JLPT Vocabulary List

JLPT N1 Vocabulary List

All 2681 N1 words, in the order Nihondex teaches them.

WordMeaning
濯ぐゆすぐto rinse / swish out lightly (often mouth, hair, or light rinsing; e.g. 髪をゆすぐ = rinse hair)
共稼ぎともかせぎworking together, (husband and wife) earning a living together
嘗めるなめるto lick; to experience; to make fun of
箇条書かじょうがきitemized form, itemization
備え付けるそなえつけるto provide, to equip, to install
だぶだぶだぶだぶloose, baggy
謹むつつしむto be careful, to be discreet; to refrain from
見計らうみはからうto choose at one's own discretion
度忘れどわすれlapse of memory, forget for a moment
ばてるばてるto be exhausted, to be worn out
遅らすおくらすto retard, to delay
書き取るかきとるto write down, to take dictation
据え付けるすえつけるto install, to equip, to mount
汚らわしいけがらわしいfilthy, disgusting, repulsive
ミスプリントミスプリントmisprint
夜具やぐbedding
弛むたるむto slacken, to loosen, to relax
洒落るしゃれるto joke, to play on words; stylish
空ろうつろblank, hollow, empty
突っ突くつっつくto poke, to nudge; to egg (someone) on
惚けるぼけるto grow senile, to fade
恵むめぐむto bless, to show mercy to
即するそくするto conform to, to agree with, to be adapted to
いやにいやにawfully, terribly
軒並のきなみrow of houses; uniformly
途切れるとぎれるto pause, to be interrupted
漏るもるto leak, to run out
伜せがれson, my son
捩れるねじれるtwist, strain
故~こ~deceased, late
~光~こう“-light / radiation / beam” in compounds (e.g. 光線[こうせん] = light ray)
こすこすto strain, to filter
さらうさらうto kidnap
取り混ぜるとりまぜるto mix, to put together
情深いなさけぶかいtender-hearted, compassionate
~派~はfaction, school (of thought), group
受持ちうけもちcharge (of something), matter in one's charge
植わるうわるto be planted
~営~えい~ run
おごるおごるto give (someone) a treat
~界~かいworld, circle, kingdom
~街~がいtown / district / area in compounds (e.g. 商店街[しょうてんがい] = shopping street)
~画~かく~ strokes (used in counting kanji strokes)
掛~かけ~credit
~掛け~かけrack, hanger
片~かた~single ~
~狂~きょうmaniac, fan, freak
当~とう~Our ~ (e.g., Hotel, plane, etc.)
赤らむあからむto become red, to blush
あせるあせるto fade, to discolor
あつらえるあつらえるto order (custom-made)
~宛~あてfor…(e.g., In a letter)
ありふれるありふれるcommon, ordinary, routine
~合せ~あわせin all
~署~しょdepartment
~症~しょうdisease
~証~しょうproof, certificate
~嬢~じょうyoung woman
~心~しんmind / heart / state in compounds (e.g. 安心[あんしん] = relief, worry-free)
すくうすくうto scoop
~著~ちょwritten by ~
つじつまつじつまcoherence, consistency
つぶるつぶるto close the eyes
照り返すてりかえすto reflect, to throw back light
~割~わり~ percent
割込むわりこむto cut in, to disturb
萎びるしなびるto shrivel, to fade
~宗~しゅうsect
隔たるへだたるto be distant
綻びるほころびるto come apart at the seams, to smile broadly
干し~ほし~dried ~
マイ~マイ~my ~, one's own ~
~増し~まし~increase
またがるまたがるto straddle
~味~み“-flavored / taste of ~” (used in compounds; e.g. チョコ味[み] = chocolate flavor)
~網~もう~ network
~薬~やくmedicine (drug types / medical terms)
~油~ゆ~ oil in compounds, often bath/processed oils
~寄り~よりnear to ~ (e.g., North by East)
引下げるひきさげるto pull down, to lower, to reduce, to withdraw
ひびひびcrack, fissure, flaw

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