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10055 words · JLPT N1
JLPT N1 vocabulary
Words 321–330
housou
broadcast
試合は今夜放送されます。
しあい は こんや ほうそう されます。
shiai wa kon'ya housou saremasu.
The game will be broadcast tonight.
Tie 放送 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “broadcast” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →chuukei
relay / live broadcast
式典の様子が中継されました。
しきてん の ようす が ちゅうけい されました。
shikiten no yousu ga chuukei saremashita.
The ceremony was broadcast live.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “relay” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 中継 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →jikkyou
live coverage
彼はゲームの実況をしています。
かれ は げーむ の じっきょう を しています。
kare wa geemu no jikkyou o shiteimasu.
He does live commentary on games.
Tie 実況 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “live coverage” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →shuuroku
recording (program)
番組の収録が終わりました。
ばんぐみ の しゅうろく が おわりました。
bangumi no shuuroku ga owarimashita.
The recording of the program finished.
Tie 収録 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “recording (program)” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →hensan
compilation
委員会が辞典を編纂しました。
いいんかい が じてん を へんさん しました。
iinkai ga jiten o hensan shimashita.
The committee compiled the dictionary.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “compilation” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 編纂 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →hon'an
adaptation (of a work)
小説が舞台用に翻案されました。
しょうせつ が ぶたいよう に ほんあん されました。
shousetsu ga butaiyou ni hon'an saremashita.
The novel was adapted for the stage.
Make 翻案 yours: write one short sentence about “adaptation (of a work)” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →iyaku
free translation
この部分は直訳より意訳が自然です。
この ぶぶん は ちょくやく より いやく が しぜん です。
kono bubun wa chokuyaku yori iyaku ga shizen desu.
A free translation is more natural here than a literal one.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “free translation” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 意訳 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →chokuyaku
literal translation
直訳すると意味が伝わりません。
ちょくやく する と いみ が つたわりません。
chokuyaku suru to imi ga tsutawarimasen.
If you translate it literally, the meaning does not come across.
Say 直訳 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “literal translation” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →goyaku
mistranslation
誤訳を見つけて修正しました。
ごやく を みつけて しゅうせい しました。
goyaku o mitsukete shuusei shimashita.
I found and corrected a mistranslation.
When you meet 誤訳 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “mistranslation” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →fukikae
dubbing
この映画は日本語の吹替があります。
この えいが は にほんご の ふきかえ が あります。
kono eiga wa nihongo no fukikae ga arimasu.
This movie has a Japanese dub.
Make 吹替 yours: write one short sentence about “dubbing” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
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