JLPT N1 Vocabulary List

to respect, to honor, to esteem, to prize

to bury, to inter, to entomb, to consign to oblivion, to shelve

stalk

use

to become loose, to slacken

to be sticky, to be adhesive, to persevere, to persist, to stick to

funny, humorous, comical, laughable, ridiculous, joking

sinking, foundering

good prospects, full of hope, promising

attack (disease)

forestry

developing (film)

mess, spoiled, (come to) nothing

extermination

to spring, to bound, to bounce, to be stimulated, to be encouraged, to get lively, to treat oneself to, to

rhythmical (e.g. melody), casual (e.g. dress), light, nimble

cheque, check

lending (money), accommodation, adaptability, versatility, finance

inland

restraint, shackles, restriction, confinement, binding

fishing boat

betting, gambling, a gamble

country, rural districts

trunk, body, frame

organ (of body), instrument

chemical element

futures, credit (buying), stretching, total

immediately, soon, easily, right (near), honest, upright

exaggeration

superiority, superior power, predominance, preponderance

age, marriageable age, age of puberty, adolescence, for some years

smoothness, glassiness

1. hold, charge, keep possession, in charge, 2. wear, durability, life, draw, 3. usage (suff)

to feel ashamed

boiling, seething

patience, perseverance, energy

pay by proxy, act for another, speak for another

substitution

environment, circumstances

flight, desertion, escape

collecting, gathering

to loosen, to slow down

transfer (trains buses etc.)

armaments, military preparations

along railway line

obedient, docile, quiet

antipathy, revolt, animosity

business recession, hard times, depression, gloom, sullenness, cheerlessness

to bear, to stand, to endure, to put up with, to support, to withstand, to resist, to brave, to be fit for, t

narrow, tight, stiff, rigid, uneasy, formal, constrained

life and death

stamp, seal

monotony, monotone, dullness

torii (Shinto shrine archway)

annihilation

knowledge, information

to coincide (fall on the same day), to have two of something, to repeat a school year after failing

decency, style, form, appearance, show, get-up, format

to groan, to moan, to roar, to howl, to growl, to hum, to buzz, to sough

rod, pole (e.g. for drying laundry)