Vocabulary List

Core JLPT vocabulary by level with reading, part of speech, an example sentence and the words it gets confused with.

繁華街 — はんかがい — N2 — noun — downtown, shopping district
謙遜 — けんそん — N2 — noun — humility, modesty
圧倒的 — あっとくてき — N1 — adjective — overwhelming
基盤 — きばん — N1 — noun — foundation, basis
巧妙 — こうみょう — N1 — adjective — ingenious, clever
摯実 — しじつ — N1 — adjective — sincere, earnest
推移 — すいい — N1 — noun — transition, change
拙速 — そっそく — N1 — adjective — quick and clumsy, hasty
妥結 — だけつ — N1 — noun — settlement, agreement
喚起 — かんき — N1 — noun — arousing, eliciting (attention/interest)
踏襲 — とうしゅう — N1 — verb — following, adopting (a precedent)
覇気 — はき — N1 — noun — vigor, ambition, drive
払拭 — ふっしょく — N1 — noun — sweeping away, wiping out
奔走 — ほんそう — N1 — verb — running about, busy maneuvering
魅惑 — みわく — N1 — noun — fascination, charm
癒着 — ゆちゃく — N1 — noun — adhesion, corrupt collusion
誇示 — こじ — N1 — verb — flouting, showing off
錯覚 — さっかく — N1 — noun — optical illusion, hallucination
酷使 — こくし — N1 — verb — overworking, abuse (of a machine/body)
遮断 — しゃだん — N1 — noun — isolation, blockage
収容 — しゅうよう — N1 — noun — accommodation, holding, capacity
是正 — ぜせい — N1 — noun — correction, rectification (of faults/evils)
粗末 — そまつ — N1 — adjective — crude, poor, wasteful
陳腐 — ちんぷ — N1 — adjective — cliche, trite, stale
的中 — てきちゅう — N1 — noun — hit the mark, coming true
特有 — とくゆう — N1 — adjective — characteristic, peculiar to
抜粋 — ばっすい — N1 — noun — extraction, excerpt
隠蔽 — いんぺい — N1 — noun — concealment
躍進 — やくしん — N1 — noun — rapid progress
敷地 — しきち — N1 — noun — site, plot
綻び — ほころび — N1 — noun — fraying, tear, flaw
辛口 — からくち — N1 — noun — dry taste, harsh criticism
無口 — むくち — N1 — noun — reticent, quiet
暫定 — ざんてい — N1 — noun — provisional/interim
小包 — こづつみ — N1 — noun — parcel, package
先入観 — せにゅうかん — N1 — noun — preconception, prejudice
手際 — てぎわ — N1 — noun — performance, skill, dexterity
心得 — こころえ — N1 — noun — knowledge, rules, precepts
余地 — よち — N1 — noun — room, space, margin
図る — はかる — N1 — verb — to plot, to aim at, to devise
隔てる — へだてる — N1 — verb — to separate, to partition
凌ぐ — しのぐ — N1 — verb — to weather, to endure, to surpass
拗らせる — こじらせる — N1 — verb — to complicate, to aggravate
糾弾 — きゅうだん — N1 — noun — condemnation/denunciation
懲りる — こりる — N1 — verb — to learn one's lesson, to be taught a lesson
潤う — うるおう — N1 — verb — to be moistened, to profit, to be enriched
誇張 — こちょう — N1 — noun — exaggeration
是認 — ぜにん — N1 — noun — approval/acknowledgment
怠慢 — たいまん — N1 — noun — negligence, procrastination
素朴 — そぼく — N1 — adjective — simple, artless, naive