JapanLingo

Vocabulary

Every word comes with furigana, romaji, and an original example sentence from real life in Japan.

10055 words · JLPT N1

explicit statement

keiyakusho ni jouken o meiji shite kudasai.

Please state the conditions explicitly in the contract.

advocacy / proposal

hakase wa atarashii riron o teishou shimashita.

The doctor proposed a new theory.

presiding over

kare wa dokushokai o shusai shiteimasu.

He presides over a book club.

chairing / MC

kekkonshiki no shikai o tanomaremashita.

I was asked to be the MC at a wedding.

facilitator role

kaigi no shinkouyaku o tsutomemashita.

I served as facilitator of the meeting.

oratory / argument

benron taikai de yuushou shimashita.

I won the speech contest.

explanation / vindication

kare wa okure no riyuu o benmei shimashita.

He explained himself about the delay.

press conference of explanation

shachou ga shakumei kaiken o hirakimashita.

The president held a press conference to explain the matter.

mention / reference

houkokusho wa risuku ni mo genkyuu shiteimasu.

The report also mentions the risks.

declaration

daijin wa zouzei shinai to genmei shimashita.

The minister declared there would be no tax increase.

assertion

kare wa seikou suru to dangen shimashita.

He asserted that it would succeed.

declaration

kaisha wa kankyou mokuhyou o sengen shimashita.

The company declared its environmental goals.

pronouncement / sentence

saibankan ga hanketsu o senkoku shimashita.

The judge pronounced the sentence.

proclamation

seifu wa hijou jitai o fukoku shimashita.

The government proclaimed a state of emergency.

open declaration

kare wa mokuhyou o kougen shiteimasu.

He openly declares his goals.

public relations

watashi wa kouhou no shigoto o shiteimasu.

I work in public relations.

news reporting

jiken wa ookiku houdou saremashita.

The incident was widely reported.

news gathering / interview

kisha ga genba de shuzai shiteimasu.

Reporters are gathering news at the scene.

publication request

zasshi ni koukoku no keisai irai o shimashita.

We requested that an ad be published in the magazine.

distribution / streaming

kaiken wa netto de haishin saremashita.

The press conference was streamed online.

broadcast

shiai wa kon'ya housou saremasu.

The game will be broadcast tonight.

relay / live broadcast

shikiten no yousu ga chuukei saremashita.

The ceremony was broadcast live.

live coverage

kare wa geemu no jikkyou o shiteimasu.

He does live commentary on games.

recording (program)

bangumi no shuuroku ga owarimashita.

The recording of the program finished.

compilation

iinkai ga jiten o hensan shimashita.

The committee compiled the dictionary.

adaptation (of a work)

shousetsu ga butaiyou ni hon'an saremashita.

The novel was adapted for the stage.

free translation

kono bubun wa chokuyaku yori iyaku ga shizen desu.

A free translation is more natural here than a literal one.

literal translation

chokuyaku suru to imi ga tsutawarimasen.

If you translate it literally, the meaning does not come across.

mistranslation

goyaku o mitsukete shuusei shimashita.

I found and corrected a mistranslation.

dubbing

kono eiga wa nihongo no fukikae ga arimasu.

This movie has a Japanese dub.

subtitle display

douga no jimaku hyouji o on ni shimashita.

I turned on subtitle display for the video.

decoding / deciphering

furui bunsho o kaidoku shimashita.

We deciphered the old document.

making out (text)

tegaki no moji ga handoku dekimasen.

I cannot make out the handwritten characters.

careful reading

keiyakusho o jukudoku shite kara shomei shimashita.

I read the contract carefully before signing.

close reading

juuyouna shou o seidoku shimashita.

I read the important chapter closely.

speed reading

sokudoku no renshuu o shiteimasu.

I am practicing speed reading.

reading aloud

kodomo ni ehon o roudoku shimashita.

I read a picture book aloud to my child.

recitation

seito wa shi o anshou shimashita.

The students recited the poem from memory.

repeating back

chuumon o fukushou shite kakunin shimashita.

I repeated the order back to confirm it.

transmission / communication

kettei jikou o zen'in ni dentatsu shimashita.

The decisions were communicated to everyone.

official notice

honsha kara atarashii tsuutatsu ga kimashita.

A new official notice came from headquarters.

notification

keiyaku no shuuryou o tsuukoku shimashita.

We gave notice of the contract's termination.

report (to police)

jiko o keisatsu ni tsuuhou shimashita.

I reported the accident to the police.

informing (secretly)

fusei ga mikkoku de akiraka ni narimashita.

The fraud came to light through a tip-off.

failure to declare

zeimu chousa de shinkoku more ga mitsukarimashita.

Unreported income was found in the tax audit.

alarm / notification

kasai houchi no setsubi o tenken shimashita.

We inspected the fire alarm equipment.

warning

shisutemu ga keikoku o hyouji shimashita.

The system displayed a warning.

vigilance

ooame ni keikai shite kudasai.

Please be on the alert for heavy rain.

admonition

kare wa kaikoku no shobun o ukemashita.

He received an official admonition.

formal reprimand

kisoku ihan de kunkoku o ukemashita.

He was formally reprimanded for breaking the rules.