N1 vocabulary · 4,449
JLPT list
- 妥協だきょうcompromise; settling for less
- 職務しょくむduties of one's post; professional duties
- 特技とくぎspecial skill; one's particular talent
- メロディーmelody; tune
- 牧師ぼくしpastor; minister (Protestant clergyman)
- 衛生えいせいhygiene; sanitation; public health
- 正にまさにexactly; precisely; truly; (with 〜しようとする) just about to
- 平方へいほうsquare (of a number); square (unit of area)
- 極楽ごくらくparadise; the Pure Land (Buddhism); sheer bliss
- パチンコpachinko (Japanese pinball gambling); slingshot
- 溶液ようえきsolution (a liquid with something dissolved in it)
- 一部いちぶa part; a portion; some (of); one copy (of a document or book)
- カンニングcheating in an examination
- 世辞せじflattery; a compliment paid out of politeness
- 率いるひきいるto lead; to head (a group); to command (troops)
- 屎尿しにょうhuman waste; excreta; night soil
- 繊維せんいfibre; fiber; textile
- 露つゆdew; dewdrop
- 積もりつもりintention; plan; estimate
- 軈てやがてbefore long; soon; in time; eventually
- 規格きかくstandard; norm; specification
- 拒否きょひdenial; veto; rejection; refusal
- 休学きゅうがくtemporary absence from school; taking leave of absence from school
- 密度みつどdensity
- 当て字あてじphonetic-equivalent character; kanji used for sound rather than meaning; substitute character
- 戴きますいただきますexpression of gratitude before meals; I gratefully receive
- 議決ぎけつresolution; formal decision by vote
- 耳鼻科じびかotolaryngology; ear and nose department (of a hospital)
- お洒落おしゃれstylishness; dressing up smartly; fashion-conscious; someone smartly dressed
- 上がりあがりrise; ascent; slope; finish; result of finishing; proceeds; yield; (suffix) ex-; former
- 攻めせめattack; offence; assault
- 腐敗ふはいdecay; rotting; spoilage; corruption; depravity
- 添うそうto accompany; to stay by someone's side; to be married to; to meet (expectations); to comply with
- 仰っしゃるおっしゃるto say; to speak; to tell (honorific)
- 浜辺はまべbeach; seashore; foreshore
- 対決たいけつconfrontation; showdown; face-off
- 群集ぐんしゅうcrowd; throng; multitude; (of people or things) gathering in one place
- 研ぐとぐto sharpen; to hone; to grind; to polish; to wash (rice)
- 落下らっかfall; drop; descent
- 事柄ことがらmatter; thing; affair; circumstance
- 切りきりend; limit; bounds; a good place to stop; (after a verb) doing nothing but; ever since
- 助動詞じょどうしauxiliary verb
- 品種ひんしゅvariety (of plant or animal); breed; kind of product
- 冊さつcounter for books and bound volumes
- 万能ばんのうall-purpose; universal; almighty; omnipotent
- 蔵くらstorehouse; warehouse; cellar; granary; treasury
- バット(baseball) bat; shallow metal tray; vat
- ロマンチックromantic
- 玩具おもちゃtoy; plaything
- 崩壊ほうかいcollapse; crumbling; caving in; breakdown; decay (physics)
- 碌にろくに(with negative) hardly; barely; not properly; not enough
- 動向どうこうtrend; tendency; movement; (someone's) movements
- 接続詞せつぞくしconjunction (part of speech)
- 凶作きょうさくbad harvest; crop failure
- 固有こゆうcharacteristic (of); peculiar (to); inherent; proper; eigen-
- 賛美さんびpraise; adoration; glorification
- シックchic; stylish and understated
- 絶つたつto sever; to cut off; to break off (relations); to give up (a habit); to put an end to
- 制約せいやくlimitation; restriction; constraint; condition
- 伜せがれmy son (humble); son; young fellow
- 上昇じょうしょうrising; ascending; climbing; increase
- 街頭がいとうin the street; on the street
- 合間あいまinterval; break; a gap between activities
- 上位じょういhigh rank; top places; superior position; higher order (e.g. byte); upper (in a hierarchy)
- 慎むつつしむto refrain from; to be moderate in; to be careful or discreet about
- エンジニアengineer
- 構えかまえposture; stance; style; appearance (of a building)
- 辿り着くたどりつくto grope along to; to struggle on to; to arrive somewhere after a struggle
- 学芸がくげいarts and sciences; liberal arts
- 其れ故それゆえtherefore; for that reason; so
- 差異さいdifference; disparity
- 役場やくばtown hall; village office
- 保温ほおんretaining warmth; keeping heat in; heat insulation
- 一敗いっぱいone defeat; one loss
- 破壊はかいdestruction
- 着飾るきかざるto dress up
- 火花ひばなspark
- 健全けんぜんhealth; soundness; wholesome
- 天国てんごくparadise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
- 個こcounter for articles or small objects; individual; piece
- インターナショナルinternational
- 共鳴きょうめいresonance; sympathy
- 連なるつらなるto extend; to stretch out; to stand in a row
- 玄人くろうとexpert; professional; connoisseur (as opposed to an amateur)
- 大柄おおがらlarge build; large pattern (on fabric)
- 辻褄つじつまcoherence; consistency
- イエスJesus; yes
- 称するしょうするto call; to name; to claim to be; to pretend; to purport
- 推理すいりreasoning; inference; mystery or detective genre (movie, novel, etc.)
- 化するかするto change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
- 傾けいlean; incline
- 自己じこself; oneself
- 申し入れるもうしいれるto propose; to suggest; to formally offer or request
- 打撃だげきblow; shock; strike; damage; batting (baseball)
- ポーズpose; posture; pause
- 期末きまつend of term; end of the (fiscal) period
- 吃驚びっくりbe surprised; be amazed; be frightened; astonishment
- 古いにしえantiquity; ancient times
- 入浴にゅうよくbathe; bathing
- 嵩むかさむto pile up; to increase; to mount up (of costs or bulk)
- 各おのおのeach; every; either; respectively; severally
- 些ともちっともnot at all (with a negative verb)
- ファンfan (enthusiast); fan (blower)
- 緊急きんきゅうurgent; pressing; emergency
- 若しかしたらもしかしたらperhaps; maybe; by some chance
- し10^24 (kanji is JIS X 0212 kuten 4906); septillion (American); quadrillion (British)
- 確定かくていdefinition (math); decision; settlement
- ぼやけるto become dim; to become blurred
- 産後さんごpostpartum; after childbirth
- 制服せいふくuniform
- 雨天うてんrainy weather
- 域外いきがいoutside the area; outside the zone
- 捲るまくるto roll up; to turn up; (as a verb suffix) to do something with reckless abandon
- 何なりなんなりany; anything; whatever
- 仙せんhermit; wizard; immortal sage
- 外観がいかんappearance; exterior; facade
- 観かんview; outlook; way of looking at something; appearance; spectacle
- 真ん前まんまえright in front; directly ahead; under one's nose
- 市街しがいurban area; the streets of a city; town; downtown
- 走行そうこうrunning a wheeled vehicle (e.g. a car); driving; traveling
- 標語ひょうごmotto; slogan; catchword
- 良質りょうしつgood quality; superior quality
- 境遇きょうぐうone's circumstances; one's lot in life; environment one was placed in
- 導入どうにゅうintroduction (of a system, technology, etc.); bringing in; installation
- ダンプdump truck (abbr. of ダンプカー); dumping; (computing) dump
- 発言はつげんutterance; remark; statement; speaking up (at a meeting)
- 決議けつぎresolution (passed by a body); vote; formal decision
- 謙るへりくだるto be humble; to humble oneself and defer to the listener
- 田園でんえんcountryside; rural districts; fields and gardens
- 改革かいかくreform; reformation; overhaul (of a system)
- 混同こんどうconfusing one thing with another; mixing up; conflation
- 騒動そうどうdisturbance; commotion; uproar; riot; fuss
- 済ますすますto finish; to get something over with; to settle; to make do (with)
- 無茶むちゃunreasonable; absurd; reckless; excessive; nonsense
- 茶の湯ちゃのゆthe tea ceremony; the way of tea
- 封鎖ふうさblockade; sealing off; freezing (of funds or accounts)
- 名残なごりtraces; vestiges; lingering remains (of something now gone); parting sorrow
- 婿むこson-in-law; bridegroom
- 丸でまるでjust like; as if; as though; (with a negative) not at all; completely
- 先着せんちゃくarriving first; first arrival; first come
- 当てはめるあてはめるto apply (a rule, formula, etc.) to; to adapt; to fit into
- 映像えいぞうimage (on a screen); picture; footage; reflection
- 手回してまわしpreparations; arrangements made in advance; (also) hand-cranking
- 護衛ごえいguard; escort; bodyguard; convoy
- 弁解べんかいexcuse; explanation offered in one's defence; justification
- 勤労きんろうlabor; work; diligent service
- 上陸じょうりくlanding; going ashore; disembarkation; (of a typhoon) making landfall
- 用品ようひんarticles; supplies; goods (for a particular purpose)
- 返るかえるto come back (of a thing); to be returned; to revert to a former state
- 手際てぎわskill in handling something; deftness; workmanship; the way one does a job