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6036 words · JLPT N2
JLPT N2 vocabulary
Words 301–310
fuyasu
to increase
貯金を少しずつ増やしています。
ちょきん を すこし ずつ ふやして います。
chokin o sukoshi zutsu fuyashite imasu.
I am increasing my savings little by little.
Tie 増やす to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “increase” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →nobasu
to extend / grow
弱いところより、得意なところを伸ばしたいです。
よわい ところ より、とくいな ところ を のばしたい です。
yowai tokoro yori, tokuina tokoro o nobashitai desu.
Rather than my weak points, I want to develop my strengths.
Say 伸ばす out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “extend” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →tamotsu
to maintain
部屋をきれいに保っています。
へや を きれい に たもって います。
heya o kirei ni tamotte imasu.
I keep my room clean.
Say 保つ out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “maintain” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →ninau
to bear / carry (role)
若手が新しい仕事を担っています。
わかて が あたらしい しごと を になって います。
wakate ga atarashii shigoto o ninatte imasu.
Younger staff are taking on the new work.
Make 担う yours: write one short sentence about “bear” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →oginau
to supplement
足りない分は自分で補いました。
たりない ぶん は じぶん で おぎないました。
tarinai bun wa jibun de oginaimashita.
I made up the shortfall myself.
When you meet 補う in real text, pause on it once — meeting “supplement” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →tomonau
to accompany
転職には大きな責任が伴います。
てんしょく に は おおきな せきにん が ともないます。
tenshoku ni wa ookina sekinin ga tomonaimasu.
Changing jobs comes with great responsibility.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “accompany” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 伴う to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →shitagau
to follow / comply
会社のルールに従って仕事をします。
かいしゃ の るーる に したがって しごと を します。
kaisha no ruuru ni shitagatte shigoto o shimasu.
I work in accordance with company rules.
Say 従う out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “follow” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →yashinau
to cultivate / support
家族を養うために働いています。
かぞく を やしなう ため に はたらいて います。
kazoku o yashinau tame ni hataraite imasu.
I work in order to support my family.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “cultivate” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 養う to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →ubau
to take away
泥棒がかばんを奪って逃げました。
どろぼう が かばん を うばって にげました。
dorobou ga kaban o ubatte nigemashita.
A thief snatched the bag and ran off.
Say 奪う out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “take away” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →utagau
to doubt
彼の話を疑ったことはありません。
かれ の はなし を うたがった こと は ありません。
kare no hanashi o utagatta koto wa arimasen.
I have never doubted what he says.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “doubt” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 疑う to that exact scene.
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