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59242 words JLPT N1 Page 1820 of 1975
城楼 じょうろう (jōrō)

watchtower of a castle

noun N1
肩揚げが取れる かたあげがとれる (katāgegatoreru)

to come of age

expression N1
保守車両 ほしゅしゃりょう (hoshusharyō)

maintenance train

noun N1
冴えない さえない (saenai)

dull

expression N1
湯の盤銘 とうのばんめい (tōnobanmē)

inscription on the bathtub of King Tang ("If you can renovate yourself one day, then you can do so every day, and keep doing so day after day.")

expression N1
媒介語 ばいかいご (baikaigo)

lingua franca

noun N1
吐き散らす はきちらす (hakichirasu)

to spit out all around

verb N1
安東都護府 あんとうとごふ (antōtogofu)

Protectorate General to Pacify the East (Tang-period Chinese office established in Pyongyang in 668 CE)

noun N1
胸を躍らせる むねをおどらせる (munewōdoraseru)

to get excited

expression N1
阿しゅく仏 あしゅくぶつ (ashukubutsu)

Akshobhya (the immovable buddha)

noun N1
選挙対策 せんきょたいさく (senkyotaisaku)

election campaign strategy

noun N1
クモ恐怖症 くもきょうふしょう (kumokyōfushō)

arachnophobia

noun N1
幕を切る まくをきる (makuwokiru)

to start (e.g. a scene, a war, etc.)

expression N1
初凪 はつなぎ (hatsunagi)

first lull of the year

noun N1
遣り損ずる やりそんずる (yarisonzuru)

to botch

verb N1
陰祭り かげまつり (kagematsuri)

minor festival (held in place of a larger festival that is not recurring every year)

noun N1
和鏡 わきょう (wakyō)

Japanese-style mirror

noun N1
社会統合 しゃかいとうごう (shakaitōgō)

social integration

noun N1
絵日傘 えひがさ (ehigasa)

decorated umbrella

noun N1
聖都 せいと (sēto)

Holy City (e.g. Jerusalem, Mecca)

noun N1
細気管支炎 さいきかんしえん (saikikanshien)

bronchiolitis

noun N1
碁打ちに時なし ごうちにときなし (gōchinitokinashi)

go players have no concept of time (being so engrossed in the game)

expression N1
地弾き じびき (jibiki)

person who plays shamisen during dancing practice

noun N1
強情っ張り ごうじょうっぱり (gōjōppari)

stubborn person

noun N1
異端審問 いたんしんもん (itanshinmon)

the Inquisition

noun N1
下愚 かぐ (kagu)

very stupid (person)

noun N1
結城紬 ゆうきつむぎ (yūkitsumugi)

silk products produced near Yūki (using natural indigo dye)

noun N1
小菊 こぎく (kogiku)

small chrysanthemum

noun N1
ミリスチン酸 ミリスチンさん (mirisuchinsan)

myristic acid

noun N1
小倉織 こくらおり (kokuraori)

warp rib weave cotton fabric (from Kokura)

noun N1