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6036 words · JLPT N2
JLPT N2 vocabulary
Words 271–280
hoshou
compensation
事故の損害が補償されました。
じこ の そんがい が ほしょう されました。
jiko no songai ga hoshou saremashita.
The damage from the accident was compensated.
Tie 補償 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “compensation” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →baishou
reparations
会社は損害を賠償しました。
かいしゃ は そんがい を ばいしょう しました。
kaisha wa songai o baishou shimashita.
The company paid reparations for the damage.
Say 賠償 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “reparations” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →benshou
paying for damage
割ったコップを弁償しました。
わった こっぷ を べんしょう しました。
watta koppu o benshou shimashita.
I paid for the cup I broke.
Tie 弁償 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “paying for damage” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →hensai
repayment
毎月、奨学金を返済しています。
まいつき、しょうがくきん を へんさい しています。
maitsuki, shougakukin o hensai shiteimasu.
I repay my scholarship loan every month.
Make 返済 yours: write one short sentence about “repayment” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →henkyaku
returning (items)
図書館に本を返却しました。
としょかん に ほん を へんきゃく しました。
toshokan ni hon o henkyaku shimashita.
I returned the books to the library.
When you meet 返却 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “returning (items)” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →kaishuu
collection / recall
不良品が回収されました。
ふりょうひん が かいしゅう されました。
furyouhin ga kaishuu saremashita.
The defective products were recalled.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “collection” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 回収 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →kaihi
avoidance
事前の確認でトラブルを回避しました。
じぜん の かくにん で とらぶる を かいひ しました。
jizen no kakunin de toraburu o kaihi shimashita.
We avoided trouble by checking in advance.
Say 回避 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “avoidance” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →touhi
escape / evasion
問題からの逃避は解決になりません。
もんだい から の とうひ は かいけつ に なりません。
mondai kara no touhi wa kaiketsu ni narimasen.
Escaping from a problem does not solve it.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “escape” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 逃避 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →hasoku
grasping
要点を正確に把捉しました。
ようてん を せいかく に はそく しました。
youten o seikaku ni hasoku shimashita.
I grasped the main points accurately.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “grasping” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 把捉 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →kanchigai
misunderstanding
会議の時間を勘違いしていました。
かいぎ の じかん を かんちがい していました。
kaigi no jikan o kanchigai shiteimashita.
I had the meeting time mixed up.
Tie 勘違い to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “misunderstanding” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
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