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6036 words · JLPT N2
JLPT N2 vocabulary
Words 281–290
kanben
pardon / forgiveness
今回だけは勘弁してください。
こんかい だけ は かんべん して ください。
konkai dake wa kanben shite kudasai.
Please let it go just this once.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “pardon” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 勘弁 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →shinbou
patience
結果が出るまで辛抱が必要です。
けっか が でる まで しんぼう が ひつよう です。
kekka ga deru made shinbou ga hitsuyou desu.
You need patience until the results come.
Make 辛抱 yours: write one short sentence about “patience” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →nintai
endurance
この仕事には忍耐が必要です。
この しごと に は にんたい が ひつよう です。
kono shigoto ni wa nintai ga hitsuyou desu.
This job requires endurance.
When you meet 忍耐 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “endurance” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →kokumei
scrupulousness
彼は出来事を克明に記録しました。
かれ は できごと を こくめい に きろく しました。
kare wa dekigoto o kokumei ni kiroku shimashita.
He recorded the events in scrupulous detail.
When you meet 克明 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “scrupulousness” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →idaku
to hold (feelings)
将来に不安を抱く人は少なくありません。
しょうらい に ふあん を いだく ひと は すくなく ありません。
shourai ni fuan o idaku hito wa sukunaku arimasen.
There are quite a few people who feel anxious about the future.
Tie 抱く to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “hold (feelings)” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →egaku
to depict / draw
彼女は絵を描くのが得意です。
かのじょ は え を えがく の が とくい です。
kanojo wa e o egaku no ga tokui desu.
She is good at drawing pictures.
Say 描く out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “depict” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →kizuku
to build up
取引先と良い関係を築きたいです。
とりひきさき と よい かんけい を きずきたい です。
torihikisaki to yoi kankei o kizukitai desu.
I want to build a good relationship with our business partners.
Say 築く out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “build up” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →michibiku
to guide / lead
先生が学生を正しい方向に導きます。
せんせい が がくせい を ただしい ほうこう に みちびきます。
sensei ga gakusei o tadashii houkou ni michibikimasu.
Teachers guide students in the right direction.
Tie 導く to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “guide” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →maneku
to invite / cause
誕生日に友人を家に招きました。
たんじょうび に ゆうじん を いえ に まねきました。
tanjoubi ni yuujin o ie ni manekimashita.
I invited friends to my house for my birthday.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “invite” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 招く to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →sosogu
to pour
コップにお茶を注ぎました。
こっぷ に おちゃ を そそぎました。
koppu ni ocha o sosogimashita.
I poured tea into the cup.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “pour” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 注ぐ to that exact scene.
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