This is the set of JLPT N1 flashcards I used to pass the test back in 2012. The underlying material for the exam hasn’t changed much since then, so these flashcards should still be useful for anyone studying now. I am offering these cards to you free for personal use. Please do not redistribute or sell them.
Note: This is the deck I used as is. I offer no guarantee that the cards are correct. But, they worked for me because I passed
Download JLPT N1 Flashcards
N1 Vocabulary (1671 cards)
N1 Kanji (1146 cards)
N1 Grammar (278 cards)
The Vocabulary may contain some words that also appear in the N2. I included these in my study because language is cumulative; just because the N1 targets certain difficult words doesn’t mean that simpler N2-N5 words won’t appear in the sentences. I’ll give an extreme example.
白いワンピースを着た＿＿＿感じの女性が私と友人です。
(a)清楚な
(b)不潔な
(c)ご機嫌な
(d)起こっている
The correct answer here would be (a)清楚な(neat and clean). If you forgot the meaning of 着る(to wear), you might end up choosing one of the wrong answers. Maybe you thought 着る = to throw away. Then you might mistakenly choose (b) or (d), although neither fit perfectly.
File Format
The JLPT N1 flashcards are in tab delimited text files and can be imported into software such as anki. When importing into anki be sure to allow html formatting.