JLPT Guide/JLPT N1 Vocabulary/Row Ya

  • 矢, や -arrow
  • 哉, や -question mark
  • 喧しい, やかましい -noisy, strict, fussy
  • 野外, やがい -fields, outskirts, open air, suburbs
  • 軈て, やがて -before long, soon, at length
  • 夜行, やぎょう -walking around at night, night train, night travel
  • 役職, やくしょく -post, managerial position, official position
  • 役立つ, やくだつ -to be useful, to be helpful, to serve the purpose
  • 役場, やくば -town hall
  • 夜具, やぐ -bedding
  • 優, やさ -gentle, affectionate
  • 屋敷, やしき -mansion
  • 養う, やしなう -to rear, to maintain, to cultivate
  • 社, やしろ -Shinto shrine
  • 野心, やしん -ambition, aspiration, designs, treachery
  • 易い, やすい -easy
  • 安っぽい, やすっぽい -cheap-looking, tawdry, insignificant
  • 休める, やすめる -to rest, to suspend, to give relief
  • 野生, やせい -wild
  • 矢鱈に, やたらに -randomly, recklessly, blindly
  • 夜中, やちゅう -all night, the whole night
  • 奴, やっこ -servant, fellow
  • やっ付ける, やっつける -to beat
  • 矢っ張り, やっぱり -also, as I thought, still, in spite of, absolutely
  • 野党, やとう -opposition party
  • 病, やまい -illness, disease
  • 闇, やみ -darkness, the dark, black-marketeering, dark, shady, illegal
  • 病む, やむ -to fall ill, to be ill
  • 止むを得ない, やむをえない -cannot be helped, unavoidable
  • 稍, やや -a little, partially, somewhat, a short time, a while
  • ややこしい -puzzling, tangled, complicated, complex
  • 遣り通す, やりとおす -to carry through, to achieve, to complete
  • やり遂げる, やりとげる -to accomplish
  • 遣る, やる -to do, to have sexual intercourse, to kill, to give (to inferiors animals etc.), to dispatch (a letter
  • 和らげる, やわらげる -to soften, to moderate, to relieve
  • 優位, ゆうい -predominance, ascendancy, superiority
  • 憂鬱, ゆううつ -depression, melancholy, dejection, gloom
  • 有益, ゆうえき -beneficial, profitable
  • 優越, ゆうえつ -supremacy, predominance, being superior to
  • 勇敢, ゆうかん -bravery, heroism, gallantry
  • 有機, ゆうき -organic
  • 夕暮れ, ゆうぐれ -evening, (evening) twilight
  • 融資, ゆうし -financing, loan
  • 有する, ゆうする -to own, to be endowed with
  • 融通, ゆうずう -lending (money), accommodation, adaptability, versatility, finance
  • 優勢, ゆうせい -superiority, superior power, predominance, preponderance
  • 優先, ゆうせん -preference, priority
  • 誘導, ゆうどう -guidance, leading, induction, introduction, incitement, inducement
  • 優美, ゆうび -grace, refinement, elegance
  • 有望, ゆうぼう -good prospects, full of hope, promising
  • 遊牧, ゆうぼく -nomadism
  • 夕焼け, ゆうやけ -sunset
  • 有力, ゆうりょく -1. influence, prominence, 2. potent
  • 幽霊, ゆうれい -ghost, specter, apparition, phantom
  • 誘惑, ゆうわく -temptation, allurement, lure
  • 揺さぶる, ゆさぶる -to shake, to jolt, to rock, to swing
  • 茹でる, ゆでる -to boil
  • ゆとり -reserve, affluence, room, time (to spare)
  • 指差す, ゆびさす -to point at
  • 弓, ゆみ -bow (and arrow)
  • 揺らぐ, ゆらぐ -to swing, to sway, to shake, to tremble
  • 緩む, ゆるむ -to become loose, to slacken
  • 緩める, ゆるめる -to loosen, to slow down
  • 緩やか, ゆるやか -lenient
  • 世, よ -world, society, age, generation
  • 好い, よい -good
  • 要因, よういん -primary factor, main cause
  • 溶液, ようえき -solution (liquid)
  • 用件, ようけん -business
  • 養護, ようご -protection, nursing, protective care
  • 用紙, ようし -blank form
  • 様式, ようしき -style, form, pattern
  • 要する, ようする -to demand, to require, to take
  • 要請, ようせい -claim, demand, request, application
  • 養成, ようせい -training, development
  • 様相, ようそう -aspect
  • 用品, ようひん -articles, supplies, parts
  • 洋風, ようふう -western style
  • 用法, ようほう -directions, rules of use
  • 要望, ようぼう -demand for, request
  • 余暇, よか -leisure, leisure time, spare time
  • 予感, よかん -presentiment, premonition
  • 余興, よきょう -side show, entertainment
  • 預金, よきん -deposit, bank account
  • 抑圧, よくあつ -check, restraint, oppression, suppression
  • 浴室, よくしつ -bathroom, bath
  • 抑制, よくせい -suppression
  • 欲深い, よくふかい -greedy
  • 欲望, よくぼう -desire, appetite
  • 寄こす, よこす -to send, to forward
  • 横綱, よこづな -sumo grand champion
  • 葦, よし -reed, bulrush
  • 善し悪し, よしあし -good or bad, merits or demerits, quality, suitability
  • 予想, よそう -expectation, anticipation, prediction, forecast
  • 余所見, よそみ -looking away, looking aside
  • 余地, よち -place, room, margin, scope
  • 依って, よって -therefore, consequently, accordingly, because of
  • 余程, よっぽど -very, greatly, much, to a large extent, quite
  • 与党, よとう -government party, (ruling) party in power, government
  • 呼び止める, よびとめる -to challenge, to call somebody to halt
  • 夜更かし, よふかし -staying up late, keeping late hours, sitting up late at night, nighthawk
  • 夜更け, よふけ -late at night
  • 読み上げる, よみあげる -to read out loud (and clearly), to call a roll
  • 寄り掛かる, よりかかる -to lean against, to recline on, to lean on, to rely on
  • 宜しく, よろしく -well, properly, suitably, best regards, please remember me
  • 弱まる, よわまる -to abate, to weaken, to be emaciated, to be dejected, to be perplexed
  • 弱める, よわめる -to weaken
  • 弱る, よわる -to weaken, to be troubled, to be downcast, to be emaciated, to be dejected, to be perplexed, to impair