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10055 words · JLPT N1
JLPT N1 vocabulary
Words 331–340
jimakuhyouji
subtitle display
動画の字幕表示をオンにしました。
どうが の じまく ひょうじ を おん に しました。
douga no jimaku hyouji o on ni shimashita.
I turned on subtitle display for the video.
Tie 字幕表示 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “subtitle display” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →kaidoku
decoding / deciphering
古い文書を解読しました。
ふるい ぶんしょ を かいどく しました。
furui bunsho o kaidoku shimashita.
We deciphered the old document.
When you meet 解読 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “decoding” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →handoku
making out (text)
手書きの文字が判読できません。
てがき の もじ が はんどく できません。
tegaki no moji ga handoku dekimasen.
I cannot make out the handwritten characters.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “making out (text)” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 判読 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →jukudoku
careful reading
契約書を熟読してから署名しました。
けいやくしょ を じゅくどく して から しょめい しました。
keiyakusho o jukudoku shite kara shomei shimashita.
I read the contract carefully before signing.
When you meet 熟読 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “careful reading” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →seidoku
close reading
重要な章を精読しました。
じゅうような しょう を せいどく しました。
juuyouna shou o seidoku shimashita.
I read the important chapter closely.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “close reading” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 精読 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →sokudoku
speed reading
速読の練習をしています。
そくどく の れんしゅう を しています。
sokudoku no renshuu o shiteimasu.
I am practicing speed reading.
Tie 速読 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “speed reading” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →roudoku
reading aloud
子供に絵本を朗読しました。
こども に えほん を ろうどく しました。
kodomo ni ehon o roudoku shimashita.
I read a picture book aloud to my child.
Say 朗読 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “reading aloud” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →anshou
recitation
生徒は詩を暗唱しました。
せいと は し を あんしょう しました。
seito wa shi o anshou shimashita.
The students recited the poem from memory.
Tie 暗唱 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “recitation” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →fukushou
repeating back
注文を復唱して確認しました。
ちゅうもん を ふくしょう して かくにん しました。
chuumon o fukushou shite kakunin shimashita.
I repeated the order back to confirm it.
When you meet 復唱 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “repeating back” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →dentatsu
transmission / communication
決定事項を全員に伝達しました。
けってい じこう を ぜんいん に でんたつ しました。
kettei jikou o zen'in ni dentatsu shimashita.
The decisions were communicated to everyone.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “transmission” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 伝達 to that exact scene.
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