JLPT N1 Vocabulary — Section 13

Words 241–260 of 3463, in the order a vocabulary book lists them.

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映像(えいぞう)
Nouncommon
1. 1.image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV)
2. 2.video; film; footage
3. 3.reflection
この映像はドラマだ。
This film is a drama.
映 reflect 像 statue
242
英雄(えいゆう)
Nouncommon
1. 1.hero; heroine; great person
2. 2.Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804)
3. 3.Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
彼は英雄のつもりだ。
He believes that he is a hero.
英 England 雄 masculine
243
液(えき)
Nouncommon
1. liquid; fluid
水は液体である。
Water is a liquid.
液 fluid
244
閲覧(えつらん)
Nouncommon
1. 1.inspection; reading; perusal
2. 2.browsing (the web)
閲覧できる資料と、そうでない資料があります。
There are some documents you can look at and others you can't.
閲 review 覧 perusal
245
獲物(えもの)
Nouncommon
1. 1.prey; catch; kill; game
2. 2.spoils; trophy; loot; plunder
猟犬は鋭い嗅覚で獲物を追う。
Hounds hunt by their keen scent.
獲 seize 物 thing
246
襟(えり)
Nouncommon
1. 1.collar; lapel; neckband; neck
2. 2.nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
3. 3.Collar (clothing)
襟に染みがついてますよ。
Your collar has a stain on it.
襟 collar
247
園(えん)
Noun, used as a suffixcommon
1. 1.garden; orchard; park; plantation
2. 2.kindergarten; nursery school; preschool
公園で会えない？
Can we meet at the park?
園 park
248
円滑(えんかつ)
Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)common
1. smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious
円 circle 滑 slippery
249
縁側(えんがわ)
Nouncommon
1. 1.engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses
2. 2.bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin
3. 3.Engawa
縁 affinity 側 side
250
沿岸(えんがん)
Nouncommon
1. 1.coast; shore
2. 2.coastal waters; inshore waters; coastal area
沿岸地帯には津波警報が出た。
The coast was warned against a tsunami.
沿 run alongside 岸 beach
251
婉曲(えんきょく)
Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)common
1. euphemistic; circumlocutory; periphrastic; roundabout
曲 bend
252
演習(えんしゅう)
Nouncommon
1. 1.practice; exercise; drill
2. 2.military exercise; manoeuvres; maneuvers; drill
3. 3.seminar
明日は運動会の予行演習につき、通常の授業はありません。
Tomorrow there will be no normal lessons, in view of the athletic meet rehearsal.
演 performance 習 learn
253
演出(えんしゅつ)
Nouncommon
1. 1.direction (of a play, film, etc.); production
2. 2.organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect); orchestration
3. 3.Staging (theatre)
そんな演出意図、誰もわからないよ。
No one will understand the point of such a production.
演 performance 出 exit
254
演(えん)じる
Ichidan verbcommon
1. 1.to act (a part); to play (a role)
2. 2.to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production)
3. 3.to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself; to do something conspicuously; to make a scene
誰がお姫様の役を演じるの。
Who will play the role of the princess?
演 performance
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演(えん)ずる
Ichidan verb - zuru verb (alternative form of -jiru verbs)common
1. 1.to act (a part); to play (a role)
2. 2.to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production)
3. 3.to commit (a blunder); to pretend (e.g. to be a good father); to disgrace oneself
彼はロミオを演ずるとポスターに出ていた。
He was billed to appear as Romeo.
演 performance
256
沿線(えんせん)
Nouncommon
1. places alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.
入学式も終わりました。同じ沿線の大学です。
I've already had the entrance ceremony. It's a university alongside the same railway line.
沿 run alongside 線 line
257
縁談(えんだん)
Nouncommon
1. marriage proposal; marriage talks
やっと、姉の縁談がまとまりました。
My older sister's marriage has finally been arranged.
縁 affinity 談 discuss
258
遠方(えんぽう)
Nouncommon
1. 1.distant place; faraway location; far away
2. 2.Ochikata
遠方に街が見えた。
I saw a town in the distance.
遠 distant 方 direction
259
円満(えんまん)
Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)common
1. 1.harmonious; peaceful; happy; amicable
2. 2.Enman
円 circle 満 full
260
尾(お)
Nouncommon
1. 1.tail (of an animal); cauda
2. 2.tail (of a kite, etc.); tail end
3. 3.tail (of a comet)
牛の尻尾は長い。
A cow has a long tail.
尾 tail

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