N1 Japanese Vocabulary That Has Appeared in the JLPT

27/05/2021Updated 05/05/20231 min read

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N1 Japanese Vocabulary That Has Appeared in the JLPT
The N1 Japanese words that have appeared in the JLPT papers over the years

褪せる:あせる:to fade, to lose colour
あっけない:anticlimactic, over in a flash
あっさりする:simple, plain
ありのまま:as it is, just as it comes
ありふれる:common, ordinary

いい加減:いいかげん:irresponsible, quite enough
いける:to arrange (flowers)
欲深い:よくぶかい:tham lam
スプリング:a spring
ドリル:drill, practice

カットする:to cut hair
カテゴリー:a category, a heading
カムバックする:to come back
カルテ:a medical record
ガレージ:gara

コーナー:a corner, a stand
コントラスト:contrast
コンパス:a compass
インテリ:an intellectual
ストロボ:a flash (on a camera)

意気込む:いきごむ:eager, enthusiastic
セクション:a section, an area
ソロ:alone, solo
~ダース:a dozen
タイマー:a timer, an alarm

ダウンする:to be knocked out
ダブル:double
タワー:a tower
チームワーク:teamwork
ちやほやする:to spoil, to indulge

ストライキ:a strike
翌日:よくじつ:the following day
朽ちる:くちる:to rot, to decay
~あたり:per ~, each ~
ルール:a rule

割り込む:わりこむ:to push in, to cut in
定年:ていねん:retirement age
同等:どうとう:equivalent, the same
狩り:かり:hunting
資格:しかく:qualification, professional standing, a certificate

修行する:しゅぎょうする:to train, to practise asceticism
インフレ:inflation
不景気:ふけいき:an economic downturn
ナイター:an evening match
脳:のう:the brain

給食:きゅうしょく:a group meal, a school meal
漁船:ぎょせん:a fishing boat
取材する:しゅざいする:to gather news, to cover a story
快い:こころよい:pleasant, comfortable
短気:たんき:quick-tempered

中途半端:ちゅうとはんぱ:half-hearted
非行:ひこう:delinquency, bad behaviour
言い訳する:いいわけする:to make an excuse, to give a pretext
名札:なふだ:a name badge
しきたり:a tradition, a custom

デモンストレーション:a demonstration, a display
拗れる:こじれる:to become complicated, to take a turn for the worse
誤魔化す:ごまかす:to cover up, to fob off
囀る:さえずる:to twitter, to chirp
差掛る:さしかかる:to reach, to draw near

さぞ:surely, no doubt
さっと:at once, quickly
さっぱりする:to feel refreshed
サボる:to skip, to bunk off
くすぐったい:ticklish, awkward

浚う:さらう:to abduct, to carry off
潜る:くぐる:to pass through, to get through
しくじる:to blunder, to fail
撓やか:しなやか:supple, pliant, deft

Download the N1 vocabulary: PDF

See also:
N1 Japanese Vocabulary
Japanese Vocabulary That Often Appears in the JLPT N1

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