Vocabulary list for JLPT N2
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noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
1.
making a round trip, going and returning, coming and going
2.
3.
correspondence, exchanging (letters)
4.
socializing, visiting one another
noun, noun (suffix)
1.
pillow, bolster
2.
introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story), lead-in
adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
•
here and there, some parts (of something), several places
Other readings:
所々【しょしょ】
、所所【ところどころ】
、所所【しょしょ】
、処々【しょしょ】
、処処【しょしょ】
Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to pass (e.g. car), to overtake
See also:追い抜く (おいぬく)
2.
to surpass, to outstrip, to get ahead of, to outdistance
See also:追い抜く (おいぬく)
Other readings:
追越す【おいこす】
、追いこす【おいこす】
Common word
expression, adjective
•
cannot be helped, unavoidable
Other readings:
止むを得ない【やむをえない】
、已むを得ない【やむをえない】
noun
•
underwear, underclothes, lingerie, chemise, singlet
Other readings:
膚着【はだぎ】
、肌衣【はだぎ】
、肌衣【はだぎぬ】
adverb
1.
for now, for the time being, for the present(usually kana)
2.
though not quite satisfactorily, after a fashion(usually kana)
Other readings:
ひとまず《一先》
、ひとまず《一まず》
、ひとまず《ひと先ず》
、ひとまず《一と先ず》
noun
1.
sneeze(usually kana)
expression
2.
spoken twice in response to someone sneezing as a charm against an early death(idiom , usually kana)(only relevant for くさめ)
Other readings:
くしゃみ《嚔》
、くさめ《嚏》
、くさめ《嚔》
、くっさめ《嚏》
、くっさめ《嚔》
、クシャミ
adjective
•
youthful, young, young-looking
Other readings:
若若しい【わかわかしい】
noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
dizziness, giddiness, vertigo(usually kana)
Other readings:
めまい《眩暈》
、めまい《目まい》
、めまい《目眩い》[1]
、げんうん《眩暈》
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
deletion, elimination, erasure, striking out
na-adjective, noun
•
frank, candid, straightforward, openhearted, direct, outspoken
All readings:
率直【そっちょく】
、卒直【そっちょく】
adjective
1.
inexcusable, unjustifiable, unpardonable(usually kana)
2.
sorry, remorseful, apologetic, conscience-stricken, contrite
interjection
3.
excuse me, (I'm) sorry, thank you
See also:済みません
adjective
1.
soft, tender, pliant, supple, limber, limp
2.
gentle, mild, mellow
3.
informal, light, flexible (e.g. thinking)
All readings:
柔らかい【やわらかい】
、軟らかい【やわらかい】
、柔かい【やわらかい】[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
Common word
expression, adjective
1.
there's no (other) way
2.
cannot be helped, unavoidable, inevitable, (there's) nothing one can do, having no choice
3.
it's no use (doing), pointless, useless, no good, insufficient, not enough(oft. as 〜てもしょうがない)
4.
hopeless (person), annoying, troublesome, awful
5.
cannot stand it, unbearable, cannot help (doing, feeling), dying (to do)(as 〜てしょうがない or 〜でしょうがない)
Other readings:
仕様がない【しようがない】
、しようが無い【しようがない】
、仕様が無い【しょうがない】
、仕様が無い【しようがない】
、しょうが無い【しょうがない】
na-adjective, noun
1.
deep blue, bright blue
2.
ghastly pale, pallid, white as a sheet
Other readings:
まっ青【まっさお】
、真青【まっさお】[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
adjective
1.
precipitous, rugged, inaccessible, impregnable, steep
2.
grim, severe, stern
Other readings:
嶮しい【けわしい】
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
cancellation (of a lecture, class, etc.)
noun
•
Other readings:
さじ《匕》
、しゃじ《匙》
、しゃじ《匕》
、かい《匙》[1]
、かい《匕》[1]
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun
•
strong point, merit, virtue, advantage
na-adjective, noun
•
impertinent, saucy, cheeky, impudent, audacious, cocky, pert, brash
purinto
Common word
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
print, printing, (printed) copy
2.
handout, flyer
adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
•
day before yesterday
All readings:
一昨日【おととい】[1]
、一昨日【おとつい】[1]
、一昨日【いっさくじつ】
Notes:
- gikun (meaning as reading) or jukujikun (special kanji reading)
noun
1.
activity (esp. energetic), great efforts, conspicuous service
auxillary suru verb
2.
to flourish, to participate actively, to play an active role
kossori
Common word
noun, no-adjective
•
humanities, social sciences, liberal arts
noun, prefix
1.
rag, scrap, tattered clothes(usually kana)
2.
fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence), defect(usually kana)
na-adjective
3.
run-down, shabby, junky(usually kana)
Other readings:
らんる《襤褸》
、ボロ
adverb
1.
finally, at last(usually kana)
2.
barely, narrowly, hardly, only just(usually kana)
3.
gradually, little by little, by degrees(usually kana)
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》
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