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10055 words · JLPT N1
JLPT N1 vocabulary
Words 491–500
shakuzen
being satisfied (explanation)
説明を聞いても釈然としません。
せつめい を きいて も しゃくぜん と しません。
setsumei o kiite mo shakuzen to shimasen.
Even after hearing the explanation, I am not satisfied.
When you meet 釈然 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “being satisfied (explanation)” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →gekihen
drastic change
市場の環境が激変しました。
しじょう の かんきょう が げきへん しました。
shijou no kankyou ga gekihen shimashita.
The market environment changed drastically.
Say 激変 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “drastic change” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →gekigen
sharp decrease
観光客が激減しました。
かんこうきゃく が げきげん しました。
kankoukyaku ga gekigen shimashita.
The number of tourists dropped sharply.
Make 激減 yours: write one short sentence about “sharp decrease” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →gekizou
sharp increase
注文が激増しました。
ちゅうもん が げきぞう しました。
chuumon ga gekizou shimashita.
Orders increased sharply.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “sharp increase” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 激増 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →kyuutou
sudden price rise
株価が急騰しました。
かぶか が きゅうとう しました。
kabuka ga kyuutou shimashita.
The stock price surged.
Say 急騰 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “sudden price rise” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →kyuuraku
sudden drop
為替が急落しました。
かわせ が きゅうらく しました。
kawase ga kyuuraku shimashita.
The exchange rate plunged.
When you meet 急落 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “sudden drop” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →bouraku
crash (prices)
発表の直後に株価が暴落しました。
はっぴょう の ちょくご に かぶか が ぼうらく しました。
happyou no chokugo ni kabuka ga bouraku shimashita.
The share price crashed right after the announcement.
Tie 暴落 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “crash (prices)” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →boutou
price explosion
原油の価格が暴騰しました。
げんゆ の かかく が ぼうとう しました。
gen'yu no kakaku ga boutou shimashita.
Crude oil prices skyrocketed.
Say 暴騰 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “price explosion” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →henkaku
transformation / reform
業界は大きな変革の時期にあります。
ぎょうかい は おおきな へんかく の じき に あります。
gyoukai wa ookina henkaku no jiki ni arimasu.
The industry is in a period of great transformation.
Make 変革 yours: write one short sentence about “transformation” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →kakushin
innovation
技術の革新が進んでいます。
ぎじゅつ の かくしん が すすんでいます。
gijutsu no kakushin ga susundeimasu.
Technological innovation is advancing.
Say 革新 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “innovation” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
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