Vocabulary list for JLPT N2
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adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
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Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods), medieval times, mediaeval times
noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
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bandage, dressing
Other readings:
繃帯【ほうたい】
noun
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yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
See also:湯帷子
Other readings:
浴衣【よくい】
kossori
Common word
noun
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achievement, meritorious deed, distinguished service, contribution
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
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garden shrubs, trees, potted plant
Other readings:
植え木【うえき】[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
Common word
adjective
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unexpected, contrary to expectations, by chance, casual
All readings:
思いがけない【おもいがけない】
、思い掛けない【おもいがけない】
、思い掛け無い【おもいがけない】
noun
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drainage basin, catchment basin, river basin, watershed, valley
na-adjective, noun
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precise, accurate, appropriate, exactly the right
Other readings:
的確【てっかく】
、適確【てきかく】
、適確【てっかく】
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
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kana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word, declensional kana ending
Other readings:
送りがな【おくりがな】
noun
1.
surname, family name
2.
hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)(only relevant for せい)
See also:姓 (かばね)
Other readings:
姓【しょう】[1]
、姓【そう】[1]
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
expression
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please sit down, please have a seat(usually kana)(and many other meanings of 掛ける)
Other readings:
おかけください《おかけ下さい》
、おかけください《御掛け下さい》
expression
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thank you for waiting, sorry to have kept you waiting
noun
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candle(usually kana)
Other readings:
ろうそく《蠟燭》[1]
、ローソク
、ロウソク
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
noun
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book, publication
Other readings:
書籍【しょじゃく】[1]
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun, auxillary suru verb
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subtraction(mathematics)
All readings:
引き算【ひきざん】
、引算【ひきざん】
noun
1.
dwelling, house, residence, address
See also:住居 (じゅうきょ)
noun (suffix), noun
2.
living, life(pronounced ずまい as a suffix)
Other readings:
住い【すまい】
、住居【すまい】[1]
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
noun, auxillary suru verb
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alternation, change, relief, relay, shift, substitution (sports, etc.), taking turns
All readings:
交代【こうたい】
、交替【こうたい】
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
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to act violently, to rage, to struggle, to be riotous
Common word
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to harvest, to reap
2.
to take in, to gather in
3.
to adopt (e.g. idea), to accept (e.g. advice), to introduce, to borrow (e.g. word)
Other readings:
採り入れる【とりいれる】
、取入れる【とりいれる】
、取りいれる【とりいれる】
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
(cultural) exchange, interchange, interaction, (inter-) mingling, (social, etc.) networking, intercourse
2.
alternating current, AC
noun
1.
public square, square, plaza, piazza, forum
2.
open space, clearing
adjective
1.
suspicious, dubious, questionable, dodgy, shady, fishy
2.
doubtful, unsure, uncertain, unlikely, implausible
3.
untrustworthy, unreliable, clumsy, awkward, shaky, poor
4.
strange, weird, eerie, spooky, uncanny
5.
ominous (e.g. weather), threatening, dangerous (e.g. financial situation), uncertain
6.
suspicious (of a potential amorous relation)
7.
Godan-u verb, transitive verb
1.
to carry on one's back
2.
to be burdened with, to take responsibility for
3.
to have (something) in the background, to be in front (of something)
Godan-u verb, intransitive verb
4.
Other readings:
背負う【しょう】
、脊負う【せおう】[1]
、脊負う【しょう】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
Godan-su verb, transitive verb
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to swell, to expand, to inflate, to bulge
sarariiman
Common word
noun
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office worker, company employee, company man, salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
Other readings:
サラーリーマン[1]
、サラリマン[1]
、サラーリマン[1]
、サラリー・マン[1]
、サラーリー・マン[1]
、サラリ・マン[1]
、サラーリ・マン[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kana usage
Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to be placed on, to be set on, to be piled on, to be loaded on
See also:乗る (のる)
2.
to appear (in print), to be mentioned, to be recorded, to be reported, to be given
Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
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to be mixed, to be blended with, to associate with, to mingle with, to join
Other readings:
交ざる【まざる】
、雑ざる【まざる】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
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