JLPT N1 Vocabulary
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| Word | Reading | Romaji | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 大便 | だいべん | daiben | feces; excrement; shit |
| 貶す | けなす | kenasu | to speak ill of |
| 郷愁 | きょうしゅう | kyōshū | nostalgia; homesickness |
| 文 | ふみ | fumi | letter; writings |
| 手筈 | てはず | tehazu | arrangement; plan; programme |
| 語句 | ごく | goku | words; phrases |
| 依って | よって | yotte | therefore; consequently; accordingly; because of |
| 規定 | きてい | kitei | regulation; provisions |
| 演習 | えんしゅう | enshū | practice; exercises; manoeuvers |
| 何れ | いずれ | izure | where; which; who; anyway; anyhow; at any rate |
| 明くる | あくる | akuru | next; following |
| 倣 | ほう | hō | imitate; follow; emulate |
| 如何しても | どうしても | dōshitemo | by all means; at any cost; no matter what; after all; in the long run; cravingly; at any rate; surely |
| 敢えて | あえて | aete | dare (to do); challenge (to do) |
| 済みません | すみません | sumimasen | sorry; excuse me |
| 支持 | しじ | shiji | support; maintenance |
| 熱量 | ねつりょう | netsuryō | temperature |
| 真心 | まこころ | makokoro | sincerity; devotion |
| 後回し | あとまわし | atomawashi | putting off; postponing |
| 代用 | だいよう | daiyō | substitution |
| 衆 | しゅう | shū | masses; great number; the people |
| 校 | こう | kō | -school; proof |
| 絶える | たえる | taeru | to die out; to peter out; to become extinct |
| 統合 | とうごう | tōgō | integration; unification; synthesis |
| 止める | とどめる | todomeru | to stop; to cease; to put an end to |
| 首飾り | くびかざり | kubikazari | necklace |
| 工学 | こうがく | kōgaku | engineering |
| 働 | どう | dō | work; labor |
| 業 | ごう | gō | Buddhist karma; actions committed in a former life |
| 保養 | ほよう | hoyō | health preservation; recuperation; recreation |
| 発 | はつ | hatsu | departure; beginning; counter for gunshots |
| うんざり | — | unzari | tedious; boring; being fed up with |
| 樹立 | じゅりつ | juritsu | establish; create |
| 真相 | しんそう | shinsō | truth; real situation |
| 英字 | えいじ | eiji | English letter (character) |
| 口ずさむ | くちずさむ | kuchizusamu | to hum something; to sing to oneself |
| 拝啓 | はいけい | haikei | Dear (so and so) |
| ベース | — | bēsu | base; bass |
| 始め | はじめ | hajime | beginning; start; origin |
| 追い出す | おいだす | oidasu | to expel; to drive out |
| 中枢 | ちゅうすう | chūsū | centre; pivot; mainstay; nucleus; backbone; central figure; pillar; key man |
| 傾斜 | けいしゃ | keisha | inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip |
| 命中 | めいちゅう | meichū | a hit |
| 盾 | たて | tate | shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext |
| 結晶 | けっしょう | kesshō | crystal; crystallization |
| 山岳 | さんがく | sangaku | mountains |
| 沈没 | ちんぼつ | chinbotsu | sinking; foundering |
| 出品 | しゅっぴん | shuppin | exhibit; display |
| 滞る | とどこおる | todokōru | to stagnate; to be delayed |
| 親しむ | したしむ | shitashimu | to be intimate with; to befriend |
| 強める | つよめる | tsuyomeru | to strengthen; to emphasize |
| 遅らす | おくらす | okurasu | to retard; to delay |
| 勢力 | せいりょく | seiryoku | influence; power; might; strength; potency; force; energy |
| 清濁 | せいだく | seidaku | good and evil; purity and impurity |
| スポーツカー | — | supōtsukā | sports car |
| 異動 | いどう | idō | a change |
| 十分 | じっぷん | jippun | 10 minutes |
| 遣る | やる | yaru | to do; to have sexual intercourse; to kill; to give (to inferiors animals etc.); to dispatch (a letter |
| 策 | さく | saku | plan; policy |
| 打付ける | ぶつける | butsukeru | to knock; to run into; to nail on; to strike hard; to hit and attack |
| 鉄鋼 | てっこう | tekkō | iron and steel |
| とんだ | — | tonda | terrible; awful; serious; preposterous; absolutely not |
| 柵 | さく | saku | fence; paling |
| ジャズ | — | jazu | jazz |
| 地獄 | じごく | jigoku | hell |
| 達成 | たっせい | tassei | achievement |
| 弁償 | べんしょう | benshō | next word; compensation; reparation; indemnity; reimbursement |
| 精密 | せいみつ | seimitsu | precise; exact; detailed; minute; close |
| 丸める | まるめる | marumeru | to make round; to round off; to roll up; to curl up; to seduce; to cajole; to explain away |
| 爆破 | ばくは | bakuha | blast; explosion; blow up |
| 物体 | ぶったい | buttai | body; object |
| 道場 | どうじょう | dōjō | dojo; hall used for martial arts training; mandala |
| 生育 | せいいく | seiiku | growth; development; breeding |
| 野生 | やせい | yasei | wild |
| いい加減 | いいかげん | iikagen | moderate; right; random; not thorough; vague; irresponsible; halfhearted |
| 過多 | かた | kata | excess; superabundance |
| 報ずる | ほうずる | hōzuru | to inform; to report |
| 拡散 | かくさん | kakusan | scattering; diffusion |
| 外来 | がいらい | gairai | imported; outpatient clinic |
| 悲惨 | ひさん | hisan | misery |
| 主権 | しゅけん | shuken | sovereignty; supremacy; dominion |
| 裾 | すそ | suso | (trouser) cuff; (skirt) hem; cut edge of a hairdo; foot of mountain |
| 桟橋 | さんきょう | sankyō | wharf; bridge; jetty; pier |
| 渡り鳥 | わたりどり | wataridori | migratory bird; bird of passage |
| 私有 | しゆう | shiyū | private ownership |
| 見地 | けんち | kenchi | point of view |
| 採集 | さいしゅう | saishū | collecting; gathering |
| ストロボ | — | sutorobo | stroboscope (lit: strobo); strobe lamp; stroboscopic lamp |
| 何時も | いつも | itsumo | always; usually; every time; never (with neg. verb) |
| 台本 | だいほん | daihon | libretto; scenario |
| 放射 | ほうしゃ | hōsha | radiation; emission |
| 信者 | しんじゃ | shinja | believer; adherent; devotee; Christian |
| 暗示 | あんじ | anji | hint; suggestion |
| 裂ける | さける | sakeru | to split; to tear; to burst |
| 妨害 | ぼうがい | bōgai | disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference |
| 確り | しっかり | shikkari | firmly; tightly; reliable; level-headed; steady |
| 原点 | げんてん | genten | origin (coordinates); starting point |
| 飲み込む | のみこむ | nomikomu | to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to catch on to; to learn; to digest |
| 何しろ | なにしろ | nanishiro | at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case |
| 贋物 | がんぶつ | ganbutsu | imitation; counterfeit; forgery; sham |