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10055 words · JLPT N1
JLPT N1 vocabulary
Words 211–220
haikyuu
distribution / rationing
戦後は食料が配給されていました。
せんご は しょくりょう が はいきゅう されていました。
sengo wa shokuryou ga haikyuu sareteimashita.
Food was rationed after the war.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “distribution” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 配給 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →kyoushutsu
delivery (quota)
農家は米を供出していました。
のうか は こめ を きょうしゅつ していました。
nouka wa kome o kyoushutsu shiteimashita.
Farmers delivered rice under the quota system.
Say 供出 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “delivery (quota)” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →chouhatsu
requisition
戦時中は物資が徴発されました。
せんじちゅう は ぶっし が ちょうはつ されました。
senjichuu wa busshi ga chouhatsu saremashita.
Supplies were requisitioned during the war.
Tie 徴発 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “requisition” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →chouin
signing (treaty)
両国は条約に調印しました。
りょうこく は じょうやく に ちょういん しました。
ryoukoku wa jouyaku ni chouin shimashita.
The two countries signed the treaty.
Tie 調印 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “signing (treaty)” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →hijun
ratification
議会は条約を批准しました。
ぎかい は じょうやく を ひじゅん しました。
gikai wa jouyaku o hijun shimashita.
The parliament ratified the treaty.
Make 批准 yours: write one short sentence about “ratification” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →teiyaku
concluding a treaty
締約国は義務を負います。
ていやくこく は ぎむ を おいます。
teiyakukoku wa gimu o oimasu.
The signatory countries bear obligations.
Make 締約 yours: write one short sentence about “concluding a treaty” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →daketsu
settlement / agreement
賃金交渉が妥結しました。
ちんぎん こうしょう が だけつ しました。
chingin koushou ga daketsu shimashita.
The wage negotiations were settled.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “settlement” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 妥結 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →ketsuretsu
breakdown (of talks)
交渉は決裂しました。
こうしょう は けつれつ しました。
koushou wa ketsuretsu shimashita.
The negotiations broke down.
Say 決裂 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “breakdown (of talks)” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →dakai
breakthrough (deadlock)
話し合いで状況を打開しました。
はなしあい で じょうきょう を だかい しました。
hanashiai de joukyou o dakai shimashita.
We broke the deadlock through discussion.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “breakthrough (deadlock)” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 打開 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →dashin
sounding out
転職の意思があるか打診されました。
てんしょく の いし が ある か だしん されました。
tenshoku no ishi ga aru ka dashin saremashita.
I was sounded out about whether I would change jobs.
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