Vocabulary list for JLPT N1

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noun
bureaucrat, government official, bureaucracy

noun
business, thing to be done, something that should be performed, information that should be conveyed

noun, auxillary suru verb
division, splitting, sharing, distribution, dissemination, allocation

noun
title

noun, no-adjective
fixed date, settlement date
Other readings:
期日【きにち】
期日【ごじつ】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun
1.
dojo, hall used for martial arts training
2.
manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)(abbreviation, Buddhist term)
See also:菩提道場

noun
1.
small change, coins
2.
small sum of money

noun, no-adjective
social life, social intercourse

noun
1.
bowl, vessel, container
2.
ability, capacity, calibre, caliber

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
to lead, to spearhead (a group), to command (troops)

adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
two days before yesterday, three days back (ago)
All readings:
一昨昨日【いっさくさくじつ】
一昨昨日【さきおとつい】
一昨昨日【さきおととい】
一昨々日【いっさくさくじつ】
一昨々日【さきおとつい】
一昨々日【さきおととい】

noun, na-adjective
1.
splendor, splendour, gorgeousness, pomp, magnificence
2.
showiness, gaudiness, extravagance, luxury
Other readings:
花美【かび】

Ichidan verb
to feel ashamed
Other readings:
羞じる【はじる】
耻じる【はじる】
愧じる【はじる】
慙じる【はじる】

suffix
1.
sphere, circle, range, area, zone, bloc
noun
2.
category(mathematics)

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
laying the groundwork, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, consensus-building process
2.
digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)

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, noun (suffix)
punishment, penalty

na-adjective, noun
poverty-stricken, destitute, poor, penurious
Other readings:
貧之【びんぼう】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
formation, molding, making up, taking form, giving form to
noun
2.
repair (e.g. plastic surgery), replacement, -plasty(medical term)

noun, auxillary suru verb
file

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
1.
personal use, private use
See also:公用 (antonym)
noun
2.
private business, personal business
See also:公用 (antonym)

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to turn, to shift, to alter, to distract

noun
origin, beginning, source, rise
Other readings:
起原【きげん】

noun, no-adjective
words, phrases

na-adjective, noun
in very small pieces
Other readings:
粉粉【こなごな】

Godan-ku verb, intransitive verb
1.
to approach, to draw near, to get close
2.
to get acquainted with, to get closer to, to get to know
All readings:
近づく【ちかづく】
近付く【ちかづく】
近付く【ちかずく】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kana usage

noun
1.
seedling, young plant
2.
rice seedling
See also:早苗

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to break off, to come to an end, to be interrupted, to be cut short, to pause
All readings:
途切れる【とぎれる】
跡切れる【とぎれる】

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to blame, to reproach, to censure, to rebuke, to reprove, to find fault, to take to task, to criticize, to criticise
2.
to question (a suspect), to challenge
Ichidan verb
3.
to aggravate (an injury), to be aggravated, to get inflamed
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
4.
to prick (one's conscience)

noun, auxillary suru verb
dealing with, coping with

na-adjective, noun
1.
monotony, monotone, dullness
noun, na-adjective
2.
monotone, monotonic(mathematics)

noun
1.
pulse
2.
vein
3.
chain (of mountains, etc.)
4.
hope
5.
thread (of an argument)
Other readings:
【みゃく】

adverbial noun, noun (temporal), no-adjective
day after day, every day

noun
surprise, astonishment, wonder, amazement
Other readings:
オドロキ

noun
height above sea level

noun
body build, figure
All readings:
体つき【からだつき】
体付き【からだつき】
身体つき【からだつき】
身体付き【からだつき】

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
command, direction
Other readings:
指麾【しき】

noun, auxillary suru verb
switching over to, migration, transition

no-adjective, na-adjective, noun
1.
original, unique, distinctive, characteristic, peculiar
2.
independent, one's own, personal

noun, no-adjective
boiling water

counter
1.
counter for small animals(only relevant for ひき)
2.
counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size)
3.
counter for horses(archaism)(only relevant for き)
noun
4.
roll of cloth
Other readings:
【き】
【ひき】
【き】

noun
dozen(abbreviation, usually kana)
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

noun
1.
deadline, closing, cut-off, end(not 閉め切り, etc.)
2.
cofferdam(not 閉め切り, etc.)
no-adjective, noun
3.
closed (door, window, etc.)(not 〆切, etc.)
Other readings:
締切り【しめきり】
締切【しめきり】[1]
〆切【しめきり】
〆切り【しめきり】
乄切り【しめきり】[2]
閉め切り【しめきり】
閉切り【しめきり】
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage
  2. word containing out-dated kanji

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to catch, to capture, to seize, to arrest, to grab, to catch hold of
2.
to grasp (e.g. meaning), to perceive, to capture (e.g. features)
3.
to captivate, to move (one's heart)
All readings:
捉える【とらえる】
捕らえる【とらえる】
捕える【とらえる】

noun
shamisen, samisen, three-stringed Japanese lute
All readings:
三味線【しゃみせん】
三味線【さみせん】
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