Vocabulary list for JLPT N1
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noun
1.
subject, theme, issue, matter
2.
homework, assignment
3.
task, challenge, problem, question
tonda
Common word
pre-noun adjectival
1.
unthinkable, unimaginable, inconceivable, unexpected
2.
terrible, awful, serious
adverb
3.
very(archaism)
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to write (e.g. a letter), to draw up (a document), to take down (e.g. notes)(usually kana)
2.
to have (lunch, dinner, etc.), to eat(usually kana)
noun
1.
(being in) the red, deficit
2.
red letter, red writing
3.
corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
collapse, crumbling, breaking down, caving in
2.
Other readings:
崩潰【ほうかい】
na-adjective, noun
•
cruel, brutal, ruthless, merciless, inhuman
Other readings:
残刻【ざんこく】
、惨酷【ざんこく】
adverb
•
barely, narrowly, only just, with difficulty(usually kana)
Godan-mu verb, transitive verb
1.
to herd, to drive, to chase, to corral
2.
to corner, to force someone into doing
3.
to go hard, to push yourself, to make a last charge
4.
to run on (e.g. lines in printing)
noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
distillation
Other readings:
蒸溜【じょうりゅう】
、蒸餾【じょうりゅう】
noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
concession, conciliation, compromise
adverbial noun, noun
1.
one part, one portion, one section, some
2.
one copy (e.g. of a document)
noun
1.
colony
2.
(immigrant) community(in Brazilian Japanese)
Other readings:
殖民地【しょくみんち】
noun
1.
previous generation (e.g. one's parents), family predecessor
2.
predecessor
3.
previous age
Godan-su verb, intransitive verb
•
to happen to meet, to come across
Other readings:
出会す【でくわす】
、出喰わす【でくわす】
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
formal marriage interview, marriage meeting
Other readings:
見合【みあい】
noun
1.
magnification, leverage, amplification, scaling factor, scale factor
2.
competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance), applicant-to-acceptance ratio(25% acceptance would be a 倍率 of 4)
noun
•
serious matter, major incident, matter of grave concern, crisis
See also:大事 (だいじ)
Other readings:
大ごと【おおごと】
Godan-gu verb, transitive verb
1.
to endure, to keep out (e.g. rain), to stave off (e.g. starvation)
2.
to pull through, to get over, to survive
3.
to surpass, to outdo, to excel, to eclipse, to defy, to slight
no-adjective, adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
•
usual, ordinary, normal, regular, general, common
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
check, restraint, oppression, suppression
adverb, no-adjective
•
previously, already, for some time, for quite a while(usually kana)
All readings:
かねて《予て》
、かねて《兼ねて》
noun
1.
rod, pole
2.
neck (of a shamisen, etc.), shamisen(esp. 棹)
3.
beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance)
4.
single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese)
5.
penis(slang)
counter
6.
counter for flags (on poles), counter for long, thin Japanese sweets (e.g. yōkan)
Other readings:
棹【さお】
noun
1.
pot, jar, vase
2.
dice cup
3.
depression, basin (e.g. of a waterfall)
See also:滝壺
4.
5.
key point (of a conversation, etc.), essence(usually kana)
6.
acupuncture point, moxibustion point, pressure point(usually kana)
7.
position on the fingerboard (of a shamisen, koto, etc.)(usually kana)(often ツボ)
8.
target (when aiming an arrow)(archaism)
All readings:
壺【つぼ】
、壺【つほ】[2]
、壺【つふ】[2]
、壷【つぼ】
、壷【つほ】[2]
、壷【つふ】[2]
、壼【つぼ】[1]
、壼【つほ】[1][2]
、壼【つふ】[1][2]
、ツボ
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
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
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
revival, reconstruction, restoration, rebuilding, recovery, renaissance
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
comprehension, consent, understanding, agreement
interjection
2.
OK, roger (on two-way radio)
Other readings:
諒解【りょうかい】
、領解【りょうかい】
、領会【りょうかい】
noun
1.
particle, atom, little piece
noun, no-adjective
2.
not at all, not the slightest(used with neg. verb, often as 微塵も〜ない)
Other readings:
微塵【びじん】[1]
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
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】
na-adjective, noun
•
Other readings:
キザ
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.), to assume the shape of, to turn oneself into, to transform oneself into
2.
to disguise oneself as
3.
to change radically, to metamorphose
4.
to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
adjective
•
remarkable, striking, brilliant, splendid, spectacular, wonderful
All readings:
目覚ましい【めざましい】
、目覚しい【めざましい】
、目ざましい【めざましい】
、目醒しい【めざましい】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
sinking, foundering, going down, submersion
2.
getting dead drunk(colloquialism)
3.
having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties(colloquialism)
4.
staying in one place for a long time(slang)(backpacker slang)
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