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10055 words · JLPT N1
JLPT N1 vocabulary
Words 261–270
ten'you
diversion / repurposing
倉庫をオフィスに転用しました。
そうこ を おふぃす に てんよう しました。
souko o ofisu ni ten'you shimashita.
The warehouse was repurposed as an office.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “diversion” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 転用 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →ryuuyou
appropriation / reuse
予算の流用が問題になりました。
よさん の りゅうよう が もんだい に なりました。
yosan no ryuuyou ga mondai ni narimashita.
The diversion of budget funds became a problem.
Tie 流用 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “appropriation” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →touyou
plagiarism
デザインの盗用が発覚しました。
でざいん の とうよう が はっかく しました。
dezain no touyou ga hakkaku shimashita.
The plagiarism of the design was discovered.
Make 盗用 yours: write one short sentence about “plagiarism” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →ran'you
abuse / misuse
薬の乱用は危険です。
くすり の らんよう は きけん です。
kusuri no ran'you wa kiken desu.
Drug abuse is dangerous.
Say 乱用 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “abuse” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →akuyou
misuse / exploitation
個人情報が悪用される恐れがあります。
こじん じょうほう が あくよう される おそれ が あります。
kojin jouhou ga akuyou sareru osore ga arimasu.
There is a risk that personal information will be misused.
When you meet 悪用 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “misuse” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →kasseika
revitalization
商店街の活性化に取り組んでいます。
しょうてんがい の かっせいか に とりくんでいます。
shoutengai no kasseika ni torikundeimasu.
We are working to revitalize the shopping district.
Make 活性化 yours: write one short sentence about “revitalization” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →kashika
visualization
売り上げをグラフで可視化しました。
うりあげ を ぐらふ で かしか しました。
uriage o gurafu de kashika shimashita.
We visualized the sales with graphs.
Say 可視化 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “visualization” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →chuushouka
abstraction
共通の処理を抽象化しました。
きょうつう の しょり を ちゅうしょうか しました。
kyoutsuu no shori o chuushouka shimashita.
We abstracted the common processing.
Say 抽象化 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “abstraction” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →gugenka
embodiment / realization
アイデアを製品として具現化しました。
あいであ を せいひん として ぐげんか しました。
aidea o seihin toshite gugenka shimashita.
We realized the idea as a product.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “embodiment” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 具現化 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →keigaika
becoming a mere shell
ルールが形骸化しています。
るーる が けいがいか しています。
ruuru ga keigaika shiteimasu.
The rules have become a mere formality.
Tie 形骸化 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “becoming a mere shell” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
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