JLPT Vocabulary
Vocabulary list
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| Vocabulary | Hiragana | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 育ち | そだち | breeding, growth | N1 |
| 育成 | いくせい | rearing, training, cultivation | N1 |
| 背く | そむく | to run counter to, to go against | N1 |
| 背後 | はいご | back, rear | N1 |
| 背景 | はいけい | background, scenery, setting | N1 |
| 胴 | どう | trunk, body, frame | N1 |
| 脅かす | おびやかす | to threaten, to coerce | N1 |
| 脅す | おどす | to threaten, to menace | N1 |
| 脅迫 | きょうはく | threat, coercion | N1 |
| 脆い | もろい | brittle, fragile, tender-hearted | N1 |
| 脈 | みゃく | pulse | N1 |
| 脚本 | きゃくほん | scenario | N1 |
| 脚色 | きゃくしょく | dramatization (e.g., film | N1 |
| 脱する | だっする | to escape from, to get out | N1 |
| 脱出 | だっしゅつ | escape | N1 |
| 脱退 | だったい | secession, withdrawal | N1 |
| 腐敗 | ふはい | decay, depravity | N1 |
| 腕前 | うでまえ | ability, skill, facility | N1 |
| 腫れる | はれる | to swell (from inflammation, to become swollen) | N1 |
| 腸 | ちょう | bowels, intestines | N1 |
| 腹立ち | はらだち | anger | N1 |
| 腿 | もも | thigh, femur | N1 |
| 膨れる | ふくれる | to swell (out), to be inflated, to bulge | N1 |
| 膨張 | ぼうちょう | expansion, swelling, increase | N1 |
| 臆病 | おくびょう | cowardice, timidity | N1 |
| 自ずから | おのずから | naturally, as a matter of course | N1 |
| 自主 | じしゅ | independence, autonomy | N1 |
| 自在 | じざい | freely, at will | N1 |
| 自尊心 | じそんしん | self-respect, conceit | N1 |
| 自我 | じが | self, ego | N1 |
| 自立 | じりつ | independence, self-reliance | N1 |
| 自覚 | じかく | self-conscious | N1 |
| 自転 | じてん | rotation, spin | N1 |
| 自首 | じしゅ | surrender, give oneself up | N1 |
| 興じる | きょうじる | to amuse oneself, to make merry | N1 |
| 興業 | こうぎょう | starting a business; industry | N1 |
| 舗装 | ほそう | pavement, road surface | N1 |
| 舞う | まう | to dance, to flutter about, to revolve | N1 |
| 船舶 | せんぱく | ship | N1 |
| 良し | よし | all right! | N1 |
| 良好 | りょうこう | favorable, satisfactory | N1 |
| 良心 | りょうしん | conscience | N1 |
| 良識 | りょうしき | good sense | N1 |
| 良質 | りょうしつ | good quality, superior quality | N1 |
| 色彩 | しきさい | color | N1 |
| 芝 | しば | lawn | N1 |
| 花びら | はなびら | (flower) petal | N1 |
| 花壇 | かだん | flower bed | N1 |
| 花粉 | かふん | pollen | N1 |
| 芸 | げい | art, accomplishment, performance | N1 |