Vocabulary list for JLPT N1

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adjective
1.
empty, void, vacant
2.
vain, fruitless, futile, ineffective
3.
lifeless
All readings:
虚しい【むなしい】
空しい【むなしい】

noun
dress, attire, clothing, getup, outfit, personal appearance
Other readings:
身形【みなり】

adjective
sleepy, drowsy
Other readings:
眠たい【ねぶたい】
睡たい【ねむたい】
睡たい【ねぶたい】

noun, auxillary suru verb
publication, issue

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
to engage in, to participate in, to take part in, to be involved in

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

noun, auxillary suru verb
intention, aim, design

noun, auxillary suru verb
one defeat

noun, auxillary suru verb
cheating (on an examination), cribbing

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
to force, to compel, to coerce, to press, to impose

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
agreement, consent, approval, assent
noun, no-adjective
2.
same opinion, same view
3.
same meaning

adverb
1.
still more, even more, all the more(usually kana)
2.
still less, even less(usually kana)(with neg. verb)
Other readings:
なおさら《なお更》
なおさら《尚さら》
なおさら《猶更》[1]
なおさら《猶さら》[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

Godan-u verb, transitive verb
1.
to supply (goods, money, etc.), to cover (costs), to pay, to finance, to maintain (e.g. a family)
2.
to give board, to provide meals

noun
1.
seedling, young plant
2.
rice seedling
See also:早苗

noun
trend, tendency, movement, attitude

noun
1.
face, honour, honor, reputation, prestige, dignity, credit
2.
appearance, look
Other readings:
面目【めんもく】
面目【めいぼく】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
battle, fight, combat

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
to be distant
Other readings:
距たる【へだたる】

noun, auxillary suru verb
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity), communication, delivery, conveyance, transfer, relay, propagation, conduction

noun
security guard, doorkeeper

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

no-adjective, noun
alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.

adverb
very much, exceedingly, extremely

noun, no-adjective
settlement of accounts, closing accounts, financial results, reporting (of accounts)

Godan-gu verb, transitive verb
1.
to act as an agent for, to intermediate
2.
to announce (someone's arrival), to answer (the door, the phone), to receive (a guest at reception), to usher in (a guest)
3.
to convey (a message)
Other readings:
取次ぐ【とりつぐ】
取りつぐ【とりつぐ】
取り継ぐ【とりつぐ】[1]
取継ぐ【とりつぐ】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

noun
1.
errand, mission, going as envoy
2.
messenger, bearer, errand boy, errand girl
3.
familiar spirit
See also:使い魔
noun (suffix), noun (prefix)
4.
use, usage, user, trainer, tamer, charmer(often read as づかい when used as a suffix)
See also:魔法使い
All readings:
使い【つかい】
遣い【つかい】

noun, noun (suffix)
1.
compilation (of a text), editing
noun, noun (suffix), counter
2.
volume (of a text)
3.
completed literary work
Other readings:
【へん】

adjective
nice, likeable, desirable

noun
filter (esp. camera)
Other readings:
フィルタ

noun
1.
dojo, hall used for martial arts training
2.
manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)(abbreviation, Buddhist term)
See also:菩提道場

noun
custom, convention, tradition, mores, conventional practice(usually kana)
All readings:
しきたり《仕来り》
しきたり《仕来たり》
しきたり《為来り》
しきたり《為来たり》

na-adjective, noun
charming, fascinating, voluptuous

na-adjective, no-adjective, noun
goodness, excellence, virtue

noun
1.
aim, object, purpose, end
2.
expectations, prospects, hopes
3.
something that can be relied upon
4.
snack served with alcoholic drink(Kansai-ben (dialect))
noun (suffix)
5.
pad, guard
noun (suffix), noun (prefix)
6.
blow, strike
suffix
7.
addressed to(only relevant for 宛 and 宛て)
8.
per(usually kana)(also written as 充て)
Other readings:
【あて】
宛て【あて】

noun, noun (prefix)
1.
together with
2.
same
suffix
3.
both, all, neither, none(usually kana)
4.
including ...(usually kana)

noun
character, traits, ethos

no-adjective, adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
usual, ordinary, normal, regular, general, common

noun, no-adjective
people, race, nation, ethnic group, ethnos

noun, auxillary suru verb
correction, revision, redressing, rectifying

noun
1.
motive, incentive
2.
motif
See also:モチーフ

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
to delay, to postpone, to slow down, to retard
Other readings:
後らす【おくらす】
遅す【おくらす】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

na-adjective
1.
smooth (of a surface), glassy, velvety, soft
2.
smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.), fluent (speech), fluid, trouble-free
3.
continuously differentiable(mathematics)
Other readings:
滑らか【すべらか】
滑か【なめらか】[1]
滑か【すべらか】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

pronoun
these(usually kana)
All readings:
これら《これ等》
これら《此等》
これら《是等》
これら《此れ等》

na-adjective, noun
beneficial, profitable, useful, helpful, instructive

noun
wealthy person, millionaire

noun, auxillary suru verb
self-consciousness, self-awareness

noun, noun (suffix)
disposition, temperament, nature, mentality, spirit, character, trait, turn of mind(かたぎ usu. as a suffix)
All readings:
気質【きしつ】
気質【かたぎ】
形気【かたぎ】
容気【かたぎ】
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