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59242 words JLPT N1 Page 1794 of 1975
愚痴愚痴 ぐちぐち (guchiguchi)

mumbling

adverb N1
如露亦如電 にょろやくにょでん (nyoroyakunyoden)

existence (as we perceive it) is as mutable and incorporeal as is the morning dew or a flash of lightning

noun N1
血振 ちぶり (chiburi)

maneuver to shake, flick, or wipe blood off of a sword

noun N1
排除体積効果 はいじょたいせきこうか (haijotaisekikōka)

excluded volume effect

noun N1
さん (san)

frame (i.e. of a sliding door)

noun N1
上げ劣り あげおとり (ageotori)

looking worse after putting up one's hair (when coming of age)

noun N1
線源 せんげん (sengen)

source of radiation

noun N1
霊体験 れいたいけん (rētaiken)

experience of seeing a ghost

noun N1
検討図 けんとうず (kentōzu)

draft (drawing, plan, etc.)

noun N1
刀折れ矢尽きる かたなおれやつきる (katanaoreyatsukiru)

to exhaust all one's options

expression N1
叶わぬ時の神頼み かなわぬときのかみだのみ (kanawanutokinokamidanomi)

turning to God only in one's trouble

expression N1
催馬楽 さいばら (saibara)

genre of Heian-period Japanese court music (primarily consisting of gagaku-styled folk melodies)

noun N1
詳査 しょうさ (shōsa)

to examine in full detail

noun N1
狭き門より入れ せまきもんよりいれ (semakimonyorīre)

enter through the narrow gate (for wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction)

expression N1
口は災いの元 くちはわざわいのもと (kuchihawazawainomoto)

words can lead to disaster

expression N1
朱に交われば赤くなる しゅにまじわればあかくなる (shunimajiwarebākakunaru)

people will take on the characteristics of those who surround them

expression N1
国際標準図書番号 こくさいひょうじゅんとしょばんごう (kokusaihyōjuntoshobangō)

International Standard Book Number

noun N1
盾の両面を見よ たてのりょうめんをみよ (tatenoryōmenwomiyo)

look at both sides of the thing

expression N1
声はすれども姿は見えず こえはすれどもすがたはみえず (koehasuredomosugatahamiezu)

it's audible but invisible

expression N1
古い革袋に新しい酒を盛る ふるいかわぶくろにあたらしいさけをもる (furuikawabukuroniatarashīsakewomoru)

to pour new wine into old wineskins

expression N1
人間は万物の霊長 にんげんはばんぶつのれいちょう (ningenhabanbutsunorēchō)

man is the crown of creation

expression N1
ごった煮 ごったに (gottani)

various foods cooked together

noun N1
車軸を流す しゃじくをながす (shajikuwonagasu)

to rain heavily

expression N1
世間は広いようで狭い せけんはひろいようでせまい (sekenhahiroiyōdesemai)

though it seems big, it's a small world

expression N1
得手に帆を揚げる えてにほをあげる (etenihowoageru)

to hoist one's sail when the wind is fair

expression N1
生兵法は大怪我のもと なまびょうほうはおおけがのもと (namabyōhōhaōkeganomoto)

a little learning is a dangerous thing

expression N1
忠言耳に逆らう ちゅうげんみみにさからう (chūgenmiminisakarau)

good advice is harsh to the ear

expression N1
地獄の沙汰も金次第 じごくのさたもかねしだい (jigokunosatamokaneshidai)

money talks

expression N1
来年のことを言うと鬼が笑う らいねんのことをいうとおにがわらう (rainennokotowoiutōnigawarau)

nobody knows the morrow

expression N1
三重結合 さんじゅうけつごう (sanjūketsugō)

triple bond

noun N1