ぶ JLPT N1 Vocabulary

Browse 23 JLPT N1 Vocabulary entries for Japanese under ぶ.

Kana ぶ

  1. 文面 ぶんめん Text; wording; content of a letter or document. The actual words used in a written message, as opposed to its spoken or implied meaning.
  2. 分水嶺 ぶんすいれい Watershed; continental divide. A ridge or elevated line that separates river basins flowing in different directions. Figuratively, a deci...
  3. 文献学 ぶんけんがく Philology; textual scholarship. The academic discipline concerned with the historical study, interpretation, and authentication of texts.
  4. 文庫 ぶんこ Library; book collection; paperback edition. Refers to a repository of texts, a personal collection of books, or the standard pocket-size...
  5. 文豪 ぶんごう Literary master; great writer; literary giant. An honorific title for a writer of exceptional historical and artistic stature.
  6. 文人 ぶんじん Literary person; man of letters; literatus. Someone devoted to literature, poetry, calligraphy, or the arts rather than worldly pursuits.
  7. 文体 ぶんたい Literary style; writing style; prose style. The characteristic manner in which a writer uses language, including sentence structure, dict...
  8. 文壇 ぶんだん The literary world; literary circles. The community of professional writers, critics, editors, and publishers who shape literary culture.
  9. 文楽 ぶんらく Bunraku; the traditional Japanese puppet theatre, performed with large three-person-operated puppets, a chanter, and a shamisen player.
  10. 文を綴る ぶんをつづる To compose a text; to write prose; to string words together into a written piece.
  11. 分権 ぶんけん Decentralisation; devolution of power. The distribution of authority and administrative functions away from a central government to local...
  12. 分岐 ぶんき Branch; fork; divergence; bifurcation. A point where something divides into two or more paths, strands, or directions.
  13. ぶっ壊す ぶっこわす To smash; to destroy completely; to break to pieces.
  14. 歩合 ぶあい Commission; percentage-based payment; proportional rate or share. Most commonly refers to a sales commission tied to performance.
  15. 分厚い ぶあつい Thick; bulky; hefty. Describes something with considerable physical thickness or substance.
  16. 不気味 ぶきみ Eerie; uncanny; creepy; producing an unsettling feeling of strangeness or hidden danger.
  17. 不器用 ぶきよう Clumsy; unskilled; awkward. Lacking dexterity with hands or finesse in social and emotional situations.
  18. 無骨 ぶこつ Crude; rough; rustic; lacking refinement or polish, but not necessarily in a negative way.
  19. 不躾 ぶしつけ Rude; ill-mannered; impolite; failing to observe proper etiquette.
  20. ぶっきらぼう ぶっきらぼう Curt; blunt; brusque; speaking or acting without warmth or social niceties.
  21. 物騒 ぶっそう Dangerous; unsafe; disturbing; threatening to peace or personal safety.
  22. 侮蔑 ぶべつ Contempt; scorn; an attitude of regarding someone as worthless or undeserving of respect.
  23. 奉行 ぶぎょう Magistrate; commissioner; a feudal Japanese official combining judicial, executive, and policing authority within a designated domain.