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10055 words · JLPT N1
JLPT N1 vocabulary
Words 581–590
hanabanashii
spectacular
彼女の華々しい活躍が注目されました。
かのじょ の はなばなしい かつやく が ちゅうもく されました。
kanojo no hanabanashii katsuyaku ga chuumoku saremashita.
Her spectacular performance drew attention.
Make 華々しい yours: write one short sentence about “spectacular” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →magirawashii
confusing / misleading
この二つの表記は紛らわしいです。
この ふたつ の ひょうき は まぎらわしい です。
kono futatsu no hyouki wa magirawashii desu.
These two spellings are easy to confuse.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “confusing” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 紛らわしい to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →wazurawashii
troublesome
毎回同じ手続きをするのが煩わしいです。
まいかい おなじ てつづき を する の が わずらわしい です。
maikai onaji tetsuzuki o suru no ga wazurawashii desu.
Going through the same procedure every time is a nuisance.
When you meet 煩わしい in real text, pause on it once — meeting “troublesome” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →narenareshii
overly familiar
初対面で馴れ馴れしい態度は避けましょう。
しょたいめん で なれなれしい たいど は さけましょう。
shotaimen de narenareshii taido wa sakemashou.
Let us avoid an overly familiar manner at a first meeting.
Make 馴れ馴れしい yours: write one short sentence about “overly familiar” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →yosoyososhii
distant / cold
彼の態度が急によそよそしくなりました。
かれ の たいど が きゅう に よそよそしく なりました。
kare no taido ga kyuu ni yosoyososhiku narimashita.
His manner suddenly turned distant.
Say よそよそしい out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “distant” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →sugasugashii
refreshing
朝の空気がとても清々しいです。
あさ の くうき が とても すがすがしい です。
asa no kuuki ga totemo sugasugashii desu.
The morning air is wonderfully refreshing.
Say 清々しい out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “refreshing” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →isagiyoi
graceful / manly (admitting)
彼の潔い謝罪に少し驚きました。
かれ の いさぎよい しゃざい に すこし おどろきました。
kare no isagiyoi shazai ni sukoshi odorokimashita.
I was a little surprised by his forthright apology.
Say 潔い out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “graceful” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →shibui
tasteful / bitter
このお茶は少し渋いです。
この おちゃ は すこし しぶい です。
kono ocha wa sukoshi shibui desu.
This tea is a little bitter.
Say 渋い out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “tasteful” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →moroi
fragile
この材料は熱に脆いです。
この ざいりょう は ねつ に もろい です。
kono zairyou wa netsu ni moroi desu.
This material is fragile against heat.
Tie 脆い to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “fragile” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →yuruyaka
gentle / gradual
この道の坂はとても緩やかです。
この みち の さか は とても ゆるやか です。
kono michi no saka wa totemo yuruyaka desu.
The slope on this road is very gentle.
Make 緩やか yours: write one short sentence about “gentle” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
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