Vocabulary list for JLPT N2
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noun
1.
public entertainment, performing arts
2.
accomplishments, attainments
Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to go upstream(usually kana)
2.
to go back (in time, to origin), to date back to, to trace back to, to make retroactive(usually kana)
Other readings:
さかのぼる《溯る》
、さかのぼる《逆上る》[1]
、さかのぼる《泝る》
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
adjective
•
salty (taste), briny
Other readings:
鹹い【しおからい】
、鹹い【からい】
noun, no-adjective
•
Other readings:
私立【わたくしりつ】
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to wither (of a plant), to be blasted, to die
2.
to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to pin down, to hold down, to press down(also written as 圧さえる)
2.
to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand), to clutch (a body part in pain), to press (a body part)
3.
to get a hold of, to obtain, to seize, to catch, to arrest
4.
to grasp (a point), to comprehend
5.
to quell, to subdue, to suppress, to repress, to hold back, to check, to curb, to contain
See also:抑える (おさえる)
Other readings:
押える【おさえる】
noun
•
eldest daughter, first-born daughter(may be the only daughter)
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.), preparing, writing, framing, making, producing, creating, creation
See also:制作
noun
•
carpet, rug, runner
Other readings:
絨緞【じゅうたん】
、絨氈【じゅうたん】[1]
、ジュータン
、ジュウタン
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
2.
to associate with, to mingle with, to interest, to join(usu. 交じる)
All readings:
混じる【まじる】
、交じる【まじる】
、雑じる【まじる】[1]
、交る【まじる】[2]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
- irregular okurigana usage
Godan-mu verb, intransitive verb
1.
to draw back, to sink, to cave in
2.
to be set back (e.g. from a road)
3.
to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye), to retire to (somewhere), to stay indoors, to butt out, to stay out of it
Other readings:
引っこむ【ひっこむ】
reberu
Common word
noun
1.
level, standard, amount, degree, grade, rank, class
2.
level (plane), floor, storey (story), layer, stratum
3.
spirit level, (surveyor's) level
4.
minor release sequence number (software versioning)
5.
rebel
Other readings:
レヴェル
noun
1.
gun
2.
wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice(sumo term)
3.
Other readings:
鉄炮【てっぽう】
noun
•
(addressee's) name, (recipient's) name and address
Other readings:
宛て名【あてな】
、あて名【あてな】
adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
•
noun, no-adjective
1.
neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.), indifference
2.
sexlessness, androgyny, androgyne, neuter
3.
neuter gender(linguistics)
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
procedure, process, proceedings, formalities
Other readings:
手続【てつづき】
Common word
adverb
•
at least
Other readings:
少くとも【すくなくとも】[1]
、尠くとも【すくなくとも】
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to close up, to shut up (e.g. behind doors)
2.
to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired), to close off (e.g. subscription list)(usu. 締め切る)
Other readings:
閉め切る【しめきる】
、〆切る【しめきる】
、閉切る【しめきる】
、締切る【しめきる】
meetaa
Common word
adverbial noun, no-adjective, noun
•
each, individual(usually kana)
Other readings:
めいめい《銘銘》
na-adjective, noun
1.
obedient, meek, docile, unaffected
2.
honest, frank, upfront (about one's feelings)
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
na-adjective, no-adjective, noun
1.
high class, high grade
na-adjective, noun, no-adjective
2.
high rank, seniority
noun, noun (suffix)
1.
juice, sap
2.
soup, broth
noun
3.
(dipping) sauce(only relevant for つゆ)
Other readings:
液【しる】
、液【つゆ】
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
creation, production, creative work (novel, film, etc.), original work, (creative) writing
2.
fabrication, fiction, invention
na-adjective, noun
1.
unclean, dirty, unsanitary, filthy
2.
indecent, dirty (story, money, etc.), obscene, immoral
noun
1.
wife (esp. one's own wife)
2.
court lady, female court attache, woman who served at the imperial palace(only relevant for にょうぼう and にゅうぼう)
3.
woman (esp. as a love interest)(archaism)(only relevant for にょうぼう and にゅうぼう)
Other readings:
女房【にょうぼ】
、女房【にゅうぼう】[1]
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
expression
1.
first, firstly, first of all, to begin with, in the beginning, at the beginning
2.
Introduction, Preface(usually kana)(as section heading of a book, etc.)
Other readings:
始めに【はじめに】
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