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6036 words · JLPT N2
JLPT N2 vocabulary
Words 11–20
koujou
improvement
サービスの向上に努めています。
さーびす の こうじょう に つとめています。
saabisu no koujou ni tsutometeimasu.
We are working to improve our service.
向上 is a level going up — skills sharpening, quality climbing. Where 増加 counts more, 向上 gets better.
Read the full tip →kaizen
improvement / kaizen
作業の流れを改善しました。
さぎょう の ながれ を かいぜん しました。
sagyou no nagare o kaizen shimashita.
We improved the workflow.
改善 is change aimed upward — fixing the process so tomorrow runs better than today. 変更 merely alters and 修正 repairs; 改善 improves. Factory culture made かいぜん famous worldwide.
Read the full tip →kaikaku
reform
会社は働き方の改革を進めています。
かいしゃ は はたらきかた の かいかく を すすめています。
kaisha wa hatarakikata no kaikaku o susumeteimasu.
The company is pushing forward with workstyle reform.
When you meet 改革 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “reform” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →kaisei
revision (of law)
法律が改正されました。
ほうりつ が かいせい されました。
houritsu ga kaisei saremashita.
The law was revised.
Tie 改正 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “revision (of law)” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →dounyuu
introduction / adoption
新しいシステムを導入しました。
あたらしい しすてむ を どうにゅう しました。
atarashii shisutemu o dounyuu shimashita.
We introduced a new system.
導入 is bringing a new tool or system in the door — adopting a framework, rolling out new software. 新システムを導入しました is the announcement before the training sessions begin.
Read the full tip →saitaku
adoption (of a plan)
私たちの提案が採択されました。
わたしたち の ていあん が さいたく されました。
watashitachi no teian ga saitaku saremashita.
Our proposal was adopted.
Tie 採択 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “adoption (of a plan)” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →kenshou
verification
仮説をデータで検証します。
かせつ を でーた で けんしょう します。
kasetsu o deeta de kenshou shimasu.
We verify the hypothesis with data.
検証 is testing whether something is actually true — verifying the fix, validating the hypothesis. Trust, but 検証.
Read the full tip →kensa
inspection
製品は出荷前に検査されます。
せいひん は しゅっかまえ に けんさ されます。
seihin wa shukkamae ni kensa saremasu.
Products are inspected before shipment.
検査 is a formal inspection against a standard — quality checks on a line, medical tests at a clinic. Someone with a checklist deciding pass or fail.
Read the full tip →shinsa
screening / examination
ビザの審査に二週間かかりました。
びざ の しんさ に にしゅうかん かかりました。
biza no shinsa ni nishuukan kakarimashita.
The visa screening took two weeks.
審査 is being screened by judges or reviewers — visa applications, loans, contest entries. Your documents go in; a verdict comes back.
Read the full tip →shindan
diagnosis
医者に軽い風邪と診断されました。
いしゃ に かるい かぜ と しんだん されました。
isha ni karui kaze to shindan saremashita.
The doctor diagnosed me with a slight cold.
診断 is an expert naming the problem — a doctor diagnosing an illness, a tool diagnosing a slow query. Symptoms in, diagnosis out.
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