Vocabulary list for JLPT N1

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noun
1.
rental car, rent-a-car, hired auto
2.
car rental agency, car hire agency, hire car agency

Godan-su verb, intransitive verb
•
to plan, to intend, to aspire to, to set aims (sights on)

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

noun
1.
mouse, rat(usually kana)
2.
dark gray, dark grey, slate (color, colour)
See also:鼠色
All readings:
ねずみ《鼠》
、
ねず《鼠》
、
ネズミ

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to start, to begin, to commence
2.
to challenge, to pick (a fight), to make (war), to draw (a reaction) from
3.
to set (traps), to plant (explosives), to lay (mines)
4.
to make a meld call(mahjong term)
Other readings:
仕かける【しかける】
、
し掛ける【しかける】

noun
1.
attack, offence, offense
2.
dominant partner of a homosexual relationship(usually kana, colloquialism)
See also:タチ,  受け
suffix
3.
a barrage of, a flood of
See also:質問攻め

adjective
1.
burly, strong, sturdy(usually kana)
2.
indomitable, indefatigable, strong-willed, resolute, bold(usually kana)
3.
robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.), strong(usually kana)

na-adjective, noun
•
sincere, honest, faithful

noun
•
trouble, troubles, worry, distress, sorrows, anguish, agony, problem

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to succeed, to relieve, to replace(esp. 替わる, 替る)
2.
to take the place of, to substitute for, to take over for, to represent, to hand over (telephone)(esp. 代わる, 代る)
3.
to be exchanged, to change (places with), to switch(esp. 換わる, 換る)
All readings:
替わる【かわる】
、
代わる【かわる】
、
換わる【かわる】
、
替る【かわる】
、
代る【かわる】
、
換る【かわる】

noun
1.
making, producing, manufacturing, building, construction, make, structure
2.
appearance (attire, make-up, etc.)
3.
build, physique
4.
sashimi
See also:御作り
noun (prefix)
5.
forced (smile, etc.)
Other readings:
造り【つくり】

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to urge, to encourage, to press, to prompt, to draw (attention to)
2.
to stimulate (e.g. growth), to hasten (e.g. development), to quicken, to accelerate, to promote

noun
•
serious matter, major incident, matter of grave concern, crisis
Other readings:
大ごと【おおごと】

noun, no-adjective
•
palace

noun
1.
hope, promise, possibility, chance, probability, likelihood
2.
expectation, anticipation, forecast, estimate
3.
side of a structural member
Other readings:
見込【みこみ】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

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》

noun
1.
(short) jacket, blouson, windbreaker, jumper
2.
ski jumper, jumping event athlete(only relevant for ジャンパー and ジャンパ)
3.
jumper lead, jumper wire(only relevant for ジャンパー and ジャンパ)
Other readings:
ジャンパ
、
ジャンバー

na-adjective, no-adjective, noun
1.
sudden, abrupt, unexpected, improvised, hasty, offhand(usually kana)
noun
2.
impromptu skit(abbreviation)(sometimes 仁輪加 (ateji))
See also:俄狂言
3.
bandwagon fan, fair-weather fan(abbreviation, slang, usually kana)
All readings:
にわか《俄》
、
にわか《俄か》

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
breaking through, breakthrough, penetration
2.
surmounting, overcoming
3.
exceeding, passing

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
(suffer) deterioration, growing worse, aggravation, degeneration, corruption
Other readings:
あっ化【あっか】

adverb
1.
now (after such a long time), at this late hour (i.e. it is too late for something), at this point of time
2.
afresh, anew, again
Other readings:
今さら【いまさら】

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
complete change, about-face

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
somersault, looping-the-loop

noun
•
straw(usually kana)
Other readings:
ワラ

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
control, restraint, suppression, constraint, curtailment, inhibition, check, curb

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

noun
•
month and day (of the year), (the) date

noun
•
tariff (import tax), duty, customs

noun
•
source of river, fountainhead

noun, no-adjective
•
urban areas, the streets, town, city

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
formation, molding, making up, taking form, giving form to
noun
2.
repair (e.g. plastic surgery), replacement, -plasty(medical term)

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
supply, supplying, replenishment

no-adjective, noun
1.
foreign, imported
noun, no-adjective
2.
outpatient, outpatient care, outpatient clinic, outpatient ward(abbreviation)
See also:外来患者

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
division of labor, division of labour, specialization, specialisation, assembly-line production

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)

pre-noun adjectival
•
a certain ..., some ...(usually kana)
Other readings:
ある《或》

adverb
•
something or other, one thing or another, this or that(usually kana)
Other readings:
なんだかんだ《何だ彼だ》
、
なんだかだ《何だかだ》
、
なんだかだ《何だ彼だ》

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
close examination, careful selection, testing, scrutiny
2.
examination of criminal charges
3.
reciting and appreciating traditional poetry(archaism)(orig. meaning)

noun, no-adjective
•
ruler, monarch, sovereign

noun, no-adjective
•
actual place, local, on-site
See also:現場

noun
•
encyclopedia, encyclopaedia
All readings:
百科事典【ひゃっかじてん】
、
百科辞典【ひゃっかじてん】

noun
1.
arrow
2.
wedge, chock
Other readings:
矢【さ】[1]
、
箭【や】
、
箭【さ】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

よあ
yomiageru
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to read out, to read aloud, to call out
2.
to finish reading, to read through
Other readings:
読上げる【よみあげる】

Godan-mu verb, intransitive verb
1.
to be crowded, to be packed
2.
to be complex
auxiliary verb
3.
to go into, to put into, to remain (seated), to be plunged into (silence), to do thoroughly(only relevant for 込む)
4.
to do intently(only relevant for 込む)
5.
to continue in the same state(only relevant for 込む)
All readings:
込む【こむ】
、
混む【こむ】
、
籠む【こむ】[1]
、
篭む【こむ】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

noun
•
original document (not a copy or adaptation), book in its original language (esp. a European language)

Ichidan-zuru verb, transitive verb
•
to forbid, to suppress
See also:禁じる
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