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10055 words · JLPT N1
JLPT N1 vocabulary
Words 511–520
jouryuu
distillation
ウイスキーは蒸留して作られます。
ういすきー は じょうりゅう して つくられます。
uisukii wa jouryuu shite tsukuraremasu.
Whisky is made by distillation.
Tie 蒸留 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “distillation” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →chuushutsushori
extraction processing
夜間にデータの抽出処理を実行します。
やかん に でーた の ちゅうしゅつ しょり を じっこう します。
yakan ni deeta no chuushutsu shori o jikkou shimasu.
The data extraction process runs at night.
Say 抽出処理 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “extraction processing” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →seisei
refining
原油を精製してガソリンを作ります。
げんゆ を せいせい して がそりん を つくります。
gen'yu o seisei shite gasorin o tsukurimasu.
Gasoline is made by refining crude oil.
When you meet 精製 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “refining” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →seiren
smelting
鉱石を製錬して金属を取り出します。
こうせき を せいれん して きんぞく を とりだします。
kouseki o seiren shite kinzoku o toridashimasu.
Metal is extracted by smelting ore.
When you meet 製錬 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “smelting” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →chuuzou
casting (metal)
この工場では部品を鋳造しています。
この こうじょう で は ぶひん を ちゅうぞう しています。
kono koujou de wa buhin o chuuzou shiteimasu.
This factory casts metal parts.
When you meet 鋳造 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “casting (metal)” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →tanren
training / forging
毎日の鍛錬が実を結びました。
まいにち の たんれん が み を むすびました。
mainichi no tanren ga mi o musubimashita.
Daily training bore fruit.
When you meet 鍛錬 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “training” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →renma
polishing (skills)
技を錬磨して一流になりました。
わざ を れんま して いちりゅう に なりました。
waza o renma shite ichiryuu ni narimashita.
He polished his skills and became first-rate.
Say 錬磨 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “polishing (skills)” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →kenma
grinding / polishing
レンズを丁寧に研磨します。
れんず を ていねい に けんま します。
renzu o teinei ni kenma shimasu.
The lenses are polished carefully.
When you meet 研磨 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “grinding” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →kakageru
to hold up / set forth
会社は環境保護を目標に掲げています。
かいしゃ は かんきょう ほご を もくひょう に かかげています。
kaisha wa kankyou hogo o mokuhyou ni kakageteimasu.
The company has set environmental protection as its goal.
Tie 掲げる to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “hold up” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →togeru
to accomplish
彼はこの三年で大きな成長を遂げました。
かれ は この さんねん で おおきな せいちょう を とげました。
kare wa kono sannen de ookina seichou o togemashita.
He has achieved considerable growth over these three years.
When you meet 遂げる in real text, pause on it once — meeting “accomplish” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
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