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10055 words · JLPT N1
JLPT N1 vocabulary
Words 131–140
kousoku
restraint / detention
容疑者の身柄が拘束されました。
ようぎしゃ の みがら が こうそく されました。
yougisha no migara ga kousoku saremashita.
The suspect was taken into custody.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “restraint” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 拘束 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →shakuhou
release (from custody)
彼は証拠不十分で釈放されました。
かれ は しょうこ ふじゅうぶん で しゃくほう されました。
kare wa shouko fujuubun de shakuhou saremashita.
He was released for lack of evidence.
Say 釈放 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “release (from custody)” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →shamen
pardon
大統領が囚人を赦免しました。
だいとうりょう が しゅうじん を しゃめん しました。
daitouryou ga shuujin o shamen shimashita.
The president pardoned the prisoner.
Make 赦免 yours: write one short sentence about “pardon” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →kiso
prosecution / indictment
検察は彼を起訴しました。
けんさつ は かれ を きそ しました。
kensatsu wa kare o kiso shimashita.
The prosecution indicted him.
Make 起訴 yours: write one short sentence about “prosecution” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →teiso
filing a lawsuit
会社は取引先を提訴しました。
かいしゃ は とりひきさき を ていそ しました。
kaisha wa torihikisaki o teiso shimashita.
The company filed a lawsuit against its business partner.
Tie 提訴 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “filing a lawsuit” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →shouso
winning a lawsuit
長い裁判の末、勝訴しました。
ながい さいばん の すえ、しょうそ しました。
nagai saiban no sue, shouso shimashita.
After a long trial, we won the case.
Make 勝訴 yours: write one short sentence about “winning a lawsuit” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →haiso
losing a lawsuit
一審では敗訴しました。
いっしん で は はいそ しました。
isshin de wa haiso shimashita.
We lost the case in the first trial.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “losing a lawsuit” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 敗訴 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →kouso
appeal (court)
判決を不服として控訴しました。
はんけつ を ふふく として こうそ しました。
hanketsu o fufuku toshite kouso shimashita.
Dissatisfied with the ruling, they appealed.
Tie 控訴 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “appeal (court)” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →joukoku
final appeal
弁護団は最高裁に上告しました。
べんごだん は さいこうさい に じょうこく しました。
bengodan wa saikousai ni joukoku shimashita.
The defense team appealed to the Supreme Court.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “final appeal” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 上告 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →kikyaku
dismissal (of appeal)
訴えは棄却されました。
うったえ は ききゃく されました。
uttae wa kikyaku saremashita.
The claim was dismissed.
When you meet 棄却 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “dismissal (of appeal)” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
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