Vocabulary list for JLPT N1

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noun
poor piece of work, rubbish, trash

noun
1.
motel
2.
drive-in love hotel
Other readings:
モテル

adjective
wretched, miserable, shameful, mean, despicable, abject
Other readings:
浅間しい【あさましい】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to cramp up, to tighten, to stiffen
2.
to be insistent, to persist (in one's opinion), to stick to one's guns
3.
to act tough, to bluff, to be defiant, to be unruly
Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
4.
to prop up (e.g. with a post), to support
5.
to push out (one's legs or arms), to stretch (e.g. an arm against the wall), to press
6.
to thrust (one's opponent)(sumo term)

noun, auxillary suru verb
preliminary investigation, preparation

noun, auxillary suru verb
attention, giving one's attention, focusing

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
distribution

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
1.
wild, growing wild, living in the wild
pronoun
2.
I(archaism, male term)

noun
outskirts, environs (of a city), surrounding area, surroundings

noun, noun (suffix), counter
stroke (of a kanji, etc.)
Other readings:
【かく】

noun
stalk, stem

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
boiling, seething
2.
becoming heated (e.g. debate), excitement, agitation, fermentation
3.
soaring (prices), shooting up

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to shake, to jolt, to rock, to swing, to sway
2.
to shake (e.g. the political world), to disturb, to shock, to upset
3.
to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)(baseball term)
Other readings:
揺さ振る【ゆさぶる】

Godan-mu verb, intransitive verb
1.
to grapple with, to wrestle with, to engage in a bout, to be matched against
2.
to tackle (e.g. a problem), to come to grips with, to work hard on
Other readings:
取組む【とりくむ】

noun
1.
the country, countryside, rural districts
2.
cultivated land, fields
Other readings:
田園【でんおん】[1]
田苑【でんえん】
田苑【でんおん】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun
1.
request, favor, favour
2.
reliance, dependence, trust, hope
Other readings:
恃み【たのみ】
憑み【たのみ】

noun
1.
written language, literary language
See also:口語
2.
classical (or formal) written style based on Heian-period Japanese
See also:口語

noun
whaling, whale hunting, whale fishing

adverb
1.
exactly, just, precisely(onomatopia)
See also:かっきり
2.
punctually, exactly on time(onomatopia)
See also:かっきり
Other readings:
キッカリ

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
carrying (on one's person or in the hand)(only relevant for けいたい)
noun
2.
mobile phone, cell phone(abbreviation, usually kana)
See also:携帯電話
Other readings:
ケータイ
ケイタイ

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

noun
(full) name, family name and given name

noun
cage, pen, (jail) cell

noun
achievement, performance, results, work, contribution

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
ornamentation, embellishment, decoration, adornment, polish up (writing)
2.
modification, qualification(linguistics)

noun
1.
matchmaker(esp. なこうど)
2.
go-between, intermediary, middleman, mediator, intercessor(esp. ちゅうにん)
All readings:
仲人【なこうど】
仲人【ちゅうにん】
媒人【なこうど】
【なこうど】

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
preference, priority, precedence

noun, auxillary suru verb
attack, charge, raid

noun
1.
water content, moisture, juiciness, dampness
2.
water vapor (vapour), steam(only relevant for すいき)
3.
dropsy, edema, oedema(only relevant for すいき)
All readings:
水気【みずけ】
水気【すいき】
水け【みずけ】

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

noun, auxillary suru verb
radiation, emission

noun, auxillary suru verb
transport, freight, shipping
Other readings:
運漕【うんそう】

expression, adverb
just as one thought, as usual, sure enough
Other readings:
案の条【あんのじょう】[1]
案の上【あんのじょう】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to leak out, to escape, to come through, to shine through, to filter out
2.
to find expression, to give vent
3.
to leak out, to be divulged, to be disclosed
4.
to be omitted, to be left out, to be excluded, to be not included
Other readings:
洩れる【もれる】

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

noun, auxillary suru verb
abandonment, renunciation, resignation, abdication (responsibility, right)
Other readings:
抛棄【ほうき】

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, no-adjective
carbon (C)

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to pity, to sympathize with, to sympathise with, to treat with sympathy, to console, to be kind to, to appreciate(usually kana)
2.
to tend to (e.g. an injury), to care for, to nurse, to soothe(usually kana)
Other readings:
いたわる《労わる》[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to call, to invite, to send for, to summon(honorific language)
2.
to eat, to drink
3.
to put on, to wear
4.
to ride
5.
to catch (a cold), to take (a bath), to tickle (one's fancy), to put on (years), to commit (seppuku)
6.
to do
See also:召される
7.
used to show respect(honorific language, archaism)(used after the -masu stem of a verb)

Godan-mu verb, intransitive verb
to fear, to doubt, to have misgivings about, to worry about, to be anxious about, to be apprehensive about

noun, no-adjective
original work

noun, auxillary suru verb
charge, custody, safekeeping, deposit, storage

adverb
(not) so, (not) particularly, (not) very, (not) that much(usually kana)(usu. with a negative verb)
All readings:
さほど《然程》
さほど《左程》

na-adjective, no-adjective, adverb, to-adverb, auxillary suru verb
1.
loose (of clothing), baggy(onomatopia)
adverb, to-adverb, auxillary suru verb
2.
flabby, saggy(onomatopia)
adverb, to-adverb, na-adjective, auxillary suru verb
3.
sloshing, slopping, overflowing(onomatopia)
adverb, to-adverb
4.
plenty (of pouring a liquid), drowning (e.g. in a sauce)(onomatopia)
Other readings:
ダブダブ

noun, auxillary suru verb
enactment, establishment, creation

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

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
1.
poisoning
noun (suffix)
2.
addiction

noun, auxillary suru verb
regulation, (traffic) policing, control, restriction
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