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6036 words · JLPT N2
JLPT N2 vocabulary
Words 341–350
hayameru
to speed up
少し歩く速さを速めました。
すこし あるく はやさ を はやめました。
sukoshi aruku hayasa o hayamemashita.
I quickened my walking pace a little.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “speed up” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 速める to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →tashikameru
to verify
予約の時間をもう一度確かめました。
よやく の じかん を もう いちど たしかめました。
yoyaku no jikan o mou ichido tashikamemashita.
I checked the reservation time once more.
Say 確かめる out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “verify” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →fusawashii
suitable / worthy
この場に相応しい服装を選びました。
この ば に ふさわしい ふくそう を えらびました。
kono ba ni fusawashii fukusou o erabimashita.
I chose clothing suitable for the occasion.
When you meet 相応しい in real text, pause on it once — meeting “suitable” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →ichijirushii
remarkable / striking
この一年で著しい成長が見られました。
この いちねん で いちじるしい せいちょう が みられました。
kono ichinen de ichijirushii seichou ga miraremashita.
Remarkable growth was seen over this past year.
Say 著しい out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “remarkable” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →hanahadashii
extreme / gross
甚だしい誤解があったようです。
はなはだしい ごかい が あった よう です。
hanahadashii gokai ga atta you desu.
There seems to have been a gross misunderstanding.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “extreme” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 甚だしい to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →nozomashii
desirable
早めに連絡するのが望ましいです。
はやめ に れんらく する の が のぞましい です。
hayame ni renraku suru no ga nozomashii desu.
It is desirable to get in touch early.
Tie 望ましい to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “desirable” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →tanomoshii
reliable / promising
新しい先輩はとても頼もしいです。
あたらしい せんぱい は とても たのもしい です。
atarashii senpai wa totemo tanomoshii desu.
My new senior colleague is very dependable.
Make 頼もしい yours: write one short sentence about “reliable” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →isamashii
brave
彼は勇ましい態度で立ち向かいました。
かれ は いさましい たいど で たちむかいました。
kare wa isamashii taido de tachimukaimashita.
He faced it with a brave attitude.
Tie 勇ましい to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “brave” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →sawagashii
noisy
隣の部屋が騒がしくて眠れません。
となり の へや が さわがしくて ねむれません。
tonari no heya ga sawagashikute nemuremasen.
The next room is noisy and I cannot sleep.
Make 騒がしい yours: write one short sentence about “noisy” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →awatadashii
hectic
年末は毎年慌ただしいです。
ねんまつ は まいとし あわただしい です。
nenmatsu wa maitoshi awatadashii desu.
The end of the year is hectic every year.
Make 慌ただしい yours: write one short sentence about “hectic” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
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