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10055 words · JLPT N1
JLPT N1 vocabulary
Words 341–350
tsuutatsu
official notice
本社から新しい通達が来ました。
ほんしゃ から あたらしい つうたつ が きました。
honsha kara atarashii tsuutatsu ga kimashita.
A new official notice came from headquarters.
When you meet 通達 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “official notice” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →tsuukoku
notification
契約の終了を通告しました。
けいやく の しゅうりょう を つうこく しました。
keiyaku no shuuryou o tsuukoku shimashita.
We gave notice of the contract's termination.
Make 通告 yours: write one short sentence about “notification” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →tsuuhou
report (to police)
事故を警察に通報しました。
じこ を けいさつ に つうほう しました。
jiko o keisatsu ni tsuuhou shimashita.
I reported the accident to the police.
When you meet 通報 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “report (to police)” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →mikkoku
informing (secretly)
不正が密告で明らかになりました。
ふせい が みっこく で あきらか に なりました。
fusei ga mikkoku de akiraka ni narimashita.
The fraud came to light through a tip-off.
Tie 密告 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “informing (secretly)” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →shinkokumore
failure to declare
税務調査で申告漏れが見つかりました。
ぜいむ ちょうさ で しんこく もれ が みつかりました。
zeimu chousa de shinkoku more ga mitsukarimashita.
Unreported income was found in the tax audit.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “failure to declare” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 申告漏れ to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →houchi
alarm / notification
火災報知の設備を点検しました。
かさい ほうち の せつび を てんけん しました。
kasai houchi no setsubi o tenken shimashita.
We inspected the fire alarm equipment.
Tie 報知 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “alarm” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →keikoku
warning
システムが警告を表示しました。
しすてむ が けいこく を ひょうじ しました。
shisutemu ga keikoku o hyouji shimashita.
The system displayed a warning.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “warning” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 警告 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →keikai
vigilance
大雨に警戒してください。
おおあめ に けいかい して ください。
ooame ni keikai shite kudasai.
Please be on the alert for heavy rain.
Tie 警戒 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “vigilance” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →kaikoku
admonition
彼は戒告の処分を受けました。
かれ は かいこく の しょぶん を うけました。
kare wa kaikoku no shobun o ukemashita.
He received an official admonition.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “admonition” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 戒告 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →kunkoku
formal reprimand
規則違反で訓告を受けました。
きそく いはん で くんこく を うけました。
kisoku ihan de kunkoku o ukemashita.
He was formally reprimanded for breaking the rules.
When you meet 訓告 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “formal reprimand” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
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