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6036 words · JLPT N2
JLPT N2 vocabulary
Words 371–380
gouka
luxurious
ホテルの朝食はとても豪華でした。
ほてる の ちょうしょく は とても ごうか でした。
hoteru no choushoku wa totemo gouka deshita.
The hotel breakfast was very lavish.
Make 豪華 yours: write one short sentence about “luxurious” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →shisso
simple / frugal
彼は質素な生活をしています。
かれ は しっそな せいかつ を して います。
kare wa shissona seikatsu o shite imasu.
He lives a simple life.
When you meet 質素 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “simple” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →senryaku
strategy
新しい販売戦略を立てました。
あたらしい はんばい せんりゃく を たてました。
atarashii hanbai senryaku o tatemashita.
We made a new sales strategy.
Tie 戦略 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “strategy” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →senjutsu
tactics
チームは試合ごとに戦術を変えます。
ちーむ は しあい ごと に せんじゅつ を かえます。
chiimu wa shiai goto ni senjutsu o kaemasu.
The team changes tactics for each game.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “tactics” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 戦術 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →houshin
policy / course
来年度の方針が発表されました。
らいねんど の ほうしん が はっぴょう されました。
rainendo no houshin ga happyou saremashita.
The policy for next fiscal year was announced.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “policy” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 方針 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →housaku
measure / scheme
売り上げを伸ばす方策を考えています。
うりあげ を のばす ほうさく を かんがえています。
uriage o nobasu housaku o kangaeteimasu.
We are thinking of measures to increase sales.
Say 方策 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “measure” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →kijun
standard / criterion
採用の基準を明確にしました。
さいよう の きじゅん を めいかく に しました。
saiyou no kijun o meikaku ni shimashita.
We clarified the hiring criteria.
Tie 基準 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “standard” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →kiban
foundation / base
クラウドが事業の基盤になっています。
くらうど が じぎょう の きばん に なっています。
kuraudo ga jigyou no kiban ni natteimasu.
The cloud is the foundation of the business.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “foundation” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 基盤 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →kiso
basics / foundation
まず文法の基礎を固めましょう。
まず ぶんぽう の きそ を かためましょう。
mazu bunpou no kiso o katamemashou.
First, let's solidify the basics of grammar.
Make 基礎 yours: write one short sentence about “basics” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →dodai
groundwork
信頼は仕事の土台です。
しんらい は しごと の どだい です。
shinrai wa shigoto no dodai desu.
Trust is the groundwork of business.
Tie 土台 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “groundwork” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
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