JLPT Vocabulary
Vocabulary list
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| Vocabulary | Hiragana | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 名誉 | めいよ | honor, credit, prestige | N1 |
| 名高い | なだかい | famous, celebrated, well-known | N1 |
| 向上 | こうじょう | rise, improvement, progress | N1 |
| 君主 | くんしゅ | ruler, monarch | N1 |
| 吟味 | ぎんみ | examination, careful investigation | N1 |
| 否決 | ひけつ | rejection, negation, voting down | N1 |
| 吹奏 | すいそう | playing wind instruments | N1 |
| 呆気ない | あっけない | not enough, too quick (short, long, etc.) | N1 |
| 呆然 | ぼうぜん | dumbfounded, overcome with surprise | N1 |
| 告げる | つげる | to inform | N1 |
| 告白 | こくはく | confession, acknowledgment | N1 |
| 呟く | つぶやく | to mutter, to murmur | N1 |
| 周期 | しゅうき | cycle, period | N1 |
| 味わい | あじわい | flavor, relish | N1 |
| 味覚 | みかく | taste, palate, sense of taste | N1 |
| 呼び止める | よびとめる | to flag down | N1 |
| 命中 | めいちゅう | a hit | N1 |
| 和やか | なごやか | mild, calm, harmonious | N1 |
| 和らげる | やわらげる | to soften, to moderate, to relieve | N1 |
| 和文 | わぶん | Japanese text, sentence in Japanese | N1 |
| 品種 | ひんしゅ | breed, type, variety | N1 |
| 品質 | ひんしつ | quality | N1 |
| 唱える | となえる | to recite, to chant, to call upon | N1 |
| 唾 | つば | saliva, spit, sputum | N1 |
| 問い合わせる | といあわせる | to inquire, to seek information | N1 |
| 問屋 | とんや | wholesale store | N1 |
| 善し悪し | よしあし | good or bad, merits or demerits, quality | N1 |
| 善良 | ぜんりょう | goodness, excellence, virtue | N1 |
| 喜劇 | きげき | comedy, funny show | N1 |
| 営む | いとなむ | to carry on (e.g., in ceremony), to run a business | N1 |
| 嗜好 | しこう | taste, liking, preference | N1 |
| 嘆く | なげく | to sigh, to lament, to grieve | N1 |
| 嘗める | なめる | to lick; to experience; to make fun of | N1 |
| 嘘つき | うそつき | liar | N1 |
| 嘲笑う | あざわらう | to sneer at, to ridicule | N1 |
| 嘴 | くちばし | beak, bill | N1 |
| 噛み切る | かみきる | to bite off, to gnaw through | N1 |
| 器 | うつわ | bowl, vessel, container | N1 |
| 噴出 | ふんしゅつ | spewing, gushing, spouting | N1 |
| 回収 | かいしゅう | collection, recovery | N1 |
| 回覧 | かいらん | circulation | N1 |
| 回路 | かいろ | circuit (electric) | N1 |
| 回送 | かいそう | forwarding | N1 |
| 団扇 | うちわ | fan | N1 |
| 団結 | だんけつ | unity, union, solidarity | N1 |
| 固める | かためる | to harden, to freeze, to fortify | N1 |
| 固定 | こてい | fixation, fixing (e.g., salary, capital) | N1 |
| 固有 | こゆう | characteristic, tradition, peculiar | N1 |
| 国交 | こっこう | diplomatic relations | N1 |
| 国定 | こくてい | state-sponsored, national | N1 |