JLPT N1 Grammar List

A

〜といったところだ: about; roughly speaking; you could say it’s around…
〜ともなしに: absentmindedly ~; without particular intention ~
〜を経て: after going through; via; through
〜に先駆けて: ahead of...; to be the first to...; in a pioneer-like manner.
〜ひいては: and also...; and consequently...; as well as...
〜は〜は〜わで: and on top of that; this and that
〜とばかりに: as if to say; as though; as if
〜んばかりだ: as if...; almost as though...; on the verge of...
〜を限りに: as of; starting from; until; ending with
〜が早いか: as soon as ~; no sooner than ~
〜そばから: as soon as ~; right after ~
〜や否や: as soon as; immediately after
〜なり: as soon as; or something like; in one’s own way

B

〜を踏まえて: based on; taking into account; in light of
〜とあって: because it is ~; since it is ~
〜がゆえに: because of ~; due to ~
〜こととて: because of ~; due to the fact that ~
〜てまえ: because of ~; given that ~
〜ゆえに: because; due to (formal)
〜より: because; for the reason that… (formal written style)
〜に先んじて: before; ahead of; in advance of
〜たる: being ~; as a ~; worthy of ~
〜といい〜といい: both ~ and ~; whether ~ or ~
〜たはずみで: by chance; accidentally; as a result of ~
〜もって: by means of; with; as of (formal)
〜をもって: by; with; as of (formal)

C

〜ずにはすまない: cannot avoid ~; cannot help but ~; must ~
〜ないではすまない: cannot avoid ~; cannot let ~ go without ~
〜に忍びない: cannot bear to; too painful to
〜とは比べものにならない: cannot compare with ~; far superior/inferior to ~
〜ないではおかない: cannot help but ~; will definitely ~
〜ずにはおかない: cannot help but ~; will definitely make ~ happen
〜を禁じえない: cannot help but; unable to suppress
〜べくもない: cannot possibly; impossible to
〜で/てかなわない: cannot stand ~; unbearable ~
〜てやまない: cannot stop ~; continue to ~ strongly
〜ずら: classical pluralizing suffix (old form of など/たち; archaic)
〜と相まって: combined with ~; together with ~
〜とは打って変わって: completely different from ~; in contrast to ~
〜まみれ: covered with; stained with; full of

D (WIP)

いかんによっては: depending on ~; according to ~ [a certain result will follow]
〜いかん: depending on; whether or not; contingent upon
いかんだ: depends on ~; it is up to ~; determined by ~

E (WIP)

〜といえども: even though ~; even if ~
〜こそあれ: even though there is...; although... exists...
〜ものを: even though; if only; despite the fact that...

R (WIP)

〜いかんを問わず: regardless of ~; without regard to ~; no matter ~
〜のいかんを問わず: regardless of; irrespective of
〜いかんにかかわらず: regardless of; no matter what the... is
〜いかんによらず: regardless of; no matter what the... is; independent of

T (WIP)

〜あっての: thanks to ~; only because of ~; without ~, there would be no ~
〜を余儀なくされる: to be forced to; to have no choice but to; to be compelled

W (WIP)

〜であれ〜であれ: whether ~ or ~; be it ~ or ~
〜かれ〜かれ: whether ~ or ~; be it ~ or ~
〜といわず〜といわず: whether ~ or ~; both ~ and ~
〜のやら〜のやら: whether ~ or ~; not knowing which
〜か〜まいか: whether ~ or not
〜であれ: whether ~; even if ~
〜うと〜まいと: whether one does [x] or not; regardless of whether
〜うが〜まいが: whether... or not; regardless of whether... or not