JLPT N1 Vocabulary List

to be clear, to be serene, to be cold, to be skillful

to speak ill of, to abuse

to touch, to tamper with

to make round, to round off, to roll up, to curl up, to seduce, to cajole, to explain away

to love, to be affectionate

straw

to be diverted, to slip into

to appear in disguise, to take the form of, to change for the worse

grandfather, male senior-citizen

business

ominous, sinister, bad luck, ill omen, inauspiciousness

very, greatly, exceedingly

how...!, what...!

gloom, melancholy

patience, endurance

to point at

busy, hurried, confused, flurried

to sink, to submerge

wholly, solely, entirely

veranda, porch, balcony, open corridor

all the more, still less

confession

son-in-law

abundantly, innumerably

news, letter, circumstances

to age

to grant, to award, to teach

to fall in love with, to love

employee, worker

grandmother, female senior-citizen

instruction, mandate

impolite, rude

to outdo, to surpass, to endure, to keep out (rain), to stave off, to tide over, to pull through, to defy, t

spark

cowardice, timidity

greedy, vulgar, shabby, humble, base, mean, vile

to hang, to suspend, to dangle, to swing

to extend over or into, to straddle

explanation, justification, defence, excuse

1. to hang (something) on (something), to throw on (clothes), 2. to hook, to catch, to trap, to ensnar

embankment, bank

solid, firm, stout, burly, strong, sturdy

to get cross, to get sulky, to swell (out), to expand, to be inflated, to distend, to bulge

to come near to, to approach

patrol car

helpless, forlorn, hopeless, unpromising, lonely, discouraging, disheartening

bravery, heroism, gallantry

seal

warship, battleship

lingering affection, attachment, regret(s), reluctance

to knock together, to arrange

to sharpen, to grind, to scour, to hone, to polish, to wash (rice)

to swarm, to gather

a hit

living room (Japanese style)

running away from home, leaving home

employee, servant

completely, perfectly, just as if

pulse

to cross, to intersect, to associate with, to mingle with, to interest, to join