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10055 words · JLPT N1
JLPT N1 vocabulary
Words 101–110
kangen
return / giving back
利益をお客様に還元します。
りえき を おきゃくさま に かんげん します。
rieki o okyakusama ni kangen shimasu.
We return profits to our customers.
When you meet 還元 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “return” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →kanpu
refund (tax)
払いすぎた税金が還付されました。
はらいすぎた ぜいきん が かんぷ されました。
haraisugita zeikin ga kanpu saremashita.
The overpaid tax was refunded.
Tie 還付 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “refund (tax)” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →shoukan
redemption / repayment
国債は十年で償還されます。
こくさい は じゅうねん で しょうかん されます。
kokusai wa juunen de shoukan saremasu.
The government bonds are redeemed in ten years.
Make 償還 yours: write one short sentence about “redemption” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →yuuzuu
accommodation / flexibility
彼は時間の融通が利く仕事をしています。
かれ は じかん の ゆうずう が きく しごと を しています。
kare wa jikan no yuuzuu ga kiku shigoto o shiteimasu.
He has a job with flexible hours.
Say 融通 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “accommodation” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →choutei
mediation
裁判所が調停を行いました。
さいばんしょ が ちょうてい を おこないました。
saibansho ga choutei o okonaimashita.
The court conducted mediation.
Say 調停 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “mediation” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →chuusai
arbitration
上司が二人の争いを仲裁しました。
じょうし が ふたり の あらそい を ちゅうさい しました。
joushi ga futari no arasoi o chuusai shimashita.
The boss arbitrated the dispute between the two.
Say 仲裁 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “arbitration” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →assen
mediation / placement
知人に仕事を斡旋してもらいました。
ちじん に しごと を あっせん して もらいました。
chijin ni shigoto o assen shite moraimashita.
An acquaintance helped place me in a job.
Say 斡旋 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “mediation” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →kan'yuu
solicitation
保険の勧誘の電話が多いです。
ほけん の かんゆう の でんわ が おおい です。
hoken no kan'yuu no denwa ga ooi desu.
I get many calls soliciting insurance.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “solicitation” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 勧誘 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →kaijuu
winning over
反対派を懐柔しようとしました。
はんたいは を かいじゅう しよう と しました。
hantaiha o kaijuu shiyou to shimashita.
They tried to win over the opposition.
Make 懐柔 yours: write one short sentence about “winning over” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →choukai
disciplinary action
規則違反で懲戒処分を受けました。
きそく いはん で ちょうかい しょぶん を うけました。
kisoku ihan de choukai shobun o ukemashita.
He received disciplinary action for breaking the rules.
When you meet 懲戒 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “disciplinary action” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
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