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6036 words · JLPT N2
JLPT N2 vocabulary
Words 321–330
moukeru
to make a profit
その店は去年よく儲けたそうです。
その みせ は きょねん よく もうけた そう です。
sono mise wa kyonen yoku mouketa sou desu.
I hear that shop made a good profit last year.
When you meet 儲ける in real text, pause on it once — meeting “make a profit” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →sazukeru
to grant / award
大学が卒業生に学位を授けます。
だいがく が そつぎょうせい に がくい を さずけます。
daigaku ga sotsugyousei ni gakui o sazukemasu.
The university confers degrees on its graduates.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “grant” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 授ける to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →shirizokeru
to reject
会社はその要求を退けました。
かいしゃ は その ようきゅう を しりぞけました。
kaisha wa sono youkyuu o shirizokemashita.
The company rejected that demand.
Make 退ける yours: write one short sentence about “reject” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →shimeru
to occupy (a share)
この商品が売り上げの半分を占めています。
この しょうひん が うりあげ の はんぶん を しめて います。
kono shouhin ga uriage no hanbun o shimete imasu.
This product accounts for half of our sales.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “occupy (a share)” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 占める to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →tsutomeru
to make efforts
毎日、日本語の上達に努めています。
まいにち、にほんご の じょうたつ に つとめて います。
mainichi, nihongo no joutatsu ni tsutomete imasu.
I strive every day to improve my Japanese.
Make 努める yours: write one short sentence about “make efforts” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →tsutomeru
to work for
銀行に十年勤めました。
ぎんこう に じゅうねん つとめました。
ginkou ni juunen tsutomemashita.
I worked at a bank for ten years.
Tie 勤める to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “work for” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →semeru
to attack
そのチームは前半から攻めました。
その ちーむ は ぜんはん から せめました。
sono chiimu wa zenhan kara sememashita.
That team attacked from the first half.
Tie 攻める to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “attack” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →semeru
to blame
失敗した人を責めても意味がありません。
しっぱい した ひと を せめて も いみ が ありません。
shippai shita hito o semete mo imi ga arimasen.
There is no point in blaming the person who failed.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “blame” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 責める to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →nagameru
to gaze at
窓から海を眺めています。
まど から うみ を ながめて います。
mado kara umi o nagamete imasu.
I am gazing at the sea from the window.
Tie 眺める to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “gaze at” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →osameru
to obtain / settle
チームは大会で好成績を収めました。
ちーむ は たいかい で こうせいせき を おさめました。
chiimu wa taikai de kouseiseki o osamemashita.
The team achieved good results at the tournament.
Tie 収める to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “obtain” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
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