JLPT N1 Vocabulary
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| Word | Reading | Romaji | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 関与 | かんよ | kan'yo | participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in |
| 画期 | かっき | kakki | epoch-making |
| ご無沙汰 | ごぶさた | gobusata | not writing or contacting for a while |
| 成るべく | なるべく | narubeku | as much as possible |
| 興業 | こうぎょう | kōgyō | industrial enterprise |
| 主食 | しゅしょく | shushoku | staple food |
| 未知 | みち | michi | not yet known |
| 雪崩 | なだれ | nadare | avalanche |
| 覆す | くつがえす | kutsugaesu | to overturn; to upset; to overthrow; to undermine |
| 鈍る | なまる | namaru | to become less capable; to grow dull; to become blunt; to weaken |
| 心細い | こころぼそい | kokorobosoi | helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging; disheartening |
| 未練 | みれん | miren | lingering affection; attachment; regret(s); reluctance |
| 仕付ける | しつける | shitsukeru | to be used to a job; to begin to do; to baste; to tack; to plant |
| 園 | えん | en | garden (esp. man-made) |
| 見積り | みつもり | mitsumori | estimation; quotation |
| 卯 | ぼう | bō | fourth sign of Chinese zodiac (The Hare 5am-7am east February) |
| 棄権 | きけん | kiken | abstain from voting; renunciation of a right |
| 安っぽい | やすっぽい | yasuppoi | cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant |
| がっくり | — | gakkuri | heartbroken |
| 捕鯨 | ほげい | hogei | whaling; whale fishing |
| 色彩 | しきさい | shikisai | colour; hue; tints |
| 暴力 | ぼうりょく | bōryoku | violence |
| 心掛ける | こころがける | kokorogakeru | to bear in mind; to aim to do |
| 嘘つき | うそつき | usotsuki | liar (sometimes said with not much seriousness); fibber |
| 殺人 | さつじん | satsujin | murder |
| 嚏 | くしゃみ | kushami | sneeze |
| 元年 | がんねん | gannen | first year (of a specific reign) |
| 一気 | いっき | ikki | drink!(said repeatedly as a party cheer) |
| 採掘 | さいくつ | saikutsu | mining |
| 起こす | おこす | okosu | to raise; to cause; to wake someone |
| 神殿 | しんでん | shinden | temple; sacred place |
| 賄う | まかなう | makanau | to give board to; to provide meals; to pay |
| 何だか | なんだか | nandaka | a little; somewhat; somehow |
| 要因 | よういん | yōin | primary factor; main cause |
| 告白 | こくはく | kokuhaku | confession; acknowledgement |
| 空腹 | くうふく | kūfuku | hunger |
| 上司 | じょうし | jōshi | superior authorities; boss |
| 聖書 | せいしょ | seisho | Bible; scriptures |
| 工作 | こうさく | kōsaku | work; construction; handicraft; maneuvering |
| 採決 | さいけつ | saiketsu | vote; roll call |
| 連邦 | れんぽう | renpō | commonwealth; federation of states |
| 分散 | ぶんさん | bunsan | dispersion; decentralization; variance (statistics) |
| 中断 | ちゅうだん | chūdan | interruption; suspension; break |
| 飼育 | しいく | shiiku | breeding; raising; rearing |
| あべこべ | — | abekobe | contrary; opposite; inverse |
| 亜科 | あか | aka | suborder; subfamily |
| 百科事典 | ひゃっかじてん | hyakkajiten | encyclopedia |
| 基 | もとい | motoi | basis |
| 断言 | だんげん | dangen | declaration; affirmation |
| 安静 | あんせい | ansei | rest |
| 地元 | じもと | jimoto | local |
| 円満 | えんまん | enman | perfection; harmony; peace; smoothness; completeness; satisfaction; integrity |
| 間柄 | あいだがら | aidagara | relation(ship) |
| 欠乏 | けつぼう | ketsubō | want; shortage; famine |
| 気風 | きふう | kifū | character; traits; ethos |
| 同封 | どうふう | dōfū | enclosure (e.g. in a letter) |
| 臍 | へそ | heso | navel; belly-button |
| 治療 | ちりょう | chiryō | medical treatment |
| ローマ字 | ローマじ | rōmaji | romanization; Roman letters |
| 火傷 | かしょう | kashō | burn; scald |
| 弁論 | べんろん | benron | discussion; debate; argument |
| 慣れ | なれ | nare | practice; experience |
| 商 | しょう | shō | quotient |
| 民族 | みんぞく | minzoku | people; race; nation; racial customs; folk customs |
| ノイローゼ | — | noirōze | (de:) (n) neurosis (de: Neurose) |
| 生やす | はやす | hayasu | to grow; to cultivate; to wear beard |
| 知的 | ちてき | chiteki | intellectual |
| 審議 | しんぎ | shingi | deliberation |
| 片付け | かたづけ | katazuke | tidying up; finishing |
| アプローチ | — | apurōchi | approach (in golf) |
| 沿い | ぞい | zoi | along |
| 取材 | しゅざい | shuzai | choice of subject; collecting data |
| 消去 | しょうきょ | shōkyo | elimination; erasing; dying out; melting away |
| 物資 | ぶっし | busshi | goods; materials |
| あざ笑う | あざわらう | azawarau | to sneer at; to ridicule |
| インターフォン | — | intāfon | intercom |
| 映写 | えいしゃ | eisha | projection |
| 独占 | どくせん | dokusen | monopoly |
| 様相 | ようそう | yōsō | aspect |
| 失調 | しっちょう | shitchō | lack of harmony |
| 天 | あまつ | amatsu | heavenly; imperial |
| 操る | あやつる | ayatsuru | to manipulate; to operate; to pull strings |
| 総会 | そうかい | sōkai | general meeting |
| 状 | じょう | jō | shape |
| 旅客 | りょかく | ryokaku | passenger (transport) |
| 据え付ける | すえつける | suetsukeru | to install; to equip; to mount |
| 辞退 | じたい | jitai | refusal |
| 満場 | まんじょう | manjō | unanimous; whole audience |
| 発足 | はっそく | hassoku | starting; inauguration |
| 僕 | しもべ | shimobe | manservant; servant (of God) |
| 時刻表 | じこくひょう | jikokuhyō | table; diagram; chart; timetable; schedule |
| 蓄積 | ちくせき | chikuseki | accumulation; accumulate; store |
| 一向 | ひたすら | hitasura | earnestly |
| 月日 | がっぴ | gappi | (the) date |
| 煙たい | けむたい | kemutai | smoky; feeling awkward |
| 落ち葉 | おちば | ochiba | fallen leaves; leaf litter; defoliation; shedding leaves |
| 航海 | こうかい | kōkai | sail; voyage |
| 通常 | つうじょう | tsūjō | common; general; usually |
| 論理 | ろんり | ronri | logic |
| 推測 | すいそく | suisoku | guess; conjecture |