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6036 words · JLPT N2
JLPT N2 vocabulary
Words 131–140
keisei
formation
習慣は毎日の行動で形成されます。
しゅうかん は まいにち の こうどう で けいせい されます。
shuukan wa mainichi no koudou de keisei saremasu.
Habits are formed by daily actions.
Make 形成 yours: write one short sentence about “formation” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →soshiki
organization
大きな組織で働くのは初めてです。
おおきな そしき で はたらく の は はじめて です。
ookina soshiki de hataraku no wa hajimete desu.
It is my first time working in a large organization.
When you meet 組織 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “organization” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →hensei
organization (of teams)
新しいプロジェクトチームが編成されました。
あたらしい ぷろじぇくと ちーむ が へんせい されました。
atarashii purojekuto chiimu ga hensei saremashita.
A new project team was organized.
Tie 編成 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “organization (of teams)” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →henshuu
editing
動画を編集して公開しました。
どうが を へんしゅう して こうかい しました。
douga o henshuu shite koukai shimashita.
I edited the video and published it.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “editing” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 編集 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →shuppan
publishing
彼女は日本語の教科書を出版しました。
かのじょ は にほんご の きょうかしょ を しゅっぱん しました。
kanojo wa nihongo no kyoukasho o shuppan shimashita.
She published a Japanese textbook.
Say 出版 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “publishing” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →inshou
impression
面接では第一印象が大切です。
めんせつ で は だいいち いんしょう が たいせつ です。
mensetsu de wa daiichi inshou ga taisetsu desu.
First impressions matter in interviews.
Say 印象 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “impression” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →kanshin
admiration
彼の丁寧な仕事に感心しました。
かれ の ていねいな しごと に かんしん しました。
kare no teineina shigoto ni kanshin shimashita.
I was impressed by his careful work.
Say 感心 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “admiration” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →kangeki
deep emotion
温かい歓迎に感激しました。
あたたかい かんげい に かんげき しました。
atatakai kangei ni kangeki shimashita.
I was deeply moved by the warm welcome.
Say 感激 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “deep emotion” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →doujou
sympathy
彼の状況に同情します。
かれ の じょうきょう に どうじょう します。
kare no joukyou ni doujou shimasu.
I sympathize with his situation.
Make 同情 yours: write one short sentence about “sympathy” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →kyoukan
empathy
その意見に共感しました。
その いけん に きょうかん しました。
sono iken ni kyoukan shimashita.
I empathized with that opinion.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “empathy” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 共感 to that exact scene.
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