List: JLPT Level N1 words

popular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N1  な adjective  adjective (generic)  noun  noun (generic) 

• cruel, brutal, ruthless, merciless, inhuman

popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic) 

• time difference

popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic) 

• staple food

popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb 

• engaging in (work), pursuing (e.g. studies), following (a profession), being involved in

popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic)  slang 

• beast, brute, animal
• animal with human characteristics

popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic) 

• fate, destiny, predestination

popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb 

• success in life, getting ahead, successful career, promotion, climbing the corporate ladder, eminence

popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  transitive verb 

• punishment, penalty

popular  ateji  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic)  noun (suffix) 

• feeling, sensation, mood

popular  JLPT N1  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する 

• newly-wed, newly married