Vocabulary list for JLPT N1

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noun
•
convenience, accommodation, advantage, benefit, expediency
Other readings:
便宜【びんぎ】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun
•
necklace, choker
Other readings:
頸飾り【くびかざり】
、
頚飾り【くびかざり】

noun, na-adjective, auxillary suru verb
1.
extramarital sex, affair, fooling around
2.
infidelity, wantonness, unfaithfulness, inconstancy, fickleness, caprice
Other readings:
うわ気【うわき】
、
上気【うわき】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

noun
•
paper patch, paper backing, poster, sticker, label
Other readings:
貼り紙【はりがみ】
、
はり紙【はりがみ】
、
張紙【はりがみ】
、
貼紙【はりがみ】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun
1.
thin rice porridge, watery cooked rice, rice gruel, congee
2.
breakfast (in Zen temples)(only relevant for しゅく)
Other readings:
粥【しゅく】
、
粥【かい】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun
1.
prey, catch, kill, game
2.
spoils, trophy, loot, plunder

noun, no-adjective
•
bad harvest, poor crop

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
forgery, falsification, fabrication, counterfeiting
See also:偽物

noun, no-adjective
•
insurance, guarantee

noun
1.
jaw, chin
2.
barb (of a fishhook)
Other readings:
顎【がく】
、
頤【あご】
、
腮【あご】[1]
、
顋【あご】[1]
、
齶【あご】[1]
、
腭【あご】[1]
、
腭【がく】[1]
、
アゴ
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

adverb
1.
possibly, apparently, (seem) likely, seemingly
2.
somehow or other, with difficulty, barely, after a fashion
See also:どうにか

noun
1.
rod, pole
2.
neck (of a shamisen, etc.), shamisen(esp. 棹)
3.
beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance)
4.
single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese)
5.
penis(slang)
counter
6.
counter for flags (on poles), counter for long, thin Japanese sweets (e.g. yōkan)
Other readings:
棹【さお】

adverb
•
altogether, entirely(usually kana)
Other readings:
ことごとく《尽く》

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
another meeting, meeting again, reunion

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
•
to dye, to colour, to color

adverb, to-adverb
1.
decisively, decidedly, boldly, once and for all, unreservedly, frankly(onomatopia)
2.
precisely, exactly(onomatopia)
Other readings:
ズバリ

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
sex, sexual intercourse
noun
2.
(one's) sex, gender

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to forge, to temper
2.
to drill, to train, to discipline

noun
1.
protagonist, main character, hero(ine) (of a story)
2.
head of household

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to tailor, to make (clothing)
2.
to train, to bring up
3.
to make it seem like, to pass off
4.
to turn into a play or movie
5.
to prepare, to send, to despatch

noun
•
public (institution)

noun
•
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)

noun
•
telex, teletypewriter exchange(abbreviation)

no-adjective, adverb, noun
•
many, numerous

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
success in life, getting ahead, successful career, promotion, climbing the corporate ladder, eminence

no-adjective, noun, auxillary suru verb
•
newly-wed, newly married

adjective
1.
gloomy (e.g. mood), depressing(usually kana)
2.
irritating, troublesome(usually kana)
3.
heavy (weather), cloudy(usually kana)
Other readings:
うっとおしい《鬱陶しい》[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kana usage

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
sanctions, punishment

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

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
•
to leak, to run out
Other readings:
洩る【もる】

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)

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
•
to shave
All readings:
剃る【そる】
、
剃る【する】

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
despair, hopelessness

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
point
noun
2.
points (of a railway), switch

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
•
to become settled, to be fixed

adverb, auxillary suru verb
•
in some way or other, one way or another, somehow, only just, barely

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

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
distillation
Other readings:
蒸溜【じょうりゅう】
、
蒸餾【じょうりゅう】

noun
1.
slack, slackening, sagginess, flabbiness (skin, etc.)(usually kana)
2.
dullness, letdown, depression, ennui(usually kana)

noun
1.
market price
2.
speculation (e.g. on stocks)
3.
reputation (according to conventional wisdom), estimation, esteem

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

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