JLPT N1 Vocabulary List

tax office

prisoner (of war)

losing something

full moon

allotment, assignment, allocation, quota, rationing

channel

preface, introduction

newly-wed

overflowing, flood

young bird, chick, doll

power, motive power, dynamic force

comedy, funny show

refusal

grand, prosperous, magnificent

to learn by experience, to be disgusted with

scorn, disdain

first arrival

garage (at house)

in advance, beforehand, previously

to put on sale, to market, to become popular

egghead, intelligentsia

to keep someone from doing, to stop, to prevent, to check, to hinder, to obstruct, to oppose, to thwart

physique, constitution

to invade, to raid, to trespass, to violate, to intrude on

ambition, aspiration, designs, treachery

rejection, negation, voting down

to prosper, to flourish

to manage, to control, to supervise

precedent

dangle heavily, swing, sway to and fro, aimlessly, idly, lazily, loiter, loaf, be idle, stroll idly

tuberculosis, tubercule

tanka, 31-syllable Japanese poem

gap, slippage

pottery, ceramics

to give board to, to provide meals, to pay

1. frank, blunt, plain, outspoken, 2. conspicuous, open, 3. broad, suggestive

to excel, to surpass, to outrival

ear (of plant), head (of plant)

to fall ill, to be ill

sudden, abrupt, unexpected, unforeseen

to capture, to occupy, to usurp

fine weather

to hinder, to interfere with, to affect, to do one harm, to be harmful to

clothing

tail (animal)

pipe, tube

aptitude

to hang, to droop, to drop, to lower, to pull down, to dangle, to sag, to drip, to ooze, to trickle, to leave

concession, conciliation, compromise

waste money on, squander money on, flog a dead horse

specialty, special product

innocence, simple-mindedness

theory

delinquency, misconduct

Japanese style

poor, meagre, insubstantial

industry, diligence

uniformity, evenness, similarity, equality, impartiality

chemical combination

play, drama