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10055 words · JLPT N1
JLPT N1 vocabulary
Words 81–90
bouei
defense
国の防衛について議論が続いています。
くに の ぼうえい について ぎろん が つづいています。
kuni no bouei nitsuite giron ga tsuzuiteimasu.
Debate continues about national defense.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “defense” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 防衛 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →bougyo
defense / protection
このソフトは攻撃からシステムを防御します。
この そふと は こうげき から しすてむ を ぼうぎょ します。
kono sofuto wa kougeki kara shisutemu o bougyo shimasu.
This software defends the system against attacks.
Tie 防御 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “defense” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →kouryaku
capture / conquering
難しいレベルをやっと攻略しました。
むずかしい れべる を やっと こうりゃく しました。
muzukashii reberu o yatto kouryaku shimashita.
I finally conquered the difficult level.
Say 攻略 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “capture” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →seiatsu
suppression / control
消防隊が火事を制圧しました。
しょうぼうたい が かじ を せいあつ しました。
shouboutai ga kaji o seiatsu shimashita.
The fire brigade brought the fire under control.
When you meet 制圧 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “suppression” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →chin'atsu
suppression (of riot)
暴動は数時間で鎮圧されました。
ぼうどう は すうじかん で ちんあつ されました。
boudou wa suujikan de chin'atsu saremashita.
The riot was suppressed within hours.
Say 鎮圧 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “suppression (of riot)” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →yokusei
suppression / restraint
コストの上昇を抑制する必要があります。
こすと の じょうしょう を よくせい する ひつよう が あります。
kosuto no joushou o yokusei suru hitsuyou ga arimasu.
We need to curb the rise in costs.
When you meet 抑制 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “suppression” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →yokuatsu
oppression
感情を抑圧しすぎるのは良くないです。
かんじょう を よくあつ しすぎる の は よくない です。
kanjou o yokuatsu shisugiru no wa yokunai desu.
Suppressing your emotions too much is not good.
Make 抑圧 yours: write one short sentence about “oppression” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →dan'atsu
crackdown
報道の自由への弾圧が批判されました。
ほうどう の じゆう へ の だんあつ が ひはん されました。
houdou no jiyuu e no dan'atsu ga hihan saremashita.
The crackdown on press freedom was criticized.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “crackdown” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 弾圧 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →hakugai
persecution
彼らは迫害を逃れて移住しました。
かれら は はくがい を のがれて いじゅう しました。
karera wa hakugai o nogarete ijuu shimashita.
They emigrated to escape persecution.
Make 迫害 yours: write one short sentence about “persecution” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →gyakutai
abuse
動物の虐待は犯罪です。
どうぶつ の ぎゃくたい は はんざい です。
doubutsu no gyakutai wa hanzai desu.
Animal abuse is a crime.
Make 虐待 yours: write one short sentence about “abuse” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
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