Vocabulary list for JLPT N2
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noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
formation, establishment, materialization, coming into existence
2.
conclusion (e.g. of a deal), reaching (e.g. an agreement), approval, completion, closing, enacting, arrangement
3.
being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.), holding, applying
Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to aim at, to have an eye on
2.
to go toward, to head for
Other readings:
目差す【めざす】
、目ざす【めざす】
noun
1.
size
noun, no-adjective
2.
large and small (sizes), various sizes
noun
3.
daishō (matched pair of long and short swords)
4.
large and small drums
5.
long months and short months
6.
sic bo (Macao dice game), tai sai, dai siu, big and small
noun
•
likes and dislikes, pickiness (about food), choosiness, fussiness, tastes, preferences
noun
•
(telephone) receiver
Other readings:
受話機【じゅわき】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to deify, to enshrine
2.
to pray, to worship
Other readings:
祀る【まつる】
noun
1.
amateur, layman, ordinary person, novice
2.
respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha)
See also:玄人 (くろうと)
3.
Other readings:
素人【しろと】[2]
、素人【しらびと】[2]
、素人【しらひと】[2]
、白人【しろうと】[1]
、白人【しろと】[1][2]
、白人【しらびと】[1][2]
、白人【しらひと】[1][2]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Godan-su verb, transitive verb
•
to send (someone) back, to send (someone) home
See also:返す
Other readings:
還す【かえす】
noun
•
bell (often globular)
Other readings:
鈴【りん】
、鈴【れい】[1]
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to pile up, to heap up, to stack up, to put on top of another
2.
to repeat many times over, to go through repeatedly, to accumulate
noun
1.
tatami room, tatami mat room, formal Japanese room
2.
dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
Other readings:
坐敷【ざしき】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
Common word
Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to be overturned, to be reversed, to turn over, to capsize
2.
to fall down, to tumble down, to topple over, to lie on one's back
All readings:
ひっくり返る【ひっくりかえる】
、引っくり返る【ひっくりかえる】
、引っ繰り返る【ひっくりかえる】
、引繰り返る【ひっくりかえる】
noun
1.
top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down
noun, auxillary suru verb
2.
going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating
3.
going and coming back
noun
4.
upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people
5.
first and second volumes
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.)
All readings:
初めに【はじめに】
、始めに【はじめに】
Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to search for, to look for, to hunt for, to seek(esp. 探す for something desired and 捜す for something lost)
2.
to search (a house, pocket, etc.), to search through, to rummage in (e.g. a drawer), to fish around
All readings:
探す【さがす】
、捜す【さがす】
noun, noun (suffix)
1.
pillow, bolster
2.
introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story), lead-in
Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.), to dish out, to dish up, to fill (a bowl) with
2.
to pile up, to heap up, to fill up, to stack up
3.
to administer (medicine, poison), to dose out, to prescribe
4.
to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
5.
to mark out (e.g. scale), to graduate (e.g. thermometer)
6.
to exaggerate, to apply heavy makeup(slang)
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
descent, fall, drop, decline, downturn, subsidence
na-adjective
•
negative, passive, half-hearted, unmotivated
noun
•
foot (of a mountain or hill), bottom, base(usually kana)
Other readings:
ふもと《梺》[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to cure, to heal(usu. 治す)
2.
to fix, to correct, to repair(usu. 直す)
auxiliary verb
3.
to do over again(after -masu base of verb; usu. 直す)
4.
to replace, to put back as it was(Kansai-ben (dialect), Kyoto-ben (dialect))(usu. 直す)
5.
to convert (into a different state), to transform(usu. 直す)
Other readings:
直す【なおす】
noun
1.
navel, belly button(usually kana)
2.
protrusion or depression in the middle of an object(usually kana)(only relevant for へそ and ヘソ)
3.
center, centre, most important part, main point(usually kana)
Other readings:
へそ《𦜝》
、ほぞ《臍》
、ほぞ《𦜝》
、ヘソ
Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
•
to rub, to scrub, to scrape(usually kana)
Other readings:
こする《錯る》[1]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to be resurrected, to be resuscitated, to be rehabilitated, to be revived, to be refreshed, to be restored
2.
to be recalled (e.g. memories), to be brought back
Other readings:
甦る【よみがえる】
、蘇える【よみがえる】[1]
、甦える【よみがえる】[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
changing clothes, change of clothes
Other readings:
着がえ【きがえ】
、着換え【きがえ】
noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
1.
confluence (of rivers), merge (of traffic), conflux, junction, joining
2.
union (e.g. of forces), linking up, merging, coming together
noun
•
razor(usually kana)
Other readings:
かみすり《剃刀》[1]
、そり《剃刀》[1]
、カミソリ
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
taru-adjective, to-adverb
1.
quiet, calm, leisurely
2.
distant, far off, boundless, endless
to-adverb, adverb
3.
easily, comfortably, without difficulty
Other readings:
悠悠【ゆうゆう】
noun
1.
equation, formula
2.
method for solving a problem, set way of achieving a particular result
karaa
Common word
noun
1.
collar
2.
color, colour
noun, auxillary suru verb
3.
hair colouring (coloring)
noun
4.
calla (variety of arum lily)
noun
1.
measurement, size, extent, dimension
2.
plan, intention, arrangement, schedule
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