Vocabulary list for JLPT N1

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noun
shame, embarrassment, disgrace
Other readings:
【はじ】
【じょく】[2]
【はじ】
【はじ】
恥じ【はじ】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage
  2. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun, auxillary suru verb
exhibition, display

noun
1.
platform, podium, rostrum, pulpit
2.
(ceremonial) mound
noun (suffix)
3.
world (of haiku, art, etc.), (literary) circles
noun
4.
mandala(archaism)

noun, auxillary suru verb
arriving first

adverb
barely, narrowly, only just, with difficulty(usually kana)

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
insurrection, mutiny, rebellion, revolt, uprising
Other readings:
叛乱【はんらん】

na-adjective, noun
beneficial, profitable, useful, helpful, instructive

noun
1.
course, route, path, channel
2.
process, means
Other readings:
径路【けいろ】
逕路【けいろ】

noun
sale

noun
contrast

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
combination, union, binding, catenation, coupling, joining
2.
bond(chemistry term)

noun
ceremony

na-adjective, no-adjective, noun
freely, at will

adjective
meagre, meager, scarce, limited, destitute, hard up, lacking, scanty, poor
Other readings:
乏しい【ともしい】

noun, auxillary suru verb
merger (of companies, towns, etc.), combination, union, amalgamation, consolidation, coalition, fusion, annexation, affiliation, incorporation

Godan-su verb, intransitive verb
1.
to slip out, to sneak away, to break free, to get through (a difficult situation)
2.
to break into the lead, to get ahead
3.
to begin to fall out (e.g. hair)
4.
to break out (of a loop)(computer term)
Other readings:
抜けだす【ぬけだす】
脱け出す【ぬけだす】

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to be given, to be granted, to be honored with, to be honoured with(humble language)
2.
to give, to bestow, to confer, to honor, to honour(honorific language)
Other readings:
賜わる【たまわる】
給わる【たまわる】

noun, auxillary suru verb
landing, disembarkation, landfall

noun, no-adjective
1.
orphan
noun
2.
person without friends(only relevant for こじ)
Other readings:
孤児【みなしご】
【みなしご】
みなし子【みなしご】

noun
bad guy, villain, evildoer, scoundrel

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
puncture, flat tyre (tire), blowout
2.
bursting, overflowing, being jammed (e.g. phone lines), reaching breaking point, collapse, breakdown, going bankrupt

noun, auxillary suru verb
feeling keenly, fully realizing

Godan-u verb, transitive verb
to scoop, to ladle out(usually kana)
Other readings:
すくう《抄う》

noun, na-adjective, no-adjective
1.
poverty, penury, need, destitution
2.
shortage, lack, want

numeric
six(陸 is used in legal documents)
All readings:
【ろく】
【む】
【むう】
【ろく】
【む】
【むう】
【ろく】
【む】
【むう】

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
acquisition, possession

noun
sports car
Other readings:
スポーツ・カー

noun
1.
right or wrong, good or bad, quality, suitability
2.
having both merits and demerits, having both advantages and disadvantages
All readings:
良し悪し【よしあし】
良し悪し【よしわるし】
善し悪し【よしあし】
善し悪し【よしわるし】
良しあし【よしあし】
善しあし【よしあし】
よし悪し【よしあし】

noun, no-adjective
1.
superior (in rank), top, ranking
noun
2.
higher order (e.g. byte)(computer term)
3.
host computer (of connected device)(computer term)

noun, no-adjective
1.
stroboscope, strobe lamp, stroboscopic lamp
noun
2.
(camera) flash

noun, auxillary suru verb
edict, ordinance, proclamation

noun
duty, function, office, mission, task

noun
prosperous conditions, healthy economy
See also:不況

noun
1.
motive, incentive
2.
motif
See also:モチーフ

noun, noun (suffix)
pipe, tube
Other readings:
【くだ】

noun
copy, duplicate, facsimile, transcript

noun
pimple, acne(usually kana)
Other readings:
めんぽう《面皰》
ニキビ

noun
lamp, light

na-adjective, noun
bold, daring, audacious

noun
neurosis, nervous breakdown, mental problem, identity crisis, obsession

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
to (make something) quiver, to shake, to tremble, to vibrate

no-adjective
1.
some, few, a number of, a little (bit)
adverbial noun
2.
somewhat, to a certain extent
no-adjective, adverbial noun, noun
3.
many, a lot(archaism)(only relevant for そこばく and そくばく and そこば)
Other readings:
若干【そこばく】
若干【そくばく】
若干【そこば】[1]
幾許【そこばく】
幾許【そくばく】
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun, auxillary suru verb
borrowing(humble language, polite language)

noun, auxillary suru verb
aggression, invasion, raid
Other readings:
侵掠【しんりゃく】

Godan-gu verb, transitive verb
1.
to sharpen, to hone, to whet, to grind
2.
to wash (rice)(esp. 磨ぐ)
3.
to scour, to polish, to burnish
Other readings:
磨ぐ【とぐ】
砥ぐ【とぐ】

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
search (esp. in criminal investigations), investigation, inquiry, enquiry

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
to weaken

adverb
often, again and again, frequently, repeatedly(usually kana, onomatopia)
All readings:
しばしば《屡々》
しばしば《屡屡》
しばしば《屡》
しばしば《数数》
しばしば《数々》
しばしば《数》
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