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10055 words · JLPT N1
JLPT N1 vocabulary
Words 651–660
saiken
bond (finance)
国の債券を購入しました。
くに の さいけん を こうにゅう しました。
kuni no saiken o kounyuu shimashita.
I purchased government bonds.
When you meet 債券 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “bond (finance)” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →saiken
credit / claim
銀行は債権を回収しました。
ぎんこう は さいけん を かいしゅう しました。
ginkou wa saiken o kaishuu shimashita.
The bank collected its claims.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “credit” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 債権 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →tanpo
collateral
家を担保にお金を借りました。
いえ を たんぽ に おかね を かりました。
ie o tanpo ni okane o karimashita.
I borrowed money with my house as collateral.
Make 担保 yours: write one short sentence about “collateral” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →teitou
mortgage
土地に抵当が設定されています。
とち に ていとう が せってい されています。
tochi ni teitou ga settei sareteimasu.
A mortgage has been placed on the land.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “mortgage” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 抵当 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →rijun
profit
会社は利潤を追求します。
かいしゃ は りじゅん を ついきゅう します。
kaisha wa rijun o tsuikyuu shimasu.
Companies pursue profit.
Make 利潤 yours: write one short sentence about “profit” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →risoku
interest (money)
預金に利息が付きました。
よきん に りそく が つきました。
yokin ni risoku ga tsukimashita.
Interest accrued on my deposit.
Make 利息 yours: write one short sentence about “interest (money)” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →ganpon
principal (finance)
元本を減らさずに運用したいです。
がんぽん を へらさず に うんよう したい です。
ganpon o herasazu ni un'you shitai desu.
I want to invest without reducing the principal.
When you meet 元本 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “principal (finance)” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →motode
capital / funds
少ない元手で商売を始めました。
すくない もとで で しょうばい を はじめました。
sukunai motode de shoubai o hajimemashita.
I started a business with little capital.
Tie 元手 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “capital” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →shikinguri
cash flow management
中小企業は資金繰りに苦労しています。
ちゅうしょう きぎょう は しきんぐり に くろう しています。
chuushou kigyou wa shikinguri ni kurou shiteimasu.
Small businesses struggle with cash flow.
Tie 資金繰り to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “cash flow management” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →saisan
profitability
この事業は採算が取れません。
この じぎょう は さいさん が とれません。
kono jigyou wa saisan ga toremasen.
This business is not profitable.
Say 採算 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “profitability” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
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