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6036 words · JLPT N2
JLPT N2 vocabulary
Words 171–180
shuutoku
mastery / learning
一年で日常会話を習得しました。
いちねん で にちじょう かいわ を しゅうとく しました。
ichinen de nichijou kaiwa o shuutoku shimashita.
I mastered daily conversation in one year.
Tie 習得 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “mastery” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
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acquisition (of skills)
大学で必要な単位を修得しました。
だいがく で ひつような たんい を しゅうとく しました。
daigaku de hitsuyouna tan'i o shuutoku shimashita.
I earned the required credits at university.
When you meet 修得 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “acquisition (of skills)” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →taitoku
learning through experience
実務を通して技術を体得しました。
じつむ を とおして ぎじゅつ を たいとく しました。
jitsumu o tooshite gijutsu o taitoku shimashita.
I learned the skills through hands-on work.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “learning through experience” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 体得 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →taiken
personal experience
茶道を体験しました。
さどう を たいけん しました。
sadou o taiken shimashita.
I experienced the tea ceremony.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “personal experience” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 体験 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →kengaku
observation visit
子供の学校の授業を見学しました。
こども の がっこう の じゅぎょう を けんがく しました。
kodomo no gakkou no jugyou o kengaku shimashita.
I observed my child's class at school.
Make 見学 yours: write one short sentence about “observation visit” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →shisatsu
inspection tour
社長が海外の工場を視察しました。
しゃちょう が かいがい の こうじょう を しさつ しました。
shachou ga kaigai no koujou o shisatsu shimashita.
The president inspected the overseas factory.
Tie 視察 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “inspection tour” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →houmon
visit
午後、取引先を訪問します。
ごご、とりひきさき を ほうもん します。
gogo, torihikisaki o houmon shimasu.
I will visit a business partner in the afternoon.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “visit” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 訪問 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →rainichi
coming to Japan
彼は五年前に来日しました。
かれ は ごねんまえ に らいにち しました。
kare wa gonenmae ni rainichi shimashita.
He came to Japan five years ago.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “coming to Japan” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 来日 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →kisei
returning to hometown
お盆に帰省する予定です。
おぼん に きせい する よてい です。
obon ni kisei suru yotei desu.
I plan to return to my hometown during Obon.
Tie 帰省 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “returning to hometown” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →taizai
stay
東京に一週間滞在しました。
とうきょう に いっしゅうかん たいざい しました。
toukyou ni isshuukan taizai shimashita.
I stayed in Tokyo for a week.
Say 滞在 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “stay” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
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