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10055 words · JLPT N1
JLPT N1 vocabulary
Words 351–360
sekkyou
sermon / lecture
遅刻して部長に説教されました。
ちこく して ぶちょう に せっきょう されました。
chikoku shite buchou ni sekkyou saremashita.
I was lectured by the manager for being late.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “sermon” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 説教 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →gekirei
encouragement
先輩から激励の言葉をもらいました。
せんぱい から げきれい の ことば を もらいました。
senpai kara gekirei no kotoba o moraimashita.
I received words of encouragement from my senior.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “encouragement” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 激励 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →kobu
inspiring / cheering
キャプテンがチームを鼓舞しました。
きゃぷてん が ちーむ を こぶ しました。
kyaputen ga chiimu o kobu shimashita.
The captain inspired the team.
Tie 鼓舞 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “inspiring” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →shourei
encouragement / promotion
会社は資格の取得を奨励しています。
かいしゃ は しかく の しゅとく を しょうれい しています。
kaisha wa shikaku no shutoku o shourei shiteimasu.
The company encourages getting qualifications.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “encouragement” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 奨励 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →suishou
recommendation
最新バージョンの利用を推奨します。
さいしん ばーじょん の りよう を すいしょう します。
saishin baajon no riyou o suishou shimasu.
We recommend using the latest version.
Tie 推奨 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “recommendation” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →suisen
recommendation (person)
教授が私を推薦してくれました。
きょうじゅ が わたし を すいせん して くれました。
kyouju ga watashi o suisen shite kuremashita.
The professor recommended me.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “recommendation (person)” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 推薦 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →yougo
defense / advocacy
弁護士は彼の権利を擁護しました。
べんごし は かれ の けんり を ようご しました。
bengoshi wa kare no kenri o yougo shimashita.
The lawyer defended his rights.
When you meet 擁護 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “defense” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →bengo
defense (legal)
彼女は法廷で被告を弁護しました。
かのじょ は ほうてい で ひこく を べんご しました。
kanojo wa houtei de hikoku o bengo shimashita.
She defended the accused in court.
Tie 弁護 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “defense (legal)” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →kaigo
nursing care
祖母の介護をしています。
そぼ の かいご を しています。
sobo no kaigo o shiteimasu.
I provide nursing care for my grandmother.
Tie 介護 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “nursing care” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →kango
nursing
母は病院で看護の仕事をしています。
はは は びょういん で かんご の しごと を しています。
haha wa byouin de kango no shigoto o shiteimasu.
My mother does nursing work at a hospital.
Tie 看護 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “nursing” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
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