Vocabulary list for JLPT N1

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adjective
heartening, reassuring

noun, auxillary suru verb
arriving first

noun, na-adjective
(idle) curiosity, fancifulness, whimsy, (having) strange tastes
Other readings:
もの好き【ものずき】
物数奇【ものずき】

noun, auxillary suru verb
coexistence, living together

noun
1.
wrinkle, crease(usually kana)
2.
ripple(usually kana)
Other readings:
しわ《皴》

noun
1.
specific gravity, relative density(physics term)
2.
relative importance, weight

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

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to make (the best) use of, to put to good use, to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.), to capitalise on (experience, etc.)
2.
to let live, to keep alive
3.
to revive, to resuscitate, to bring back to life
4.
to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
Other readings:
活かす【いかす】

noun, auxillary suru verb
mobilization, mobilisation

adjective
tenacious, tough, enduring, dogged, headstrong, stubborn, obstinate, unyielding

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to sink (e.g. a ship), to submerge
2.
to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair)
3.
to floor (an opponent)

noun, auxillary suru verb
confession

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
accommodation, reception, housing
2.
seating
3.
custody (e.g. awaiting deportation), internment
4.
admission, hospitalization
5.
entering (e.g. in dictionary)

noun
1.
mission, errand
2.
task, duty, obligation

noun (temporal)
week before last
All readings:
先々週【せんせんしゅう】
先先週【せんせんしゅう】

no-adjective, na-adjective
1.
inevitable, necessary, certain, sure
See also:偶然 (antonym)
noun
2.
inevitability, necessity

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to take over, to capture, to seize, to commandeer, to occupy, to usurp
2.
to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
Other readings:
乗っとる【のっとる】

noun
actual expense, cost price

noun
1.
thigh
no-adjective
2.
femoral
All readings:
【もも】
【もも】

noun, no-adjective, na-adjective
Western style
See also:和風

noun
1.
source of electricity, electrical power
2.
power (button on TV, etc.)

noun
1.
ladder(usually kana)
2.
stairs(usually kana)
noun, auxillary suru verb
3.
going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)(usually kana)(only relevant for はしご and ハシゴ)
All readings:
はしご《梯子》
はしご《階子》
はしご《梯》
ていし《梯子》
ハシゴ

no-adjective, na-adjective, noun
contrary, opposite, inverse, reverse, back-to-front(onomatopia)

na-adjective, noun
poor, pitiful, piteous, pitiable
All readings:
不憫【ふびん】
不愍【ふびん】
不便【ふびん】

noun
1.
fight
2.
fighting spirit(abbreviation)
interjection
3.
fight!, do your best, go for it, keep at it

noun
1.
catalogue, catalog, inventory, index, list
2.
certificate indicating an impending gift

na-adjective
frequent, incessant

suffix, counter
-fold, -ply(counter for layers in the hito-futa-mi counting system)

noun, auxillary suru verb
vote, ballot, division

noun
something small, something petty, trifle
Other readings:
瑣事【さじ】

noun, auxillary suru verb
equilibrium, balance

noun
qualifications, requirements, capabilities

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to dry up (spring, pond, etc.), to run out

noun
1.
nightclub
2.
clubs (card suit)
3.
golf club

noun
1.
thorn, spine, prickle
2.
splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh), hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone)
3.
biting words
Other readings:
【とげ】
トゲ

noun
1.
karma(Buddhist term)
2.
result of one's karma, fate, destiny
3.
uncontrollable temper

noun, auxillary suru verb
investment

adverb, noun, no-adjective
beginning, start, outset

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
to bite off, to gnaw through
Other readings:
かみ切る【かみきる】

noun
1.
intellectual, educated person
See also:知識人
2.
intelligentsia(abbreviation)

na-adjective
rough (estimate, manner, etc.), crude, broad, loose, careless (work)
All readings:
大雑把【おおざっぱ】
大ざっぱ【おおざっぱ】

noun
rope

noun
channel (e.g. between two land masses), strait

noun
earthenware pot
All readings:
【かめ】
【かめ】

noun
aptitude, aptness, suitability

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