I’m being buried by に* grammar structures and I need a break

These are the ones I've studied on Bunpro so far. I'm a third into N2 lessons so I'm sure there's more to pile up:

によると – according to

によって (による) – by means of

に合わせて – in accordance with

に比べて – compared to

に関する – related to

に対して – in contrast to

にしては – (even) considering

にしても – even though

に取って – to, for, concerning

に違いない – there's no doubt that

に当たる – correspond to

に限る – nothing better than

につれて – along with, in proportion to

において – in

にかけて – over (a period), from ~ until, through

にかわって – in place of

に相違ない – without a doubt

にほかならない – nothing but

に沿って – along

に従って – as, following

に伴って – as, along with, resulted with

につき – due to

につけ – whenever

に関わる – to relate to

に向かって – towards

Stuff like によると and によって, it's always a 50% chance I'll get it right in a lesson because they're similar. The ones with a kanji I have more luck to get memorized, like に関する and に対して, but then you have things like において, につき and につけ where they just look abstract – even typing it out I can't remember what they do. But even so there's に取って, where I know what the kanji is but can't think of any meaning that matches.

They're the bane of my existence, and if Bunpro didn't offer hints I'd probably have a 10% correct answer rate on them.

How do you find a hook to get these memorized? Just straight rote memorization?

by SchrodingerSemicolon

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