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10055 words · JLPT N1
JLPT N1 vocabulary
Words 521–530
samatageru
to hinder
大きな音が集中を妨げています。
おおきな おと が しゅうちゅう を さまたげています。
ookina oto ga shuuchuu o samatageteimasu.
The loud noise is getting in the way of concentration.
Tie 妨げる to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “hinder” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →yawarageru
to soften / ease
薬で痛みを和らげました。
くすり で いたみ を やわらげました。
kusuri de itami o yawaragemashita.
I eased the pain with medicine.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “soften” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 和らげる to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →shiitageru
to oppress
立場の弱い人を虐げてはいけません。
たちば の よわい ひと を しいたげて は いけません。
tachiba no yowai hito o shiitagete wa ikemasen.
You must not oppress those in a weaker position.
Tie 虐げる to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “oppress” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →sasageru
to dedicate / offer
彼は生涯を研究に捧げました。
かれ は しょうがい を けんきゅう に ささげました。
kare wa shougai o kenkyuu ni sasagemashita.
He devoted his whole life to research.
Tie 捧げる to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “dedicate” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →tsunageru
to connect
今回の失敗を次の改善に繋げます。
こんかい の しっぱい を つぎ の かいぜん に つなげます。
konkai no shippai o tsugi no kaizen ni tsunagemasu.
We will carry this failure through into the next improvement.
When you meet 繋げる in real text, pause on it once — meeting “connect” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →fukeru
to age / look old
最近、少し老けたと言われました。
さいきん、すこし ふけた と いわれました。
saikin, sukoshi fuketa to iwaremashita.
I was told recently that I look a little older.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “age” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 老ける to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →fukeru
to grow late (night)
夜が更けるまで話し込みました。
よる が ふける まで はなしこみました。
yoru ga fukeru made hanashikomimashita.
We talked on until the night grew late.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “grow late (night)” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 更ける to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →shitsuraeru
to furnish / arrange
会場の入り口に受付を設えました。
かいじょう の いりぐち に うけつけ を しつらえました。
kaijou no iriguchi ni uketsuke o shitsuraemashita.
We set up a reception desk at the entrance to the venue.
Make 設える yours: write one short sentence about “furnish” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →takuwaeru
to store / save up
万一に備えて食料を蓄えています。
まんいち に そなえて しょくりょう を たくわえています。
man'ichi ni sonaete shokuryou o takuwaeteimasu.
I keep food stored in case of an emergency.
When you meet 蓄える in real text, pause on it once — meeting “store” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →kamaeru
to set up / take a stance
駅の近くに小さな店を構えています。
えき の ちかく に ちいさな みせ を かまえています。
eki no chikaku ni chiisana mise o kamaeteimasu.
We keep a small shop near the station.
Make 構える yours: write one short sentence about “set up” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
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