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6036 words · JLPT N2
JLPT N2 vocabulary
Words 451–460
roudou
labor
長時間労働を減らす取り組みが進んでいます。
ちょうじかん ろうどう を へらす とりくみ が すすんでいます。
choujikan roudou o herasu torikumi ga susundeimasu.
Efforts to reduce long working hours are advancing.
Make 労働 yours: write one short sentence about “labor” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →roudousha
worker / laborer
外国人労働者が増えています。
がいこくじん ろうどうしゃ が ふえています。
gaikokujin roudousha ga fueteimasu.
The number of foreign workers is increasing.
Say 労働者 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “worker” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →kumiai
union
労働組合に加入しました。
ろうどう くみあい に かにゅう しました。
roudou kumiai ni kanyuu shimashita.
I joined the labor union.
Tie 組合 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “union” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →yatoinushi
employer
雇主と労働条件を確認しました。
やといぬし と ろうどう じょうけん を かくにん しました。
yatoinushi to roudou jouken o kakunin shimashita.
I confirmed the working conditions with my employer.
Say 雇主 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “employer” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →keiyakusho
contract document
サインの前に契約書をよく読んでください。
さいん の まえ に けいやくしょ を よく よんで ください。
sain no mae ni keiyakusho o yoku yonde kudasai.
Please read the contract carefully before signing.
Say 契約書 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “contract document” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →mihon
sample
商品の見本を送ってもらいました。
しょうひん の みほん を おくって もらいました。
shouhin no mihon o okutte moraimashita.
They sent me a sample of the product.
When you meet 見本 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “sample” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →zaiko
inventory / stock
この商品は在庫が残りわずかです。
この しょうひん は ざいこ が のこり わずか です。
kono shouhin wa zaiko ga nokori wazuka desu.
There is only a little stock left of this product.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “inventory” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 在庫 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →butsuryuu
logistics
物流のコストが上がっています。
ぶつりゅう の こすと が あがっています。
butsuryuu no kosuto ga agatteimasu.
Logistics costs are rising.
Tie 物流 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “logistics” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →souko
warehouse
在庫は倉庫に保管されています。
ざいこ は そうこ に ほかん されています。
zaiko wa souko ni hokan sareteimasu.
The inventory is stored in the warehouse.
Make 倉庫 yours: write one short sentence about “warehouse” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →honsha
headquarters
本社は東京にあります。
ほんしゃ は とうきょう に あります。
honsha wa toukyou ni arimasu.
The headquarters is in Tokyo.
Tie 本社 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “headquarters” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
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