JLPT N1 Vocabulary List - Page 1

This is a list of the vocabulary that you need to know in order to pass the JLPT N1. In total, you will need to have a vocabulary of about 2336 words.

#	Word	Reading	Meaning
1	あざ笑う	あざわらう azawarau	to laugh at, to ridicule, to mock, to make fun of, to sneer at	Study
2	あべこべ	あべこべ abekobe	contrary, opposite, inverse, reverse, back-to-front	Study
3	いっそ	いっそ isso	rather, sooner, preferably, might as well, just	Study
4	おっかない	おっかない okkanai	frightening, scary	Study
5	オドオド	おどおど odoodo	timidly, nervously, hesitantly, trembling (with fear), fearfully, anxiously	Study
6	お手上げ	おてあげ oteage	being done for, giving up, being in a hopeless situation, not knowing what to do, being brought to one's knees, throwing up (one's) hands	Study
7	お襁褓	おむつ omutsu	diaper, nappy	Study
8	かき回す	かきまわす kakimawasu	to stir, to churn, to poke (a fire), to disturb (water)	Study
9	がっくり	がっくり gakkuri	heartbroken, crestfallen, dejected, disappointed	Study
10	がっしり	がっしり gasshiri	firmly, solidly, sturdily, strongly, toughly	Study
11	がっちり	がっちり gatchiri	solid, robust, well-built	Study
12	きちっと	きちっと kichitto	exactly, perfectly	Study
13	きっかり	きっかり kikkari	exactly, just, precisely	Study
14	きっちり	きっちり kitchiri	exactly, precisely, punctually, on the dot	Study
15	きっぱり	きっぱり kippari	clearly, plainly, distinctly, decisively, flatly, definitely, resolutely	Study
16	きまり悪い	きまりわるい kimariwarui	embarrassed, ashamed	Study
17	くじ引き	くじびき kujibiki	lottery, drawn lot	Study
18	くっきり	くっきり kukkiri	clearly (standing out), distinctly, sharply, boldly, in sharp relief	Study
19	げっそり	げっそり gessori	to be disheartened, to be dejected, to be discouraged, to be disappointed	Study
20	こげ茶	こげちゃ kogecha	dark brown, olive brown	Study
21	しくじる	しくじる shikujiru	to fail, to blunder, to mess up, to screw up	Study
22	しぶとい	しぶとい shibutoi	tenacious, tough, enduring, dogged, headstrong, stubborn, obstinate, unyielding	Study
23	しょっちゅう	しょっちゅう shotchuu	always, all the time, constantly, frequently, often	Study
24	し尿	しにょう shinyou	excreta, raw sewage, human waste, night soil	Study
25	すばしっこい	すばしっこい subashikkoi	quick, nimble, agile	Study
26	スペース	すぺーす supeesu	space, room	Study
27	ずらっと	ずらっと zuratto	in a line, in a row	Study
28	ずるずる	ずるずる zuruzuru	(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly	Study
29	すれ違い	すれちがい surechigai	passing each other	Study
30	それ故	それゆえ soreyue	therefore, for that reason, so, because of that	Study
31	ぞんざい	ぞんざい zonzai	rough, careless, slovenly, slipshod, rude, impolite	Study
32	たどり着く	たどりつく tadoritsuku	to (finally) arrive at, to reach (at last), to (manage to) get to, to find one's way to	Study
33	だぶだぶ	だぶだぶ dabudabu	loose (of clothing), baggy	Study
34	ちやほや	ちやほや chiyahoya	to make a fuss over, to pamper, to spoil, to indulge, to flatter (with attention)	Study
35	ちょくちょく	ちょくちょく chokuchoku	often, frequently, now and then, occasionally	Study
36	ちらっと	ちらっと chiratto	at a glance, by accident	Study
37	ちり取り	ちりとり chiritori	dustpan	Study
38	つかの間	つかのま tsukanoma	moment, brief space of time	Study
39	つり革	つりかわ tsurikawa	strap (to hang onto), hanging strap	Study
40	てっきり	てっきり tekkiri	surely, certainly, without doubt	Study
41	てんで	てんで tende	(not) at all, completely, utterly, entirely, altogether	Study
42	ど忘れ	どわすれ dowasure	lapse of memory, (something) slipping one's mind, forgetting for a moment something one knows well	Study
43	ねじ回し	ねじまわし nejimawashi	screwdriver	Study
44	ばら撒く	ばらまく baramaku	to scatter, to disseminate (e.g. a rumor), to spread (e.g. germs), to broadcast	Study
45	びっしょり	びっしょり bisshori	wet through, drenched	Study
46	ぶかぶか	ぶかぶか bukabuka	too large (clothing), baggy, loose-fitting	Study
47	ぶらぶら	ぶらぶら burabura	dangling, swaying, swinging	Study
48	ふんだん	ふんだん fundan	plentiful, abundant, ample, lavish	Study
49	ぼつぼつ	ぼつぼつ botsubotsu	gradually, little by little, in a breezy manner	Study
50	ぼやく	ぼやく boyaku	to grumble, to complain	Study

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