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JLPT Level 1 Vocab (24/147)

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Here is our unofficial vocab list for level 1 of the JLPT. It also includes the vocab that appeared on levels 2, 3 and 4. You can download an excel version of this data by clicking on the download button below. You may also add them to your vocab list by clicking the checkbox next to them and clicking on the "Add to Vocab List" button at the bottom of the page.

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かっき energy; liveliness
かっこ parenthesis; brackets
かっこう shape; form; posture; suitability; moderateness (in price); appearance; manner
かって kitchen; one's own convenience; one's way; selfishness
かってに arbitrarily; of it's own accord; involuntarily; wilfully; as one pleases
かっぱつ vigor; active
かつ yet; and
かつ to win
かつ divide; cut; halve; separate; split; rip; break; crack; smash; dilute
かつぐ to shoulder; to carry on shoulder
かつじ printing type
かつて 嘗て once; ever
かつどう action; activity
かつやく activity
かつよう conjugation; practical use
かつりょく vitality; energy
かづけ date; dating
かてい assumption; supposition; hypothesis
かてい home; family; household
かてい process
かてい course; curriculum
かど gate
かな Japanese syllabary (alphabets); kana
かない wife
かなう 叶う to come true (wish)
かなえる 叶える to grant (request, wish)
かなしい しい sad; sorrowful
かなしむ しむ to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
かなづかい kana orthography; syllabary spelling
かなづち 1. (iron) hammer; 2. punishment
かなぼう iron rod; crowbar; horizontal bar (gymnastics)
かならず necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively; invariably
かならずしも ずしも (not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) all; (not) entirely
かなり considerably; fairly; quite
かなわない わない 1. no match for; 2. unbearable; 3. unable; can't do
かにゅう becoming a member; joining; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation; adherence; signing
かね bell; chime
かねぐら safe; vault; treasury; provider of funds
かねごと prediction; promise; prognostication
かねつ heating
かねて ねて simultaneously
かねもち rich man
かねる ねる to hold (position); to serve; to be unable; to be beyond one's ability; to combine with; to use with; cannot; to hesitate to; to be impatient
かのう possible; practicable; feasible
かのじょ she; girl friend; sweetheart
かはんすう majority
かばう 庇う to protect someone; to take under one's wing; to plead for; to stick up for; to cover up for someone
かばん going off duty
かひん inferior article
かび pomp; splendor; gaudiness