Vocabulary list for JLPT N1

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noun
real intention, motive, true opinion, what one really thinks
See also:建前

noun
fear, horror, anxiety, concern, uneasiness, reverence
Other readings:
【おそれ】
畏れ【おそれ】
怖れ【おそれ】

adverb, noun, no-adjective
beginning, start, outset

na-adjective, noun
grandiose, exaggerated
Other readings:
大袈裟【おおげさ】

noun
1.
face
2.
surface
3.
mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)(only relevant for おもて and もて)
All readings:
【おもて】
【おも】
【も】[1]
【もて】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun
1.
errand, mission, going as envoy(polite language)
2.
messenger, bearer, errand boy, errand girl(polite language)
3.
familiar spirit(polite language, honorific language)
Other readings:
御使い【おつかい】
お遣い【おつかい】
御遣い【おつかい】
お使【おつかい】[1]
御使【おつかい】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

na-adjective, noun
firm, strong, unbending, unyielding, uncompromising, stubborn, tough, hard-line

noun
average, leveling, levelling
Other readings:
平し【ならし】

noun
1.
pot (esp. teapot, coffee-pot)
2.
vacuum bottle, thermos flask

noun
individuality, personality, quirk, idiosyncrasy, character, individual characteristic

noun
elasticity, flexibility

na-adjective, noun
charming, fascinating, voluptuous

noun, auxillary suru verb
limit, localize, localise

noun
1.
course, route, path, channel
2.
process, means
Other readings:
径路【けいろ】
逕路【けいろ】

noun, auxillary suru verb
progress, development

noun, auxillary suru verb
march, parade

na-adjective
1.
better, preferable, less objectionable, least-worst(usually kana)(esp. マシ)
noun (suffix)
2.
more, increase, extra
noun
3.
increase, growth(archaism)
Other readings:
マシ

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
putting off, postponing

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
to weaken

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to commit (e.g. crime), to perpetrate, to make (e.g. mistake)
2.
to break (e.g. rule), to violate, to transgress, to contravene
3.
to rape, to violate, to ravish, to deflower

na-adjective
concise, brief, succinct, compact (style)

noun
1.
beginning and end
noun, auxillary suru verb
2.
doing something from beginning to end, being unchanged from beginning to end
adverb
3.
from beginning to end, the whole time, throughout, consistently

noun
new moon, crescent moon
All readings:
三日月【みかづき】
三日月【みかずき】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kana usage

adverbial noun, noun (temporal), no-adjective
every other week, every two weeks

na-adjective, noun
showy, brilliant, gorgeous, florid, gay
Other readings:
花やか【はなやか】

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
to inform, to report
See also:知らせる,  報告

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
agreement, consent, approval, assent
noun, no-adjective
2.
same opinion, same view
3.
same meaning

noun, no-adjective
clothes, clothing, garments

noun, auxillary suru verb
release, emission, ejection

noun
abbreviation, acronym

noun, auxillary suru verb
evolution, progress
See also:退化 (antonym)

noun
performance, execution, skill, dexterity, tact
Other readings:
手ぎわ【てぎわ】

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
revision (of text), alteration, change
See also:改定

noun, auxillary suru verb
(practical) experience, personal experience, hands-on experience, first-hand experience

noun
domestic animals, livestock, cattle

noun
the person concerned, the person in question, the said person

noun, noun (suffix)
1.
department, section, faculty, school, arm
2.
course (of study), branch of study, specialization
3.
(taxonomical) family

noun
buoyancy, floating power

torishimaru
Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to manage, to control, to supervise, to oversee, to command
2.
to crack down on, to keep under strict control, to enforce, to regulate
Other readings:
取締る【とりしまる】
取締まる【とりしまる】

noun
stealing

suffix, counter
-fold, -ply(counter for layers in the hito-futa-mi counting system)

noun
1.
embankment, bank
2.
beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin(abbreviation)
See also:どて焼き

noun
1.
stamp, seal, chop
2.
seal impression, seal, sealing, stamp, mark, print
3.
mudra (symbolic hand gesture)(Buddhist term)
4.
ninja hand sign
noun, noun (suffix), noun (prefix)
5.
India(abbreviation)
See also:印度

noun, auxillary suru verb
exhaustion, consumption, using up, dissipation, waste
All readings:
消耗【しょうもう】
消耗【しょうこう】

noun
1.
(being in) the red, deficit
See also:黒字 (antonym)
2.
red letter, red writing
3.
corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to set up (a house, store, etc.), to build, to establish, to run, to maintain
2.
to have at the ready (e.g. a gun), to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera), to prepare in advance (e.g. a meal)
3.
to adopt a posture, to assume a stance, to stand ready, to be poised for
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
4.
to put on an air, to assume an attitude
5.
to stiffen, to tense up, to become formal
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
6.
to fabricate in order to deceive, to make up, to feign
7.
to plan, to scheme

noun, auxillary suru verb
complete recovery of health
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