JLPT N1
JLPT N1 Vocabulary
Advanced vocabulary for understanding complex, abstract, and specialized writing in context.
3,463 words · 35 pages · 100 per page
| Word | Reading | Romaji | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 同感 | どうかん | dōkan | agreement; same opinion; same feeling; sympathy; concurrence |
| 風車 | かざぐるま | kazaguruma | 1. windmill; 2. pinwheel |
| 何処か | どこか | dokoka | somewhere; anywhere; in some respects |
| 早める | はやめる | hayameru | to hasten; to quicken; to expedite; to precipitate; to accelerate |
| 賭け | かけ | kake | betting; gambling; a gamble |
| 興じる | きょうじる | kyōjiru | to amuse oneself; to make merry |
| 磁気 | じき | jiki | magnetism |
| 若しかして | もしかして | moshikashite | perhaps; possibly |
| 彼方此方 | あちこち | achikochi | here and there |
| 視点 | してん | shiten | opinion; point of view; visual point |
| 開発 | かいはつ | kaihatsu | development; exploitation |
| 彼の | あの | ano | that over there |
| 滞納 | たいのう | tainō | non-payment; default |
| 果て | はて | hate | the end; the extremity; the limit(s); the result |
| 長閑 | のどか | nodoka | tranquil; calm; quiet |
| 負う | おう | ō | to bear; to owe |
| 首脳 | しゅのう | shunō | head; brains |
| 一筋 | ひとすき | hitosuki | a line; earnestly; blindly; straightforwardly |
| 落ち着き | おちつき | ochitsuki | calm; composure |
| 業者 | ぎょうしゃ | gyōsha | trader; merchant |
| 蛋白質 | たんぱくしつ | tanpakushitsu | protein |
| タイムリー | — | taimurī | timely; run-batted-in (baseball); RBI |
| 後悔 | こうかい | kōkai | regret; repentance |
| 購読 | こうどく | kōdoku | subscription (e.g. magazine) |
| 嗜好 | しこう | shikō | taste; liking; preference |
| 診療 | しんりょう | shinryō | medical examination and treatment; diagnosis |
| 班 | はん | han | group; party; section (mil) |
| 保管 | ほかん | hokan | charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage |
| スチーム | — | suchīmu | steam |
| 配列 | はいれつ | hairetsu | arrangement; array (programming) |
| 染める | そめる | someru | to dye; to colour |
| 途上 | とじょう | tojō | en route; half way |
| 店 | てん | ten | store; shop; establishment |
| 刑 | けい | kei | penalty; sentence; punishment |
| 野党 | やとう | yatō | opposition party |
| 徒歩 | とほ | toho | walking; going on foot |
| 伝来 | でんらい | denrai | ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down |
| トーン | — | tōn | tone |
| カメラマン | — | kameraman | cameraman |
| 抗議 | こうぎ | kōgi | protest; objection |
| 自惚れ | うぬぼれ | unubore | pretension; conceit; hubris |
| 齎らす | もたらす | motarasu | to bring; to take; to bring about |
| 優越 | ゆうえつ | yūetsu | supremacy; predominance; being superior to |
| 不服 | ふふく | fufuku | dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest; disagreement |
| 開催 | かいさい | kaisai | holding a meeting; open an exhibition |
| 内閣 | ないかく | naikaku | cabinet; (government) ministry |
| 正当 | せいとう | seitō | just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable; reasonable; legitimate; lawful |
| 垢 | あか | aka | dirt; filth |
| 先先月 | せんせんげつ | sensengetsu | month before last |
| 怠慢 | たいまん | taiman | negligence; procrastination; carelessness |
| 無口 | むくち | mukuchi | reticence |
| ご馳走 | ごちそう | gochisō | feast; treating (someone) |
| ポット | — | potto | pot |
| 閲覧 | えつらん | etsuran | inspection; reading |
| 阻む | はばむ | habamu | to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct; to oppose; to thwart |
| 使命 | しめい | shimei | mission; errand; message |
| 三日月 | みかずき | mikazuki | new moon; crescent moon |
| 意地 | いじ | iji | disposition; spirit; willpower; obstinacy; backbone; appetite |
| 音 | ね | ne | sound; note |
| 造り | つくり | tsukuri | make up; structure; physique |
| 忠告 | ちゅうこく | chūkoku | advice; warning |
| 脈 | みゃく | myaku | pulse |
| 向上 | こうじょう | kōjō | elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress |
| 任務 | にんむ | ninmu | duty; function; office; mission; task |
| 成熟 | せいじゅく | seijuku | maturity; ripeness |
| 余程 | よっぽど | yoppodo | very; greatly; much; to a large extent; quite |
| 纏め | まとめ | matome | settlement; conclusion |
| チャンネル | — | channeru | a channel |
| 心掛け | こころがけ | kokorogake | readiness; intention; aim |
| 雑談 | ざつだん | zatsudan | chatting; idle talk |
| 箪笥 | たんす | tansu | chest of drawers |
| 処分 | しょぶん | shobun | disposal; dealing; punishment |
| 風習 | ふうしゅう | fūshū | custom |
| 取り引き | とりひき | torihiki | transactions; dealings; business |
| 仕上げ | しあげ | shiage | end; finishing touches; being finished |
| 黴菌 | ばいきん | baikin | bacteria; germ(s) |
| 側 | かわ | kawa | side; row; surroundings; part; (watch) case |
| 瞑る | つぶる | tsuburu | to close the eyes |
| 満月 | まんげつ | mangetsu | full moon |
| 不当 | ふとう | futō | injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeservedness; unfair; invalid |
| 度忘れ | どわすれ | dowasure | lapse of memory; forget for a moment |
| 行き違い | いきちがい | ikichigai | misunderstanding; estrangement; disagreement; crossing without meeting; going astray |
| 独創 | どくそう | dokusō | originality |
| 本名 | ほんみょう | honmyō | real name |
| 名誉 | めいよ | meiyo | honor; credit; prestige |
| 兆 | きざし | kizashi | signs; omen; symptoms |
| 正常 | せいじょう | seijō | normalcy; normality; normal |
| 取り締まる | とりしまる | torishimaru | to manage; to control; to supervise |
| 可愛がる | かわいがる | kawaigaru | to love; to be affectionate |
| この頃 | このごろ | konogoro | recently |
| 喧しい | やかましい | yakamashii | noisy; strict; fussy |
| 葬る | ほうむる | hōmuru | to bury; to inter; to entomb; to consign to oblivion; to shelve |
| 印鑑 | いんかん | inkan | stamp; seal |
| 大水 | おおみず | ōmizu | flood |
| 好況 | こうきょう | kōkyō | prosperous conditions; healthy economy |
| 人質 | ひとじち | hitojichi | hostage; prisoner |
| 掲載 | けいさい | keisai | appearance (e.g. article in paper) |
| 規模 | きぼ | kibo | scale; scope; plan; structure |
| 疎か | おろそか | orosoka | neglect; negligence; carelessness |
| 見方 | みかた | mikata | viewpoint |