Japanese vocabulary organized by JLPT level
Wikipedia JLPT N1 Vocab 3301-3363
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Most common form: つぶる
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to close (eyes); to shut (often written with kana only)(click the word to view an additional 1 reading and 3 forms, examples and links)
Most common form: しみじみ
1. keenly; deeply; fully; heartily; seriously; earnestly (onomatopoeic or mimetic word; often written with kana only)
2. calmly; quietly; softly (onomatopoeic or mimetic word; often written with kana only)
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Most common form: あぶる
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry (often written with kana only)2. to scorch; to broil; to toast; to grill
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Most common form: ふざける
2. to make fun of; to laugh at; to play a prank (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: ひっかく
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
to scratch; to claw(click the word to view an additional 4 forms, examples and links)
Most common form: そびえる
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to rise; to tower; to soar (often written with kana only)(click the word for examples and links)
Most common form: こうこう
brilliant; dazzling; light; bright
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to blame; to reproach; to censure; to rebuke; to reprove; to find fault; to take to task; to criticize; to criticise (often written with kana only)2. to question (a suspect); to challenge (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: つまずく
2. to fail (often written with kana only)
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to pinch (often written with kana only)(click the word for examples and links)
Most common form: さらう
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to carry off; to run away with; to kidnap; to abduct (also written as 浚う; often written with kana only)2. to monopolize; to make one's own (often written with kana only)
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to be honoured with (humble)2. to give; to bestow; to confer; to honor; to honour (honorific)
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Most common form: とろける
2. to be enchanted with; to be charmed; to be bewitched (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: くしゃみ
Rarely-used kanji form
noun
1. sneeze (often written with kana only)expression
2. spoken twice in response to someone sneezing as a charm against an early death (idiomatic expression; often written with kana only; this meaning is restricted to reading くさめ)(click the word to view an additional 2 readings and 3 forms, examples and links)
Most common form: かさばる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous (often written with kana only)(click the word to view an additional 2 forms, examples and links)
noun
1. unity; coherence; consistency; coordination (often written with kana only)2. settlement; conclusion; completion (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: おびただしい
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: ほころびる
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to be torn (see also: 綻ぶ; often written with kana only)2. to begin to open; to begin to bloom (see also: 綻ぶ; often written with kana only)
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to rot; to decay2. to die in obscurity
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Most common form: くじ引き
noun, 'suru' verb
lottery; drawn lot(click the word to view an additional 3 forms, examples and links)
Most common form: さえずる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to sing; to chirp; to twitter (often written with kana only)(click the word for examples and links)
Most common form: しなやか
supple; flexible; elastic (often written with kana only)
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'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to pile up; to increase (often written with kana only)(click the word for examples and links)
Most common form: すくう
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
to scoop; to ladle out (often written with kana only)(click the word to view an additional 2 forms, useful expressions, examples and links)
Most common form: つくろう
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to mend; to patch up; to repair; to fix; to darn; to trim2. to fix (hair, clothes, appearance etc.); to adjust; to tidy up; to groom
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Most common form: 挘る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to pluck; to pick; to tear(click the word to view an additional 2 forms, examples and links)
Most common form: こじれる
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour (often written with kana only)(click the word for examples and links)
Most common form: やたら
1. indiscriminately; blindly; at random; recklessly; thoughtlessly; excessively; profusely (often written with kana only)
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'gu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to rinse; to wash out (see also: 漱ぐ; esp. 濯ぐ; often written with kana only)2. to have one's revenge; to wipe out a disgrace (esp. 雪ぐ; often written with kana only; this meaning is restricted to reading すすぐ, そそぐ)
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Most common form: あつらえる
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to give an order; to place an order (often written with kana only)(click the word for examples and links)
Most common form: くどい
1. verbose; importunate; wordy; repetitious; long-winded (often written with kana only)
2. heavy (taste); rich; strong; cloying; gaudy; loud (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: しぼむ
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to wither (e.g. flowers, dreams); to sag (e.g. balloon, grapes); to fade (away); to shrivel; to wilt; to deflate (often written with kana only)(click the word to view an additional 2 forms, examples and links)
noun, 'suru' verb
gargling; rinsing one's mouth(click the word to view an additional 1 reading and 1 form, examples and links)
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin); to wilt; to fade; to wither; to be wizened (often written with kana only)(click the word for examples and links)
Most common form: こしらえる
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to make; to manufacture (often written with kana only)(click the word to view an additional 1 reading and 2 forms, examples and links)
Most common form: いやらしい
1. disgusting; filthy; repulsive; detestable; unpleasant; disagreeable (often written with kana only)
2. lewd; lascivious; indecent; obscene; filthy; dirty (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: たゆむ
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to droop (e.g. loose or flabby skin); to sag (ceiling) (often written with kana only)2. to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: なめる
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to lick2. to taste
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Most common form: はめる
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to button; to put on (something that envelops, e.g. gloves, ring) (often written with kana only)2. to have sex; to fuck (colloquialism)
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Most common form: ハマる
2. to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to satisfy (conditions) (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: もたれる
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to lean against; to lean on; to recline on (often written with kana only)2. to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: くたびれる
2. to wear out; to be battered from long use (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: もたらす
to bring; to take; to bring about (often written with kana only)
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out(click the word for examples and links)
Most common form: きっと
1. surely; undoubtedly; almost certainly; most likely (e.g. 90 percent) (often written with kana only; onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. sternly; severely (esp. キッと; often written with kana only; onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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Most common form: おだてる
2. to instigate; to stir up (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: ばら蒔く
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
to disseminate; to scatter; to broadcast; to give money freely; to strew (often written with kana only)(click the word to view an additional 4 forms, examples and links)
Most common form: くすぐったい
2. embarrassing
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