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10055 words · JLPT N1
JLPT N1 vocabulary
Words 301–310
meiji
explicit statement
契約書に条件を明示してください。
けいやくしょ に じょうけん を めいじ して ください。
keiyakusho ni jouken o meiji shite kudasai.
Please state the conditions explicitly in the contract.
When you meet 明示 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “explicit statement” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →teishou
advocacy / proposal
博士は新しい理論を提唱しました。
はかせ は あたらしい りろん を ていしょう しました。
hakase wa atarashii riron o teishou shimashita.
The doctor proposed a new theory.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “advocacy” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 提唱 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →shusai
presiding over
彼は読書会を主宰しています。
かれ は どくしょかい を しゅさい しています。
kare wa dokushokai o shusai shiteimasu.
He presides over a book club.
When you meet 主宰 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “presiding over” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →shikai
chairing / MC
結婚式の司会を頼まれました。
けっこんしき の しかい を たのまれました。
kekkonshiki no shikai o tanomaremashita.
I was asked to be the MC at a wedding.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “chairing” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 司会 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →shinkouyaku
facilitator role
会議の進行役を務めました。
かいぎ の しんこうやく を つとめました。
kaigi no shinkouyaku o tsutomemashita.
I served as facilitator of the meeting.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “facilitator role” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 進行役 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →benron
oratory / argument
弁論大会で優勝しました。
べんろん たいかい で ゆうしょう しました。
benron taikai de yuushou shimashita.
I won the speech contest.
Tie 弁論 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “oratory” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →benmei
explanation / vindication
彼は遅れの理由を弁明しました。
かれ は おくれ の りゆう を べんめい しました。
kare wa okure no riyuu o benmei shimashita.
He explained himself about the delay.
Make 弁明 yours: write one short sentence about “explanation” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →shakumeikaiken
press conference of explanation
社長が釈明会見を開きました。
しゃちょう が しゃくめい かいけん を ひらきました。
shachou ga shakumei kaiken o hirakimashita.
The president held a press conference to explain the matter.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “press conference of explanation” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 釈明会見 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →genkyuu
mention / reference
報告書はリスクにも言及しています。
ほうこくしょ は りすく に も げんきゅう しています。
houkokusho wa risuku ni mo genkyuu shiteimasu.
The report also mentions the risks.
Tie 言及 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “mention” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →genmei
declaration
大臣は増税しないと言明しました。
だいじん は ぞうぜい しない と げんめい しました。
daijin wa zouzei shinai to genmei shimashita.
The minister declared there would be no tax increase.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “declaration” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 言明 to that exact scene.
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