と JLPT N1 Vocabulary

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1. 投薬 とうやく Medication; drug administration; dosing. The act of prescribing or administering medicine to a patient.
2. 投影 とうえい Projection; reflection; casting (a shadow or image). The act of projecting an image onto a surface, or attributing one's own inner state ...
3. 問い合わせ といあわせ An inquiry; an enquiry; a query or request for information directed to a company, institution, or individual.
4. 問い詰める といつめる To press with questions; to cross-examine; to corner someone through relentless questioning until they have no room to evade.
5. 遠回し とおまわし Indirect; roundabout; euphemistic. Describes a way of speaking or expressing something that avoids stating the matter directly, often to ...
6. 訥弁 とつべん Halting or inarticulate speech; the quality of being a poor or slow speaker. Used to describe someone who struggles to express themselves...
7. 透過 とうか Transmission; permeation; the passage of light, radiation, or particles through a medium or barrier without being absorbed or reflected.
8. 淘汰圧 とうたあつ Selection pressure; the environmental or ecological force that influences the survival and reproduction of organisms with certain traits,...
9. 当該 とうがい Relevant; applicable; the said; in question. Used attributively to indicate the specific item, person, or matter under official or formal...
10. 統制 とうせい Regulation; control; coordination; systematic management. Refers to centralised authority exercised over systems, economies, or behaviour.
11. 統率 とうそつ Leadership; command; the ability to lead and unify a group effectively. Emphasises practical capacity to direct people toward a common goal.
12. 淘汰 とうた Natural selection; elimination of the unfit; weeding out. The process by which weaker or inferior elements are removed through competitio...
13. 到達 とうたつ Reaching; attaining; arriving at a destination or goal. Used for both physical arrival and the achievement of abstract targets.
14. 当面 とうめん At present; for the time being; currently pressing. Used to describe the immediate situation or to signal a temporary state of affairs th...
15. 特性 とくせい Characteristic; peculiarity; special quality or inherent property. A distinctive feature that defines or differentiates something from ot...
16. 特筆 とくひつ Special mention; noteworthy; deserving particular note. Used when something is so remarkable it warrants explicit highlighting above the ...
17. 途上 とじょう On the way; in the middle of a process; in progress. Used both literally for being en route and figuratively for something still developing.
18. 滞る とどこおる To stagnate; to be delayed; to fall behind; to be in arrears. Describes a flow, process, or obligation that has stopped moving or has not...
19. 渡来 とらい Arrival from overseas; importation; the act of coming to Japan from a foreign land. Used in historical, cultural, and ecological contexts.
20. 頓挫 とんざ Setback; breakdown; abrupt collapse of a plan before completion. A project or endeavour that comes to a sudden halt midway.
21. 峠 とうげ Mountain pass; the highest point of a mountain road; the peak or crisis point of a situation. Used both literally for geography and figur...
22. 途端に とたんに The very moment that; just as; at the instant when. Used to indicate that something happened immediately after or simultaneously with ano...
23. 問いかける といかける To question; to pose a question to; to address with a query — often directed at the conscience, society, or a specific person.
24. 問い糺す といただす To question closely; to interrogate strictly; to examine by persistent inquiry.
25. 問い直す といなおす To reexamine; to ask again; to reconsider from the ground up.
26. 通り越す とおりこす To go past; to overshoot; to go beyond a target point — physically or metaphorically.
27. 解き放つ ときはなつ To set free; to release; to unleash. Implies liberating something that was bound, confined, or suppressed.
28. 研ぎ澄ます とぎすます To sharpen to a fine edge; to hone; to heighten one's senses or faculties to peak acuity.
29. 研ぐ とぐ To sharpen; to grind; to whet; to polish; to wash (rice). A versatile verb covering the physical act of honing or cleaning by friction.
30. 溶け合う とけあう To melt together; to blend; to merge harmoniously; to fuse into one.
31. 溶け込む とけこむ To blend in; to merge into; to dissolve into — a group, an environment, or a substance.
32. 嫁ぐ とつぐ To marry into (a family); to be given in marriage; to wed — used exclusively of a woman marrying.
33. 留める とどめる To stop; to keep in place; to confine; to limit; to retain. Implies preventing movement or change.
34. 灯す ともす To light; to ignite; to kindle a light or flame.
35. 取り組む とりくむ To tackle; to grapple with; to work seriously on a task or challenge.
36. 取り沙汰する とりざたする To gossip about; to rumour; to be talked about widely — often without confirmed fact.
37. 取り仕切る とりしきる To manage; to take full charge of; to oversee and run entirely.
38. 取り繕う とりつくろう To keep up appearances; to make a superficial repair; to gloss over or patch up a situation.
39. 取り巻く とりまく To surround; to encircle; to gather around. Used for physical encirclement and for describing the environment or people around someone.
40. 取り戻す とりもどす To take back; to regain; to recover something lost.
41. 取り止める とりやめる To cancel; to call off; to abandon a plan or action that was in progress.
42. とてつもない とてつもない Extraordinary; outrageous; tremendous. Describes something that is far beyond normal expectations or comprehension, whether in scale, sev...
43. 途方もない とほうもない Preposterous; outrageous; wildly excessive. Describes something that is completely beyond reason or any normal measure of expectation.
44. とりとめのない とりとめのない Rambling; aimless; incoherent; disjointed. Describes speech, writing, or thought that wanders without focus or any clear conclusion.
45. 当座 とうざ For the time being; current account; immediate. Either a temporary stopgap measure or a bank current account for frequent transactions.
46. 騰落 とうらく Rise and fall of prices; fluctuation. The combined upward and downward movement of market prices or indices.
47. 特需 とくじゅ Special demand; procurement boom. An extraordinary surge in demand, typically stimulated by government procurement or exceptional circums...
48. 取り付け騒ぎ とりつけさわぎ Bank run; rush to withdraw deposits. A panic-driven mass withdrawal of funds from a financial institution feared to be insolvent.
49. 問屋 とんや Wholesale dealer; wholesaler; middleman. A business that purchases goods from producers and resells them to retailers.
50. 通り名 とおりな A commonly used name; a popular or familiar name by which a person, place, or thing is widely recognised, often distinct from the formal ...
51. 床の間 とこのま Tokonoma; a recessed alcove in a traditional Japanese room used to display a hanging scroll, flowers, or other art objects.
52. 統治 とうち Rule; governance; administration. The exercise of authority over a territory or people by an organised power.
53. 投票所 とうひょうじょ Polling station; the official venue where citizens cast their ballots during an election.
54. 投票率 とうひょうりつ Voter turnout; the percentage of eligible voters who actually cast ballots in a given election.
55. 特赦 とくしゃ Special pardon; clemency granted by the head of state to a specific individual, forgiving their crime or reducing their sentence.
56. 渡航 とこう Voyage abroad; travel to a foreign country; the act of crossing to another nation.
57. 飛び地 とびち Enclave; exclave; detached territory. A piece of land belonging to one jurisdiction that is surrounded by or separated from the main terr...
58. 弔い とむらい Funeral; memorial service; mourning; condolence. The act of paying respects and performing rites for the deceased.