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10055 words · JLPT N1
JLPT N1 vocabulary
Words 271–280
chinpuka
obsolescence
技術はすぐに陳腐化します。
ぎじゅつ は すぐ に ちんぷか します。
gijutsu wa sugu ni chinpuka shimasu.
Technology quickly becomes obsolete.
Make 陳腐化 yours: write one short sentence about “obsolescence” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →roukyuuka
deterioration with age
設備の老朽化が進んでいます。
せつび の ろうきゅうか が すすんでいます。
setsubi no roukyuuka ga susundeimasu.
The equipment is deteriorating with age.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “deterioration with age” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 老朽化 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →shinkokuka
aggravation
人手不足が深刻化しています。
ひとでぶそく が しんこくか しています。
hitodebusoku ga shinkokuka shiteimasu.
The labor shortage is becoming more serious.
Make 深刻化 yours: write one short sentence about “aggravation” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →senmeika
sharpening / clarifying
画像を鮮明化する技術があります。
がぞう を せんめいか する ぎじゅつ が あります。
gazou o senmeika suru gijutsu ga arimasu.
There is technology to sharpen images.
Make 鮮明化 yours: write one short sentence about “sharpening” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →enkatsuka
smoothing / facilitation
手続きの円滑化を図ります。
てつづき の えんかつか を はかります。
tetsuzuki no enkatsuka o hakarimasu.
We aim to make the procedures smoother.
Make 円滑化 yours: write one short sentence about “smoothing” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →kansoka
simplification
申請の手続きが簡素化されました。
しんせい の てつづき が かんそか されました。
shinsei no tetsuzuki ga kansoka saremashita.
The application procedure was simplified.
Tie 簡素化 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “simplification” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →hyoujunka
standardization
作業の手順を標準化しました。
さぎょう の てじゅん を ひょうじゅんか しました。
sagyou no tejun o hyoujunka shimashita.
We standardized the work procedures.
Tie 標準化 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “standardization” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →seikika
normalization
データベースを正規化しました。
でーたべーす を せいきか しました。
deetabeesu o seikika shimashita.
We normalized the database.
Tie 正規化 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “normalization” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →jouchouka
adding redundancy
サーバーを冗長化して障害に備えます。
さーばー を じょうちょうか して しょうがい に そなえます。
saabaa o jouchouka shite shougai ni sonaemasu.
We add server redundancy to prepare for failures.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “adding redundancy” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 冗長化 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →tayouka
diversification
働き方が多様化しています。
はたらきかた が たようか しています。
hatarakikata ga tayouka shiteimasu.
Ways of working are diversifying.
When you meet 多様化 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “diversification” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
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