JLPT Vocabulary
Vocabulary list
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| Vocabulary | Hiragana | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 祈り | いのり | prayer, supplication | N1 |
| 祝賀 | しゅくが | celebration, congratulations | N1 |
| 神殿 | しんでん | temple, sacred place | N1 |
| 神秘 | しんぴ | mystery | N1 |
| 神聖 | しんせい | holiness, sacredness, dignity | N1 |
| 禁じる | きんじる | to prohibit | N1 |
| 禁物 | きんもつ | taboo, forbidden thing | N1 |
| 福祉 | ふくし | welfare, well-being | N1 |
| 私有 | しゆう | private ownership | N1 |
| 私物 | しぶつ | private property, personal effects | N1 |
| 秘書 | ひしょ | (private) secretary | N1 |
| 秩序 | ちつじょ | order, regularity | N1 |
| 称する | しょうする | to take the name of, to call oneself | N1 |
| 移住 | いじゅう | migration, immigration | N1 |
| 移民 | いみん | emigrant, immigrant | N1 |
| 移行 | いこう | switching over to | N1 |
| 税務署 | ぜいむしょ | tax office | N1 |
| 種 | しゅ | seed; variety | N1 |
| 種々 | しゅじゅ | variety | N1 |
| 稲光 | いなびかり | (flash of) lightning | N1 |
| 穂 | ほ | ear (of plant), head (of plant) | N1 |
| 究極 | きゅうきょく | ultimate, final, eventual | N1 |
| 空しい | むなしい | vacant, futile, vain | N1 |
| 空ろ | うつろ | blank, hollow, empty | N1 |
| 空腹 | くうふく | hunger | N1 |
| 空間 | くうかん | space, room, airspace | N1 |
| 突く | つつく | to thrust, to strike, to attack; to poke, to nudge, to pick at | N1 |
| 突っ張る | つっぱる | to support, to become stiff; to thrust (ones opponent), to stick to (ones opinion), to insist on | N1 |
| 突っ突く | つっつく | to prompt someone | N1 |
| 突如 | とつじょ | suddenly, all of a sudden | N1 |
| 突破 | とっぱ | breaking through, breakthrough, penetration | N1 |
| 窒息 | ちっそく | suffocation | N1 |
| 窮乏 | きゅうぼう | poverty | N1 |
| 窮屈 | きゅうくつ | narrow, tight, formal | N1 |
| 立ち去る | たちさる | to leave, to depart | N1 |
| 立ち寄る | たちよる | to stop by, to drop in for a short visit | N1 |
| 立て替える | たてかえる | to pay in advance, to pay for another | N1 |
| 立体 | りったい | solid body | N1 |
| 立方 | りっぽう | cube | N1 |
| 立法 | りっぽう | legislation, lawmaking | N1 |
| 竿 | さお | rod, pole (e.g., for drying laundry) | N1 |
| 等級 | とうきゅう | grade, class | N1 |
| 筒 | つつ | pipe, tube | N1 |
| 箇条書 | かじょうがき | itemized form, itemization | N1 |
| 簡易 | かんい | simplicity, easiness, quasi- | N1 |
| 簡潔 | かんけつ | brevity, concise, simple | N1 |
| 簡素 | かんそ | simplicity, plain | N1 |
| 籠もる | こもる | to seclude oneself, to be confined in | N1 |
| 粉々 | こなごな | in very small pieces | N1 |
| 粉末 | ふんまつ | fine powder | N1 |