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:
篇【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:
宛【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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