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10055 words · JLPT N1
JLPT N1 vocabulary
Words 571–580
neru
to knead / polish (plans)
もう一度、計画をじっくり練ります。
もう いちど、けいかく を じっくり ねります。
mou ichido, keikaku o jikkuri nerimasu.
I will work the plan over carefully once more.
Tie 練る to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “knead” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →nebaru
to persist / be sticky
最後まで粘って契約を取りました。
さいご まで ねばって けいやく を とりました。
saigo made nebatte keiyaku o torimashita.
I stuck with it to the end and won the contract.
When you meet 粘る in real text, pause on it once — meeting “persist” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →horobiru
to perish
その文明は千年前に滅びました。
その ぶんめい は せんねんまえ に ほろびました。
sono bunmei wa sennenmae ni horobimashita.
That civilization perished a thousand years ago.
Tie 滅びる to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “perish” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →obiru
to carry / be tinged
計画がようやく現実味を帯びてきました。
けいかく が ようやく げんじつみ を おびて きました。
keikaku ga youyaku genjitsumi o obite kimashita.
The plan has finally begun to take on a sense of reality.
Make 帯びる yours: write one short sentence about “carry” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →shiirareru
to be forced
空港で長時間の待機を強いられました。
くうこう で ちょうじかん の たいき を しいられました。
kuukou de choujikan no taiki o shiiraremashita.
We were forced into a long wait at the airport.
Say 強いられる out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “be forced” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →obitadashii
enormous (amount)
夥しい数の申し込みが届きました。
おびただしい かず の もうしこみ が とどきました。
obitadashii kazu no moushikomi ga todokimashita.
An enormous number of applications came in.
Make 夥しい yours: write one short sentence about “enormous (amount)” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →hanahadashii
extreme
彼の思い違いは甚だしいです。
かれ の おもいちがい は はなはだしい です。
kare no omoichigai wa hanahadashii desu.
His misapprehension is extreme.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “extreme” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 甚だしい to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →takumashii
robust / strong
彼は見るからに逞しい体をしています。
かれ は みる から に たくましい からだ を しています。
kare wa miru kara ni takumashii karada o shiteimasu.
He has a visibly powerful build.
Say 逞しい out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “robust” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →susamajii
terrific / fierce
昨夜の風の音は凄まじかったです。
さくや の かぜ の おと は すさまじかった です。
sakuya no kaze no oto wa susamajikatta desu.
The sound of the wind last night was terrific.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “terrific” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 凄まじい to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →mezamashii
remarkable
この一年の彼の成長は目覚ましいです。
この いちねん の かれ の せいちょう は めざましい です。
kono ichinen no kare no seichou wa mezamashii desu.
His growth over this past year has been remarkable.
When you meet 目覚ましい in real text, pause on it once — meeting “remarkable” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
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