JLPT N1 · Advanced

JLPT N1 Vocabulary List

3,315 words

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  1. 経緯

    いきさつ

    1. details, whole story, sequence of events, particulars, how it started, how things got this way, 2. c

  2. rice

  3. 沈殿

    ちんでん

    precipitation, settlement

  4. 桟橋

    さんきょう

    wharf, bridge, jetty, pier

  5. ぶち

    spots, speckles, mottles

  6. あて

    addressed to

  7. 先代

    せんだい

    family predecessor, previous age, previous generation

  8. noodles (Japanese)

  9. meaning, tenor, gist, effect, appearance, taste, grace, charm, refinement

  10. cocktail

  11. 水源

    すいげん

    source of river, fountainhead

  12. 一息

    ひといき

    puffy, a breath, a pause, an effort

  13. 比重

    ひじゅう

    specific gravity

  14. 宙返り

    ちゅうがえり

    somersault, looping-the-loop

  15. 回送

    かいそう

    forwarding

  16. servant, fellow / chap; guy; thing

  17. 嵩張る

    かさばる

    to be bulky, to be unwieldy, to grow voluminous

  18. 潜入

    せんにゅう

    infiltration, sneaking in

  19. Arab

  20. international

  21. 給う

    たまう

    to receive, to grant

  22. far, far-away, distant, remote, far off

  23. 1. (uk) surely, undoubtedly, certainly, without fail, 2. sternly, severely

  24. precious, valuable, priceless, noble, exalted, sacred

  25. 其れでは

    それでは

    in that situation, well then ...

  26. firmly, tightly, reliable, level-headed, steady

  27. 素っ気ない

    そっけない

    cold, short, curt, blunt

  28. membrane, film

  29. 長編

    ちょうへん

    long (e.g. novel film)

  30. career, career government employee

  31. 考古学

    こうこがく

    archaeology

  32. 退化

    たいか

    degeneration, retrogression

  33. child, the young of animals

  34. where, which, who, anyway, anyhow, at any rate

  35. 記名

    きめい

    signature, register

  36. 主導

    しゅどう

    main leadership

  37. (camera) filter

  38. ぜん

    (small) table, tray, meal

  39. 丸ごと

    まるごと

    in its entirety, whole, wholly

  40. 何も

    なにも

    nothing

  41. beforehand, in advance, previously

  42. monk, priest

  43. you, lady

  44. 壮大

    そうだい

    magnificent, grand, majestic, splendid

  45. race, lace

  46. 上回る

    うわまわる

    to exceed

  47. (computer) monitor

  48. お襁褓

    おむつ

    diaper, nappy

  49. 他動詞

    たどうし

    transitive verb (direct obj)

  50. sluggish, feel heavy, languid, dull

  51. 喫茶

    きっさ

    tea drinking, tea house

  52. 休戦

    きゅうせん

    truce, armistice

  53. 断言

    だんげん

    declaration, affirmation

  54. fight

  55. 若しかして

    もしかして

    perhaps, possibly

  56. 今日は

    こんにちは

    hello, good day (daytime greeting id)

  57. 兼業

    けんぎょう

    side line, second business

  58. 免れる

    まぬかれる

    to escape from, to be rescued from, to avoid, to evade, to avert, to elude, to be exempted, to be relieved

  59. 整然

    せいぜん

    orderly, regular, well-organized, trim, accurate

  60. it, that