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6036 words · JLPT N2
JLPT N2 vocabulary
Words 51–60
shoushin
promotion (rank)
課長に昇進しました。
かちょう に しょうしん しました。
kachou ni shoushin shimashita.
I was promoted to section chief.
Make 昇進 yours: write one short sentence about “promotion (rank)” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →shoukaku
upgrade / promotion
チームが一部リーグに昇格しました。
ちーむ が いちぶ りーぐ に しょうかく しました。
chiimu ga ichibu riigu ni shoukaku shimashita.
The team was promoted to the first league.
Tie 昇格 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “upgrade” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →idou
personnel transfer
四月に営業部へ異動します。
しがつ に えいぎょうぶ へ いどう します。
shigatsu ni eigyoubu e idou shimasu.
I will transfer to the sales department in April.
When you meet 異動 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “personnel transfer” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →haizoku
assignment (to a section)
開発チームに配属されました。
かいはつ ちーむ に はいぞく されました。
kaihatsu chiimu ni haizoku saremashita.
I was assigned to the development team.
Tie 配属 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “assignment (to a section)” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →shukkou
secondment
一年間、子会社に出向します。
いちねんかん、こがいしゃ に しゅっこう します。
ichinenkan, kogaisha ni shukkou shimasu.
I will be seconded to a subsidiary for one year.
Say 出向 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “secondment” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →haken
dispatch / temp staffing
派遣社員として働いています。
はけん しゃいん として はたらいています。
haken shain toshite hataraiteimasu.
I work as a temporary staff member.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “dispatch” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 派遣 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →koyou
employment
この会社は外国人の雇用に積極的です。
この かいしゃ は がいこくじん の こよう に せっきょくてき です。
kono kaisha wa gaikokujin no koyou ni sekkyokuteki desu.
This company actively employs foreigners.
Tie 雇用 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “employment” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →kaiko
dismissal
不況で多くの社員が解雇されました。
ふきょう で おおく の しゃいん が かいこ されました。
fukyou de ooku no shain ga kaiko saremashita.
Many employees were dismissed due to the recession.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “dismissal” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 解雇 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →bokin
fundraising
駅前で募金活動をしていました。
えきまえ で ぼきん かつどう を していました。
ekimae de bokin katsudou o shiteimashita.
They were fundraising in front of the station.
Say 募金 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “fundraising” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →kifu
donation
古い服を団体に寄付しました。
ふるい ふく を だんたい に きふ しました。
furui fuku o dantai ni kifu shimashita.
I donated old clothes to an organization.
Say 寄付 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “donation” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
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