Vocabulary list for JLPT N1

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noun
outward appearance, exterior appearance, outward show, looks

noun, no-adjective, noun (suffix)
doubt, misgivings, distrust, suspicion

noun, auxillary suru verb
gargling, rinsing one's mouth
All readings:
含嗽【がんそう】
含嗽【うがい】[1]
含漱【がんそう】
Notes:
  1. gikun (meaning as reading) or jukujikun (special kanji reading)

noun
genius, prodigy, natural gift
See also:凡才 (antonym)

noun, auxillary suru verb
monitoring, watching, observation, surveillance, guarding, supervision, lookout

noun
unrequited love
Other readings:
片想い【かたおもい】

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to spend, to expend, to consume
2.
to waste, to squander, to throw away
3.
to devote

noun
1.
copper (Cu)
2.
bronze (medal)(abbreviation)(only relevant for どう)
See also:銅メダル
All readings:
【どう】
【あか】
【あかがね】
赤金【あかがね】

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》

noun, auxillary suru verb
change

noun, na-adjective
excess, surplus, superabundance
See also:過少 (antonym)

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
to congeal, to freeze

noun
gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)(archaism)

noun
1.
minute (unit of time)
2.
fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

noun, na-adjective
1.
economic slump, hard times, depression, recession
See also:好景気
na-adjective, noun
2.
poor (business), dull, slack, inactive
3.
gloomy, cheerless, dismal

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
puncture, flat tyre (tire), blowout
2.
bursting, overflowing, being jammed (e.g. phone lines), reaching breaking point, collapse, breakdown, going bankrupt

na-adjective, noun
poor, pitiful, piteous, pitiable
All readings:
不憫【ふびん】
不愍【ふびん】
不便【ふびん】

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to put on the market, to put out for sale, to put on sale, to begin selling, to market
Godan-su verb, intransitive verb
2.
to become popular
Other readings:
売出す【うりだす】

na-adjective, no-adjective
several, various, divergent, conflicting, different, diverse(usually kana)
Other readings:
まちまち《区区》

no-adjective, noun
quarterly (publication)

noun
1.
sky
2.
heaven(only relevant for てん)
3.
svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth)(Buddhist term)(only relevant for てん)
4.
deva (divine being of Buddhism)(Buddhist term)(only relevant for てん)
5.
sole of a Japanese sandal(only relevant for てん)
Other readings:
【あめ】
【あま】

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, auxillary suru verb
smile

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
indication, denotation, designation
2.
instructions, directions
Other readings:
指示【しし】

noun, auxillary suru verb
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity), communication, delivery, conveyance, transfer, relay, propagation, conduction

noun
1.
whole area, whole region
noun, no-adjective
2.
stretch (of land), tract, belt, zone

na-adjective
1.
nonsensical, unreasonable, absurd, unrealistic(usually kana, yojijukugo)
2.
awfully, extremely, to excess, senseless, reckless(usually kana)
noun, na-adjective
3.
disorder, confusion, being jumbled, being mixed up(usually kana)
adverb
4.
very, extremely, excessively(colloquialism, usually kana)
Other readings:
ムチャクチャ
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

noun
lamp, light

noun
deep emotion, strong feelings

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
practice, putting into practice, implementation
noun
2.
praxis (philosophy)

noun
residence, estate, grounds, premises, mansion
Other readings:
【やしき】

noun, na-adjective, no-adjective
empty stomach, hunger
See also:満腹 (antonym)

noun, no-adjective
right under, directly below

noun
1.
thin rice porridge, watery cooked rice, rice gruel, congee
2.
breakfast (in Zen temples)(only relevant for しゅく)
Other readings:
【しゅく】
【かい】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to cross, to intersect, to join, to meet
2.
to associate with, to mingle with, to consort with
3.
to have a sexual relationship, to copulate

noun
trouble

na-adjective
1.
supple, flexible, elastic(usually kana)
2.
graceful, elegant, refined(usually kana)
Other readings:
しなやか《靭やか》
しなやか《靱やか》

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to knock together, to strike against each other
2.
to arrange (e.g. a meeting), to discuss (in advance)
Other readings:
打ち合せる【うちあわせる】
打合せる【うちあわせる】
打合わせる【うちあわせる】

noun, auxillary suru verb
abstention (from voting), renunciation (of a right), withdrawal (from a contest)

noun, noun (suffix)
1.
rate, ratio, proportion, percentage
2.
profit
3.
assignment
4.
10%, unit of ten percent(usu. 割)
5.
match, schedule of matches(sumo term)
noun (suffix)
6.
diluted with (of drinks), mixed with
See also:水割り
All readings:
割り【わり】
【わり】

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
to defeat

noun, auxillary suru verb
attendance
Other readings:
来場【らいば】

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
colouring, coloring, colorant

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to come apart at the seams, to be ripped, to be torn(usually kana)
2.
to begin to open, to begin to bloom(usually kana)
3.
to smile broadly, to break into a smile(usually kana)

noun
1.
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land)(abbreviation, Buddhist term)
See also:極楽浄土
2.
paradise, heaven on earth

noun
(about) middle, midway
All readings:
中ほど【なかほど】
中程【なかほど】

noun
1.
servant (esp. a samurai's attendant)
2.
chivalrous man (Edo period)
3.
cubed tofu (often served cold)(abbreviation)
See also:奴豆腐
4.
kite shaped like an Edo-period footman(abbreviation)
See also:奴凧
5.
Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants(abbreviation)
See also:奴頭
6.
enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime)
pronoun
7.
he, she, him, her(archaism, derogatory)
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