Vocabulary list for JLPT N2

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noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
care, looking after, repair, maintenance, tending, trimming, grooming
2.
(police) raid, crackdown

Godan-mu verb, transitive verb
1.
to mourn, to lament
2.
to be sorry, to regret, to repent
Other readings:
悔む【くやむ】

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)

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
to give shelter to, to lodge, to put up, to accommodate

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to twist, to wrench, to turn (a switch on or off, etc.), to wring (a neck)(usually kana)
2.
to puzzle over(usually kana)
3.
to defeat easily(usually kana)
Other readings:
ひねる《拈る》
ひねる《撚る》

noun
tennis court
Other readings:
テニス・コート

noun
dialect, provincialism

noun
outline, summary, argument(usually kana)
Other readings:
あらすじ《荒筋》
あらすじ《あら筋》

noun
nature, property, disposition

Godan-mu verb, intransitive verb
to squat, to crouch

Ichidan-zuru verb, intransitive verb
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.(humble language)
See also:存じる

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to be disconnected, to get out of place, to be off, to be out (e.g. of gear)
2.
to miss the mark, to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation), to draw a blank (e.g. lottery)
3.
to be removed, to be excluded
4.
to be contrary to, to go against

noun
1.
Latin alphabet, Roman alphabet
2.
rōmaji, romanized Japanese, system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet
Other readings:
羅馬字【ローマじ】[1]
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

noun
1.
system
2.
lineage, ancestry, family line
3.
group (e.g. of colors) (colours), family (e.g. of languages), party, school (of thought)
4.
close (evolutionary) relationship
5.
a population sharing a common ancestor (in genetics), strain (e.g. bacterial)

noun, auxillary suru verb
bow, bowing(polite language)
See also:辞儀
All readings:
お辞儀【おじぎ】
御辞儀【おじぎ】

noun, no-adjective
fresh water (i.e. not salt water)
See also:鹹水

noun, auxillary suru verb
distribution, allocation

adjective
careless, thoughtless, hasty, rash

suru verb (special)
to heat, to heat up

interjection
1.
cheers, bottoms-up, prosit
noun, auxillary suru verb
2.
toast, drink (in celebration or in honor of something)
3.
drinking one's glass dry
Other readings:
乾盃【かんぱい】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
dawn
See also:夕方
Other readings:
明方【あけがた】
明けがた【あけがた】

noun
gravity, gravitation, gravitational pull(physics term)

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
development, evolution, progressing, unfolding, (plot) twist
2.
expansion, spreading out, extending, deployment, building up
3.
expansion(mathematics)
4.
extraction (e.g. files), decompression, unpacking(computer term)

noun, auxillary suru verb
procedure, process, proceedings, formalities
Other readings:
手続【てつづき】

noun
scales, weighing machine

noun, auxillary suru verb
speech, expression, wording, language
Other readings:
言葉使い【ことばづかい】
言葉づかい【ことばづかい】

noun
shop

adverbial noun, noun
simultaneous, all at once

conjunction
but, however, provided that(usually kana)

noun, auxillary suru verb
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.), worship
Other readings:
御参り【おまいり】

noun
halfway, midway, partway, mid-course

interjection
good morning(usually kana, abbreviation)(from お早く; may be used colloquially at any time of day)
Other readings:
おはよう《御早う》

noun
classic (work, esp. book), the classics

interjection
farewell, adieu, goodbye, so long(usually kana)
Other readings:
サヨウナラ
サヨーナラ

noun
social position, social status

na-adjective, no-adjective, noun
quadrilateral, square

noun
soliloquy, monologue, speaking to oneself
Other readings:
ひとり言【ひとりごと】
独りごと【ひとりごと】
一人言【ひとりごと】
一人ごと【ひとりごと】

noun
detergent, cleanser, cleaning agent, washing material

noun, no-adjective
contents, interior, substance, filling, (sword) blade
All readings:
中身【なかみ】
中味【なかみ】

noun
1.
deadline, closing, cut-off, end(not 閉め切り, etc.)
2.
cofferdam(not 閉め切り, etc.)
no-adjective, noun
3.
closed (door, window, etc.)(not 〆切, etc.)
All readings:
締め切り【しめきり】
締切り【しめきり】
締切【しめきり】[1]
〆切【しめきり】
〆切り【しめきり】
乄切り【しめきり】[2]
閉め切り【しめきり】
閉切り【しめきり】
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage
  2. word containing out-dated kanji

noun
1.
alarm clock(abbreviation)
2.
waking up, keeping oneself awake
3.
type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap
See also:お目覚
All readings:
目覚まし【めざまし】
目覚し【めざまし】
目ざまし【めざまし】

あい
aikawarazu
adverb, no-adjective
as ever, as usual, the same, still
Other readings:
相変らず【あいかわらず】
あい変らず【あいかわらず】
あい変わらず【あいかわらず】

noun, no-adjective
1.
prevention of crime
noun (prefix)
2.
security (device, camera, etc.)

noun, no-adjective
integer(mathematics)

noun, no-adjective
1.
internal medicine, i.e. treatment by medical procedures rather than surgical procedures
See also:外科
2.
department of internal medicine (hospital, etc.)

suffix, Ichidan verb
1.
to be unable to, to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do(usually kana)
See also:兼ねない
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
2.
to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously, to contain (or combine) two or more features
3.
to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.), to do alongside
4.
to hesitate to do something (out of consideration for others)
5.
to think of the future (as well as the present)
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