Vocabulary list for JLPT N2

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Godan-mu verb, intransitive verb
to cool oneself, to cool off, to enjoy the cool air

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
to roast, to parch, to toast, to boil down
All readings:
炒る【いる】
煎る【いる】
熬る【いる】

noun
pistol

adverb, to-adverb, noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
moving from place to place, being passed around repeatedly
2.
rolling about
Other readings:
転転【てんてん】

noun
1.
outward appearance
no-adjective
2.
apparent
All readings:
見かけ【みかけ】
見掛け【みかけ】

noun
meeting hall, assembly hall
Other readings:
会舘【かいかん】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

noun, auxillary suru verb
express, special delivery

noun, auxillary suru verb
reply, answer

noun
title, caption, heading

noun
1.
fixed number (of people), prescribed number (of regular personnel, students, etc.), quota, numerical limit, complement
2.
capacity (of a bus, boat, theatre, etc.), seating capacity

noun
1.
recreation
2.
re-creation(only relevant for リクリエーション and リクリェーション)
Other readings:
レクリェーション
リクリエーション
リクリェーション

noun
index finger, forefinger
All readings:
人差し指【ひとさしゆび】
人差指【ひとさしゆび】
人指し指【ひとさしゆび】
人さし指【ひとさしゆび】

adverbial noun, noun
Wednesday

noun, auxillary suru verb
dwelling, house, residence, address

noun
multiplication(mathematics)
Other readings:
掛算【かけざん】
かけ算【かけざん】

noun, no-adjective
1.
another place, somewhere else, strange parts(usually kana)
2.
outside (one's family or group), someone else, other people(usually kana)
See also: (antonym)
noun
3.
not caring for, being indifferent to, taking little notice of, ignoring, neglecting(usually kana)(as 〜をよそに, 〜をよそにして, etc.)
Other readings:
よそ《他所》
よそ《外》

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
failure (in an examination), failing to advance (to the next year)
See also:及第 (antonym)
2.
falling short of the standard, not making the grade

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
to take, to catch, to capture
Other readings:
獲る【とる】

noun
1.
grain, bead, drop(only relevant for つぶ and つび and つぼ)
counter
2.
counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
Other readings:
【りゅう】
【つび】[1]
【つぼ】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
to write, to publish
Other readings:
著わす【あらわす】

adverb, noun
in order, in turn
Other readings:
順順【じゅんじゅん】

noun, no-adjective
equator

noun
probability, likelihood, chances

noun
1.
sumo wrestling(sumo term)
2.
wrestler, rikishi(abbreviation, sumo term)
See also:相撲取り
Other readings:
相撲【すまい】[1]
角力【すもう】
角力【すまい】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

adjective
1.
heavy, weighty
2.
heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.), serious, gloomy, depressing

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to sell wholesale
2.
to grate (e.g. vegetables)
3.
to cut up fish

Godan-mu verb, intransitive verb
1.
to be dented, to be indented, to yield, to give, to sink, to collapse, to cave in
2.
to be beaten, to be overwhelmed, to yield, to give in, to give up
3.
to be disheartened, to feel down, to feel depressed(colloquialism)
4.
to suffer a loss, to lose
Other readings:
ヘコむ

Godan-mu verb, transitive verb
1.
to assume the posture of praying, to press the palms and fingers of both hands together, to do reverence (e.g. before a statue of the Buddha), to pay one's respects
2.
to beg, to make a supplication
3.
to see (something or someone of high status)(humble language)(sometimes used sarcastically in modern Japanese)

kumitateru
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
to assemble, to set up, to construct
Other readings:
組立てる【くみたてる】
組み立る【くみたてる】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
to till, to plow, to plough, to cultivate

noun, na-adjective
1.
filial piety
See also:親孝行
2.
showing devotion (to someone)

Godan-mu verb, transitive verb
to wrap up, to tuck in, to pack, to do up, to cover with, to dress in(usually kana)

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to amass, to accumulate, to store
2.
to leave unpaid

noun
shop

adverb
1.
to the end, to the bitter end, to the last, stubbornly, persistently, consistently, to the utmost(usually kana)
2.
after all, it must be remembered, only, purely, simply(usually kana)
Other readings:
あくまで《飽く迄》

expression
(I'm fine) thank you, thanks to you, fortunately, under the gods' shadow(polite language, usually kana)
Other readings:
おかげさまで《お蔭様で》
おかげさまで《お陰さまで》
おかげさまで《御陰様で》
おかげさまで《御蔭様で》

Godan-su verb, intransitive verb
to shine
See also:差す

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to turn away, to bear off, to veer away, to swerve from, to miss (e.g. a target)(usually kana)
2.
to deviate (e.g. of a conversation), to digress, to go astray, to wander(usually kana)

noun
husband and wife, married couple(somewhat formal; not used for one's own family)

noun, auxillary suru verb
construction work

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
to swell, to expand, to inflate, to bulge

adjective
1.
loose
2.
lenient, lax
3.
gentle (curve, slope, etc.)
4.
slow, weak
5.
soft, not firm
6.
difficult, hard(Hokkaido-ben (dialect), Touhoku-ben (dialect))(in the negative as ゆるくない)

na-adjective, noun
1.
gently sloping, gentle, easy(usually kana)
2.
smooth(usually kana)

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to stop (moving), to come to a stop
2.
to stop (doing, working, being supplied), to come to a halt, to cease, to be stopped, to be suspended
3.
to alight, to perch on
All readings:
止まる【とまる】
留まる【とまる】
停まる【とまる】
駐まる【とまる】
止る【とまる】
留る【とまる】

noun
1.
king, queen, monarch, sovereign
2.
the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.), the throne(law term)
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