Vocabulary list for JLPT N2
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adjective
1.
repetitious, long-winded, tedious, wordy, verbose, insistent, importunate(usually kana)
2.
heavy (taste), (overly) rich, strong, cloying(usually kana)
3.
gaudy (colour, design, etc.), loud(usually kana)
Other readings:
クドい
expression
•
thank you for waiting, sorry to have kept you waiting
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
cleaning, clean-up, garbage collection, scavenging
noun
1.
space, interval
2.
space character, whitespace(computer term)
manshon
Common word
noun
•
condominium (often mid-rise or high-rise concrete), apartment building, apartment house, apartment, flat
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to put clothes on (someone)
2.
to plate, to gild, to veneer
3.
to accuse (of some crime), to give (a bad name)
Godan-u verb, intransitive verb
•
to hesitate, to waver(usually kana)
noun
•
Other readings:
ふりがな《振りがな》
、ふりがな《振仮名》
noun
1.
north and south, north to south
2.
South Korea and North Korea(abbreviation)
adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
•
middle of a month, second third of a month, 11th to 20th day of a month
noun, noun (suffix), no-adjective
•
stripe, bar, streak(also formerly written as 島 and 嶋)
Godan-gu verb, transitive verb
1.
to fan
2.
to incite, to instigate
Other readings:
煽ぐ【あおぐ】
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.)
noun
1.
young child, toddler
2.
child over 1 but not yet of school age(law term)
Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
•
to be reflected, to harmonize with (harmonise), to come out (photo), to be projected, to be displayed (on a screen)
noun
•
swimming in the ocean, sea bathing, seawater bath, going for a dip in the ocean
adjective
•
obedient, docile, quiet(usually kana)
Other readings:
おとなしい《温和しい》[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
noun
1.
uncle(honorific language, familiar language, usually kana)(伯父さん is older than one's parent and 叔父さん is younger)
2.
old man, mister(familiar language, usually kana)(usu. 小父さん or おじさん; vocative)
3.
manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)(usually kana)(usu. オジサン)
All readings:
おじさん《伯父さん》
、おじさん《叔父さん》
、おじさん《小父さん》
、オジサン
、オジさん
noun
1.
exposure to the sun, sunny place
2.
per day(only relevant for 日当たり and 日当り and 日当)
Other readings:
日当り【ひあたり】
、日当【ひあたり】[1]
、陽当り【ひあたり】
、陽当たり【ひあたり】
、日あたり【ひあたり】
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
noun
1.
screw(usually kana)
2.
key (of a clock, watch, etc.), spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
Other readings:
ねじ《捻子》
、ねじ《捩子》
、ねじ《螺旋》
、らし《螺子》
、ネジ
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
assumption (of office), taking up (a post), inauguration, installation
noun, no-adjective
•
standard, basis, criterion, norm, reference, datum
All readings:
基準【きじゅん】
、規準【きじゅん】
pikapika
Common word
to-adverb, adverb, no-adjective, na-adjective, auxillary suru verb
1.
with a glitter, with a sparkle(onomatopia)(ピッカピカ and ビカビカ are more emphatic)
no-adjective, na-adjective
2.
brand new, shiny and new(onomatopia)
All readings:
ピカピカ
、ぴかぴか
、ピッカピカ
、ぴっかぴか
、ビカビカ
、びかびか
noun
1.
Latin alphabet, Roman alphabet
See also:ラテン文字 (ラテンもじ)
2.
rōmaji, romanized Japanese, system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet
See also:ローマ字綴り
Other readings:
羅馬字【ローマじ】[1]
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.), to take (measure, course of action, etc.), to decide on
2.
to pick (e.g. flowers), to gather (e.g. mushrooms), to catch (e.g. insects)
3.
to extract (e.g. juice), to take (e.g. a sample)
4.
to assume (an attitude)
5.
to take on (workers, students), to employ, to hire
6.
to draw in (e.g. water), to let in (e.g. light from a window)
noun
1.
space, room, gap, emptiness
2.
vacancy, opening, empty seat
noun, no-adjective
3.
free time, time to spare
4.
disuse, unused thing
All readings:
空き【あき】
、明き【あき】
conjunction, adverbial noun
1.
in addition, furthermore
2.
above (which), on top of (which)
Other readings:
其の上【そのうえ】
Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
•
to roast, to parch, to toast, to boil down
Other readings:
煎る【いる】
、熬る【いる】
noun
1.
landlord, landlady(only relevant for やぬし and いえぬし)
2.
house owner, home owner, head of the household
Other readings:
家主【いえぬし】
、家主【いえあるじ】[1]
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
biniiru
Common word
noun, no-adjective
1.
vinyl
noun
2.
Other readings:
ビニル
、バイナル
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)
Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
•
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.), to slice (off), to lop (off), to cut (off)
noun
•
serious condition, critical condition
Other readings:
重態【じゅうたい】
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