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10055 words · JLPT N1
JLPT N1 vocabulary
Words 381–390
kondou
confusion (mixing up)
似ている言葉を混同しやすいです。
にている ことば を こんどう しやすい です。
niteiru kotoba o kondou shiyasui desu.
It is easy to mix up similar words.
Make 混同 yours: write one short sentence about “confusion (mixing up)” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →sakusou
complication / entanglement
情報が錯綜しています。
じょうほう が さくそう しています。
jouhou ga sakusou shiteimasu.
The information is tangled and confused.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “complication” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 錯綜 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →kousaku
intermingling
期待と不安が交錯しています。
きたい と ふあん が こうさく しています。
kitai to fuan ga kousaku shiteimasu.
Hope and anxiety are intermingling.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “intermingling” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 交錯 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →fukusou
congestion (network)
アクセス集中で回線が輻輳しました。
あくせす しゅうちゅう で かいせん が ふくそう しました。
akusesu shuuchuu de kaisen ga fukusou shimashita.
The lines became congested due to concentrated access.
Say 輻輳 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “congestion (network)” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →hippaku
tightness / strain
病院の体制が逼迫しています。
びょういん の たいせい が ひっぱく しています。
byouin no taisei ga hippaku shiteimasu.
The hospital system is under severe strain.
When you meet 逼迫 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “tightness” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →kyuubou
destitution
戦後、人々は窮乏の生活を送りました。
せんご、ひとびと は きゅうぼう の せいかつ を おくりました。
sengo, hitobito wa kyuubou no seikatsu o okurimashita.
After the war, people lived in destitution.
Say 窮乏 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “destitution” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →konkyuu
poverty / distress
生活に困窮する家庭を支援します。
せいかつ に こんきゅう する かてい を しえん します。
seikatsu ni konkyuu suru katei o shien shimasu.
We support households in financial distress.
Tie 困窮 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “poverty” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →hihei
exhaustion / impoverishment
長時間労働で現場が疲弊しています。
ちょうじかん ろうどう で げんば が ひへい しています。
choujikan roudou de genba ga hihei shiteimasu.
The workforce is exhausted from long hours.
Make 疲弊 yours: write one short sentence about “exhaustion” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →suitai
decline
この産業は衰退しています。
この さんぎょう は すいたい しています。
kono sangyou wa suitai shiteimasu.
This industry is in decline.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “decline” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 衰退 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →suijaku
weakening
祖父は病気で衰弱しています。
そふ は びょうき で すいじゃく しています。
sofu wa byouki de suijaku shiteimasu.
My grandfather is weakened by illness.
When you meet 衰弱 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “weakening” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
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