JLPT N1 · Advanced

JLPT N1 Vocabulary List

3,315 words

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  1. 或いは

    あるいは

    or, possibly

  2. 掛け

    かけ

    credit

  3. 取り替え

    とりかえ

    swap, exchange

  4. 課外

    かがい

    extracurricular

  5. at once, in a moment, suddenly, all at once

  6. 難い

    かたい

    difficult, hard

  7. 出費

    しゅっぴ

    expenses, disbursements

  8. ray (fish)

  9. 西日

    にしび

    westering sun

  10. 炭素

    たんそ

    carbon (C)

  11. じょ

    help, rescue, assistant

  12. wild

  13. 所謂

    いわゆる

    the so-called, so to speak

  14. to talk, to chat, to chatter

  15. still more, still less (with neg. verb), to say nothing of, not to mention

  16. by all means, at any cost, no matter what, after all, in the long run, cravingly, at any rate, surely

  17. -like, typical / object; target

  18. 皇居

    こうきょ

    Imperial Palace

  19. よし

    reed, bulrush

  20. 早急

    さっきゅう

    urgent

  21. for the present, once, in outline

  22. lesson

  23. to investigate, to examine, inquiry; investigation

  24. いにしえ

    antiquity, ancient times

  25. みつ

    nectar, honey

  26. not at all (neg. verb)

  27. long ago, already, a long time ago

  28. 把握

    はあく

    grasp, catch, understanding

  29. socks

  30. 生育

    せいいく

    growth, development, breeding

  31. last on the list, at the bottom

  32. 勧め

    すすめ

    recommendation, advice, encouragement

  33. 刺繍

    ししゅう

    embroidery

  34. 荒廃

    こうはい

    ruin

  35. ご座います

    ございます

    to be (polite), to exist

  36. vacant, futile, vain, void, empty, ineffective, lifeless

  37. 社宅

    しゃたく

    company owned house

  38. 勧告

    かんこく

    advice, counsel, remonstrance, recommendation

  39. 同調

    どうちょう

    sympathy, agree with, alignment, tuning

  40. 10^24 (kanji is JIS X 0212 kuten 4906), septillion (American), quadrillion (British)

  41. period, time

  42. もん

    problem, question

  43. 微塵

    みじん

    particle, atom

  44. 押し寄せる

    おしよせる

    to push aside, to advance on

  45. depending on

  46. 揃い

    そろい

    set, suit, uniform

  47. (pt:) (n) playing cards (pt: carta)

  48. 取り立てる

    とりたてる

    to collect, to extort, to appoint, to promote

  49. fleeting, transient, short-lived, momentary, vain, fickle, miserable, empty, ephemeral

  50. 仕切る

    しきる

    to partition, to divide, to mark off, to settle accounts, to toe the mark

  51. scissors

  52. volt, bolt

  53. 打ち消し

    うちけし

    negation, denial, negative

  54. thorn, splinter, spine, biting words

  55. 変遷

    へんせん

    change, transition, vicissitudes

  56. 慣例

    かんれい

    custom, precedent, of convention

  57. rust (colour)

  58. 手掛ける

    てがける

    to handle, to manage, to work with, to rear, to look after, to have experience with

  59. 何気ない

    なにげない

    casual, unconcerned

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