Vocabulary list for JLPT N1

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no-adjective, noun
ultimate, final, last, eventual
Other readings:
窮極【きゅうきょく】

noun
monthly installment (instalment), monthly payment
See also:月払い

noun, auxillary suru verb
poverty, destitution, privation, indigence, penury

noun, no-adjective
1.
old person, elderly person, senior citizen
noun
2.
trustee of the Japan Sumo Association, retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay(sumo term)
3.
senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate)
4.
important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
Other readings:
年寄【としより】
年より【としより】

noun, auxillary suru verb
check, restraint, oppression, suppression

noun
1.
walking
2.
pace, step
3.
course (of history, one's life, etc.), history, progress, advance, development
4.
pitch (of a screw, etc.)
Other readings:
【あゆみ】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun, auxillary suru verb
closing, closure, shutdown, lockout

noun
strap (to hang onto)
All readings:
つり革【つりかわ】
吊り革【つりかわ】
吊革【つりかわ】
釣り革【つりかわ】
釣革【つりかわ】

noun
1.
substance, essence
no-adjective
2.
real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate), substantive, substantial, essential, tangible

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
restraint, restriction, fetters, yoke, shackles
2.
binding, confinement with rope(orig. meaning)

noun, no-adjective
model, dummy, maquette

noun
tire, tyre

noun
English letter, alphabetic character

na-adjective, no-adjective, noun
equality, equal, same rights, same rank, equivalence

noun, auxillary suru verb
cancellation, rescinding, release, calling off, lifting (sanctions), delisting

noun
1.
salt (i.e. sodium chloride), common salt, table salt(esp. しお)
2.
salt (e.g. sodium chloride, calcium sulfate, etc.)(chemistry term)(esp. えん)
3.
hardship, toil, trouble(only relevant for しお)
4.
saltiness(food term)(only relevant for しお)
All readings:
【しお】
【えん】

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
to name, to call, to christen, to term
Other readings:
名づける【なづける】

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
regret, repentance, remorse

noun, auxillary suru verb
remittance, sending money

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】

no-adjective, na-adjective
characteristic, traditional, peculiar, inherent, native, eigen-

Godan-mu verb
to keep someone from doing, to stop, to prevent, to check, to hinder, to obstruct, to oppose, to thwart
Other readings:
沮む【はばむ】

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
drainage, draining, pumping out (water), sewerage
2.
displacement

noun
1.
end, close, finish, termination
2.
noh dance in plain clothes(only relevant for 仕舞)
All readings:
仕舞い【しまい】
仕舞【しまい】
終い【しまい】
了い【しまい】

noun
other intention, hidden purpose, ulterior motive, ill will, malice

いつ
itsunomanika
adverb
before one knows, before one becomes aware of, unnoticed, unawares
All readings:
いつの間にか【いつのまにか】
何時の間にか【いつのまにか】

noun, no-adjective
right under, directly below

noun
1.
verbal message, word (from someone)
2.
rumour, rumor

noun
cemetery, graveyard
All readings:
墓地【ぼち】
墓地【はかち】

Godan-mu verb, transitive verb
to wait eagerly for, to look forward to
Other readings:
待望む【まちのぞむ】

na-adjective
1.
chic
2.
sick
3.
thick

noun, auxillary suru verb
compensation, reparation

noun
remuneration, recompense, reward, toll

noun
finish, end, completion, result
Other readings:
仕上り【しあがり】

na-adjective
tranquil, calm, quiet, peaceful(usually kana)

noun, auxillary suru verb
application, subscription, entry (competition, raffle, etc.), enlistment

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
1.
emigration, immigration(sensitive)
2.
emigrant, immigrant

noun, no-adjective
inflation(abbreviation)

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
disturbance, obstruction, hindrance, jamming, interference
Other readings:
妨碍【ぼうがい】
妨礙【ぼうがい】

noun, no-adjective
1.
turning by hand, hand-turned, hand-cranked
noun
2.
preparations, arrangements

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to rot, to decay
2.
to die in obscurity
3.
to be forgotten with time(often in neg.)

na-adjective, noun
ingenious, skillful, clever, deft

noun
relationship, relation, terms (good, friendly, etc.)
Other readings:
間がら【あいだがら】

adverb
in its entirety, whole, wholly(usually kana)
Other readings:
まるごと《丸事》[1]
まるごと《丸毎》[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to be renewed, to change(only relevant for 改まる)
2.
to be improved, to be reformed, to be revised, to be corrected(only relevant for 改まる)
3.
to stand on ceremony, to be formal(only relevant for 改まる)
4.
to take a turn for the worse (of an illness), to take a serious turn
Other readings:
革まる【あらたまる】

no-adjective, noun, auxillary suru verb
newly-wed, newly married

noun, auxillary suru verb
double suicide, lovers' suicide
Other readings:
心中【しんぢゅう】

noun
1.
(written) application, written request, petition
2.
written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple
See also:願文

noun, auxillary suru verb
statement, remark, observation, utterance, speech, proposal

noun
tanka, 31-mora Japanese poem
Other readings:
短歌【みじかうた】
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