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59242 words JLPT N1 Page 1796 of 1975
鹿を追う者は山を見ず しかをおうものはやまをみず (shikawoōmonohayamawomizu)

zeal is a bad servant

expression N1
格闘家 かくとうか (kakutōka)

martial artist

noun N1
統計図表 とうけいずひょう (tōkēzuhyō)

statistical chart

noun N1
植物生態学 しょくぶつせいたいがく (shokubutsusētaigaku)

plant ecology

noun N1
竜虎相打つ りゅうこあいうつ (ryūkoaiutsu)

a fight between equally great opponents

expression N1
舌が肥える したがこえる (shitagakoeru)

to be particular about one's food

expression N1
筆禅道 ひつぜんどう (hitsuzendō)

Art of the Brush (esp. school of Japanese Zen calligraphy)

noun N1
飲酒検知器 いんしゅけんちき (inshukenchiki)

breathalyser

noun N1
残尿感 ざんにょうかん (zannyōkan)

feeling that one's bladder has not been completely emptied

noun N1
海鮮 かいせん (kaisen)

seafood

noun N1
山之内製薬 やまのうちせいやく (yamanōchisēyaku)

Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical (now Astellas Pharma)

noun N1
訳あり わけあり (wakeari)

having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.)

expression N1
海保 かいほ (kaiho)

Japan Coast Guard

noun N1
懸仏 かけぼとけ (kakebotoke)

round plaque carrying the image of a Buddha (usually hammered from behind) used in temples and shrines

noun N1
海老尾 えびお (ebio)

goldfish with a shrimp-like tail

noun N1
一富士二鷹三茄子 いちふじにたかさんなすび (ichifujinitakasannasubi)

best is Fuji, second is a hawk, third is an eggplant (of auspicious things to see in a dream, esp. one's first dream of the year)

expression N1
法改正案 ほうかいせいあん (hōkaisēan)

law reform proposal

noun N1
大馬鹿 おおばか (ōbaka)

extreme foolishness

noun N1
酸茎 すぐき (suguki)

regional pickle of Kyoto made from a turnip-like vegetable

noun N1
アリール基 アリールき (arīruki)

aryl group

noun N1
個体群生態学 こたいぐんせいたいがく (kotaigunsētaigaku)

population ecology

noun N1
人には添うてみよ馬には乗ってみよ ひとにはそうてみようまにはのってみよ (hitonihasōtemiyōmanihanottemiyo)

you can't judge someone until you've spent time with them

expression N1
天津飯 てんしんはん (tenshinhan)

crab omelet on rice

noun N1
物言えば唇寒し秋の風 ものいえばくちびるさむしあきのかぜ (monoiebakuchibirusamushiakinokaze)

silence is golden

expression N1
副交感神経系 ふくこうかんしんけいけい (fukukōkanshinkēkē)

parasympathetic nervous system

noun N1
束縛電子 そくばくでんし (sokubakudenshi)

bound electron

noun N1
記憶をたどる きおくをたどる (kiokuwotadoru)

to reach back into one's memory

expression N1
属具 ぞくぐ (zokugu)

tool which is attached to something (e.g. fire extinguisher on a boat)

noun N1
インカ帝国 インカていこく (inkatēkoku)

Incan Empire

noun N1
富士派 ふじは (fujiha)

Fuji School (archaic name for the Nichiren Shoshu branch of Buddhism)

noun N1