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6036 words · JLPT N2
JLPT N2 vocabulary
Words 4181–4190
shukushoushiteimasu
progressive: is doing reduction
今、チームで縮小しています。
いま、ちーむ で しゅくしょうしています。
ima, chiimu de shukushoushiteimasu.
Right now our team is working on reduction.
💡 する-verb form of 縮小 (reduction).
Do not learn 縮小しています from zero: it carries 縮小 inside it. Hold on to 縮小 = shrink / scale down and the rest is grammar.
Read the full tip →zoukashiteimasu
progressive: is doing increase
今週はずっと増加しています。
こんしゅう は ずっと ぞうかしています。
konshuu wa zutto zoukashiteimasu.
I have been working on increase all week.
💡 する-verb form of 増加 (increase).
Do not learn 増加しています from zero: it carries 増加 inside it. Hold on to 増加 = increase (numbers up) and the rest is grammar.
Read the full tip →genshoushiteimasu
progressive: is doing decrease
毎日少しずつ減少しています。
まいにち すこしずつ げんしょうしています。
mainichi sukoshizutsu genshoushiteimasu.
We work on decrease a little every day.
💡 する-verb form of 減少 (decrease).
Under the surface, 減少しています is still 減少 — same image, new grammar around it: 減少 = decrease (numbers down).
Read the full tip →koujoushiteimasu
progressive: is doing improvement
この半年は向上しています。
この はんとし は こうじょうしています。
kono hantoshi wa koujoushiteimasu.
I have been working on improvement for the past six months.
💡 する-verb form of 向上 (improvement).
Once 向上 clicks, 向上しています comes free — it is the same word at work in a sentence: 向上 = level up.
Read the full tip →kaizenshiteimasu
progressive: is doing improvement
会社では主に私が改善しています。
かいしゃ で は おも に わたし が かいぜんしています。
kaisha de wa omo ni watashi ga kaizenshiteimasu.
At the company I am mainly the one handling improvement.
💡 する-verb form of 改善 (improvement / kaizen).
Do not learn 改善しています from zero: it carries 改善 inside it. Hold on to 改善 = change for the better and the rest is grammar.
Read the full tip →kaikakushiteimasu
progressive: is doing reform
今、チームで改革しています。
いま、ちーむ で かいかくしています。
ima, chiimu de kaikakushiteimasu.
Right now our team is working on reform.
💡 する-verb form of 改革 (reform).
kaiseishiteimasu
progressive: is doing revision (of law)
朝の時間を使って改正しています。
あさ の じかん を つかって かいせいしています。
asa no jikan o tsukatte kaiseishiteimasu.
I use my mornings to work on revision (of law).
💡 する-verb form of 改正 (revision (of law)).
dounyuushiteimasu
progressive: is doing introduction
この半年は導入しています。
この はんとし は どうにゅうしています。
kono hantoshi wa dounyuushiteimasu.
I have been working on introduction for the past six months.
💡 する-verb form of 導入 (introduction / adoption).
Once 導入 clicks, 導入しています comes free — it is the same word at work in a sentence: 導入 = bring it in / adopt.
Read the full tip →saitakushiteimasu
progressive: is doing adoption (of a plan)
去年からずっと採択しています。
きょねん から ずっと さいたくしています。
kyonen kara zutto saitakushiteimasu.
I have been working on adoption (of a plan) since last year.
💡 する-verb form of 採択 (adoption (of a plan)).
kenshoushiteimasu
progressive: is doing verification
去年からずっと検証しています。
きょねん から ずっと けんしょうしています。
kyonen kara zutto kenshoushiteimasu.
I have been working on verification since last year.
💡 する-verb form of 検証 (verification).
検証しています is 検証 in a different shape. The core word has not changed, so keep the same picture in mind: 検証 = verify it works.
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