Vocabulary list for JLPT N1

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auxillary suru verb
1.
to start work (on), to undertake
2.
to start committing a crime(law term)(also 著手)
noun
3.
embarkation, launch

ひさ
hikisageru
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
•
to pull down, to lower, to reduce, to withdraw
Other readings:
引下げる【ひきさげる】

counter
•
counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.

noun
•
character, traits, ethos

noun, no-adjective
•
pastor, minister, clergyman, reverend

noun, no-adjective, na-adjective
1.
truth, reality
adverb
2.
truly, really
noun
3.
absolute truth(Buddhist term)
Other readings:
真実【しんじち】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

expression
•
thank you (for the meal just served), I receive (this meal)(usually kana)
All readings:
いただきます《頂きます》
、
いただきます《戴きます》

noun
•
things dried in the sun (esp. clothes, dyed cloth, etc.)
Other readings:
乾し物【ほしもの】
、
干物【ほしもの】
、
乾物【ほしもの】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

ひか
hikkakeru
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to hang (something) on (something), to throw on (clothes)
2.
to hook, to catch, to trap, to ensnare
3.
to cheat, to evade payment, to jump a bill
4.
to drink (alcohol)
5.
to splash someone (with)
6.
to hit the ball off the end of the bat(baseball term)
Other readings:
引っかける【ひっかける】
、
引っ懸ける【ひっかける】

noun
•
buoyancy, floating power

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
saliva, spit, sputum
Other readings:
唾【つばき】
、
唾【つわき】
、
唾【つわ】[1]
、
唾【つ】[1]
、
唾【つわっぱ】[1]
、
唾き【つばき】
、
唾き【つわき】
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
•
every day, daily, day after day, days (e.g. good old days)
Other readings:
日々【にちにち】
、
日日【ひび】
、
日日【にちにち】

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
management, dealing with, settlement, cleaning up, disposal
noun
2.
course of events, circumstances, particulars
3.
end result (usu. bad), outcome
noun, auxillary suru verb, na-adjective
4.
economizing, economising, frugality, being thrifty
Other readings:
仕末【しまつ】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

na-adjective, noun
1.
safe (e.g. choice), secure, innocuous, inoffensive
2.
acceptable, passable, satisfactory, adequate, faultless, without flaw

noun
•
umeboshi, pickled dried ume, pickled dried plum
All readings:
梅干し【うめぼし】
、
梅干【うめぼし】

noun, no-adjective
1.
fashion, fad, vogue, craze
2.
prevalence (e.g. of a disease)

noun
1.
trunk, torso, body, abdomen, waist
2.
plastron (in kendo), touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo)
3.
frame (of a drum, etc.), sound box (of a shamisen, etc.), hull (of a ship)

noun
•
without permission, without notice

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
rebuilding, reconstruction, rehabilitation
2.
protoform reconstruction(linguistics)

noun
•
tone color, tone colour, tone quality, timbre
Other readings:
音色【おんしょく】
、
音いろ【ねいろ】

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
disposal, abandonment, scrapping, discarding, abolition
2.
annulment, cancellation, abrogation, repeal

noun, na-adjective
•
stinginess, miser, miserliness, selfishness(also read けち)
See also:ケチ
Other readings:
悋嗇【りんしょく】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

Godan-su verb
1.
to exhaust, to run out
2.
to devote, to serve (a person), to befriend
auxiliary verb
3.
to do to exhaustion
Other readings:
尽す【つくす】
、
盡す【つくす】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

adverb
1.
what, how
2.
what (a) ...!, how ...!(usually kana)(indicates surprise, admiration, etc.)
3.
surprisingly, to my amazement, believe it or not, why, ...!(usually kana)
interjection
4.
oh my, wow(usually kana)
5.
well, ..., so, ...(usually kana)(used when asking for confirmation or approval)

na-adjective, noun
•
elaborate, delicate, exquisite

noun
•
retainer, retinue, servant
Other readings:
家礼【けらい】
、
家頼【けらい】

noun
•
attitude, posture, preparedness, readiness

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
election

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
exile, banishment, eviction, deportation, purge, expulsion, ousting
2.
elimination (e.g. of poverty), removal

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to throw down, to throw out, to stretch out (one's legs)
2.
to abandon, to resign
3.
to give freely, to give generously, to sacrifice (e.g. one's life)
4.
to start to throw

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
equilibrium, balance

noun
1.
son (of others), boy, young master(honorific language)
2.
green young man from a well-to-do family, young man innocent of the ways of the world
Other readings:
坊っちゃん【ぼっちゃん】

noun
•
armed might, military power, the sword, force

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
dump
2.
dump truck(abbreviation)

noun
1.
blank form
2.
sheets of paper, sheet of paper

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
control, restraint, suppression, constraint, curtailment, inhibition, check, curb

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】

noun
•
(water-filled) paddy field

na-adjective, noun
1.
unclear, obscure, indistinct, uncertain, ambiguous
no-adjective, suffix
2.
unknown, unidentified
noun
3.
ignorance, lack of wisdom, lack of insight

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
down (opposite of up), becoming lower, being brought down, bringing down
2.
being down (e.g. with a cold)
3.
down (e.g. a system), not running (e.g. servers)(computer term)
4.
download, downstream(abbreviation, computer term)
noun
5.
down (feathers)

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
•
to make progress, to move right ahead (with the work), to advance(usually kana)

na-adjective, noun
•
clear, plain, distinct, obvious, evident, articulate
Other readings:
明りょう【めいりょう】
、
明亮【めいりょう】
、
明了【めいりょう】

noun, na-adjective
•
holiness, sacredness, sanctity, dignity

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
industrial enterprise

noun
•
vocabulary, lexicon, lexis, terminology(linguistics)
Other readings:
語い【ごい】

noun, no-adjective
•
maritime, marine transportation

na-adjective, no-adjective, noun
•
taciturn, reticent, quiet, silent, untalkative

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
structure, construction, arrangement, contrivance, mechanism, workings
2.
plan, plot, contrivance
Other readings:
仕組【しくみ】

adverb
•
indeed, really, absolutely, truly, actually, very, quite
All readings:
誠に【まことに】
、
真に【まことに】
、
真に【しんに】
、
寔に【まことに】
、
洵に【まことに】
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