
1.
number, edition, make, model, issue, part of that group
2.
sobriquet, pen-name
3.
size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.)
suffix
4.
suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
Other readings:
號【ごう】[1]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
noun, no-adjective
•
pretension, conceit, hubris(usually kana)
Other readings:
うぬぼれ《己惚れ》
、うぬぼれ《自惚》[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
na-adjective, noun
•
Other readings:
キザ
noun
1.
inflecting dependent word (in Japanese), bound auxiliary(linguistics)
2.
auxiliary verb (in languages other than Japanese)(linguistics)
Common word
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
•
to advance on, to close in, to march on, to descend on (the enemy), to move towards, to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.), to rush for (the door), to inundate, to overwhelm, to push aside
Other readings:
押寄せる【おしよせる】
、押しよせる【おしよせる】
sutorobo
Common word
noun, no-adjective
1.
stroboscope, strobe lamp, stroboscopic lamp
noun
2.
(camera) flash
Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to turn up, to roll up (e.g. sleeves)(usually kana)
auxiliary verb, Godan-ru verb
2.
to do over and over again, to do relentlessly, to do with reckless abandon(usually kana)
Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
3.
to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.), to come from behind(slang, usually kana)
noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
expectation, anticipation, prediction, forecast, conjecture
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits), elimination, eradication, destruction, suppression
2.
making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings(Buddhist term)
3.
curing illness
Other readings:
対治【たいじ】
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
escape, flight, running away, elopement, fleeing
adverb
•
(not) so, (not) particularly, (not) very, (not) that much(usually kana)(usu. with a negative verb)
All readings:
さほど《然程》
、さほど《左程》
Godan-u verb, transitive verb
1.
to mend, to patch up, to repair, to fix, to darn
2.
to fix (hair, clothes, appearance etc.), to adjust, to tidy up, to groom
3.
to keep up appearances, to cover up (e.g. a mistake), to gloss over
4.
to treat (illness, injury, etc.)(archaism)
noun
1.
all people, everybody
2.
ten thousand people
All readings:
万人【ばんにん】
、万人【ばんじん】
、万人【まんにん】
Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to pollute, to contaminate, to soil, to make dirty, to stain
2.
to disgrace, to dishonour, to dishonor, to defile(esp. けがす)
All readings:
汚す【よごす】
、汚す【けがす】
、穢す【けがす】
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】
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