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6036 words · JLPT N2
JLPT N2 vocabulary
Words 421–430
tenbou
outlook / vista
屋上からの展望がすばらしいです。
おくじょう から の てんぼう が すばらしい です。
okujou kara no tenbou ga subarashii desu.
The view from the rooftop is wonderful.
Make 展望 yours: write one short sentence about “outlook” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →keikou
tendency
若い人は都会に集まる傾向があります。
わかい ひと は とかい に あつまる けいこう が あります。
wakai hito wa tokai ni atsumaru keikou ga arimasu.
Young people tend to gather in cities.
Make 傾向 yours: write one short sentence about “tendency” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →doukou
trend / movement
業界の動向をチェックしています。
ぎょうかい の どうこう を ちぇっく しています。
gyoukai no doukou o chekku shiteimasu.
I keep an eye on industry trends.
When you meet 動向 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “trend” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →keiki
economic conditions
景気が少しずつ回復しています。
けいき が すこしずつ かいふく しています。
keiki ga sukoshizutsu kaifuku shiteimasu.
The economy is recovering little by little.
Make 景気 yours: write one short sentence about “economic conditions” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →bukka
prices (of goods)
東京は物価が高いです。
とうきょう は ぶっか が たかい です。
toukyou wa bukka ga takai desu.
Prices are high in Tokyo.
Make 物価 yours: write one short sentence about “prices (of goods)” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →souba
market price
この辺の家賃の相場を調べました。
この へん の やちん の そうば を しらべました。
kono hen no yachin no souba o shirabemashita.
I checked the going rate for rent in this area.
When you meet 相場 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “market price” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →kawase
exchange (currency)
為替の変動で利益が減りました。
かわせ の へんどう で りえき が へりました。
kawase no hendou de rieki ga herimashita.
Profits fell due to exchange rate fluctuations.
Make 為替 yours: write one short sentence about “exchange (currency)” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →kabushiki
stocks
株式に少しずつ投資しています。
かぶしき に すこしずつ とうし しています。
kabushiki ni sukoshizutsu toushi shiteimasu.
I invest in stocks little by little.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “stocks” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 株式 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →shihon
capital
外国の資本が入りました。
がいこく の しほん が はいりました。
gaikoku no shihon ga hairimashita.
Foreign capital came in.
Tie 資本 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “capital” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →shisan
assets
資産を分けて管理しています。
しさん を わけて かんり しています。
shisan o wakete kanri shiteimasu.
I manage my assets separately.
Make 資産 yours: write one short sentence about “assets” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
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