N3 · 40 words
Abstract basics
The words for reasons, results, parts, kinds and degrees that every explanation needs.
These are the nouns that hold an explanation together, and most of them are two-kanji compounds. Several work almost as grammar: 場合 after a clause turns it into a condition, and 程度 after a number means "about". Where English reaches for a verb — "it is connected with", "it can be solved" — Japanese often uses one of these nouns with する or がある.
The words
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This list belongs to Thinking and arguing — seven lists and 281 words that can also be practised as a whole.
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Multiple choice and gaps, drawn from exactly these 40 words. Whatever you get wrong comes back tomorrow.