JLPT N1 Vocabulary
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| Word | Reading | Romaji | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 不意 | ふい | fui | sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen |
| 偏る | かたよる | katayoru | to be one-sided; to incline; to be partial; to be prejudiced; to lean; to be biased |
| 初 | はつ | hatsu | first; new |
| 御 | ご | go | go-; honourable |
| コントラスト | — | kontorasuto | contrast |
| 相対 | あいたい | aitai | confrontation; facing; between ourselves; no third party; tete-a-tete |
| 壷 | つぼ | tsubo | tsubo jar; pot; vase |
| 産む | うむ | umu | to give birth; to deliver; to produce |
| 磁器 | じき | jiki | porcelain; china |
| 変遷 | へんせん | hensen | change; transition; vicissitudes |
| 毟る | むしる | mushiru | to pluck; to pick; to tear |
| 料 | りょう | ryō | material; charge; rate; fee |
| 落ち込む | おちこむ | ochikomu | to fall into; to feel down (sad) |
| 控室 | ひかえしつ | hikaeshitsu | waiting room |
| おおい | — | ōi | hey! |
| 持続 | じぞく | jizoku | continuation |
| 貫禄 | かんろく | kanroku | presence; dignity |
| 児 | こ | ko | child; the young of animals |
| 良い | いい | ii | good |
| 本格 | ほんかく | honkaku | propriety; fundamental rules |
| 為さる | なさる | nasaru | to do |
| 栽培 | さいばい | saibai | cultivation |
| 配給 | はいきゅう | haikyū | distribution (eg. films rice) |
| 手当て | てあて | teate | allowance; compensation; treatment; medical care |
| 細胞 | さいぼう | saibō | cell (biology) |
| 議案 | ぎあん | gian | legislative bill |
| 演じる | えんじる | enjiru | to perform (a play); to play (a part); to act (a part); to commit (a blunder) |
| 実業家 | じつぎょうか | jitsugyōka | industrialist; businessman |
| 軍艦 | ぐんかん | gunkan | warship; battleship |
| 恥 | はじ | haji | shame; embarrassment |
| 勤まる | つとまる | tsutomaru | to be fit for; to be equal to; to function properly |
| 名高い | なだかい | nadakai | famous; celebrated; well-known |
| 前置き | まえおき | maeoki | preface; introduction |
| 灰皿 | はいさら | haisara | ashtray |
| 模倣 | もほう | mohō | imitation; copying |
| 填まる | はまる | hamaru | to get into; to go into; to fit; to be fit for; to suit; to fall into; to plunge into; to be deceived; to be |
| 加留多 | かるた | karuta | (pt:) (n) playing cards (pt: carta) |
| だらけ | — | darake | implying (negatively) that something is full of e.g. mistakes |
| 返答 | へんとう | hentō | reply |
| 藻掻く | もがく | mogaku | to struggle; to wriggle; to be impatient |
| 下吏 | かり | kari | lower official |
| 格 | かく | kaku | status; character; case |
| 出社 | しゅっしゃ | shussha | arrival (in a country at work etc.) |
| ボルト | — | boruto | volt; bolt |
| 奮闘 | ふんとう | funtō | hard struggle; strenuous effort |
| 創刊 | そうかん | sōkan | launching (e.g. newspaper); first issue |
| 取り立てる | とりたてる | toritateru | to collect; to extort; to appoint; to promote |
| 再現 | さいげん | saigen | reappearance; reproduction; return; revival |
| 員 | いん | in | member |
| 引き受ける | ひきうける | hikiukeru | to undertake; to take up; to take over; to be responsible for; to guarantee; to contract (disease) |
| 長 | おさ | osa | chief; head |
| 介護 | かいご | kaigo | nursing |
| あられ | — | arare | kind of cookie; cartoon character |
| 庶民 | しょみん | shomin | masses; common people |
| 面する | めんする | mensuru | to face on; to look out on to |
| 天才 | てんさい | tensai | genius; prodigy; natural gift |
| 仕様 | しよう | shiyō | way; method; resource; remedy; (technical) specification |
| 制定 | せいてい | seitei | enactment; establishment; creation |
| 処罰 | しょばつ | shobatsu | punishment |
| 部 | ぶ | bu | department; part; category; counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine |
| 徹する | てっする | tessuru | to sink in; to penetrate; to devote oneself; to believe in; to go through; to do intently and exclusively |
| 含嗽 | うがい | ugai | gargle; rinse mouth |
| 鉛 | なまり | namari | lead (the metal) |
| 根本 | こんぽん | konpon | origin; source; foundation; root; base; principle |
| 沸騰 | ふっとう | futtō | boiling; seething |
| 神秘 | しんぴ | shinpi | mystery |
| 気流 | きりゅう | kiryū | atmospheric current |
| 諄い | くどい | kudoi | verbose; importunate; heavy (taste) |
| 濯ぐ | すすぐ | susugu | to rinse; to wash out |
| 沈黙 | ちんもく | chinmoku | silence; reticence |
| 沈殿 | ちんでん | chinden | precipitation; settlement |
| 偖 | さて | sate | well; now; then |
| 始末 | しまつ | shimatsu | management; dealing; settlement; cleaning up afterwards |
| でかい | — | dekai | huge |
| 着色 | ちゃくしょく | chakushoku | colouring; coloring |
| 任命 | にんめい | ninmei | appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation |
| 衆議院 | しゅうぎいん | shūgiin | Lower House; House of Representatives |
| 判決 | はんけつ | hanketsu | judicial decision; judgement; sentence; decree |
| 主導 | しゅどう | shudō | main leadership |
| 折り返す | おりかえす | orikaesu | to turn up; to fold back |
| 一息 | ひといき | hitoiki | puffy; a breath; a pause; an effort |
| クレーン | — | kurēn | crane |
| 契る | ちぎる | chigiru | to pledge; to promise; to swear |
| カーペット | — | kāpetto | carpet |
| 傑 | けつ | ketsu | excellence |
| 切ない | せつない | setsunai | painful; trying; oppressive; suffocating |
| 守備 | しゅび | shubi | defense |
| 愚か | おろか | oroka | foolish; stupid |
| 脅かす | おどかす | odokasu | to threaten; to coerce |
| 当たり | あたり | atari | hit; success; reaching the mark; per ...; vicinity; neighborhood |
| 戦 | いくさ | ikusa | war; battle; campaign; fight |
| 不振 | ふしん | fushin | dullness; depression; slump; stagnation |
| 便宜 | べんぎ | bengi | convenience; accommodation; advantage; expedience |
| 涸れる | かれる | kareru | to dry up; to run out |
| 手数 | てかず | tekazu | number of moves; trouble |
| 絡む | からむ | karamu | to entangle; to entwine |
| 興奮 | こうふん | kōfun | excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal |
| 伝言 | つてごと | tsutegoto | verbal message; rumor; word |
| 何気ない | なにげない | nanigenai | casual; unconcerned |
| 趣旨 | しゅし | shushi | object; meaning |