Vocabulary list for JLPT N1

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noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
promotion, acceleration, encouragement, facilitation, spurring on

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to change, to alter
2.
to mistake, to make a mistake
3.
to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise)
4.
to sprain (a muscle), to dislocate (e.g. one's neck)

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
to stop, to abort, to discontinue, to close
Other readings:
打切る【うちきる】

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
disqualification, elimination, incapacity
2.
being unfit for one's role, being a failure

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
approach
2.
approach shot(abbreviation)

noun, auxillary suru verb
job transfer, job relocation, intra-company transfer

noun, auxillary suru verb
decision, determination

na-adjective, no-adjective, noun
essential, important, crucial, vital, main
Other readings:
肝腎【かんじん】

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
opening to the public, making available to the public, putting on display, exhibiting, showing (play, movie, etc.), holding (interview, etc.), open, public

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
truth, real situation

noun, auxillary suru verb
change (personnel), transfer, reshuffle

noun, auxillary suru verb
feel (i.e. tactile sensation), touch, feeling, sensation, texture (e.g. food, cloth)

na-adjective, noun
long and large, tall and large, grand, huge
See also:短小 (antonym)

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

noun, auxillary suru verb
constraint, reserve, feeling hesitant, being afraid of troubling someone
Other readings:
気がね【きがね】

noun, auxillary suru verb
victory, triumph, conquest, success, win
Other readings:
捷利【しょうり】

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
dictation, verbal statement

noun
1.
glasses, eyeglasses, spectacles(usually kana)
2.
judgment, judgement, discrimination, discernment, insight(usually kana)(only relevant for めがね and メガネ)
All readings:
めがね《眼鏡》
がんきょう《眼鏡》
メガネ

adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
daytime, during the day, time from sunrise until sunset, diurnal period
All readings:
昼間【ひるま】
昼間【ちゅうかん】

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

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

counter
1.
counter for books
noun
2.
volume(obscure)

noun, no-adjective
ruling party, government party, party in power, government

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
establishment, institution
2.
installation (of a machine or equipment)

noun, no-adjective
palace

noun, auxillary suru verb
compulsion, coercion, forcing (to do), enforcement

noun
1.
monk, priest
2.
sangha (the Buddhist community)(abbreviation)

expression, suffix
things like ..., or something like that ...(often derogatory)

noun, auxillary suru verb
degeneration, retrogression
See also:進化 (antonym)

noun, no-adjective
1.
all, everything, entirety, the whole
adverb
2.
absolutely (not), (not) at all, (none) whatsoever, without exception(with neg. verb)

noun
1.
war potential, military strength, fighting power
2.
ability (to compete), capabilities, valuable asset

noun, no-adjective, auxillary suru verb, na-adjective
fixed, settled, constant, definite, uniform, regularized, regularised, defined, standardized, standardised, certain, prescribed
All readings:
一定【いってい】
一定【いちじょう】

noun
1.
communism
2.
Communist Party(abbreviation)
See also:共産党

adverb, noun
before, earlier than, first, ahead, beyond, away, previously, recently
Other readings:
曩に【さきに】

noun, auxillary suru verb
disaster, accident, shipwreck, distress

no-adjective, na-adjective, adverb
considerably, fairly, quite(usually kana)
All readings:
かなり《可也》
かなり《可成り》
かなり《可なり》
かなり《可成》

noun
1.
lady
2.
ready
Other readings:
レディ

noun, auxillary suru verb
infiltration, sneaking in, going undercover

noun, noun (suffix)
1.
clique, group, coterie
2.
(political) faction, wing, party, camp
3.
school
4.
sect, denomination
See also:宗派

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

na-adjective, noun
1.
upper part
noun
2.
upper stream, upper course of a river(only relevant for かみて)
3.
right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV), stage left (actor's POV)(only relevant for かみて)
na-adjective, noun
4.
skillful (in comparisons), dexterity(only relevant for うわて)
noun
5.
over-arm grip on opponent's belt(sumo term)(only relevant for うわて)
Other readings:
上手【かみて】

na-adjective, noun
1.
absurd, unreasonable, nonsensical, preposterous, incoherent(usually kana)
2.
extreme, senseless, reckless, wanton(usually kana)
3.
disorderly, chaotic, confused, messy(usually kana)
adverb
4.
incredibly, really, so, super(usually kana)
All readings:
めちゃくちゃ《目茶苦茶》[1]
めちゃくちゃ《滅茶苦茶》[1]
メチャクチャ
めっちゃくちゃ
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

adverbial noun, noun
evening, dusk, twilight
Other readings:
夕暮【ゆうぐれ】[1]
夕ぐれ【ゆうぐれ】
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to tailor, to make (clothing)
2.
to train, to bring up
3.
to make it seem like, to pass off
4.
to turn into a play or movie
5.
to prepare, to send, to despatch

noun
1.
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period), main road
2.
highway (e.g. to success), path (to becoming ...)

noun, na-adjective
predominance, superiority, ascendancy, advantage, supremacy

counter
1.
counter for nights of a stay
noun
2.
overnight stay, lodging(obscure)
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