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10055 words · JLPT N1
JLPT N1 vocabulary
Words 21–30
funin
proceeding to a new post
来月、シンガポールに赴任します。
らいげつ、しんがぽーる に ふにん します。
raigetsu, shingapooru ni funin shimasu.
I will take up a new post in Singapore next month.
赴任 is traveling to take up a new post — the assignment abroad, the transfer to another city. 単身赴任 means going alone while the family stays.
Read the full tip →chakunin
assumption of office
新しい部長が着任しました。
あたらしい ぶちょう が ちゃくにん しました。
atarashii buchou ga chakunin shimashita.
The new department manager assumed office.
着任 is arriving in the new post and starting the job. 赴任 is the journey; 着任 is the landing and the first day at the new desk.
Read the full tip →junshoku
death in the line of duty
消防士が殉職しました。
しょうぼうし が じゅんしょく しました。
shouboushi ga junshoku shimashita.
A firefighter died in the line of duty.
Make 殉職 yours: write one short sentence about “death in the line of duty” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →juuji
engagement (in work)
十年間、医療に従事しています。
じゅうねんかん、いりょう に じゅうじ しています。
juunenkan, iryou ni juuji shiteimasu.
I have been engaged in medical work for ten years.
従事 is being engaged in a line of work — resume language. 研究に従事する: to work in research. Formal, written, and very common in job documents.
Read the full tip →tazusawarushigoto
work one engages in
自分が携わる仕事に誇りを持っています。
じぶん が たずさわる しごと に ほこり を もっています。
jibun ga tazusawaru shigoto ni hokori o motteimasu.
I take pride in the work I am engaged in.
Tie 携わる仕事 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “work one engages in” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →juuzoku
subordination
一つの会社に従属しない働き方もあります。
ひとつ の かいしゃ に じゅうぞく しない はたらきかた も あります。
hitotsu no kaisha ni juuzoku shinai hatarakikata mo arimasu.
There are ways of working without being subordinate to one company.
Make 従属 yours: write one short sentence about “subordination” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →reizoku
servitude
歴史の授業で隷属の時代を学びました。
れきし の じゅぎょう で れいぞく の じだい を まなびました。
rekishi no jugyou de reizoku no jidai o manabimashita.
We learned about the era of servitude in history class.
Make 隷属 yours: write one short sentence about “servitude” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →tousotsu
command / leadership
彼はチームを統率する力があります。
かれ は ちーむ を とうそつ する ちから が あります。
kare wa chiimu o tousotsu suru chikara ga arimasu.
He has the ability to lead a team.
統率 is command that keeps a group moving as one — leadership with discipline. A team well 統率された rows in rhythm.
Read the full tip →toukatsu
overall supervision
彼女はアジア地域の事業を統括しています。
かのじょ は あじあ ちいき の じぎょう を とうかつ しています。
kanojo wa ajia chiiki no jigyou o toukatsu shiteimasu.
She oversees operations in the Asian region.
統括 is overseeing the whole — one role holding all the departments together. A 統括マネージャー answers for everything under the umbrella.
Read the full tip →shouaku
seizing control
新しい社長が経営権を掌握しました。
あたらしい しゃちょう が けいえいけん を しょうあく しました。
atarashii shachou ga keieiken o shouaku shimashita.
The new president seized control of management.
掌握 is taking full control into your hand — a leader who 掌握する the situation truly holds it. As a memory trick, 掌 is the palm: the whole matter resting in one palm.
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