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6036 words · JLPT N2
JLPT N2 vocabulary
Words 81–90
yosoku
forecast
来年の売り上げを予測しました。
らいねん の うりあげ を よそく しました。
rainen no uriage o yosoku shimashita.
We forecast next year's sales.
Say 予測 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “forecast” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →suisoku
conjecture
原因はまだ推測の段階です。
げんいん は まだ すいそく の だんかい です。
gen'in wa mada suisoku no dankai desu.
The cause is still at the stage of conjecture.
Tie 推測 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “conjecture” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →suitei
estimation
完成まで三か月と推定されます。
かんせい まで さんかげつ と すいてい されます。
kansei made sankagetsu to suitei saremasu.
It is estimated to take three months to complete.
Make 推定 yours: write one short sentence about “estimation” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →soutei
assumption
最悪の場合を想定して準備します。
さいあく の ばあい を そうてい して じゅんび します。
saiaku no baai o soutei shite junbi shimasu.
We prepare assuming the worst case.
Say 想定 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “assumption” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →settei
setting / configuration
通知の設定を変更しました。
つうち の せってい を へんこう しました。
tsuuchi no settei o henkou shimashita.
I changed the notification settings.
Say 設定 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “setting” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →setchi
installation
会議室にカメラを設置しました。
かいぎしつ に かめら を せっち しました。
kaigishitsu ni kamera o setchi shimashita.
We installed a camera in the meeting room.
Say 設置 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “installation” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →setsuritsu
establishment (of company)
彼は三十歳で会社を設立しました。
かれ は さんじゅっさい で かいしゃ を せつりつ しました。
kare wa sanjussai de kaisha o setsuritsu shimashita.
He founded a company at thirty.
Tie 設立 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “establishment (of company)” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →souritsu
founding
当社は創立五十年を迎えました。
とうしゃ は そうりつ ごじゅうねん を むかえました。
tousha wa souritsu gojuunen o mukaemashita.
Our company marked its fiftieth anniversary.
Tie 創立 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “founding” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →souzou
creation
新しい価値を創造する仕事がしたいです。
あたらしい かち を そうぞう する しごと が したい です。
atarashii kachi o souzou suru shigoto ga shitai desu.
I want a job where I create new value.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “creation” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 創造 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →seisaku
production (of goods)
工場で家具を製作しています。
こうじょう で かぐ を せいさく しています。
koujou de kagu o seisaku shiteimasu.
Furniture is made at the factory.
Tie 製作 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “production (of goods)” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
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