Vocabulary list for JLPT N2
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noun
•
serious condition, critical condition
Other readings:
重態【じゅうたい】
hakihaki
to-adverb, adverb, auxillary suru verb
•
briskly, smartly, promptly, clearly, lucidly(onomatopia)
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
assumption (of office), taking up (a post), inauguration, installation
noun
1.
net weight
2.
useful part, actual content
prenominal
3.
real, effective, full
noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
confrontation, opposition, antagonism
adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
•
in three days' time, two days after tomorrow
Other readings:
明々後日【みょうみょうごにち】
、明明後日【しあさって】
、明明後日【みょうみょうごにち】
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
Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to begin to say, to start talking, to broach (a matter), to bring up, to come out with
2.
to be the first to say, to suggest (doing), to propose
Other readings:
言いだす【いいだす】
、言出す【いいだす】
na-adjective, noun, auxillary suru verb
•
malicious, ill-tempered, unkind
noun, na-adjective, no-adjective
1.
irony, sarcasm, cynicism, satire
na-adjective, no-adjective, noun
2.
unexpected, different from what one expected, not as one had planned
noun
3.
(only) surface, something superficial
4.
skin and bone, body(archaism)(literal meaning)
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to shorten, to reduce, to condense, to shrink
2.
to crumple (fabric), to wrinkle
3.
to make (one's body) smaller, to draw in (one's legs), to duck (one's head)
noun, no-adjective
•
standard, basis, criterion, norm, reference, datum
All readings:
基準【きじゅん】
、規準【きじゅん】
adverb, no-adjective
•
originally, by nature, from the start(usually kana)
Other readings:
もともと《本々》
、もともと《元元》
、もともと《本本》
no-adjective, noun
1.
official, formal
noun
2.
formula (e.g. mathematical)
3.
official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
aid, assistance, help, reinforcement, rooting, barracking, support, cheering
Godan-mu verb, intransitive verb
•
to expand, to swell (out), to get big, to become inflated
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脹らむ【ふくらむ】
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
release, unleashing, liberation, emancipation, setting free
2.
deallocation (of computer memory)(computer term)
saakuru
Common word
noun
1.
group with a common interest (e.g. students), club (e.g. company sports club), circle
2.
circle (shape)
Common word
Godan-ru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb
•
to happen to pass by
All readings:
通りかかる【とおりかかる】
、通り掛かる【とおりかかる】
、通り掛る【とおりかかる】
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
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to compare (something) to, to liken, to speak figuratively, to use a simile, to use a metaphor
Other readings:
喩える【たとえる】
、譬える【たとえる】
daiyaru
Common word
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
dial (e.g. telephone, radio, clock, gauge)
Other readings:
ダイアル
Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to set free, to let go, to release
2.
to miss (e.g. a chance), to lose, to let get away, to fail to catch
Other readings:
迯がす【にがす】[1]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
noun
•
essays, miscellaneous writings, literary jottings
Other readings:
隨筆【ずいひつ】[1]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
noun
•
honorific, term of respect, polite expression, honorific language(linguistics)
noun
•
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
Other readings:
座ぶとん【ざぶとん】
、座蒲団【ざぶとん】
、坐蒲団【ざぶとん】
adverb, pronoun
1.
here and there, all around, everywhere, throughout, all over(usually kana)
auxillary suru verb
2.
to get things in the wrong order (back to front), to become muddled up(usually kana)(only relevant for あちこち and あちらこちら and あっちこっち and アチコチ)
All readings:
あちこち《彼方此方》
、あちらこちら《彼方此方》
、あっちこっち《彼方此方》
、かなたこなた《彼方此方》
、あなたこなた《彼方此方》[1]
、アチコチ
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Godan-ku verb, transitive verb
1.
to wind, to coil, to roll, to wear (e.g. turban, scarf)
2.
to envelope, to shroud(usu. 巻かれる)
3.
to outflank, to skirt
4.
to link (verse)
See also:付合 (つけあい)
Godan-ku verb, intransitive verb
5.
to move ahead (three hours, etc.), to move up
Other readings:
捲く【まく】
noun
1.
saw(usually kana)
2.
musical saw(usually kana)
Other readings:
ノコギリ
noun, no-adjective
1.
noun
2.
(putting on) record, writing down, noting down, registry
Other readings:
書き留め【かきとめ】[1]
、書留め【かきとめ】[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
noun
•
science, learning, scholarship, arts and sciences, academic pursuits
Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to threaten, to menace, to intimidate
See also:脅す (おどす)
2.
to startle, to frighten, to scare
Other readings:
嚇かす【おどかす】
、威かす【おどかす】
noun, no-adjective
•
agricultural chemical (i.e. pesticide, herbicide, fungicide, etc.), agrochemical, agrichemical
na-adjective, noun
1.
plain, simple, subdued, sober
2.
reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.), modest, quiet, unobtrusive
adverb
3.
quite, a (little) bit(colloquialism)(as 地味に)
interjection, noun
1.
crying "banzai" (or raising one's hands in the banzai gesture)
2.
something worthy of celebration
3.
giving up(only relevant for ばんざい)
4.
long time(archaism)
5.
eternal life (and prosperity)(archaism)
interjection
6.
banzai (a celebratory cheer), hurrah (hooray, hurray)
Other readings:
万歳【ばんぜい】
、万才【ばんざい】
、万才【ばんぜい】
、バンザイ
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.), reflecting
2.
influence, application (e.g. of an update)
Other readings:
反影【はんえい】
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