Vocabulary list for JLPT N1

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noun
(political) administration, political power

noun
antiquity, ancient times
Other readings:
古え【いにしえ】

na-adjective
diligent, industrious

noun, no-adjective
1.
fashion, fad, vogue, craze
2.
prevalence (e.g. of a disease)

noun
1.
variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width), for kimonos: at least 10 m in length, for haori: at least 7.27 m in length, for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length
2.
300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres)
3.
six ken (10.91 m)
Other readings:
【たん】

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
speaking by proxy, speaking for (someone else), acting as spokesman (for), representing (the views, feelings, etc. of)(only relevant for 代弁 and 代辯)
2.
payment by proxy, compensation by proxy, paying on behalf (of)(only relevant for 代弁 and 代辨)
3.
acting for (someone else), carrying out (on someone's behalf)(only relevant for 代弁 and 代辨)
Other readings:
代辨【だいべん】
代辯【だいべん】

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
multi-use, combined use, combination, serving two purposes

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

noun
security guard, doorkeeper

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
1.
optical illusion, hallucination
2.
misapprehension, delusion

Ichidan verb
1.
to escape (disaster, death, etc.), to be saved from, to be rescued from
2.
to avoid (e.g. punishment), to evade (e.g. responsibility), to avert, to elude, to be exempted from
All readings:
免れる【まぬがれる】
免れる【まぬかれる】

noun
printing
Other readings:
摺り【すり】
【すり】

toritateru
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to collect (debts), to dun, to exact, to extort
2.
to appoint, to promote, to give patronage
3.
to emphasize, to focus on, to call attention to
Other readings:
取立てる【とりたてる】
取りたてる【とりたてる】

noun (suffix), noun
1.
right (to do something)
noun, noun (suffix)
2.
authority, power

Godan-ku verb, transitive verb
1.
to flip, to snap, to flick(usually kana)
2.
to repel(usually kana)
3.
to use (an abacus), to calculate(usually kana)
4.
to strum, to pluck the strings (of a guitar, etc.)(usually kana)

Godan-bu verb, intransitive verb
1.
to reach, to amount to, to befall, to happen to, to extend, to go on (for, until)
2.
to be up to the task, to come up to
3.
to compare with, to be a match (for)
4.
to commit (a crime)
5.
to require (to do)(usu. used in the negative)

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
election

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
handstand, headstand
2.
being upside down, being in reverse

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
disposal, abandonment, scrapping, discarding, abolition
2.
annulment, cancellation, abrogation, repeal

noun, auxillary suru verb
one defeat

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
childbirth, (giving) birth, delivery, parturition, confinement
2.
production (of goods)

noun
1.
gap, lag, slippage
2.
difference, discrepancy
3.
shear (e.g. shear stress)(physics term)

noun
hot topic, talk of the town
Other readings:
持ちきり【もちきり】

noun
1.
ear (of plant), head (of plant)
2.
point, tip
3.
scion (in grafting), cion
Other readings:
【ほ】

noun
1.
(outward) appearance
2.
(proper) format (e.g. of an essay), form, style
3.
appearances, decency, show, display
4.
lip-service, insincere words, glib talk
Other readings:
体裁【たいさい】

expression
for, in regard to, per
See also:に対して

noun
top end, tip(archaism)

noun, auxillary suru verb
assertion, declaration, affirmation

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to serve, to work for, to attend
Other readings:
事える【つかえる】

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
compromise, cross, blending, eclecticism
Other readings:
折中【せっちゅう】

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to finish, to get it over with, to conclude
2.
to settle, to pay back
3.
to get along (without something), to make do with (without)(often with で)

noun
1.
driver (of a vehicle)
2.
screwdriver(abbreviation)
3.
driver (golf)
4.
driver, device driver(computer term)
Other readings:
ドライバ

noun, auxillary suru verb
description, account

adverb, noun
1.
one mind
2.
wholeheartedness, one's whole heart
See also:一心に

noun
zeal, enthusiasm, ardor, ardour

noun, no-adjective
name, title

noun, auxillary suru verb
establishment, settlement

noun
1.
pot, jar, vase
2.
dice cup
3.
depression, basin (e.g. of a waterfall)
See also:滝壺
4.
aim, what one wants, the mark(usually kana)
See also:思うつぼ
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:
【つぼ】
【つほ】[2]
【つふ】[2]
【つぼ】
【つほ】[2]
【つふ】[2]
【つぼ】[1]
【つほ】[1][2]
【つふ】[1][2]
ツボ
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage
  2. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

prenominal
new

adjective
brilliant, splendid, glorious, magnificent, spectacular
Other readings:
花々しい【はなばなしい】
花花しい【はなばなしい】
華華しい【はなばなしい】

noun
blood relationship, blood relative

Ichidan-zuru verb, transitive verb
to perform, to play
See also:演じる

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
1.
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), Indian lotus, lotus(usually kana)
2.
rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)(only relevant for はちす)
See also:木槿
Other readings:
はす《藕》
はちす《蓮》[1]
ハス
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun
telex, teletypewriter exchange(abbreviation)
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