Japanese vocabulary organized by JLPT level

Wikipedia JLPT N1 Vocab 1501-1600

This collection contains 100 words.
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grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
originally; primarily; essentially; logically; naturally
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reading aloud; recitation  (see also: 音読)
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punishment
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Most common form: 事がら
noun
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
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noun
whaling; whale fishing
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noun
1. university graduate; bachelor
2. bachelor's degree
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Most common form: 出入口
noun
exit and entrance
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noun
1. crotch; crutch; groin; thigh
2. fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
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1. dissection; autopsy
2. analysis
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near oneself; close to one; familiar
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Most common form: しはつ
noun
1. first departure (of the day: train, bus, etc.); first train; first bus  (see also: 終発)
2. departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.)
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suitability; fitness
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noun
set meal; special (of the day)
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noun
urine  (しい,しし, and しと are primarily children's words)
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1. extramarital sex; affair; fooling around
2. infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness; inconstancy; fickleness; caprice
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falling; crashing
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1. regular
noun
2. regular member (e.g. of football team, etc.)  (see also: レギュラーメンバー)
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Most common form: こんにちは
interjection (kandoushi)
hello; good day (daytime greeting)  (こんちは is col.; often written with kana only)
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substitution
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0
explosion; rupture; break off
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ophthalmology
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1. chagrin; regret
2. free from obstructive thoughts  (see also: 有念; Buddhist term)
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noun
progress
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noun
1. Zhou (dynasty of China); Chou
2. perimeter  (geometry term)
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dropping out of school
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Most common form: 種種
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verbal message; word
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1. casual (e.g. dress); light; nimble; jaunty; rhythmical (e.g. melody)
2. taking a turn for the better; receding of symptoms
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leisure; leisure time; spare time
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of course; naturally
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rejection; negation; voting down
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Most common form:
noun
1. matchmaker  (esp. なこうど)
2. go-between; intermediary; middleman; mediator; intercessor  (esp. ちゅうにん)
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noun
heavens; firmament; sky
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noun
(bargain) sale
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attack (disease)
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1. setting a question (for an exam)
2. setting a theme (for composition of poetry)
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1
noun
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
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noun
1. legislative bill; measure
2. agenda item
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reply; answer
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
to pull down; to lower; to reduce; to withdraw
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Most common form: はじ
noun
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
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0 1
noun
tire; tyre
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pastor; minister; clergyman; reverend
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0
in good health; well; going strong
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noun
shout; scream; outcry
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1
noun
Gentlemen!; Ladies!
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2
noun, noun (suffix)
swamp; bog; pond; lake
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one defeat
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noun
mine (ore)
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anaesthesia; anesthesia
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
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Most common form: 売出す
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to begin selling; to market
'su' godan verb, intransitive verb
2. to become popular
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to grow violent; to become stronger; to become worse
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
2. to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
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noun
manufacturing method; recipe; formula
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boiling; seething
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Most common form: よほど
1. very; greatly; much; to a large extent; quite  (see also: 余っ程; 余 is ateji; often written with kana only)
2. just about to  (see also: 余っ程)
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Most common form: 個々
individual; one by one; separate
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Most common form: ヤミ
1. darkness; the dark; dark
2. bewilderment; despair; hopelessness
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ruler; monarch; sovereign
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marriage; married  (opposite: 未婚)
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noun
original form; base form
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end of term
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Most common form:
noun
1. variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; for haori: at least 7.27 m in length; for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length
2. 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres)
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noun
1. pair
2. pair-oared boat
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Most common form:
noun
1. unmarried woman
noun (suffix)
2. Miss  (after a name)
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solid (body); solid matter; solid-state
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0
noun
condition; situation; prospects
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1
the one concerned; the said person
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slander; libel; defamation
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0
noun
type; font; lettering
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noun
1. starting point; beginning; outset; square one
2. drawing; issuing; draft; draught
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noun
1. grade; class; degree; rank; rating; order; points
2. magnitude  (astronomy, etc. term)
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noun
livelihood; living
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mixed race; mixed parentage  (sensitive)
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training; instruction
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grandiose; exaggerated
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Western style  (see also: 和風)
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noun
the same grade; same class
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stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
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noun
1. (computer) monitor  (computer terminology)
2. consumer who comments on products, television programs, etc. (programmes)
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noun
storm; windstorm; gale
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supplement; complement
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cease-fire; truce; armistice
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noun
passport  (see also: パスポート)
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noun
rainy weather
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noun
first edition
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Most common form:
noun
printing
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Most common form: はす
noun
1. sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus  (often written with kana only)
2. rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)  (see also: 木槿; this meaning is restricted to reading はちす)
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iron manufacture
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noun
full name
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Most common form: 膨張
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
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contribution; service
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noun
1. edge (of a knife or sword)
2. prong (of an electrical plug)
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diving; submerging; going underwater
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desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
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delinquency; misconduct
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Most common form: ためし
noun
precedent; example
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'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to drift; to float
2. to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air
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1. undulation
2. ups and downs; highs and lows
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