JLPT N1 Adverbs Vocabulary List -

JLPT N1 Adverbs Vocabulary List – Complete Guide

Welcome to Your JLPT N1 Adverbs Vocabulary Journey!

This list includes all 100 Adverbs Vocabulary for the most common and important words for you to know, all listed in alphabetical order, including readings and meanings.

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🍀 N1 Level: Advanced Japanese Proficiency

100 Total Adverbs

N1 JLPT Level

Advanced Difficulty

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#	語彙	Vocabulary	Type	Meaning
1	明らかに	akiraka ni あきらかに	Adverb	clearly
2	案外	angai あんがい	Adverb	unexpectedly
3	いかにも	ikanimo いかにも	Adverb	indeed
4	一応	ichiou いちおう	Adverb	for now
5	一旦	ittan いったん	Adverb	once, temporarily
6	一方	ippou いっぽう	Adverb	on the other hand
7	今にも	ima ni mo いまにも	Adverb	at any moment
8	今や	ima ya いまや	Adverb	now
9	嫌でも	iya demo いやでも	Adverb	whether one likes it or not
10	いよいよ	iyoiyo いよいよ	Adverb	finally
11	結局	kekkyoku けっきょく	Adverb	after all
12	元々	motomoto もともと	Adverb	originally
13	もはや	mohaya もはや	Adverb	no longer
14	やはり	yahari やはり	Adverb	as expected
15	やっぱり	yappari やっぱり	Adverb	after all
16	やや	yaya やや	Adverb	somewhat
17	ようやく	youyaku ようやく	Adverb	finally
18	より	yori より	Adverb	more than
19	しかも	shikamo しかも	Adverb	moreover
20	しかし	shikashi しかし	Adverb	however
21	実に	jitsu ni じつに	Adverb	really
22	実は	jitsu wa じつは	Adverb	actually
23	次第に	shidai ni しだいに	Adverb	gradually
24	自然に	shizen ni しぜんに	Adverb	naturally
25	従って	shitagatte したがって	Adverb	therefore
26	すでに	sude ni すでに	Adverb	already
27	すなわち	sunawachi すなわち	Adverb	namely
28	せめて	semete せめて	Adverb	at least
29	そもそも	somosomo そもそも	Adverb	in the first place
30	それでも	sore demo それでも	Adverb	even so
31	それなのに	sore na no ni それなのに	Adverb	despite that
32	たいてい	taitei たいてい	Adverb	usually
33	たしかに	tashika ni たしかに	Adverb	certainly
34	ただし	tadashi ただし	Adverb	however
35	たとえ	tatoe たとえ	Adverb	even if
36	たまたま	tamatama たまたま	Adverb	by chance
37	つまり	tsumari つまり	Adverb	in other words
38	ところで	tokoro de ところで	Adverb	by the way
39	とにかく	tonikaku とにかく	Adverb	anyway
40	どうやら	douyara どうやら	Adverb	apparently
41	なお	nao なお	Adverb	furthermore
42	なかなか	nakanaka なかなか	Adverb	quite
43	なるほど	naruhodo なるほど	Adverb	I see
44	はたして	hatashite はたして	Adverb	really
45	必ずしも	kanarazu shimo かならずしも	Adverb	not necessarily
46	ひとまず	hitomazu ひとまず	Adverb	for the time being
47	ふと	futo ふと	Adverb	suddenly
48	まさか	masaka まさか	Adverb	surely not
49	まさに	masa ni まさに	Adverb	exactly
50	まして	mashite まして	Adverb	much more
51	まず	mazu まず	Adverb	first
52	むしろ	mushiro むしろ	Adverb	rather
53	もちろん	mochiron もちろん	Adverb	of course
54	もし	moshi もし	Adverb	if
55	一層	issou いっそう	Adverb	all the more
56	依然	izen いぜん	Adverb	still
57	一切	issai いっさい	Adverb	not at all
58	永遠に	eien ni えいえんに	Adverb	forever
59	大いに	ooi ni おおいに	Adverb	greatly
60	概して	gaishite がいして	Adverb	generally
61	かつて	katsute かつて	Adverb	once, formerly
62	極めて	kiwamete きわめて	Adverb	extremely
63	互いに	tagai ni たがいに	Adverb	mutually
64	たちまち	tachimachi たちまち	Adverb	immediately
65	直ちに	tadachi ni ただちに	Adverb	immediately
66	次々に	tsugitsugi ni つぎつぎに	Adverb	one after another
67	当然	touzen とうぜん	Adverb	naturally
68	突然	totsuzen とつぜん	Adverb	suddenly
69	何しろ	nanishiro なにしろ	Adverb	anyway
70	何より	nani yori なにより	Adverb	above all
71	何となく	nantonaku なんとなく	Adverb	somehow
72	一向に	ikkou ni いっこうに	Adverb	not at all
73	必ず	kanarazu かならず	Adverb	surely
74	ひたすら	hitasura ひたすら	Adverb	earnestly
75	ぶつぶつ	butsubutsu ぶつぶつ	Adverb	grumbling
76	まるで	maru de まるで	Adverb	as if
77	まんまと	manmato まんまと	Adverb	successfully
78	みるみる	mirumiru みるみる	Adverb	visibly
79	無論	muron むろん	Adverb	of course
80	めったに	metta ni めったに	Adverb	seldom
81	もっぱら	moppara もっぱら	Adverb	exclusively
82	もともと	motomoto もともと	Adverb	originally
83	やっと	yatto やっと	Adverb	finally
84	やむを得ず	yamu wo ezu やむをえず	Adverb	unavoidably
85	ようやく	youyaku ようやく	Adverb	finally
86	らしい	rashii らしい	Adverb	seems like
87	わざと	wazato わざと	Adverb	intentionally
88	わずかに	wazuka ni わずかに	Adverb	slightly
89	わりに	wari ni わりに	Adverb	relatively
90	単に	tan ni たんに	Adverb	simply
91	特に	toku ni とくに	Adverb	especially
92	主に	omo ni おもに	Adverb	mainly
93	大体	daitai だいたい	Adverb	roughly
94	恐らく	osoraku おそらく	Adverb	probably
95	多分	tabun たぶん	Adverb	probably
96	きっと	kitto きっと	Adverb	surely
97	決して	kesshite けっして	Adverb	never
98	全然	zenzen ぜんぜん	Adverb	not at all
99	最も	mottomo もっとも	Adverb	most
100	非常に	hijou ni ひじょうに	Adverb	extremely