そ JLPT N1 Vocabulary

Kana そ

1. 創意 そうい Originality; creative idea; ingenuity. The capacity to generate novel and inventive thoughts.
2. 相応 そうおう Suitable; appropriate; befitting; proportionate. Matching what is expected or warranted.
3. 総括 そうかつ Summary; overview; recapitulation. A comprehensive wrap-up that draws together all key points.
4. 創出 そうしゅつ Creation; generation; production. Bringing something new into existence, often on a large or societal scale.
5. 相乗 そうじょう Synergy; multiplication; combined effect. A mutually amplifying interaction between two or more elements.
6. 双方 そうほう Both sides; both parties; mutual. Referring to two parties or entities equally.
7. 阻害 そがい Obstruction; hindrance; inhibition. The act of blocking or impeding a process or function.
8. 即座 そくざ Immediate; instant; on the spot. Without delay, right at that moment.
9. 素質 そしつ Aptitude; talent; natural disposition. An innate capacity or inclination that determines potential.
10. 損得 そんとく Profit and loss; advantages and disadvantages. A practical reckoning of what one gains or loses.
11. 損傷 そんしょう Damage; injury; impairment; lesion. Physical harm to the body or an organ, ranging from minor to severe.
12. 削ぎ落とす そぎおとす To strip away; to pare down; to cut off. To remove unnecessary parts by slicing until only the essential remains.
13. 削ぐ そぐ To chip; to whittle; to dampen; to reduce. To shave away material or diminish the force, enthusiasm, or scale of something.
14. 備わる そなわる To be endowed with; to be equipped with; to possess naturally. To have a quality, ability, or feature as an inherent attribute.
15. 相関 そうかん Correlation; interrelation. A statistical or logical relationship between two variables where changes in one correspond to changes in the...
16. 相対性 そうたいせい Relativity; the property of being relative rather than absolute. Most famously associated with Einstein's theory of relativity.
17. 相同 そうどう Homologous; corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin, even if function differs. Describes organs or genes sharing a common ances...
18. 聳え立つ そびえたつ To tower; to rise high above the surroundings; to soar imposingly into the sky.
19. 聳える そびえる To tower; to soar; to rise high above the surroundings.
20. 齟齬 そご Discrepancy; disagreement; misalignment; a mismatch between two parties' expectations, accounts, or intentions that leads to conflict or ...
21. 疎通 そつう Communication; mutual understanding; the free flow of ideas or feelings between people or groups. Often used in contexts where that flow ...
22. 束縛状態 そくばくじょうたい Bound state; a physical state in which a particle or system is confined by a potential well and cannot escape to infinity. Used predomina...
23. 荘厳 そうごん Solemn; majestic; awe-inspiring; sublime. Describes an atmosphere, structure, or moment that inspires deep reverence and awe.
24. 壮絶 そうぜつ Heroic and overwhelming; fierce; desperately intense; sublimely extreme. Describes a struggle or ordeal so extreme as to inspire awe.
25. 騒々しい そうぞうしい Noisy; boisterous; clamorous; rowdy. Describes an environment or person producing excessive, disruptive noise or commotion.
26. 聡明 そうめい Wise; intelligent; sagacious; keenly perceptive. Describes a person of exceptional intelligence combined with sound judgement and insight.
27. 壮麗 そうれい Magnificent; splendid; majestic; grandly beautiful. Describes something of imposing grandeur and beauty, typically architecture, nature, ...
28. 素知らぬ そしらぬ Feigning ignorance; pretending not to know; acting as if completely unaware. Used to describe a deliberately false show of innocence.
29. 空恐ろしい そらおそろしい Vaguely frightening; eerie; uncannily dreadful. Describes an intangible, diffuse sense of dread—a fear with no clearly identifiable source.
30. 空々しい そらぞらしい Transparently false; obviously feigned; blatantly insincere; barefaced. Describes behaviour or speech that is clearly fake despite a pret...
31. 操業 そうぎょう Operation; running a factory or plant. The active functioning of a production facility or industrial operation.
32. 総代理店 そうだいりてん General agent; sole distributor; exclusive distributor. A single company holding the exclusive distribution rights for a product or brand...
33. 相場 そうば Market price; going rate; market speculation. The prevailing price of goods or securities at a given time.
34. 総務 そうむ General affairs; general administration. The department or function handling a company's broad administrative tasks.
35. 底入れ そこいれ Bottoming out; hitting the floor. The point at which a declining price, market, or economic indicator reaches its lowest level and stabil...
36. 底値 そこね Bottom price; lowest price; rock-bottom. The minimum price at which something has traded or is available.
37. 損益 そんえき Profit and loss; gains and losses. A financial measure combining both revenue surpluses and deficits.
38. 損切り そんきり Cutting losses; stop-loss; closing a position at a loss. The deliberate act of selling an asset at a loss to prevent further deterioration.
39. 草稿 そうこう Draft; manuscript; rough copy. A preliminary, unfinished version of a piece of writing, composed before final editing and publication.
40. 草書 そうしょ Cursive script; running hand calligraphy. A highly abbreviated and flowing style of Chinese and Japanese calligraphy that is difficult fo...
41. 挿話 そうわ Episode; anecdote; interlude. A brief, self-contained story or scene inserted within a larger narrative, speech, or discourse.
42. 遡及 そきゅう Tracing back; retroaction; retrospection. The act of going back to an earlier point in time, often to apply a rule or examine an origin r...
43. 速読 そくどく Speed reading; rapid reading. A technique for reading text much faster than normal while aiming to maintain comprehension.
44. 素養 そよう Grounding; foundation of knowledge; cultural accomplishment. A cultivated understanding or skill base acquired through sustained learning...
45. 尊敬語 そんけいご Honorific language; respectful speech. The register of Japanese in which special verb and noun forms are used to show respect for the per...
46. 総裁 そうさい President; governor; director-general. The highest executive official of a political party, central bank, or major organisation.
47. 総選挙 そうせんきょ General election. A nationwide election in which all or most seats in a legislative body are contested simultaneously.
48. 尊王攘夷 そんのうじょうい Revere the emperor, expel the barbarians. The political slogan of late Edo-period activists advocating imperial restoration and the exclu...
49. 送検 そうけん Sending a case to the public prosecutor; referral for prosecution. The procedural transfer of a case from police to the prosecutor's office.
50. 相互扶助 そうごふじょ Mutual aid; mutual assistance; helping one another. The principle of members of a community supporting each other reciprocally.
51. 疎開 そかい Evacuation; dispersal; the wartime relocation of people from cities to rural areas to avoid bombing.
52. 疎外 そがい Alienation; estrangement; exclusion. The experience of feeling isolated from society, community, or one's own work.
53. 齟齬をきたす そごをきたす To be at odds; to cause a discrepancy; to produce a mismatch or contradiction between expectations and reality.
54. 忖度 そんたく Surmising another's intentions; reading the room; acting in anticipation of what a superior desires without being explicitly told.