JLPT N1 Vocabulary
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| Word | Reading | Romaji | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 悪い | にくい | nikui | hateful; abominable; poor-looking |
| げっそり | — | gessori | being disheartened; losing weight |
| 初版 | しょはん | shohan | first edition |
| 捻じれる | ねじれる | nejireru | to twist; to wrench; to screw |
| 予言 | かねごと | kanegoto | prediction; promise; prognostication |
| 器 | うつわ | utsuwa | bowl; vessel; container |
| 一同 | いちどう | ichidō | all present; all concerned; all of us |
| 該当 | がいとう | gaitō | corresponding; answering to; coming under |
| デザイン | — | dezain | design |
| 面会 | めんかい | menkai | interview |
| 同士 | どうし | dōshi | fellow; companion; comrade |
| 控える | ひかえる | hikaeru | to draw in; to hold back; to make notes; to be temperate in |
| 悩み | なやみ | nayami | trouble(s); worry; distress; anguish; agony; problem |
| 植民地 | しょくみんち | shokuminchi | colony |
| 漂う | ただよう | tadayō | to drift about; to float; to hang in air |
| 奉る | たてまつる | tatematsuru | to offer; to present; to revere; to do respectfully |
| 逃げ出す | にげだす | nigedasu | to run away; to escape from |
| 写し | うつし | utsushi | copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript |
| 潜水 | せんすい | sensui | diving |
| 相変わらず | あいかわらず | aikawarazu | as ever; as usual; the same |
| 差し掛かる | さしかかる | sashikakaru | to come near to; to approach |
| 其処で | そこで | sokode | so (conj); accordingly; now; then; thereupon |
| 救援 | きゅうえん | kyūen | relief; rescue; reinforcement |
| 揉める | もめる | momeru | to disagree; to dispute |
| 補充 | ほじゅう | hojū | supplementation; supplement; replenishment; replenishing |
| 各種 | かくしゅ | kakushu | every kind; all sorts |
| 気質 | かたぎ | katagi | spirit; character; trait; temperament; disposition |
| 帯びる | おびる | obiru | to wear; to carry; to be entrusted; to have; to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with |
| 感無量 | かんむりょう | kanmuryō | deep feeling; inexpressible feeling; filled with emotion |
| 然しながら | しかしながら | shikashinagara | nevertheless; however |
| 向け | むけ | muke | for ~; oriented towards ~ |
| 空しい | むなしい | munashii | vacant; futile; vain; void; empty; ineffective; lifeless |
| 襲う | おそう | osō | to attack |
| 不便 | ふびん | fubin | pity; compassion |
| 年鑑 | ねんかん | nenkan | yearbook |
| 留める | とどめる | todomeru | to stop; to cease; to put an end to |
| タイル | — | tairu | tile |
| 山脈 | さんみゃく | sanmyaku | mountain range |
| 排水 | はいすい | haisui | drainage |
| 上回る | うわまわる | uwamawaru | to exceed |
| 強制 | きょうせい | kyōsei | obligation; coercion; compulsion; enforcement |
| 新入生 | しんにゅうせい | shinnyūsei | freshman; first-year student |
| 仮 | か | ka | tentative; provisional |
| 学歴 | がくれき | gakureki | academic background |
| シート | — | shīto | seat; sheet |
| 戦災 | せんさい | sensai | war damage |
| 混血 | こんけつ | konketsu | mixed race; mixed parentage |
| 津波 | つなみ | tsunami | tsunami; tidal wave |
| 出鱈目 | でたらめ | detarame | irresponsible utterance; nonsense; nonsensical; random; haphazard; unsystematic |
| 目蓋 | まぶた | mabuta | eyelid |
| 間々 | まま | mama | occasionally; frequently |
| 簡素 | かんそ | kanso | simplicity; plain |
| ルール | — | rūru | rule |
| 繁盛 | はんじょう | hanjō | prosperity; flourishing; thriving |
| 塵取り | ちりとり | chiritori | dustpan |
| 吊るす | つるす | tsurusu | to hang |
| 顔付き | かおつき | kaotsuki | (outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression |
| 定年 | ていねん | teinen | retirement age |
| 世代 | せだい | sedai | generation; the world; the age |
| 本音 | ほんね | honne | real intention; motive |
| 運送 | うんそう | unsō | shipping; marine transportation |
| 分裂 | ぶんれつ | bunretsu | split; division; break up |
| ホース | — | hōsu | hose |
| 電源 | でんげん | dengen | source of electricity; power (button on TV etc.) |
| 年輪 | ねんりん | nenrin | annual tree ring |
| 外貨 | がいか | gaika | imported goods; foreign money |
| 人格 | じんかく | jinkaku | personality; character; individuality |
| 日向 | ひなた | hinata | sunny place; in the sun |
| 気配 | きはい | kihai | indication; market trend; worry |
| 見舞 | みまい | mimai | enquiry; expression of sympathy; expression of concern |
| 少女 | おとめ | otome | daughter; young lady; virgin; maiden; little girl |
| 微塵 | みじん | mijin | particle; atom |
| 美味しい | おいしい | oishii | delicious; tasty |
| 臆病 | おくびょう | okubyō | cowardice; timidity |
| 費 | ひ | hi | cost; expense |
| 誂える | あつらえる | atsuraeru | to give an order; to place an order |
| 保母 | ほぼ | hobo | day care worker in a kindergarten nursery school etc. |
| 汚す | けがす | kegasu | to disgrace; to dishonour |
| 姓名 | せいめい | seimei | full name |
| 重宝 | じゅうほう | jūhō | priceless treasure; convenience; usefulness |
| 差額 | さがく | sagaku | balance; difference; margin |
| 御免ください | ごめんください | gomenkudasai | May I come in? |
| 大ざっぱ | おおざっぱ | ōzappa | rough (as in not precise); broad; sketchy |
| 近視 | きんし | kinshi | shortsightedness |
| 分配 | ぶんぱい | bunpai | division; sharing |
| 然して | そして | soshite | and |
| 農場 | のうじょう | nōjō | farm (agriculture) |
| 流し | ながし | nagashi | sink |
| 不況 | ふきょう | fukyō | recession; depression; slump |
| 易い | やすい | yasui | easy |
| 甘える | あまえる | amaeru | to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on |
| 同調 | どうちょう | dōchō | sympathy; agree with; alignment; tuning |
| 滅びる | ほろびる | horobiru | to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed |
| 講読 | こうどく | kōdoku | reading; translation |
| アマチュア | — | amachua | amateur |
| お産 | おさん | osan | (giving) birth |
| 省みる | かえりみる | kaerimiru | to reflect |
| 花粉 | かふん | kafun | pollen |
| 粋 | いき | iki | chic; style; purity; essence |
| 責務 | せきむ | sekimu | duty; obligation |