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10055 words · JLPT N1
JLPT N1 vocabulary
Words 121–130
chuushi
close observation
市場の動きを注視しています。
しじょう の うごき を ちゅうし しています。
shijou no ugoki o chuushi shiteimasu.
We are closely watching market movements.
Say 注視 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “close observation” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →gyoushi
stare / gaze
彼は画面をじっと凝視していました。
かれ は がめん を じっと ぎょうし していました。
kare wa gamen o jitto gyoushi shiteimashita.
He was staring intently at the screen.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “stare” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 凝視 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →kanshuu
editorial supervision
この辞書は専門家が監修しました。
この じしょ は せんもんか が かんしゅう しました。
kono jisho wa senmonka ga kanshuu shimashita.
This dictionary was supervised by experts.
Tie 監修 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “editorial supervision” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →kansa
audit
毎年、会計監査が行われます。
まいとし、かいけい かんさ が おこなわれます。
maitoshi, kaikei kansa ga okonawaremasu.
An accounting audit is conducted every year.
Make 監査 yours: write one short sentence about “audit” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →satei
assessment
車の下取り価格を査定してもらいました。
くるま の したどり かかく を さてい して もらいました。
kuruma no shitadori kakaku o satei shite moraimashita.
I had my car's trade-in value assessed.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “assessment” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 査定 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →sashou
visa
入国には査証が必要です。
にゅうこく に は さしょう が ひつよう です。
nyuukoku ni wa sashou ga hitsuyou desu.
A visa is required for entry.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “visa” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 査証 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →ken'eki
quarantine
空港で動物は検疫を受けます。
くうこう で どうぶつ は けんえき を うけます。
kuukou de doubutsu wa ken'eki o ukemasu.
Animals go through quarantine at the airport.
Make 検疫 yours: write one short sentence about “quarantine” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →kenkyo
arrest / roundup
違反者が検挙されました。
いはんしゃ が けんきょ されました。
ihansha ga kenkyo saremashita.
The violators were rounded up.
Say 検挙 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “arrest” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →tekihatsu
exposure / crackdown
不正な取引が摘発されました。
ふせいな とりひき が てきはつ されました。
fuseina torihiki ga tekihatsu saremashita.
The illegal transactions were exposed.
Say 摘発 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “exposure” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →taiho
arrest
警察は容疑者を逮捕しました。
けいさつ は ようぎしゃ を たいほ しました。
keisatsu wa yougisha o taiho shimashita.
The police arrested the suspect.
Tie 逮捕 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “arrest” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
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