jlpt1-1

  • 告知【こくち】 notice; announcement
  • 情勢【じょうせい】 state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
  • 金融【きんゆう】 finance; financing; credit transacting; loaning of money; circulation of money / monetary; financial; credit
  • 気軽【きがる】 carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; sprightly / ease
  • 上乗せ【うわのせ】 adding; addition; extra
  • 開設【かいせつ】 establishment; opening; setting up; inauguration
  • 預金【よきん】 deposit; bank account
  • 優遇【ゆうぐう】 favorable treatment; favourable treatment; hospitality; warm reception; good treatment; hearty welcome
  • 上昇【じょうしょう】 rising; ascending; climbing
  • 金利【きんり】 interest rate; interest
  • 定期【ていき】 fixed period; fixed term / regular; periodic; periodical / fixed-term commutation pass / fixed-term deposit / futures contracts
  • 定期預金【ていきよきん】 term deposit; (fixed) time deposit
  • 解雇【かいこ】 discharge; dismissal
  • 前提【ぜんてい】 preamble; premise; reason; prerequisite; condition; assumption; hypothesis; given
  • 処罰【しょばつ】 punishment; penalty
  • 経営者【けいえいしゃ】 manager; proprietor
  • おのずから《自ずから》 naturally; as a matter of course
  • ただ乗り【ただのり】 free ride (e.g. on train)
  • 一昔前【ひとむかしまえ】 long ago; previous; of a former age
  • 横取り【よこどり】 snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
  • 背負う【せおう】 to carry on one's back / to be burdened with; to take responsibility for / to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something) / to be conceited; to think highly of oneself
  • 劣る【おとる】 to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
  • 店頭【てんとう】 shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; (near the) shop entrance / over-the-counter
  • 法人【ほうじん】 corporate body; corporation; (legal) person; (juridical) person
  • 明かす【あかす】 to pass (the night); to spend / to reveal; to divulge; to disclose; to expose / to prove; to verify
  • 整った【ととのった】 well-ordered; in good order; well-featured; well-regulated
  • 受付嬢【うけつけじょう】 receptionist; reception woman
  • 運営【うんえい】 management; administration; operation
  • 都市伝説【としでんせつ】 urban legend
  • 纏わる【まつわる】 to coil around; to follow about / to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
  • 内定者【ないていしゃ】 prospective employee
  • 大手【おおて】 major company; big company / front castle gate / force attacking the front of a castle
  • 就活【しゅうかつ】 job hunting; job searching
  • 女子大生【じょしだいせい】 female university student; female college student
  • 教養【きょうよう】 cultivation; refinement; culture; education
  • 端麗【たんれい】 grace; beauty; elegance
  • 良し悪し【よしあし】 right or wrong; good or bad; quality; suitability / having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
  • 容姿【ようし】 (physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
  • 戒め【いましめ】 caution; admonition; warning; lesson / prohibition; ban; commandment; precept / punishment / caution; guard
  • 統計学者【とうけいがくしゃ】 statistician
  • 思考【しこう】 thought; consideration; thinking
  • 相関関係【そうかんかんけい】 correlation; interrelation; intertwining
  • 因果関係【いんがかんけい】 consequence; causal relationship; nexus
  • 頻繁【ひんぱん】 frequent; incessant
  • しみ《染み》 stain; spot; smudge; blot; smear; blotch / spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration; freckle
  • うっすら《薄ら》 slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
  • 定説【ていせつ】 established theory; accepted opinion; accepted explanation
  • 肺がん【はいがん】 lung cancer
  • 喫煙【きつえん】 smoking
  • 典型【てんけい】 type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype; perfect example
  • 誇張【こちょう】 exaggeration
  • 因果【いんが】 cause and effect; karma; fate
  • 開催【かいさい】 holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
  • 観戦【かんせん】 watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)
  • 順位【じゅんい】 order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
  • 発揮【はっき】 show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
  • 路線【ろせん】 route; line; alignment
  • 重視【じゅうし】 regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
  • 団体戦【だんたいせん】 team competition; team game
  • 無縁【むえん】 unrelated; irrelevant; indifferent / without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives / unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
  • 導入【どうにゅう】 introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
  • 馴染み【なじみ】 intimacy; friendship; familiarity
  • 珍しい【めずらしい】 unusual; rare; curious / new; novel / fine (e.g. gift)
  • 拭う【ぬぐう】 to wipe; to mop up / to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase; to remove
  • いささか《些か》 a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
  • 連盟【れんめい】 league; federation; union; alliance
  • 度合い【どあい】 degree; extent
  • 過信【かしん】 trusting too much; overestimating ability
  • 過大【かだい】 excessive; too much; unreasonable
  • 褒める【ほめる】 to praise; to admire; to speak well of someone
  • 姿勢【しせい】 posture; pose; position; stance; carriage (of the body) / attitude; approach; stance
  • 弟子【でし】 pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person; teacher's student-helper
  • 師匠【ししょう】 master; teacher / coach who owns his stable
  • 不幸【ふこう】 unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; disaster; accident / death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
  • 芽を摘む【めをつむ】 to nip (something) in the bud
  • 慢心【まんしん】 self-conceit; pride
  • 派手【はで】 showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
  • 挫折【ざせつ】 setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
  • 天下【てんか】 the whole world / the whole country / society; the public / supremacy over a nation; government of a country; the ruling power / having one's own way; doing as one pleases / peerless; incomparable; superlative; world-famous / shogun (Edo period)
  • 棋士【きし】 shogi player; go player
  • 若手【わかて】 young person
  • 有望【ゆうぼう】 good prospects; full of hope; promising
  • 盲人【もうじん】 blind person
  • 障害【しょうがい】 obstacle; impediment; hindrance; difficulty; barrier / handicap; impairment; disability; disorder; malfunction
  • 違和感【いわかん】 uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort / malaise; physical unease
  • あるいは《或いは》 or; either ... or / maybe; perhaps; possibly / sometimes; some
  • 実践【じっせん】 practice; putting into practice; implementation / praxis (philosophy)
  • 遭 【ソウ・あ.う・あ.わせる】 encounter; meet; party; association; interview; join
  • 度胸【どきょう】 courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
  • 裁量【さいりょう】 admeasure; discretion
  • 知恵【ちえ】 wisdom; wit; sagacity; sense; intelligence / prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
  • 迷う【まよう】 to lose one's way / to waver; to hesitate; to be of two minds over; to be puzzled; to be perplexed / to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself / to turn in one's grave
  • 救急【きゅうきゅう】 first-aid; emergency (aid)
  • 妥当【だとう】 valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
  • 気合【きあい】 scream; yell; fighting spirit
  • 災難【さいなん】 calamity; misfortune; disaster
  • 更衣室【こういしつ】 locker room; changing room; dressing room
  • 札幌【さっぽろ】 Sapporo (city)
  • 刑務所【けいむしょ】 prison; penitentiary
  • 逮捕【たいほ】 arrest; apprehension; capture
  • 殴る【なぐる】 to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
  • 上等【じょうとう】 superior; first-class; excellent; top quality / (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
  • 深夜【しんや】 late at night
  • 閉店【へいてん】 closing up shop (for the day) / stopping business; going out of business
  • 配る【くばる】 to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to deal out; to serve out / to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.); to station
  • 経つ【たつ】 to pass (of time); to elapse
  • 察 【サツ】 guess; presume; surmise; judge; understand
  • 対処【たいしょ】 dealing with; coping with
  • 呪文【じゅもん】 spell; charm; incantation; magic word
  • 演じる【えんじる】 to perform (a play); to play (a part); to act (a part); to commit (a blunder)
  • 感覚【かんかく】 sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
  • 稼ぎ【かせぎ】 earnings
  • 召喚【しょうかん】 summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling; summoning
  • 傑作【けっさく】 masterpiece; best work / amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
  • 早速【さっそく】 at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
  • 厨房【ちゅうぼう】 kitchen; galley / (Internet) troll
  • 旦那【だんな】 master (of a house, shop, etc.) / husband (informal) / sir; boss; master; governor; word used to address a male patron, customer, or person of high status / patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy / alms; almsgiving; almsgiver
  • 悪化【あっか】 (suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
  • 発揮【はっき】 show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
  • 築く【きずく】 to build; to construct; to erect / to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
  • 摘む【つむ】 to pick; to pluck / to snip; to cut; to nip; to trim
  • 芽【め】 sprout
  • 予防【よぼう】 prevention; precaution; protection against
  • 領域【りょういき】 area; domain; territory; field; range; region; regime
  • ずく《尽く》 relying entirely on ...; using solely ... / with the sole purpose of ... / based on (mutual consent, etc.)
  • 有史以来【ゆうしいらい】 since the dawn of history
  • 媒体【ばいたい】 medium; media
  • 果てしない【はてしない】 endless; boundless; everlasting
  • 不可欠【ふかけつ】 indispensable; essential
  • 駆使【くし】 free use / to use freely; to make free use of; to have good command (e.g. of a language) / to drive someone on
  • 映像【えいぞう】 reflection; image; picture (e.g. on a television); shot / video; film; footage; clip; video recording / image in one's mind; mental picture
  • 拡散【かくさん】 scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
  • 識者【しきしゃ】 well-informed person; thinking person; intelligent person
  • 省く【はぶく】 to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to eliminate / to curtail; to save; to cut down; to economize; to economise
  • 掲載【けいさい】 publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
  • 光景【こうけい】 scene; spectacle; sight; view
  • 刺激【しげき】 stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation; excitement; thrill
  • 疑似【ぎじ】 pseudo; quasi; false; mock; sham; suspected (case)
  • 希薄【きはく】 thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lean; weak; rarified; rarefied / lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
  • 捉える【とらえる】 to catch; to capture; to seize; to arrest; to grab; to catch hold of / to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to capture (e.g. features) / to captivate; to move (one's heart)
  • 人口【じんこう】 population / common talk
  • 転換期【てんかんき】 turning point; transition phase
  • 純減【じゅんげん】 net reduction; net decrease
  • ふるさと《故郷》 home town; birthplace; native place; one's old home / ruins; historic remains
  • 不謹慎【ふきんしん】 indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous
  • 覆う【おおう】 to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
  • 先端【せんたん】 pointed end; tip; point; cusp (of a leaf, crescent moon, etc.); apex (of a curve) / forefront; vanguard; spearhead; leading edge
  • 地方【ちほう】 district; region; area; locality / the country; countryside; the provinces; rural area
  • 曖昧【あいまい】 vague; ambiguous; unclear / fuzzy
  • でたらめ《出鱈目》 nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; hogwash; rubbish / random; haphazard; unsystematic
  • 推進【すいしん】 propulsion; drive / promotion (e.g. of a government policy); furtherance; implementation
  • 素朴【そぼく】 simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
  • つくづく《熟》 deeply; keenly; severely; completely; utterly / intently; carefully; closely; attentively
  • 余地【よち】 place; room; margin; scope
  • 主に【おもに】 mainly; primarily
  • ひたむき《直向き》 earnest; single-minded
  • ひたすら《只管》 intently; single‐mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
  • もっぱら《専ら》 wholly; solely; entirely; exclusively; devotedly; fixedly / principally; mostly; chiefly; mainly
  • 著者【ちょしゃ】 author (usu. of a particular book); writer
  • おおよそ《大凡》 about; roughly; approximately / generally; on the whole; as a rule / completely; quite; entirely; altogether; totally; not at all (with neg. verb) / outline; gist
  • あらすじ《粗筋》 outline; summary; argument
  • はずみ《弾み》 bounce; spring; rebound / momentum; impetus; impulse; stimulus; inertia / moment; instant; impulse; chance
  • 衝動【しょうどう】 impulse; impetus; urge
  • 贔屓にする【ひいきにする】 to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
  • 肩を持つ【かたをもつ】 to side with (someone); to support (someone)
  • 公言【こうげん】 declaration; profession
  • 具現【ぐげん】 incarnation; embodiment; avatar; personification / to give concrete form to; to embody; to realize
  • 献血【けんけつ】 blood donation
  • 貢ぐ【みつぐ】 to support (someone) financially; to finance; to supply (money); to give (in support) / to present (money or gifts) to a monarch
  • しとやか《淑やか》 graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet; well-mannered; refined (behavior)
  • 和やか【なごやか】 mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable; amiable; friendly; genial; harmonious; peaceful
  • 健やか【すこやか】 vigorous; healthy; sound
  • 精密【せいみつ】 precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
  • 格別【かくべつ】 particular; special; exceptional; especial / particularly; especially; exceptionally
  • 出世【しゅっせ】 success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
  • 臨む【のぞむ】 to look out on; to overlook; to front onto / to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to be confronted by / to deal with (an issue) / to attend (e.g. a function); to appear (e.g. in court); to be present at; to take part in
  • 励む【はげむ】 to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
  • 挑む【いどむ】 to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to contend for / to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to go after (a prize, record, etc.) / to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
  • 新幹線【しんかんせん】 Shinkansen; bullet train
  • 育成【いくせい】 rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
  • 性犯罪【せいはんざい】 sex crime
  • 導入【どうにゅう】 introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
  • 脅かす【おどかす】 to threaten; to menace; to intimidate / to startle; to frighten; to scare
  • 抑止【よくし】 check; checkmate; stave off; control; restraint; inhibit; deterrent; deterrence
  • 狙う【ねらう】 to aim at / to be after (something); to have an eye on
  • 諮問【しもん】 consultation; question; enquiry; inquiry
  • 提言【ていげん】 proposal; motion; recommendation
  • バカンス holidays; vacation
  • 雑念【ざつねん】 idle thoughts; worldly thoughts
  • 澄ます【すます】 to clear; to make clear / to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to feign indifference / to look demure; to look prim; to put on airs / to strain (one's ears); to listen carefully
  • 瞑想【めいそう】 meditation; contemplation
  • 磨き【みがき】 polish; improvement; burnishing
  • 崇高【すうこう】 lofty; sublime; noble / the sublime (aesthetics)
  • 読経【どきょう】 sutra chanting
  • 抑揚【よくよう】 intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
  • 陥る【おちいる】 to fall into (e.g. a hole) / to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.) / to fall into (a trap, etc.) / to fall; to surrender; to capitulate
  • 明滅【めいめつ】 flickering; blinking
  • 恍惚【こうこつ】 ecstasy; trance
  • 旋律【せんりつ】 melody; tune
  • 儀式【ぎしき】 ceremony; rite; ritual; service
  • 収録【しゅうろく】 compilation; editing / recording
  • 連綿【れんめん】 unbroken; uninterrupted; on and on; continuous
  • 不可分【ふかぶん】 atomic; indivisibility
  • 民俗【みんぞく】 folk customs; folkways; ethnic customs
  • 本質【ほんしつ】 essence; true nature; substance; reality
  • 源泉【げんせん】 source (of a spring, etc.) / source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
  • 自己表現【じこひょうげん】 self-expression
  • 終身雇用【しゅうしんこよう】 lifetime employment; permanent employment
  • 年功序列【ねんこうじょれつ】 seniority by length of service
  • 崩壊【ほうかい】 collapse; crumbling; breaking down; caving in / (radioactive) decay; disintegration
  • 不感症【ふかんしょう】 sexual frigidity / insensitivity; indifference
  • 異見【いけん】 different opinion; objection
  • 断言【だんげん】 assertion; declaration; affirmation
  • 全盛【ぜんせい】 height of prosperity
  • 創出【そうしゅつ】 creation; generation
  • 問題視【もんだいし】 viewed as a problem
  • 多発【たはつ】 repeated occurrence
  • 格差【かくさ】 qualitative difference; disparity; gap
  • 貧富【ひんぷ】 wealth and poverty; rich and poor
  • 農村【のうそん】 agricultural community; farm village / rural
  • 阻止【そし】 obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction; preemption; blocking
  • 不吉【ふきつ】 ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
  • 略奪【りゃくだつ】 pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
  • 現象【げんしょう】 phenomenon
  • 蔓延【まんえん】 spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
  • 営む【いとなむ】 to run (a business); to operate; to conduct; to practice (law, medicine, etc.) / to carry out; to perform; to lead (a life) / to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
  • 曖昧【あいまい】 vague; ambiguous; unclear / fuzzy
  • タンパク質【タンパクしつ】 protein
  • 容易【ようい】 easy; simple; plain
  • 接近【せっきん】 getting closer; drawing nearer; approaching / being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.) / becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
  • 着目【ちゃくもく】 attention; giving one's attention; focusing
  • 意思疎通【いしそつう】 (coming to a) mutual understanding; understanding each other
  • 事案【じあん】 concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem; case (court)
  • 論じる【ろんじる】 to discuss; to talk about; to deal with (a topic) / to argue; to dispute / to take into consideration; to make an issue of
  • 客観的【きゃっかんてき】 objective
  • 鈍感【どんかん】 thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
  • 適度【てきど】 moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
  • 愚問【ぐもん】 foolish question
  • 必然【ひつぜん】 inevitable; necessary; certain; sure / inevitability; necessity
  • 物議を醸す【ぶつぎをかもす】 to arouse criticism; to provoke; to cause a controversy; to give rise to hostile comment
  • 抽象【ちゅうしょう】 abstraction
  • 主観的【しゅかんてき】 subjective
  • 主観【しゅかん】 subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego / one's personal opinion; one's own idea
  • 報いる【むくいる】 to reward; to recompense; to repay / to retaliate; to get revenge
  • 潜む【ひそむ】 to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
  • 利他【りた】 altruism
  • 利己【りこ】 self-interest
  • 前者【ぜんしゃ】 the former
  • 知性的【ちせいてき】 intellectual
  • 本能的【ほんのうてき】 instinctive; instinctual
  • 行儀【ぎょうぎ】 manners; behavior; behaviour
  • 便宜【べんぎ】 convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency
  • 捨てる【すてる】 to throw away; to cast away; to dump; to discard / to abandon; to desert; to leave / to give up; to resign
  • 脱ぎ捨てる【ぬぎすてる】 to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
  • 因習【いんしゅう】 convention; tradition; long-established custom
  • 大概【たいがい】 in general; almost all / mainly; mostly; most likely / moderately; suitably
  • 福祉【ふくし】 welfare; well-being; social welfare; social security; social service
  • 横行【おうこう】 walking sideways; staggering; striding / being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent
  • 既成観念【きせいかんねん】 ready-made ideas
  • 宿る【やどる】 to dwell; to live; to remain / to stay at; to take shelter at; to stop at; to lodge at / to be pregnant / to be part of a constellation / to be a parasite (bugs, plants, etc.)
  • 精神【せいしん】 mind; spirit; soul; heart; ethos / attitude; mentality; will; intention / spirit (of a matter); essence; fundamental significance
  • 平穏【へいおん】 tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
  • 腐る【くさる】 to rot; to go bad; to decay; to spoil; to fester; to decompose; to turn sour (e.g. milk) / to corrode; to weather; to crumble / to become useless; to blunt; to weaken (from lack of practice) / to become depraved; to be degenerate; to be morally bankrupt; to be corrupt / to be depressed; to be dispirited; to feel discouraged; to feel down / to have the audacity to; to be bastard enough to / to lose a bet / to be drenched; to become sopping wet
  • 巡査【じゅんさ】 police officer; policeman; constable
  • 標識【ひょうしき】 sign; mark; flag
  • やたら《矢鱈》 indiscriminately; blindly; at random; recklessly; thoughtlessly; excessively; profusely / indiscriminate; random; excessive
  • 真っ青【まっさお】 deep blue; bright blue / ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
  • 取り締まる【とりしまる】 to manage; to control; to supervise; to oversee; to command / to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce; to regulate
  • 意図的【いとてき】 intentional; on purpose
  • 客観的【きゃっかんてき】 objective
  • きらいがある《嫌いがある》 to have a tendency to; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of
  • 還元【かんげん】 restoration; return / reduction; resolution; deoxidization; deoxidation