JLPT N1 Vocabulary Practice: 800 Past-Paper Questions with Answers

Shuffle

Choose the correct reading of the underlined kanji word.

Watch long vowels, small っ and voiced sounds: きょう vs きょ, しゅっ vs しゅ.
Decide first whether the word takes an on reading or a kun reading.
When unsure, rule out readings that don't exist in Japanese.
Common mistake: The options differ by one long vowel or one dakuten, so they all look right.

Sample · July 2026, Mondai 1

＿＿＿の言葉の読み方として最もよいものを選びなさい。

相手チームの多彩な攻撃に翻弄された。

Choose the word that fills the blank so the sentence makes sense.

Read the whole sentence and find the word the blank has to go with.
The options are usually the same kind of word, so judge by collocation and tone, not meaning alone.
Katakana words and sound-symbolic words (onomatopoeia) come up often.
Common mistake: An option that makes sense but is not how Japanese puts those words together.

Sample · July 2026, Mondai 2

このゴムのボールは、（）があるので、手で押して潰してもすぐに元の形に戻る。

Choose the expression closest in meaning to the underlined part.

Explain the underlined word to yourself in simple Japanese first.
Put each option back into the sentence and read it.
Check that degree and tone match, as in 少し vs かなり.
Common mistake: An option that matches only part of the meaning, or means the opposite.

Sample · July 2026, Mondai 3

今年は不況で、ボーナスが支給されなかった。

Given a word, choose the one sentence of four that uses it correctly.

Think about which words it usually goes with and where it is used.
The wrong sentences usually borrow the use of a word with a similar meaning.
Read all four before you choose, not just until one looks right.
Common mistake: A sentence that reads naturally, but needs a different word in that spot.

Sample · July 2026, Mondai 4

納入

All from the vocabulary section of the JLPT N1 past papers, 2010–2026: 32 papers, 800 questions, each paper in printed order.

The July 2026 paper is free; the rest need a pass.