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VocabJLPT N1

awareness

Noun

Definitions

1. awareness
2. realization

This noun refers to a moment of awareness, realization, or insight—the experience of noticing or becoming conscious of something. It has become popular in business and self-improvement contexts in Japan to describe new perspectives or lessons learned.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

Does that improvement proposal actually capture insights from the front line?

Sentence 2

I ask myself, "Is that actually a genuine insight?"

Sentence 3

A sudden silence nudged him toward an awareness of what she was really thinking.

Sentence 4

Becoming aware of my own breathing, I felt the tension leave my shoulders.

Sentence 5

Those moments of sudden insight are what accelerate learning.