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6036 words · JLPT N2
JLPT N2 vocabulary
Words 1–10
haaku
grasp / full understanding
まず現状を把握しましょう。
まず げんじょう を はあく しましょう。
mazu genjou o haaku shimashou.
First, let's get a grasp of the current situation.
把握 is getting a full grip on a situation — not just aware, but holding the whole picture. 状況を把握する: to truly have a handle on things.
Read the full tip →suishin
promotion / driving forward
会社はDXを推進しています。
かいしゃ は DX を すいしん しています。
kaisha wa DX o suishin shiteimasu.
The company is promoting digital transformation.
推進 is pushing a project forward — the engine behind an initiative. Every DX推進室 exists to keep something big moving.
Read the full tip →jitsugen
realization
長年の夢がついに実現しました。
ながねん の ゆめ が ついに じつげん しました。
naganen no yume ga tsuini jitsugen shimashita.
My long-held dream finally came true.
実現 is an idea crossing into reality — the plan actually happening. 夢を実現する: to make a dream real, not just to have one.
Read the full tip →tassei
achievement
今月の売り上げ目標を達成しました。
こんげつ の うりあげ もくひょう を たっせい しました。
kongetsu no uriage mokuhyou o tassei shimashita.
We achieved this month's sales target.
達成 is reaching the goal you set — target hit, quota met. 目標達成 is the banner phrase on every sales floor.
Read the full tip →iji
maintenance
品質を維持するのは簡単ではありません。
ひんしつ を いじ する の は かんたん で は ありません。
hinshitsu o iji suru no wa kantan de wa arimasen.
Maintaining quality is not easy.
維持 is holding steady — keeping quality, health, or a system where it is, against drift. Not improving, not slipping: maintaining.
Read the full tip →keizoku
continuation
日本語の勉強を三年間継続しています。
にほんご の べんきょう を さんねんかん けいぞく しています。
nihongo no benkyou o sannenkan keizoku shiteimasu.
I have continued studying Japanese for three years.
継続 is keeping something going day after day — the unbroken streak. 継続は力なり: continuing itself is strength.
Read the full tip →kakudai
expansion
会社は海外事業を拡大しています。
かいしゃ は かいがい じぎょう を かくだい しています。
kaisha wa kaigai jigyou o kakudai shiteimasu.
The company is expanding its overseas business.
拡大 is growing outward — markets, images, project scope. Pinch-zoom in on a photo: that motion is 拡大.
Read the full tip →shukushou
reduction
予算が縮小されました。
よさん が しゅくしょう されました。
yosan ga shukushou saremashita.
The budget was reduced.
縮小 shrinks whatever 拡大 grows — scaling an image, a project, or a budget down. The pinch-zoom out.
Read the full tip →zouka
increase
外国人の観光客が増加しています。
がいこくじん の かんこうきゃく が ぞうか しています。
gaikokujin no kankoukyaku ga zouka shiteimasu.
The number of foreign tourists is increasing.
増加 is the line on the graph going up — users, sales, cases increasing. The measured, countable kind of growth.
Read the full tip →genshou
decrease
この町の人口は減少しています。
この まち の じんこう は げんしょう しています。
kono machi no jinkou wa genshou shiteimasu.
The population of this town is decreasing.
減少 is the same graph line heading down — a measured decrease in numbers. The statistical twin of 増加.
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