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6036 words · JLPT N2
JLPT N2 vocabulary
Words 31–40
tsuuka
passing through
急行はこの駅を通過します。
きゅうこう は この えき を つうか します。
kyuukou wa kono eki o tsuuka shimasu.
The express train passes this station.
Make 通過 yours: write one short sentence about “passing through” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →toppa
breakthrough
売り上げが一億円を突破しました。
うりあげ が いちおくえん を とっぱ しました。
uriage ga ichiokuen o toppa shimashita.
Sales surpassed one hundred million yen.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “breakthrough” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 突破 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →kokufuku
overcoming
緊張する癖を克服したいです。
きんちょう する くせ を こくふく したい です。
kinchou suru kuse o kokufuku shitai desu.
I want to overcome my habit of getting nervous.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “overcoming” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 克服 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →kaishou
resolution / elimination
運動でストレスを解消しています。
うんどう で すとれす を かいしょう しています。
undou de sutoresu o kaishou shiteimasu.
I relieve stress through exercise.
Say 解消 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “resolution” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →kaishaku
interpretation
この規則の解釈は人によって違います。
この きそく の かいしゃく は ひと に よって ちがいます。
kono kisoku no kaishaku wa hito ni yotte chigaimasu.
People interpret this rule differently.
Make 解釈 yours: write one short sentence about “interpretation” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →kaiseki
analysis (technical)
ログを解析して原因を特定しました。
ろぐ を かいせき して げんいん を とくてい しました。
rogu o kaiseki shite gen'in o tokutei shimashita.
We analyzed the logs and identified the cause.
Say 解析 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “analysis (technical)” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →kaiyaku
contract cancellation
使っていないサービスを解約しました。
つかっていない さーびす を かいやく しました。
tsukatteinai saabisu o kaiyaku shimashita.
I canceled a service I was not using.
Tie 解約 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “contract cancellation” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →teiketsu
conclusion (of contract)
両社は新しい契約を締結しました。
りょうしゃ は あたらしい けいやく を ていけつ しました。
ryousha wa atarashii keiyaku o teiketsu shimashita.
The two companies concluded a new contract.
Say 締結 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “conclusion (of contract)” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →koushou
negotiation
給料について会社と交渉しました。
きゅうりょう について かいしゃ と こうしょう しました。
kyuuryou nitsuite kaisha to koushou shimashita.
I negotiated with the company about my salary.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “negotiation” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 交渉 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →dakyou
compromise
品質については妥協できません。
ひんしつ について は だきょう できません。
hinshitsu nitsuite wa dakyou dekimasen.
We cannot compromise on quality.
Say 妥協 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “compromise” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
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