Vocabulary list for JLPT N1
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noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.)
2.
setting a theme (for composition of poetry)
noun
1.
making, producing, manufacturing, building, construction, make, structure
2.
appearance (attire, make-up, etc.)
3.
build, physique
All readings:
作り【つくり】
、造り【つくり】
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
waiting expectantly, waiting eagerly, looking forward to
no-adjective
2.
long-awaited
sutorobo
Common word
noun, no-adjective
1.
stroboscope, strobe lamp, stroboscopic lamp
noun
2.
(camera) flash
Godan-su verb, transitive verb
•
to bring, to take, to bring about(usually kana)
All readings:
もたらす《齎す》
、もたらす《齎らす》[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
Godan-ku verb, transitive verb
1.
to deceive, to delude, to trick, to fool
2.
to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")(in form Ａを欺くＢ)
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to rot, to decay
2.
to die in obscurity
3.
to be forgotten with time(often in neg.)
noun, no-adjective
1.
new face, newcomer, rookie, fresh recruit
2.
modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
noun
1.
life and death
2.
samsara (cycle of death and rebirth)(Buddhist term)(only relevant for しょうし and しょうじ)
3.
death(only relevant for しょうし and しょうじ)
Other readings:
生死【しょうし】
、生死【しょうじ】
noun
•
convenience, accommodation, advantage, benefit, expediency
Other readings:
便宜【びんぎ】[1]
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
registration, accession, register, entry, record
noun
•
first visit to inn, restaurant, etc. without an introduction
Other readings:
一現【いちげん】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
gaido
Common word
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
guide, tour guide, conductor, guiding, leading
noun
2.
guidebook
Godan-ku verb, transitive verb
1.
to breathe out, to breathe(usually kana)
2.
to tell (a lie), to use (foul language)(usually kana)
3.
noun, no-adjective
•
commonwealth, federation of states, confederation, union
Other readings:
聯邦【れんぽう】
noun, no-adjective, auxillary suru verb
•
stipulation, prescription, provision, regulation, rule
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
disqualification, elimination, incapacity
2.
being unfit for one's role, being a failure
na-adjective, noun
•
injustice, impropriety, unreasonableness, undeserved, unfair, invalid
Godan-ku verb, transitive verb
•
to scratch, to claw
All readings:
引っかく【ひっかく】
、引っ掻く【ひっかく】
、引掻く【ひっかく】
adverb
•
as much as possible, if possible(usually kana)
Other readings:
なるたけ《成るたけ》
、なるだけ《成る丈》
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
paralysis, palsy, numbness, stupor
Other readings:
痲痺【まひ】
、マヒ
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
waiting on a table, serving (at dinner)
noun
2.
waiter, waitress, waitperson, server, cabin boy, bellboy, page, pageboy
3.
office boy, office girl
noun
1.
running fast, double time
2.
cantering(also 駈歩)
3.
doing things in a hurry
Other readings:
駆足【かけあし】
、駈け足【かけあし】
、駈足【かけあし】
、かけ足【かけあし】
Godan-mu verb, transitive verb
1.
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.), to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd), to wedge oneself into, to squeeze oneself into, to intrude on, to interrupt
2.
to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.), to drop below
Other readings:
割込む【わりこむ】
、割りこむ【わりこむ】
、わり込む【わりこむ】
noun, no-adjective
1.
duty, sense of duty, honor, honour, decency, courtesy, debt of gratitude, social obligation
no-adjective
2.
in-law, relation by marriage
Common word
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
•
to join together, to combine, to join up
Other readings:
組合わせる【くみあわせる】
、組み合せる【くみあわせる】
、組合せる【くみあわせる】
noun
1.
pipe, tube, cylinder
2.
gun barrel
3.
gun, cannon
4.
well lining, well curb
noun, no-adjective, auxillary suru verb
•
development, exploitation
Other readings:
開発【かいほつ】[1]
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun, no-adjective, na-adjective
1.
the defensive
2.
passive attitude, passivity, passiveness
3.
the passive, passive voice(linguistics)
4.
ukemi (the art of falling safely)(martial arts)
Other readings:
受け身【うけみ】
na-adjective, noun
1.
monotony, monotone, dullness
noun, na-adjective
2.
monotone, monotonic(mathematics)
Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to make, to produce, to manufacture, to build, to construct(造る usu. for large-scale building, manufacturing, etc.; 創る usu. for creating)
2.
to prepare (food), to brew (alcohol)
3.
to raise, to grow, to cultivate, to train
See also:野菜を作る
4.
to till
5.
to draw up (a document), to make out, to prepare, to write
6.
to create (an artistic work, etc.), to compose
7.
to coin (a phrase), to organize, to organise, to establish, to found
8.
to have (a child)
9.
to make up (one's face, etc.)
10.
to fabricate (an excuse, etc.)
11.
to give a (false) appearance, to feign (a smile, etc.), to put on a show of emotion
12.
to form (a line, etc.)
13.
to set (a record)
14.
to commit (a sin, etc.)
All readings:
作る【つくる】
、造る【つくる】
、創る【つくる】
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