JLPT Vocabulary
Vocabulary list
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| Vocabulary | Hiragana | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 権力 | けんりょく | (political) power, authority, influence | N1 |
| 権威 | けんい | authority, power, influence | N1 |
| 権限 | けんげん | power, authority, jurisdiction | N1 |
| 横綱 | よこづな | sumo grand champion | N1 |
| 樹木 | じゅもく | trees and shrubs, arbor | N1 |
| 樹立 | じゅりつ | establish, create | N1 |
| 橋渡し | はしわたし | bridge building', mediation | N1 |
| 檻 | おり | cage, pen, jail cell | N1 |
| 欠乏 | けつぼう | shortage | N1 |
| 欲 | よく | greed, wants | N1 |
| 欲望 | よくぼう | desire, appetite | N1 |
| 欲深い | よくふかい | greedy | N1 |
| 欺く | あざむく | to deceive | N1 |
| 止める | とどめる | to end, to stop, to cease, to resign | N1 |
| 正常 | せいじょう | normalcy, normality, normal | N1 |
| 正当 | せいとう | just, due, proper | N1 |
| 正義 | せいぎ | justice, right, righteousness | N1 |
| 正解 | せいかい | correct, right answer, solution | N1 |
| 武力 | ぶりょく | armed might, military power, the sword, force | N1 |
| 武装 | ぶそう | arms, armament, armed | N1 |
| 歩み | あゆみ | step, progress, history | N1 |
| 歩む | あゆむ | to walk | N1 |
| 歪む | ゆがむ | to warp, to be crooked, to be distorted | N1 |
| 歪む | ひずむ | to warp, to be distorted | N1 |
| 歯科 | しか | dentistry | N1 |
| 死刑 | しけい | death penalty | N1 |
| 殊に | ことに | especially, above all | N1 |
| 残酷 | ざんこく | cruelty, harshness | N1 |
| 残金 | ざんきん | remaining money | N1 |
| 残高 | ざんだか | (bank) balance, remainder | N1 |
| 殺人 | さつじん | murder | N1 |
| 殿様 | とのさま | feudal lord | N1 |
| 母国 | ぼこく | one's home country (same as 自分の国 (じぶんのくに)) | N1 |
| 母校 | ぼこう | alma mater | N1 |
| 比例 | ひれい | proportion | N1 |
| 比率 | ひりつ | ratio, proportion, percentage | N1 |
| 比重 | ひじゅう | specific gravity | N1 |
| 民俗 | みんぞく | folk customs | N1 |
| 民宿 | みんしゅく | private house providing lodging and meals to tourists | N1 |
| 民族 | みんぞく | people, race | N1 |
| 気まぐれ | きまぐれ | whim, caprice, uneven temper | N1 |
| 気兼ね | きがね | hesitance, diffidence, feeling constraint | N1 |
| 気品 | きひん | grace, elegance | N1 |
| 気流 | きりゅう | atmospheric current | N1 |
| 気立て | きだて | good-natured, kind-hearted | N1 |
| 気象 | きしょう | weather, climate | N1 |
| 気質 | きしつ | character, trait, temperament | N1 |
| 気軽 | きがる | cheerful, buoyant, lighthearted | N1 |
| 気障 | きざ | affectation, conceit, snobbery | N1 |
| 気風 | きふう | character, traits, ethos | N1 |