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10055 words · JLPT N1
JLPT N1 vocabulary
Words 481–490
tansa
probe / exploration
探査機が火星を探査しています。
たんさき が かせい を たんさ しています。
tansaki ga kasei o tansa shiteimasu.
The probe is exploring Mars.
Make 探査 yours: write one short sentence about “probe” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →teisatsu
reconnaissance
ドローンで偵察を行いました。
どろーん で ていさつ を おこないました。
doroon de teisatsu o okonaimashita.
Reconnaissance was carried out with a drone.
When you meet 偵察 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “reconnaissance” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →kankin
confinement
犯人は人質を監禁しました。
はんにん は ひとじち を かんきん しました。
hannin wa hitojichi o kankin shimashita.
The criminal confined the hostages.
Make 監禁 yours: write one short sentence about “confinement” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →yuuhei
imprisonment
王は城に幽閉されました。
おう は しろ に ゆうへい されました。
ou wa shiro ni yuuhei saremashita.
The king was imprisoned in the castle.
Make 幽閉 yours: write one short sentence about “imprisonment” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →kakuri
isolation / quarantine
感染者は隔離されました。
かんせんしゃ は かくり されました。
kansensha wa kakuri saremashita.
The infected people were isolated.
Tie 隔離 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “isolation” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →shadan
cutoff / blocking
不正な通信を遮断しました。
ふせいな つうしん を しゃだん しました。
fuseina tsuushin o shadan shimashita.
We blocked the unauthorized communications.
Make 遮断 yours: write one short sentence about “cutoff” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →fuusa
blockade / lockdown
事故で道路が封鎖されました。
じこ で どうろ が ふうさ されました。
jiko de douro ga fuusa saremashita.
The road was blocked off due to the accident.
Make 封鎖 yours: write one short sentence about “blockade” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →heisa
closure
古い工場が閉鎖されました。
ふるい こうじょう が へいさ されました。
furui koujou ga heisa saremashita.
The old factory was closed down.
Tie 閉鎖 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “closure” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →kaihou
opening up
庭園が一般に開放されました。
ていえん が いっぱん に かいほう されました。
teien ga ippan ni kaihou saremashita.
The garden was opened to the public.
When you meet 開放 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “opening up” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →kaihou
liberation / release
人質は無事に解放されました。
ひとじち は ぶじ に かいほう されました。
hitojichi wa buji ni kaihou saremashita.
The hostages were released safely.
When you meet 解放 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “liberation” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
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