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JLPT N1 Grammar List

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が早いか The instant something happens; right after it occurs 6 ex.
や否や・やいなや The instant something happens; immediately after 8 ex.
なり The moment something happens; right after doing 8 ex.
限りだ To the highest degree; extremely 4 ex.
この上ない To the utmost degree; extremely (formal usage) 4 ex.
この上ない the greatest possible degree; the utmost 4 ex.
ものではない Not something that can or should be done; not the case 8 ex.
て仕方がない Unable to resist doing or feeling something; to an extreme degree 4 ex.
までもない It goes without saying; no need to do something 8 ex.
ないまでも Even granting it is not the case, it is at least close to that 8 ex.
といえども Despite the fact that; even when it is the case that 4 ex.
ならでは（の） Something found only in, or possible only with, that particular thing 4 ex.
ようと・が regardless of whether one does... or not 8 ex.
たところで even if one does; no matter how one does 8 ex.
とあって Owing to a particular or unusual situation 3 ex.
をおいてほかに（は）ない apart from, no one or nothing else but 4 ex.
んばかり（に） as if on the verge of; almost 8 ex.
ずにはおかない Cannot leave undone; will certainly cause or fail not to do 4 ex.
まで（のこと）だ Nothing more than that; merely; just a fallback option 4 ex.
をよそに Acting in defiance of or disregarding something 4 ex.
もさることながら not only that, but something else is even more so 4 ex.
ともなく Without any particular aim; in a casual, unspecified way 8 ex.
をものともせず Undaunted by; in spite of 5 ex.
や否や・やいなや the instant something happens; immediately after; no sooner than 8 ex.
故に・ゆえに For the reason that; on that account (formal usage) 8 ex.
にかかわらず・に関/拘/係わらず Without regard to; irrespective of the circumstances 8 ex.
にかかわらず・に関/拘/係わらず Without being affected by; no matter whether 8 ex.
に応じて・応じた in accordance with; responding to; in proportion to 8 ex.
とは言え even so; that said; while it may be true 8 ex.
べく Expresses aim or intention behind an action 8 ex.
んとする attempting to; trying to 5 ex.
っぽい Somewhat or slightly having the look or quality of 8 ex.
っぽい -ish; resembling; having the look or feel of 8 ex.
をはじめ（として） beginning with; taking as an example; and so on 8 ex.
であれ Whether it be, or regardless of what or who; even if 3 ex.
言うまでもない It goes without saying; obviously true 8 ex.
かのように in a way that seems as if; as though 8 ex.
ものなら If one can or would do ~ at all (conditional) 8 ex.
ものを Although; but, with a feeling of regret 8 ex.
にひきかえ used to draw a sharp contrast between two things 4 ex.
にしろ・せよ whether or not; even granting that; in any case 8 ex.
にとどまらず not confined to; reaching further than 4 ex.
にわたって・わたる spans or extends across a period or range 8 ex.
とは expresses surprise that something happened, or defines what something is 8 ex.
あえて Dare to; intentionally; on purpose 8 ex.
あくまでも to the very end; with persistence; without exception 8 ex.
あながちない Not always the case; cannot be said for certain 4 ex.
いかなる whatever; regardless of what; not any 8 ex.
いかに In what way; by what means; to what degree 8 ex.
か否か if or if not; whether or not something is the case 8 ex.
から言って Based on; considering from a particular viewpoint 7 ex.
且つ・かつ In addition; furthermore; simultaneously (formal usage) 8 ex.
まして（や） Even more so; certainly, let alone; to a greater degree 8 ex.
滅多にない Infrequently; on rare occasions; almost never 8 ex.
見るからに Evidently; plainly; just by looking 8 ex.
ものか By no means; in no way at all 8 ex.
ものか a wish; wondering whether; a rhetorical should 8 ex.
ないでもない not that one doesn't; not entirely impossible 4 ex.
ないし（は） Or; spanning from one point to another 4 ex.
なお to an even greater degree; additionally; yet (formal writing) 8 ex.
なおさら to a greater degree; increasingly; even more than before 8 ex.
なるほど certainly, that's true; admittedly; now I get it 8 ex.
なぜか Somehow; for an unexplained reason; used also as the question word 'why?' 8 ex.
なぜなら（ば）からだ gives the cause; used to state why something is so 8 ex.
にかたくない・に難くない Not difficult to; readily picture or infer 4 ex.
にして Acts as; by means of; at the cost of; serves as the basis for 8 ex.
にして And; also functions as both ~ and ~ together (formal usage) 8 ex.
によらず Without regard to; not dependent on; contrary to what one would expect 5 ex.
そもそも（の） from the very start; at its origin; fundamentally speaking 8 ex.
ついては With respect to; on the subject of; as for 8 ex.
あたかも in a way that seems exactly as if; resembling; as though it were so 8 ex.
べくもない Impossible to do; no means of ~ 5 ex.
だに Merely; even not; if only (literary/classical usage) 5 ex.
だの And; or; and so on (listing items with a nuance) 8 ex.
であれであれ regardless of whether it is X or Y; no matter if X or Y 4 ex.
でも・じゃあるまいし You're not that, so; since it isn't ~ 8 ex.
でも[Wh. word]でも whatever, whoever, wherever, whenever; everything without exception 8 ex.
ども Even though; although; regardless of how much (archaic) 6 ex.
どうにもない Nothing can be done about it; utterly impossible to manage 8 ex.
がなら must do, have to; it is necessary or unavoidable to do 8 ex.
ごとし Resembles; in the manner of (old-style comparison) 4 ex.
ひいては extending further; in the end resulting in; even going so far as 4 ex.
一[Counter]としてない Not even one; no single ~ 7 ex.
ひとつ one (of a group); used when counting a single item; softens a request 8 ex.
一つには One reason among others; for one thing; partly 8 ex.
如何（だ）・いかん（だ） Varies with how; in line with what 8 ex.
今更・いまさら at this late point; now of all moments; past the time when ~ could help 8 ex.
からなる be formed of; be built from; have as its parts 8 ex.
も[V]ばも[V] At times ~ and at times ~; there are instances of both ~ and ~ 8 ex.
なくして（は） Lacking something; were it not for ~ 8 ex.
なまじ（っか） In a superficial or incomplete way; poorly; in a way that turns out unwise 4 ex.
何[(Number)+Counter]も a large or surprising amount, as many/much as; also any/whatever with でも 8 ex.
何ない Nothing in particular; not even a little (with 何) 8 ex.
何もない nothing at all; no necessity to; no justification to 8 ex.
何らない Not in the least; not any ~ whatsoever 5 ex.
並びに Connects items formally: and; both ~ and ~; as well as 4 ex.
なす carry out; make up; shape; produce (formal/literary) 8 ex.
にいたっては when it comes to an extreme case; as for; even 4 ex.
にない Unable to manage it; simply cannot; want to but unable 8 ex.
に（も）なく Unusually; to a greater degree than normal; not like oneself 8 ex.
にしたところで Even in the case of; the same holds true for 4 ex.
にしてからが Even; not even (a forceful version of にして) 4 ex.
のなんのって So ~; so extremely ~ that words fail 4 ex.
の無さ・のなさ The state of not having something; being without; the small amount of ~ that exists 5 ex.
ののと Putting it as ~ or ~; be it ~ or ~ 8 ex.
を介して/介した by way of an intermediary; through something; via a medium 4 ex.
を禁じ得ない Cannot help feeling; cannot hold back an emotion 4 ex.
思えば If you think about it; in hindsight; come to think of it 8 ex.
思うに in my view; I think; it appears to me 4 ex.
折(に) At the time of; when; on the occasion of (formal usage) 5 ex.
及び Connects items; formal written 'and' or 'as well as' 8 ex.
およそ About; more or less; broadly speaking 8 ex.
さも Otherwise; or else (if not, the stated result follows) 8 ex.
さぞ（かし） surely; no doubt; certainly (empathetic guess) 8 ex.
そのもの the thing itself; the very embodiment of; precisely that 8 ex.
それだけ To that degree; by that amount; even more so 8 ex.
ただ simply; nothing but; purely (bookish, emphatic word) 8 ex.
たかが nothing more than; just; only; at the very most 3 ex.
たなり（で） Staying in the condition left by an action; unchanged since then 4 ex.
単位で measured or counted in units of; by a given unit 8 ex.
たるや Emphatic way to bring up a topic; as for, when it comes to 4 ex.
（っ）たって Even if; regardless of what happens (informal conditional) 8 ex.
（っ）たって Even if one says; despite the fact that (informal concessive) 8 ex.
とあっては seeing that; now that; owing to (a special situation) 4 ex.
とばかりに As if to say; looking as if; with the appearance of 4 ex.
とでも言うべき so to speak; might best be described as; a way of naming it 4 ex.
といいといい both ~ and ~; whether ~ or ~, covering all aspects 4 ex.
と言って Particularly; especially (with a negative: not really) 8 ex.
と言うか or rather; a way to hedge or reword what was said; or maybe 5 ex.
と言うのは used to state the reason; to clarify what a word or phrase means; in other words 8 ex.
言わずと言わず No matter whether it is one or the other; in every place; the whole, leaving nothing out 4 ex.
ところから Based on the fact that; as judged from; since 8 ex.
（と言）ったらない To an extreme degree; indescribably so; too much to put into words 4 ex.
はあれ even though; despite that; concessive "that being so" 8 ex.
はいいとしても even granting that something is tolerable, yet; it may be fine that, but 4 ex.
わわ Expresses things occurring surprisingly in succession; one thing after another 6 ex.
ようにも（ない） would like to but it is impossible; wishing to do ~ yet unable 8 ex.
より・のほか（に）（は）ない Nothing exists except ~; the only option is to 8 ex.
由・よし It is said that; supposedly; as stated in (formal writing) 8 ex.
ずして Not doing something; failing to do it, in a literary or formal style 4 ex.
ずとも even without doing; even if one does not (literary, formal) 4 ex.
きらいがある Have a tendency to, tend to 4 ex.
なりに in a manner unique to that person or thing; after one's own fashion 4 ex.
べくして Happened just as it was destined or expected to 4 ex.
はおろか used to say something is far from true, let alone the lesser case 8 ex.