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10055 words · JLPT N1
JLPT N1 vocabulary
Words 621–630
honsuji
main thread
話が本筋からそれました。
はなし が ほんすじ から それました。
hanashi ga honsuji kara soremashita.
The conversation strayed from the main thread.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “main thread” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 本筋 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →fuseki
groundwork / strategic move
将来のための布石を打ちました。
しょうらい の ため の ふせき を うちました。
shourai no tame no fuseki o uchimashita.
We laid the groundwork for the future.
Make 布石 yours: write one short sentence about “groundwork” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →fukusen
foreshadowing
小説の伏線が最後に回収されました。
しょうせつ の ふくせん が さいご に かいしゅう されました。
shousetsu no fukusen ga saigo ni kaishuu saremashita.
The novel's foreshadowing paid off at the end.
Tie 伏線 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “foreshadowing” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →myakuraku
context / coherence
彼の話は脈絡がありません。
かれ の はなし は みゃくらく が ありません。
kare no hanashi wa myakuraku ga arimasen.
His story lacks coherence.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “context” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 脈絡 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →keifu
genealogy / lineage
この技術の系譜をたどりました。
この ぎじゅつ の けいふ を たどりました。
kono gijutsu no keifu o tadorimashita.
We traced the lineage of this technology.
Tie 系譜 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “genealogy” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →hensen
transition / changes
言葉の意味の変遷を研究しています。
ことば の いみ の へんせん を けんきゅう しています。
kotoba no imi no hensen o kenkyuu shiteimasu.
I study how word meanings have changed over time.
Tie 変遷 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “transition” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →enkaku
history / development
会社の沿革をウェブサイトに載せました。
かいしゃ の えんかく を うぇぶさいと に のせました。
kaisha no enkaku o webusaito ni nosemashita.
We put the company's history on the website.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “history” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 沿革 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →hottan
beginning / origin
小さな誤解が事件の発端でした。
ちいさな ごかい が じけん の ほったん でした。
chiisana gokai ga jiken no hottan deshita.
A small misunderstanding was the origin of the incident.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “beginning” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 発端 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →keiki
opportunity / trigger
転職を契機に東京へ引っ越しました。
てんしょく を けいき に とうきょう へ ひっこしました。
tenshoku o keiki ni toukyou e hikkoshimashita.
I moved to Tokyo on the occasion of changing jobs.
Say 契機 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “opportunity” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →choukou
sign / symptom
景気回復の兆候が見えます。
けいき かいふく の ちょうこう が みえます。
keiki kaifuku no choukou ga miemasu.
Signs of economic recovery are visible.
Make 兆候 yours: write one short sentence about “sign” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
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