JLPT N1 Vocabulary
The most advanced register, by category: literary and technical words, abstract concepts, and the formal verbs of essays, law, and journalism. Search, mark what you know, then quiz it. Also see N2 vocabulary.
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People & Relationships
人と関係23 words- 権力者けんりょくしゃ · kenryokushaperson in power
- 後ろ盾うしろだて · ushirodatebacking, supporter
- 重鎮じゅうちん · juuchinleading figure
- 側近そっきん · sokkinclose aide
- 門下生もんかせい · monkaseidisciple, pupil
- 盟友めいゆう · meiyuusworn friend, ally
- 宿敵しゅくてき · shukutekiold enemy, archrival
- 同胞どうほう · douhoucompatriot, brethren
- 末裔まつえい · matsueidescendant
- 世襲せしゅう · seshuuhereditary succession
- 庶民層しょみんそう · shominsoucommon people
- 有志ゆうし · yuushivolunteers, the willing
- 寄付者きふしゃ · kifushadonor
- 功労者こうろうしゃ · kouroushaperson of merit
- 立役者たてやくしゃ · tateyakushaleading figure, key player
- 傍観者ぼうかんしゃ · boukanshabystander, onlooker
- 扇動者せんどうしゃ · sendoushaagitator, instigator
- 権威者けんいしゃ · ken'ishaauthority, expert
- 為政者いせいしゃ · iseishastatesman, ruler
Feelings & Personality
気持ちと性格21 words- 哀愁あいしゅう · aishuupathos, melancholy
- 郷愁きょうしゅう · kyoushuunostalgia, homesickness
- 葛藤かっとう · kattouinner conflict, discord
- 焦燥しょうそう · shousouimpatience, fretfulness
- 憧憬どうけい · doukeilonging, yearning
- 傲慢さごうまんさ · goumansaarrogance
- 謙虚さけんきょさ · kenkyosahumility
- 高慢こうまん · koumanhaughty, proud
- 横柄おうへい · ouheiarrogant, overbearing
- 偏屈へんくつ · henkutsueccentric, bigoted
- 恍惚こうこつ · koukotsuecstasy, trance
- 陶酔とうすい · tousuiintoxication, rapture
- 嫌悪けんお · ken'ohatred, disgust
Daily Life
日常生活16 words- 営みいとなみ · itonamiactivity, life's workings
- 慣例かんれい · kanreiprecedent, usual practice
- 作法さほう · sahoumanners, etiquette
- 界隈かいわい · kaiwaineighborhood, area
- 所帯しょたい · shotaihousehold
- 所持品しょじひん · shojihinone's belongings
- 備蓄びちく · bichikustockpile, reserve
- 雑務ざつむ · zatsumuodd jobs, chores
- 寝食しんしょく · shinshokudaily life, board and lodging
Food & Cooking
食べ物と料理16 words- 食糧難しょくりょうなん · shokuryounanfood shortage
- 飽食ほうしょく · houshokugluttony, overeating
- 美食びしょく · bishokugourmet eating
- 粗食そしょく · soshokuplain food
- 嗜好しこう · shikoutaste, preference
- 精製せいせい · seiseirefining
- 保存食ほぞんしょく · hozonshokupreserved food
- 調合ちょうごう · chougoumixing, blending
- 配合はいごう · haigoucombination, blending
- 咀嚼そしゃく · soshakuchewing, mastication
- 舌鼓したつづみ · shitatsuzumismacking one's lips
Town & Shopping
町と買い物20 words- 商魂しょうこん · shoukoncommercial spirit
- 購買こうばい · koubaipurchasing
- 需給じゅきゅう · jukyuusupply and demand
- 寡占かせん · kasenoligopoly
- 競売きょうばい · kyoubaiauction
- 入札にゅうさつ · nyuusatsubidding, tender
- 暴落ぼうらく · bourakucrash, slump
- 卸値おろしね · oroshinewholesale price
- 原価げんか · genkacost price
- 利潤りじゅん · rijunprofit
- 譲渡じょうと · joutotransfer, conveyance
- 賠償ばいしょう · baishoucompensation, reparation
- 弁償べんしょう · benshoucompensation, refund
- 催事さいじ · saijispecial event (at a store)
Travel & Transport
旅行と交通19 words- 旅路たびじ · tabijijourney, route
- 道中どうちゅう · douchuuon the way, during a trip
- 行楽こうらく · kourakuouting, excursion
- 名勝めいしょう · meishouscenic spot
- 景勝けいしょう · keishouscenic beauty
- 秘境ひきょう · hikyouunexplored region
- 辺境へんきょう · henkyoufrontier, remote region
- 渋滞緩和じゅうたいかんわ · juutaikanwaeasing of congestion
- 迂回路うかいろ · ukairodetour route
- 要所ようしょ · youshokey point, strategic spot
- 拠点きょてん · kyotenbase, foothold
- 寄港きこう · kikouport call, stopover
- 経路けいろ · keiroroute, course
- 搬送はんそう · hansoutransport, conveyance
- 積荷つみに · tsuminicargo, freight
- 雑踏ざっとう · zattouhustle, crowd
Work & School
仕事と学校23 words- 降格こうかく · koukakudemotion
- 栄転えいてん · eitenpromotion and transfer
- 罷免ひめん · himendismissal
- 更迭こうてつ · koutetsureshuffle, replacement
- 人事じんじ · jinjipersonnel affairs
- 裁量さいりょう · sairyoudiscretion
- 統括とうかつ · toukatsusupervision, overall control
- 査定さてい · sateiassessment, appraisal
- 業務提携ぎょうむていけい · gyoumuteikeibusiness partnership
- 功績こうせき · kousekiachievement, merit
- 研鑽けんさん · kensandiligent study
Nature & Weather
自然と天気23 words- 天変地異てんぺんちい · tenpenchiinatural calamity
- 災厄さいやく · saiyakudisaster, calamity
- 干害かんがい · kangaidrought damage
- 冷害れいがい · reigaicold-weather damage
- 生態せいたい · seitaiecology, mode of life
- 群生ぐんせい · gunseigrowing in clusters
- 絶滅危惧ぜつめつきぐ · zetsumetsukiguendangerment
- 自浄じじょう · jijouself-purification
- 浄化じょうか · joukapurification
- 枯渇こかつ · kokatsuexhaustion, drying up
- 噴出ふんしゅつ · funshutsugushing out, eruption
- 堆積たいせき · taisekiaccumulation, deposit
- 侵食しんしょく · shinshokuerosion
- 風化ふうか · fuukaweathering
- 湿原しつげん · shitsugenmarsh, wetland
- 峡谷きょうこく · kyoukokugorge, canyon
- 潮流ちょうりゅう · chouryuutidal current, trend
Health & Body
健康と体22 words- 病巣びょうそう · byousoulesion, focus of disease
- 発病はつびょう · hatsubyouonset of disease
- 重篤じゅうとく · juutokucritical (condition)
- 危篤きとく · kitokucritical condition
- 昏睡こんすい · konsuicoma
- 痙攣けいれん · keirenconvulsion, spasm
- 摘出てきしゅつ · tekishutsuremoval, extraction
- 延命えんめい · enmeiprolonging life
- 蘇生そせい · soseiresuscitation
- 後遺症こういしょう · kouishouaftereffect, sequela
- 免疫不全めんえきふぜん · men'ekifuzenimmunodeficiency
- 予後よご · yogoprognosis
- 緩和ケアかんわけあ · kanwakeapalliative care
- 保健衛生ほけんえいせい · hoken'eiseihealth and hygiene
- 養生ようじょう · youjourecuperation, taking care
Communication
コミュニケーション18 words- 報道機関ほうどうきかん · houdoukikannews media
- 弁論べんろん · benronargument, debate
- 誹謗ひぼう · hibouslander, defamation
- 中傷ちゅうしょう · chuushouslander, libel
- 婉曲えんきょく · enkyokueuphemistic, indirect
- 暴露ばくろ · bakuroexposure, disclosure
- 供述きょうじゅつ · kyoujutsutestimony, statement
- 詭弁きべん · kibensophistry, fallacy
- 含蓄がんちく · ganchikuimplication, depth
- 言質げんち · genchiverbal commitment
Abstract Concepts
抽象的な言葉20 words- 真髄しんずい · shinzuiessence, quintessence
- 形而上けいじじょう · keijijoumetaphysical
- 信条しんじょう · shinjoubelief, creed
- 規範きはん · kihannorm, standard
- 範疇はんちゅう · hanchuucategory
- 様相ようそう · yousouaspect, phase
- 趣おもむき · omomukitaste, charm, elegance
- 名残なごり · nagoritrace, vestige, lingering
- 予兆よちょう · yochouomen, sign
- 風潮ふうちょう · fuuchoutrend, tendency
- 系譜けいふ · keifugenealogy, lineage
- 帰結きけつ · kiketsuconsequence, conclusion
- 因果いんが · ingacause and effect
Action Verbs
動作の動詞18 words- 阻むはばむ · habamuto obstruct, to block
- 紡ぐつむぐ · tsumuguto spin (thread, words)
- 醸すかもす · kamosuto brew, to bring about
- 募るつのる · tsunoruto grow intense, to recruit
- 滲むにじむ · nijimuto ooze, to blur
- 覆すくつがえす · kutsugaesuto overturn, to overthrow
- 葬るほうむる · houmuruto bury, to consign to oblivion
- 諮るはかる · hakaruto consult, to refer to
- 省みるかえりみる · kaerimiruto reflect on oneself
- 仰ぐあおぐ · aoguto look up to, to seek
- 偲ぶしのぶ · shinobuto recollect, to remember fondly
- 掲げるかかげる · kakageruto put up, to advocate
- 携えるたずさえる · tazusaeruto carry, to bring along
- 赴くおもむく · omomukuto proceed to, to head for
- 挑むいどむ · idomuto challenge, to defy
Change & State Verbs
変化の動詞16 words- 変遷へんせん · hensenchange over time, transition
- 変容へんよう · henyoutransformation
- 退廃たいはい · taihaidecadence, decline
- 衰微すいび · suibidecline, waning
- 隆盛りゅうせい · ryuuseiprosperity, flourishing
- 台頭たいとう · taitourise, emergence
- 勃興ぼっこう · bokkousudden rise
- 没落ぼつらく · botsurakuruin, downfall
- 瓦解がかい · gakaicollapse, breakdown
- 破綻はたん · hatanfailure, bankruptcy
- 再興さいこう · saikourevival, restoration
- 刷新さっしん · sasshinreform, renovation
- 凝固ぎょうこ · gyoukosolidification
- 融解ゆうかい · yuukaimelting, fusion
Adjectives
形容詞22 words- 僅少きんしょう · kinshouscant, very few
- 過大かだい · kadaiexcessive, overrated
- 過小かしょう · kashoutoo small, underrated
- 壮大そうだい · soudaigrand, magnificent
- 精巧せいこう · seikouelaborate, exquisite
- 強靭きょうじん · kyoujintough, tenacious
- 脆弱ぜいじゃく · zeijakufragile, vulnerable
- 希薄きはく · kihakuthin, sparse
- 濃密のうみつ · noumitsudense, thick
- 不明瞭ふめいりょう · fumeiryouunclear, vague
- 円熟えんじゅく · enjukumature, mellow
- 卑近ひきん · hikinfamiliar, commonplace
Adverbs & Connectors
副詞と接続詞20 words- あたかもatakamoas if, as though
- なおさらnaosaraall the more
- ことさらkotosaradeliberately, especially
- ひたむきにhitamukiniearnestly, single-mindedly
- おのずとonozutonaturally, spontaneously
- さしずめsashizumefor the present, in short
- つぶさにtsubusaniin detail, minutely
- ひとえにhitoenisolely, entirely
- ともすればtomosurebaapt to, tend to
- おもむろにomomuronislowly, deliberately
Example sentences from the Tatoeba Project, used under CC-BY 2.0 FR.