N3 · 40 words
Everyday two-kanji compounds
Common nouns of action that turn into verbs with suru, from preparing to confirming.
Most of these words name an action, and most of them become a verb simply by adding する: 準備 is "preparation", 準備する is "to prepare" — two words for the price of one. In conversation the noun is often kept apart from する with を, and what it is about is attached with の: 旅行の準備をする, "to get ready for a trip". Several have a plainer native verb beside them, and the notes say which.
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