Vocabulary list for JLPT N1
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Common word
expression, adjective
•
cannot be helped, unavoidable
All readings:
やむを得ない【やむをえない】
、止むを得ない【やむをえない】
、已むを得ない【やむをえない】
noun
•
plan, idea, suggestion
All readings:
思いつき【おもいつき】
、思い付き【おもいつき】
noun, noun (suffix)
1.
child
2.
young (animal)
See also:仔 (こ)
3.
young woman, young geisha(also 娘)
4.
offshoot
5.
interest
See also:元も子もない
6.
noun
7.
player who is not a dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.)
See also:親 (おや)
noun, noun (suffix)
8.
bird egg(archaism)
noun (suffix)
9.
-er (often of young women)(after a noun or -masu stem)
All readings:
子【こ】
、児【こ】
noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
resemblance, similarity, likeness, analogy
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
offer, tender, providing, supplying, making available, donating (blood, organs, etc.)
2.
sponsoring (a TV program)
adjective
1.
empty, void, vacant
2.
vain, fruitless, futile, ineffective
3.
lifeless
See also:空しくなる
All readings:
虚しい【むなしい】
、空しい【むなしい】
adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
•
all day, for a whole day
Other readings:
終日【ひねもす】
、終日【ひめもす】
、終日【ひもすがら】
na-adjective
1.
faint, dim, weak, slight, vague, indistinct, hazy(usually kana)
2.
poor, wretched, meagre, meager, scanty(usually kana)
Other readings:
かすか《幽か》
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
standing in a row, forming a line, alignment
noun, no-adjective
1.
darkness, the dark
noun
2.
bewilderment, despair, hopelessness
3.
hidden place, secrecy, oblivion
noun, no-adjective
4.
black market, shady trading, underhand transactions, illegal channels
adverb, noun
•
before, earlier than, first, ahead, beyond, away, previously, recently
Other readings:
曩に【さきに】
karute
Common word
noun
1.
patient's chart, clinical records
2.
record (e.g. student, equipment maintenance, etc.)
noun
1.
tide, current
2.
sea water
3.
opportunity, chance(only relevant for しお)
4.
thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater(abbreviation)(only relevant for うしお)
See also:潮汁 (うしおじる)
All readings:
潮【しお】
、潮【うしお】
、汐【しお】
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
bending, curving, twisting, turning, winding
2.
warping (of feelings, logic, etc.), distortion, twisting
3.
refraction
4.
inflection(linguistics)
noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
breeding, multiplication, increase, propagation, reproduction
Other readings:
蕃殖【はんしょく】
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.)
noun
1.
information, report, journalism, news
auxillary suru verb
2.
to report
pronoun
1.
you (referring to someone of equal or lower status)(usually kana, polite language)(貴女 refers only to females and 貴男 refers only to males)
2.
dear (what a wife calls a husband)(only relevant for 貴方 and 貴男)
All readings:
あなた《貴方》
、あなた《貴女》
、あなた《貴男》
numeric
1.
three(参 is used in legal documents)
prefix
2.
tri-
All readings:
三【さん】
、三【み】
、３【さん】
、３【み】
、参【さん】
、参【み】
、弎【さん】
、弎【み】
noun
1.
aim, object, purpose, end
2.
expectations, prospects, hopes
3.
something that can be relied upon
4.
snack served with alcoholic drink(Kansai-ben (dialect))
noun (suffix)
5.
pad, guard
noun (suffix), noun (prefix)
6.
blow, strike
suffix
7.
addressed to(only relevant for 宛 and 宛て)
8.
per(usually kana)(also written as 充て)
Other readings:
宛【あて】
、宛て【あて】
pre-noun adjectival
•
a certain ..., some ...(usually kana)
Other readings:
ある《或》
noun
•
convenience, accommodation, advantage, benefit, expediency
Other readings:
便宜【びんぎ】[1]
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
sutajio
Common word
noun
•
studio
Other readings:
スタディオ[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kana usage
noun, noun (suffix)
•
disposition, temperament, nature, mentality, spirit, character, trait, turn of mind(かたぎ usu. as a suffix)
All readings:
気質【きしつ】
、気質【かたぎ】
、形気【かたぎ】
、容気【かたぎ】
Godan-mu verb, transitive verb
•
to be jealous of, to envy, to begrudge
See also:嫉む (そねむ)
Other readings:
嫉む【ねたむ】
noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
1.
negotiations, discussions
2.
connection
noun, no-adjective
•
pretension, conceit, hubris(usually kana)
Other readings:
うぬぼれ《己惚れ》
、うぬぼれ《自惚》[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
noun, no-adjective
1.
duty, sense of duty, honor, honour, decency, courtesy, debt of gratitude, social obligation
no-adjective
2.
in-law, relation by marriage
noun
1.
quantity of heat, heat value, calorific value, calories
2.
(degree of) enthusiasm, zeal, passion
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
plan, plot, idea, conception, vision, scheme
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
formation, molding, making up, taking form, giving form to
noun
2.
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
pillage, plunder, looting, robbery
Other readings:
掠奪【りゃくだつ】
noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
love, love-making, passion, emotion, affections
noun
1.
sky
2.
heaven(only relevant for てん)
3.
svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth)(Buddhist term)(only relevant for てん)
4.
deva (divine being of Buddhism)(Buddhist term)(only relevant for てん)
5.
sole of a Japanese sandal(only relevant for てん)
Other readings:
天【あめ】
、天【あま】
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