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6036 words · JLPT N2
JLPT N2 vocabulary
Words 2981–2990
ijishinakerebanarimasen
must do maintenance
最初に一度維持しなければなりません。
さいしょ に いちど いじしなければなりません。
saisho ni ichido ijishinakerebanarimasen.
Maintenance has to be done once at the start.
💡 する-verb form of 維持 (maintenance).
Do not learn 維持しなければなりません from zero: it carries 維持 inside it. Hold on to 維持 = hold it steady and the rest is grammar.
Read the full tip →keizokushinakerebanarimasen
must do continuation
どんなに大変でも、継続しなければなりません。
どんな に たいへん で も、けいぞくしなければなりません。
donna ni taihen de mo, keizokushinakerebanarimasen.
However hard it is, continuation has to be done.
💡 する-verb form of 継続 (continuation).
Under the surface, 継続しなければなりません is still 継続 — same image, new grammar around it: 継続 = keep it going.
Read the full tip →kakudaishinakerebanarimasen
must do expansion
残念ですが、今日中に拡大しなければなりません。
ざんねん です が、きょうじゅう に かくだいしなければなりません。
zannen desu ga, kyoujuu ni kakudaishinakerebanarimasen.
Unfortunately, expansion has to be finished today.
💡 する-verb form of 拡大 (expansion).
拡大しなければなりません is 拡大 in a different shape. The core word has not changed, so keep the same picture in mind: 拡大 = expand / zoom in.
Read the full tip →shukushoushinakerebanarimasen
must do reduction
約束したので、縮小しなければなりません。
やくそく した ので、しゅくしょうしなければなりません。
yakusoku shita node, shukushoushinakerebanarimasen.
I promised, so reduction has to be done.
💡 する-verb form of 縮小 (reduction).
縮小しなければなりません is 縮小 in a different shape. The core word has not changed, so keep the same picture in mind: 縮小 = shrink / scale down.
Read the full tip →zoukashinakerebanarimasen
must do increase
残念ですが、今日中に増加しなければなりません。
ざんねん です が、きょうじゅう に ぞうかしなければなりません。
zannen desu ga, kyoujuu ni zoukashinakerebanarimasen.
Unfortunately, increase has to be finished today.
💡 する-verb form of 増加 (increase).
Do not learn 増加しなければなりません from zero: it carries 増加 inside it. Hold on to 増加 = increase (numbers up) and the rest is grammar.
Read the full tip →genshoushinakerebanarimasen
must do decrease
最初に一度減少しなければなりません。
さいしょ に いちど げんしょうしなければなりません。
saisho ni ichido genshoushinakerebanarimasen.
Decrease has to be done once at the start.
💡 する-verb form of 減少 (decrease).
減少しなければなりません is 減少 in a different shape. The core word has not changed, so keep the same picture in mind: 減少 = decrease (numbers down).
Read the full tip →koujoushinakerebanarimasen
must do improvement
残念ですが、今日中に向上しなければなりません。
ざんねん です が、きょうじゅう に こうじょうしなければなりません。
zannen desu ga, kyoujuu ni koujoushinakerebanarimasen.
Unfortunately, improvement has to be finished today.
💡 する-verb form of 向上 (improvement).
向上しなければなりません is 向上 in a different shape. The core word has not changed, so keep the same picture in mind: 向上 = level up.
Read the full tip →kaizenshinakerebanarimasen
must do improvement
明日までに改善しなければなりません。
あした まで に かいぜんしなければなりません。
ashita made ni kaizenshinakerebanarimasen.
Improvement has to be finished by tomorrow.
💡 する-verb form of 改善 (improvement / kaizen).
Once 改善 clicks, 改善しなければなりません comes free — it is the same word at work in a sentence: 改善 = change for the better.
Read the full tip →kaikakushinakerebanarimasen
must do reform
その場合は、先に改革しなければなりません。
その ばあい は、さき に かいかくしなければなりません。
sono baai wa, saki ni kaikakushinakerebanarimasen.
In that case, reform has to come first.
💡 する-verb form of 改革 (reform).
kaiseishinakerebanarimasen
must do revision (of law)
今月中に改正しなければなりません。
こんげつちゅう に かいせいしなければなりません。
kongetsuchuu ni kaiseishinakerebanarimasen.
Revision (of law) has to be finished this month.
💡 する-verb form of 改正 (revision (of law)).
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