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6036 words · JLPT N2
JLPT N2 vocabulary
Words 311–320
uyamau
to respect
日本では年上の人を敬う習慣があります。
にほん で は としうえ の ひと を うやまう しゅうかん が あります。
nihon de wa toshiue no hito o uyamau shuukan ga arimasu.
In Japan there is a custom of showing respect to older people.
When you meet 敬う in real text, pause on it once — meeting “respect” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →uranau
to tell fortune
雑誌で今日の運勢を占いました。
ざっし で きょう の うんせい を うらないました。
zasshi de kyou no unsei o uranaimashita.
I checked my fortune for today in a magazine.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “tell fortune” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 占う to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →ajiwau
to savor / experience
ゆっくり料理を味わいました。
ゆっくり りょうり を あじわいました。
yukkuri ryouri o ajiwaimashita.
I savored the meal slowly.
When you meet 味わう in real text, pause on it once — meeting “savor” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →furumau
to behave
彼はいつも落ち着いて振る舞います。
かれ は いつも おちついて ふるまいます。
kare wa itsumo ochitsuite furumaimasu.
He always conducts himself calmly.
Make 振る舞う yours: write one short sentence about “behave” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →mukuiru
to reward / repay
努力に報いる制度をつくりたいです。
どりょく に むくいる せいど を つくりたい です。
doryoku ni mukuiru seido o tsukuritai desu.
I want to create a system that rewards effort.
Say 報いる out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “reward” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →oiru
to age
誰でもいつかは老いていきます。
だれ でも いつか は おいて いきます。
dare demo itsuka wa oite ikimasu.
Everyone grows old eventually.
When you meet 老いる in real text, pause on it once — meeting “age” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →hikiiru
to lead (a group)
彼女が十人のチームを率いています。
かのじょ が じゅうにん の ちーむ を ひきいて います。
kanojo ga juunin no chiimu o hikiite imasu.
She leads a team of ten.
Make 率いる yours: write one short sentence about “lead (a group)” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →mochiiru
to use / employ
この調査では新しい方法を用いました。
この ちょうさ で は あたらしい ほうほう を もちいました。
kono chousa de wa atarashii houhou o mochiimashita.
In this study we used a new method.
When you meet 用いる in real text, pause on it once — meeting “use” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →shiiru
to force
誰にも我慢を強いたくありません。
だれ に も がまん を しいたく ありません。
dare ni mo gaman o shiitaku arimasen.
I do not want to force anyone to put up with things.
Say 強いる out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “force” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →moukeru
to establish / set up
会場に相談の窓口を設けました。
かいじょう に そうだん の まどぐち を もうけました。
kaijou ni soudan no madoguchi o moukemashita.
We set up a consultation desk at the venue.
Tie 設ける to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “establish” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
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