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6036 words · JLPT N2
JLPT N2 vocabulary
Words 61–70
futan
burden / bearing costs
費用は会社が負担します。
ひよう は かいしゃ が ふたん します。
hiyou wa kaisha ga futan shimasu.
The company will bear the costs.
Say 負担 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “burden” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →nattoku
being convinced
説明を聞いて納得しました。
せつめい を きいて なっとく しました。
setsumei o kiite nattoku shimashita.
After hearing the explanation, I was convinced.
When you meet 納得 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “being convinced” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →settoku
persuasion
両親を説得して日本に来ました。
りょうしん を せっとく して にほん に きました。
ryoushin o settoku shite nihon ni kimashita.
I persuaded my parents and came to Japan.
Tie 説得 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “persuasion” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →shuchou
assertion / claim
自分の意見をはっきり主張しました。
じぶん の いけん を はっきり しゅちょう しました。
jibun no iken o hakkiri shuchou shimashita.
I clearly asserted my opinion.
Make 主張 yours: write one short sentence about “assertion” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →shiteki
pointing out
レビューでミスを指摘されました。
れびゅー で みす を してき されました。
rebyuu de misu o shiteki saremashita.
A mistake was pointed out in the review.
Say 指摘 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “pointing out” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →hihan
criticism
その決定は強く批判されました。
その けってい は つよく ひはん されました。
sono kettei wa tsuyoku hihan saremashita.
The decision was strongly criticized.
Make 批判 yours: write one short sentence about “criticism” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →hyouron
critique / commentary
彼は映画の評論を書いています。
かれ は えいが の ひょうろん を かいています。
kare wa eiga no hyouron o kaiteimasu.
He writes film reviews.
Say 評論 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “critique” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →ronsou
controversy / dispute
その問題は今も論争が続いています。
その もんだい は いま も ろんそう が つづいています。
sono mondai wa ima mo ronsou ga tsuzuiteimasu.
The controversy over that issue continues even now.
Make 論争 yours: write one short sentence about “controversy” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →giron
debate / discussion
新しい方針について議論しました。
あたらしい ほうしん について ぎろん しました。
atarashii houshin nitsuite giron shimashita.
We debated the new policy.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “debate” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 議論 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →touron
debate
授業で環境問題について討論しました。
じゅぎょう で かんきょう もんだい について とうろん しました。
jugyou de kankyou mondai nitsuite touron shimashita.
We debated environmental issues in class.
When you meet 討論 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “debate” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
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