Vocabulary list for JLPT N1
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adverb, to-adverb, noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
moving from place to place, being passed around repeatedly
2.
rolling about
All readings:
転々【てんてん】
、転転【てんてん】
expression, noun, no-adjective
•
moment, brief space of time
All readings:
つかの間【つかのま】
、束の間【つかのま】
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
procurement, purchase, buying(only relevant for 購買)
noun
2.
Other readings:
校売【こうばい】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
kontakuto
Common word
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
•
to go out of use, to become obsolete, to die out, to go out of fashion
Other readings:
頽れる【すたれる】
noun
1.
document, writing, letter, papers, notes, records, archives
2.
document addressed to someone(only relevant for もんじょ)(paleography term)
Other readings:
文書【もんじょ】
、文書【ぶんじょ】[1]
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun
•
public gaze, public notice, attention
All readings:
人目【ひとめ】
、人目【じんもく】
、人眼【ひとめ】
noun
1.
sense, idea, thought, feeling(esp. 〜の念)
2.
desire, concern
3.
attention, care(esp. 念に〜、念の／が〜)
noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
encouragement, spurring (on), cheering (on)
noun
1.
(being in) the red, deficit
2.
red letter, red writing
3.
corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
moving to a different location to start a new job, (proceeding to) new appointment
noun
•
appendix, supplement, annex, extra (of a newspaper or magazine)
Other readings:
附録【ふろく】
noun
1.
subjectivity, subject (philosophical), ego
2.
one's personal opinion, one's own idea
noun
1.
servant (esp. a samurai's attendant)
2.
chivalrous man (Edo period)
3.
noun
1.
moat, fosse, trench, ditch(濠 is usu. filled with water, 壕 is usu. dry)
2.
underground air-raid shelter, dugout(only relevant for 壕)
All readings:
壕【ごう】
、濠【ごう】
konpasu
Common word
noun
1.
pair of compasses, compass (for drawing circles, etc.)
2.
(mariner's) compass
3.
legs, step, gait
noun
1.
seal, stamp, monogram signature(only relevant for はん)
2.
judgment, judgement(only relevant for はん)
noun, noun (suffix)
3.
size (of paper or books)
See also:判型
All readings:
判【はん】
、判【ばん】
noun
1.
heaven and earth, the universe, nature, top and bottom, realm, sphere, world
2.
top and bottom(only relevant for てんち)
3.
gods of heaven and earth(only relevant for あめつち)
All readings:
天地【てんち】
、天地【あめつち】
Godan-su verb
1.
to exhaust, to run out
2.
to devote, to serve (a person), to befriend
auxiliary verb
3.
to do to exhaustion
Other readings:
尽す【つくす】
、盡す【つくす】[1]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
•
to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin), to wilt, to fade, to wither, to be wizened(usually kana)
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
establishment, institution
2.
installation (of a machine or equipment)
Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
•
to close (one's eyes), to shut(usually kana)
Other readings:
つぶる《暝る》[1]
、つむる《瞑る》
、つむる《暝る》[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
Godan-gu verb, transitive verb
1.
to tear off, to peel off, to rip off, to strip off, to skin, to flay, to bark
2.
to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.), to deprive of, to divest of(only relevant for はぐ)
Other readings:
剥ぐ【へぐ】
、剝ぐ【へぐ】
、折ぐ【へぐ】
noun
1.
sum(mathematics)(only relevant for 和)
2.
harmony, peace(only relevant for 和)
noun, noun (prefix), no-adjective
3.
Japan, Japanese-style
Other readings:
倭【わ】
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
falling behind (with a payment), being in arrears, non-payment, default, delinquency
Other readings:
怠納【たいのう】
Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
•
to leak, to run out
Other readings:
洩る【もる】
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.), to be bright, to be vivid, to be crisp
2.
to be clear-headed, to be alert, to be on the ball, to be wide awake
3.
to look upbeat, to be perky, to be cheerful(often as 冴えない)
4.
to master (a skill), to excel at, to cleanly execute
5.
6.
to become frigid, to become intensely cold(original meaning; now somewhat old-fashioned)
Other readings:
冱える【さえる】
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
success in life, getting ahead, successful career, promotion, climbing the corporate ladder, eminence
noun
1.
kanji used as a phonetic symbol, instead of for the meaning, phonetic-equivalent character, substitute character
2.
kanji used for their meaning, irrespective of reading
Other readings:
あて字【あてじ】
、宛字【あてじ】
、宛て字【あてじ】
、当字【あてじ】[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
noun
1.
text (of a book, document, etc.), body (of a letter)
2.
this passage, this sentence
Other readings:
本文【ほんもん】
Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
•
to make progress, to move right ahead (with the work), to advance(usually kana)
noun
1.
one breath
interjection
2.
chug!, drink!(chanted repeatedly as a party cheer)
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