100 Important N1 Adverbs

27/11/20253 min read

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100 important N1 adverbs
100 IMPORTANT N1 ADVERBS you must know by heart before entering the exam room

No.	Kanji	Hiragana	Romaji	Meaning
1		あらかじめ	arakajime	beforehand, in advance
2	敢えて	あえて	aete	daringly, to take the liberty of
3		あくまで	akumade	to the end, persistently
4		あまりにも	amari ni mo	excessively
5	案の定	あんのじょう	anno jō	just as expected
6	如何にも	いかにも	ika nimo	as expected, indeed
7	如何に	いかに	ika ni	how, in what way
8	如何にして	いかにして	ika ni shite	by what means, somehow
9	何れ	いずれ	izure	sooner or later
10		いっそ	isso	rather, would rather
11	一旦	いったん	ittan	for the time being, once
12	未だに	いまだに	imadani	until now, still
13	未だ	いまだ	imada	not yet
14	愈々	いよいよ	iyoiyo	at last, finally
15	言わば	いわば	iwaba	so to speak
16	所謂	いわゆる	iwayuru	so-called
17	大いに	おおいに	ōini	very, a lot
18	恐らく	おそらく	osoraku	probably
19	凡そ	およそ	oyoso	approximately, roughly
20	却って	かえって	kaette	on the contrary
21	予て	かねて	kanete	previously, before
22	兼ね兼ね	かねがね	kanegane	for a long time
23	辛うじて	かろうじて	karōjite	just barely
24	極めて	きわめて	kiwamete	extremely
25	尽く	ことごとく	kotogotoku	entirely, all
26	流石に	さすがに	sasuga ni	truly, indeed
27	嘸	さぞ	sazo	surely, I'm sure
28	左程	さほど	sahodo	not so much
29	頻りに	しきりに	shikirini	continuously, repeatedly
30	次第に	しだいに	shidaini	gradually
31		じっくり	jikkuri	carefully, thoroughly
32	実に	じつに	jitsuni	really, truly
33		しょっちゅう	shotchū	frequently
34	頗る	すこぶる	sukoburu	extremely
35	既に	すでに	sudeni	already
36	精々	せいぜい	seizei	at most
37	相当	そうとう	sōtō	considerably
38	抑々	そもそも	somosomo	originally, to begin with
39	絶えず	たえず	taezu	constantly
40	忽ち	たちまち	tachimachi	instantly
41	度々	たびたび	tabitabi	many times
42	偶々	たまたま	tamatama	by chance
43	単に	たんに	tan ni	merely, simply
44		つい	tsui	accidentally…
45	遂に	ついに	tsuini	finally
46	常に	つねに	tsuneni	always
47		てっきり	tekkiri	I was sure that
48		とっくに	tokkuni	long ago
49	兎角	とかく	tokaku	tends to…
50	兎も角	ともかく	tomokaku	anyway
51		どうにか	dōnika	somehow
52		どうやら	dōyara	seems like
53	尚	なお	nao	furthermore
54	何しろ	なにしろ	nanishiro	after all
55	何分	なにぶん	nanibun	anyway
56		なんだか	nandaka	slightly
57		なんとなく	nantonaku	somehow, for some reason
58		なんとも	nantomo	not very
59	俄かに	にわかに	niwakani	suddenly
60	軒並み	のきなみ	nokunami	all at once
61	甚だ	はなはだ	hanahada	very, extremely
62	延いては	ひいては	hiite wa	leading to
63		ひたすら	hitasura	earnestly
64	一先ず	ひとまず	hitomazu	for the time being
65	一頃	ひところ	hitokoro	at one time
66		ひょっとすると	hyotto suru to	perhaps
67		ほぼ	hobo	almost
68	誠に	まことに	makoto ni	really
69	正しく	まさしく	masashiku	truly, exactly
70	正に	まさに	masani	just in time
71	況して	まして	mashite	let alone
72	全く	まったく	mattaku	completely
73		まるで	marude	just like
74	滅多に	めったに	mettani	rarely
75	専ら	もっぱら	moppara	mainly
76	漸く	ようやく	yōyaku	finally
77		わざわざ	wazawaza	deliberately
78	僅かに	わずかに	wazuka ni	a little
79	間もなく	やがて	yagate	before long
80		やたらに	yatarani	recklessly, excessively
81	止むを得ず	やむをえず	yamu oezu	unavoidably
82	稍	やや	yaya	slightly
83	余程	よほど	yohodo	very, quite
84		より	yori	more
85	余程	よほど	yohodo	a great deal
86	碌に	ろくに	rokuni	not… properly at all
87	割と	わりと	warito	fairly
88	割合に	わりあいに	wariai ni	relatively
89	何れにせよ	いずれにせよ	izure ni seyo	no matter what
90	思い切り	おもいきり	omoikiri	with all one's might
91	思わず	おもわず	omowazu	unconsciously
92	折り返し	おりかえし	orikaeshi	right after
93	早速	さっそく	sassoku	immediately
94	至って	いたって	itatte	extremely
95	殊に	ことに	kotoni	especially
96	取り分け	とりわけ	toriwake	above all
97		やたらと	yatarato	excessively
98	尚更	なおさら	naosara	all the more
99		ぐっと	gutto	considerably, a lot
100		やむなく	yamu naku	reluctantly, out of necessity