diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/1562.md b/changelog/unreleased/1562.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd6eee7fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/1562.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+- `js/keywords`: new module — the one source of truth for JavaScript keywords
+  (`reservedWords`, `strictModeReservedWords`, `restrictedNames`, and the
+  aggregate `keywords`). The JavaScript and DJS tokenizers and the rtti
+  TypeScript printer derive their sets from it instead of keeping copies:
+  FunctionalScript is a strict subset of JavaScript, so every consumer must
+  agree on what a keyword is
+  [#1562](https://github.com/functionalscript/functionalscript/pull/1562).
diff --git a/fjs/djs/tokenizer/module.f.mjs b/fjs/djs/tokenizer/module.f.mjs
index fad3f8669..0c2110c2d 100644
--- a/fjs/djs/tokenizer/module.f.mjs
+++ b/fjs/djs/tokenizer/module.f.mjs
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import {
     unicodeMax,
     unicodeRange,
 } from '../../bnf/module.f.mjs'
+import { keywords } from '../../js/keywords/module.f.mjs'
 import { isKeywordToken } from '../../js/tokenizer/module.f.mjs'
 import { multiply } from '../../types/bigfloat/module.f.mjs'
 import {
@@ -389,15 +390,8 @@ const decodeNumber = value => {
     return [mantissa, exp]
 }
 
-const keywords = /** @type {ReadonlySet<string>} */ (new Set([
-    'true', 'false', 'null', 'undefined',
-    'arguments', 'await', 'break', 'case', 'catch', 'class', 'const', 'continue',
-    'debugger', 'default', 'delete', 'do', 'else', 'enum', 'eval', 'export',
-    'extends', 'finally', 'for', 'function', 'if', 'implements', 'import', 'in',
-    'instanceof', 'interface', 'let', 'new', 'package', 'private', 'protected',
-    'public', 'return', 'static', 'super', 'switch', 'this', 'throw', 'try',
-    'typeof', 'var', 'void', 'while', 'with', 'yield',
-]))
+/** @type {ReadonlySet<string>} */
+const keywordSet = new Set(keywords)
 
 /** @type {(tk: _Token) => JsToken} */
 const toJsToken = tk => {
@@ -413,7 +407,7 @@ const toJsToken = tk => {
             return { kind: 'string', value: decodeJsonString(codePoints) }
         case 'id': {
             const value = codePointListToString(codePoints)
-            if (keywords.has(value)) return /** @type {JsToken} */ ({ kind: value })
+            if (keywordSet.has(value)) return /** @type {JsToken} */ ({ kind: value })
             return { kind: 'id', value }
         }
         case 'number': {
diff --git a/fjs/js/keywords/module.f.mjs b/fjs/js/keywords/module.f.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6b1892b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fjs/js/keywords/module.f.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/**
+ * The JavaScript keywords — one source of truth.
+ *
+ * FunctionalScript is a strict subset of JavaScript: any FunctionalScript
+ * program must run the same on JavaScript. Every consumer that decides
+ * whether a name is a keyword — the JavaScript and DJS tokenizers, printers
+ * that emit identifiers — derives its set from this module instead of
+ * keeping a copy, so the sets cannot drift apart.
+ *
+ * @module
+ *
+ * @import { Assert } from '../../asserts/types.ts'
+ * @import { Equal } from '../../types/ts/types.ts'
+ */
+
+/**
+ * The ECMAScript `ReservedWord` production
+ * ([ECMA-262 §12.7.2](https://tc39.es/ecma262/#prod-ReservedWord)) — never
+ * usable as identifiers.
+ */
+export const reservedWords = /** @type {const} */ ([
+    'await', 'break', 'case', 'catch', 'class', 'const', 'continue',
+    'debugger', 'default', 'delete', 'do', 'else', 'enum', 'export',
+    'extends', 'false', 'finally', 'for', 'function', 'if', 'import', 'in',
+    'instanceof', 'new', 'null', 'return', 'super', 'switch', 'this',
+    'throw', 'true', 'try', 'typeof', 'var', 'void', 'while', 'with',
+    'yield',
+])
+
+/**
+ * Reserved only in strict-mode code — and every module is strict-mode code,
+ * so FunctionalScript treats them exactly like {@link reservedWords}.
+ */
+export const strictModeReservedWords = /** @type {const} */ ([
+    'implements', 'interface', 'let', 'package', 'private', 'protected',
+    'public', 'static',
+])
+
+/**
+ * Not reserved words, but strict-mode code cannot bind, assign, or shadow
+ * them.
+ */
+export const restrictedNames = /** @type {const} */ (['arguments', 'eval'])
+
+/**
+ * Every name FunctionalScript treats as a keyword, alphabetically: the
+ * {@link reservedWords}, the {@link strictModeReservedWords}, the
+ * {@link restrictedNames}, and `undefined` — an ordinary global in
+ * JavaScript that FunctionalScript keeps as a literal keyword.
+ *
+ * The proof verifies this list is exactly the sorted union of the groups,
+ * and `_KeywordsPinned` ties the two type-level unions together.
+ */
+export const keywords = /** @type {const} */ ([
+    'arguments', 'await', 'break', 'case', 'catch', 'class', 'const',
+    'continue', 'debugger', 'default', 'delete', 'do', 'else', 'enum',
+    'eval', 'export', 'extends', 'false', 'finally', 'for', 'function',
+    'if', 'implements', 'import', 'in', 'instanceof', 'interface', 'let',
+    'new', 'null', 'package', 'private', 'protected', 'public', 'return',
+    'static', 'super', 'switch', 'this', 'throw', 'true', 'try', 'typeof',
+    'undefined', 'var', 'void', 'while', 'with', 'yield',
+])
+
+/**
+ * @typedef {Assert<Equal<
+ *  typeof keywords[number],
+ *  | typeof reservedWords[number]
+ *  | typeof strictModeReservedWords[number]
+ *  | typeof restrictedNames[number]
+ *  | 'undefined'
+ * >>} _KeywordsPinned
+ */
diff --git a/fjs/js/keywords/proof.f.mjs b/fjs/js/keywords/proof.f.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed4678c40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fjs/js/keywords/proof.f.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { assertEq } from '../../asserts/module.f.mjs'
+import { keywords, reservedWords, restrictedNames, strictModeReservedWords } from './module.f.mjs'
+
+export const proof = {
+    // `keywords` is exactly the sorted union of the groups plus `undefined`
+    aggregate: () => {
+        /** @type {readonly string[]} */
+        const union = [...reservedWords, ...strictModeReservedWords, ...restrictedNames, 'undefined']
+        // the names are unique, so the comparator never sees an equal pair
+        assertEq(keywords.join(), union.toSorted((a, b) => a < b ? -1 : 1).join())
+        assertEq(keywords.length, new Set(keywords).size)
+    },
+}
diff --git a/fjs/js/tokenizer/module.f.mjs b/fjs/js/tokenizer/module.f.mjs
index ca0b4ea5b..5182b044c 100644
--- a/fjs/js/tokenizer/module.f.mjs
+++ b/fjs/js/tokenizer/module.f.mjs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import { strictEqual } from '../../types/function/operator/module.f.mjs'
 import { merge, fromRange, get } from '../../types/range_map/module.f.mjs'
 import { empty, stateScan, flat, toArray, reduce as listReduce, scan, map as listMap } from '../../types/list/module.f.mjs'
+import { keywords } from '../keywords/module.f.mjs'
 import { at, fromEntries } from '../../types/ordered_map/module.f.mjs'
 import { one } from '../../types/range/module.f.mjs'
 import {
@@ -251,60 +252,15 @@ const bufferToNumberToken = ({ numberKind, value, b }) => {
 }
 
 /**
- * @link https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Lexical_grammar#keywords
+ * Derived from the one source of truth for JavaScript keywords,
+ * `fjs/js/keywords` — FunctionalScript is a strict subset of JavaScript, so
+ * the tokenizer recognizes exactly that module's `keywords`.
  */
 /** @type {List<Entry<JsToken>>} */
-const keywordEntries = [
-    ['arguments', { kind: 'arguments' }],
-    ['await', { kind: 'await' }],
-    ['break', { kind: 'break' }],
-    ['case', { kind: 'case' }],
-    ['catch', { kind: 'catch' }],
-    ['class', { kind: 'class' }],
-    ['const', { kind: 'const' }],
-    ['continue', { kind: 'continue' }],
-    ['debugger', { kind: 'debugger' }],
-    ['default', { kind: 'default' }],
-    ['delete', { kind: 'delete' }],
-    ['do', { kind: 'do' }],
-    ['else', { kind: 'else' }],
-    ['enum', { kind: 'enum' }],
-    ['eval', { kind: 'eval' }],
-    ['export', { kind: 'export' }],
-    ['extends', { kind: 'extends' }],
-    ['false', { kind: 'false' }],
-    ['finally', { kind: 'finally' }],
-    ['for', { kind: 'for' }],
-    ['function', { kind: 'function' }],
-    ['if', { kind: 'if' }],
-    ['implements', { kind: 'implements' }],
-    ['import', { kind: 'import' }],
-    ['in', { kind: 'in' }],
-    ['instanceof', { kind: 'instanceof' }],
-    ['interface', { kind: 'interface' }],
-    ['let', { kind: 'let' }],
-    ['new', { kind: 'new' }],
-    ['null', { kind: 'null' }],
-    ['package', { kind: 'package' }],
-    ['private', { kind: 'private' }],
-    ['protected', { kind: 'protected' }],
-    ['public', { kind: 'public' }],
-    ['return', { kind: 'return' }],
-    ['static', { kind: 'static' }],
-    ['super', { kind: 'super' }],
-    ['switch', { kind: 'switch' }],
-    ['this', { kind: 'this' }],
-    ['throw', { kind: 'throw' }],
-    ['true', { kind: 'true' }],
-    ['try', { kind: 'try' }],
-    ['typeof', { kind: 'typeof' }],
-    ['undefined', { kind: 'undefined' }],
-    ['var', { kind: 'var' }],
-    ['void', { kind: 'void' }],
-    ['while', { kind: 'while' }],
-    ['with', { kind: 'with' }],
-    ['yield', { kind: 'yield' }],
-]
+const keywordEntries = keywords.map(kind =>
+    // every keyword kind is a `JsToken` kind by construction: `_KeywordToken`
+    // derives its kinds from this same `keywords` list
+    [kind, /** @type {JsToken} */ ({ kind })])
 
 const keywordMap = fromEntries(keywordEntries)
 
diff --git a/fjs/js/tokenizer/types.ts b/fjs/js/tokenizer/types.ts
index 0ca5357e3..6edb52473 100644
--- a/fjs/js/tokenizer/types.ts
+++ b/fjs/js/tokenizer/types.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import type { RangeMapArray } from '../../types/range_map/types.ts'
 import type { List } from '../../types/list/types.ts'
 import type { BigFloat } from '../../types/bigfloat/types.ts'
+import type { keywords } from '../keywords/module.f.mjs'
 
 export type StringToken = {
     readonly kind: 'string'
@@ -42,14 +43,16 @@ export type _NullToken = {readonly kind: 'null'}
 /** @internal */
 export type _UndefinedToken = {readonly kind: 'undefined'}
 
-/** @internal */
-export type _KeywordToken = |
-    { readonly kind: 'arguments' | 'await' | 'break' | 'case' | 'catch' | 'class' | 'const' | 'continue' } |
-    { readonly kind: 'debugger' | 'default' | 'delete' | 'do' | 'else' | 'enum' | 'eval' | 'export' } |
-    { readonly kind: 'extends' | 'finally' | 'for' | 'function' | 'if' | 'implements' | 'import' | 'in' } |
-    { readonly kind: 'instanceof' | 'interface' | 'let' | 'new' | 'package' | 'private' | 'protected' | 'public' } |
-    { readonly kind: 'return' | 'static' | 'super' | 'switch' | 'this' | 'throw' | 'try' | 'typeof' } |
-    { readonly kind: 'var' | 'void' | 'while' | 'with'  | 'yield' }
+/**
+ * A keyword token, its kind drawn from the one source of truth for
+ * JavaScript keywords, `fjs/js/keywords` — minus the literal keywords
+ * (`true`/`false`/`null`/`undefined`), which have their own token types.
+ *
+ * @internal
+ */
+export type _KeywordToken = {
+    readonly kind: Exclude<typeof keywords[number], 'true' | 'false' | 'null' | 'undefined'>
+}
 
 export type IdToken = {
     readonly kind: 'id'
diff --git a/fjs/types/rtti/ts/module.f.mjs b/fjs/types/rtti/ts/module.f.mjs
index 1e1fa1e3e..7f3553811 100644
--- a/fjs/types/rtti/ts/module.f.mjs
+++ b/fjs/types/rtti/ts/module.f.mjs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
  */
 
 import { assertNotNullish } from '../../../asserts/module.f.mjs'
+import { reservedWords, strictModeReservedWords } from '../../../js/keywords/module.f.mjs'
 import { at, definedEntries } from '../../object/module.f.mjs'
 import { primitive, union, printer as tsPrinter } from '../../ts/module.f.mjs'
 import { cmp, toData, unitBit, unknown as top } from '../data/module.f.mjs'
@@ -30,27 +31,22 @@ const trueBit = unitBit(true)
 const booleanBits = falseBit | trueBit
 
 /**
- * Names that cannot name a TypeScript type alias: the predefined type
- * names (`TS2457`), the ECMAScript reserved words — those reserved only in
- * strict-mode code included, since every module is strict-mode code
- * (`TS1214`) — and the type keywords that fail in the alias-name position.
+ * Names that cannot name a TypeScript type alias: the ECMAScript reserved
+ * words — from the one source of truth for JavaScript keywords,
+ * `fjs/js/keywords`, the strict-mode ones included since every module is
+ * strict-mode code (`TS1214`) — plus TypeScript's predefined type names
+ * (`TS2457`) and the type keywords that fail in the alias-name position.
  */
-const reserved = /** @type {const} */ ([
+/** @type {readonly string[]} */
+const reserved = [
+    ...reservedWords,
+    ...strictModeReservedWords,
     // predefined type names
-    'any', 'bigint', 'boolean', 'false', 'never', 'null', 'number', 'object',
-    'string', 'symbol', 'true', 'undefined', 'unknown', 'void',
-    // ECMAScript reserved words
-    'await', 'break', 'case', 'catch', 'class', 'const', 'continue',
-    'debugger', 'default', 'delete', 'do', 'else', 'enum', 'export',
-    'extends', 'finally', 'for', 'function', 'if', 'import', 'in',
-    'instanceof', 'new', 'return', 'super', 'switch', 'this', 'throw', 'try',
-    'typeof', 'var', 'while', 'with',
-    // reserved in strict-mode code — and every module is strict-mode code
-    'implements', 'interface', 'let', 'package', 'private', 'protected',
-    'public', 'static', 'yield',
+    'any', 'bigint', 'boolean', 'never', 'number', 'object', 'string',
+    'symbol', 'undefined', 'unknown',
     // type-operator keywords, and `intrinsic` (TS2795 outside lib.d.ts)
     'infer', 'intrinsic', 'keyof', 'readonly', 'unique',
-])
+]
 
 /** @type {(c: string) => boolean} */
 const isIdStart = c => (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') || (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') || c === '_' || c === '$'