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6036 words · JLPT N2
JLPT N2 vocabulary
Words 21–30
haji
grip / holding
ロボットが部品をしっかり把持します。
ろぼっと が ぶひん を しっかり はじ します。
robotto ga buhin o shikkari haji shimasu.
The robot grips the parts firmly.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “grip” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 把持 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →hoshou
guarantee
この製品には一年の保証が付いています。
この せいひん に は いちねん の ほしょう が ついています。
kono seihin ni wa ichinen no hoshou ga tsuiteimasu.
This product comes with a one-year guarantee.
保証 is a promise that something will hold — a warranty, a guarantee. 品質保証 is quality assurance, the QA on your team.
Read the full tip →hoshou
security (social)
社会保障の制度について調べました。
しゃかい ほしょう の せいど について しらべました。
shakai hoshou no seido nitsuite shirabemashita.
I looked into the social security system.
When you meet 保障 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “security (social)” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →hogo
protection
個人情報は法律で保護されています。
こじん じょうほう は ほうりつ で ほご されています。
kojin jouhou wa houritsu de hogo sareteimasu.
Personal information is protected by law.
保護 is shielding something vulnerable — personal data, nature, people who need it. 個人情報保護 appears on every privacy policy you will ever scroll past.
Read the full tip →hokan
safekeeping / storage
重要な書類は金庫に保管しています。
じゅうような しょるい は きんこ に ほかん しています。
juuyouna shorui wa kinko ni hokan shiteimasu.
Important documents are stored in a safe.
保管 is safekeeping — storing documents or valuables where nothing happens to them until needed. A locked cabinet is the whole idea in one image.
Read the full tip →kankatsu
jurisdiction
この件は別の部署の管轄です。
この けん は べつ の ぶしょ の かんかつ です。
kono ken wa betsu no busho no kankatsu desu.
This matter falls under another department's jurisdiction.
Say 管轄 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “jurisdiction” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →un'ei
operation / management
ボランティアがイベントを運営しています。
ぼらんてぃあ が いべんと を うんえい しています。
borantia ga ibento o un'ei shiteimasu.
Volunteers run the event.
運営 is running the whole operation — a service, an event, a community. The unseen people “behind” a site are its 運営.
Read the full tip →un'you
operation (funds/systems)
新しいシステムの運用が始まりました。
あたらしい しすてむ の うんよう が はじまりました。
atarashii shisutemu no un'you ga hajimarimashita.
Operation of the new system has begun.
運用 is keeping a live system working day to day — operations. The 運用チーム keeps production breathing while 開発 builds the next thing. For money, 運用 means managing funds.
Read the full tip →keika
passage / progress
手術後の経過は良好です。
しゅじゅつご の けいか は りょうこう です。
shujutsugo no keika wa ryoukou desu.
The progress after the surgery is good.
When you meet 経過 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “passage” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →keiyu
via / by way of
成田経由でパリに行きます。
なりた けいゆ で ぱり に いきます。
narita keiyu de pari ni ikimasu.
I am going to Paris via Narita.
Say 経由 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “via” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
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