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10055 words · JLPT N1
JLPT N1 vocabulary
Words 171–180
shigan
volunteering / application
彼はその任務に志願しました。
かれ は その にんむ に しがん しました。
kare wa sono ninmu ni shigan shimashita.
He volunteered for the mission.
When you meet 志願 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “volunteering” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →shutsugan
application (patent/school)
特許を出願しました。
とっきょ を しゅつがん しました。
tokkyo o shutsugan shimashita.
We filed a patent application.
When you meet 出願 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “application (patent” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →shutsuba
running for office
前市長が再び選挙に出馬します。
ぜんしちょう が ふたたび せんきょ に しゅつば します。
zenshichou ga futatabi senkyo ni shutsuba shimasu.
The former mayor will run for election again.
Make 出馬 yours: write one short sentence about “running for office” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →tousen
winning an election
彼女は市長選挙で当選しました。
かのじょ は しちょう せんきょ で とうせん しました。
kanojo wa shichou senkyo de tousen shimashita.
She won the mayoral election.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “winning an election” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 当選 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →rakusen
losing an election
彼は僅差で落選しました。
かれ は きんさ で らくせん しました。
kare wa kinsa de rakusen shimashita.
He lost the election by a narrow margin.
Make 落選 yours: write one short sentence about “losing an election” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →nyuusatsu
bidding
複数の会社が工事に入札しました。
ふくすう の かいしゃ が こうじ に にゅうさつ しました。
fukusuu no kaisha ga kouji ni nyuusatsu shimashita.
Several companies bid for the construction work.
Tie 入札 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “bidding” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →rakusatsu
winning a bid
当社がプロジェクトを落札しました。
とうしゃ が ぷろじぇくと を らくさつ しました。
tousha ga purojekuto o rakusatsu shimashita.
Our company won the bid for the project.
Tie 落札 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “winning a bid” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →ousatsu
submitting a bid
三社が応札しました。
さんしゃ が おうさつ しました。
sansha ga ousatsu shimashita.
Three companies submitted bids.
When you meet 応札 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “submitting a bid” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →jutaku
being entrusted (with work)
システム開発を受託しました。
しすてむ かいはつ を じゅたく しました。
shisutemu kaihatsu o jutaku shimashita.
We were entrusted with the system development.
Say 受託 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “being entrusted (with work)” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →itaku
outsourcing / entrustment
配送を外部の業者に委託しています。
はいそう を がいぶ の ぎょうしゃ に いたく しています。
haisou o gaibu no gyousha ni itaku shiteimasu.
We outsource delivery to an outside company.
When you meet 委託 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “outsourcing” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
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