Vocabulary list for JLPT N2
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noun
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sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
Other readings:
刺し身【さしみ】
noun
1.
side dish, okazu, side dish (meat, fish, pickles, etc.) accompanying the rice in a typical Japanese meal(usually kana)
2.
fill, fill-in (drumming)(usually kana, colloquialism, music term)(only relevant for おかず and オカズ)
3.
material for assisting arousal during masturbation(usually kana, slang)(only relevant for おかず and オカズ)
Other readings:
おかず《御菜》
、おかず《御数》
、おかず《お数》
、おさい《お菜》
、おさい《御菜》
、オカズ
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to throw away, to cast away, to dump, to discard
2.
to abandon, to desert, to leave
3.
to give up, to resign
All readings:
捨てる【すてる】
、棄てる【すてる】
Ichidan-zuru verb, transitive verb
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to believe, to believe in, to place trust in, to confide in, to have faith in
See also:信じる
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
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likes and dislikes, pickiness (about food), choosiness, fussiness, tastes, preferences
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
(cultural) exchange, interchange, interaction, (inter-) mingling, (social, etc.) networking, intercourse
2.
alternating current, AC
na-adjective, no-adjective, noun
1.
pure white
2.
blank (e.g. mind, paper)
Other readings:
まっ白【まっしろ】
、真白【まっしろ】
、真白【ましろ】[1]
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
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
akusento
Common word
noun
1.
accent (on a syllable, word), stress, pitch accent(linguistics)
2.
intonation, inflection, cadence
3.
(language) accent (e.g. American, British)
4.
accent (e.g. in a design), highlight, emphasis
5.
accent (on a note)(music term)
noun, noun (suffix)
1.
neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity, environs
2.
approaching(obscure)
Other readings:
附近【ふきん】
noun
1.
kitchen knife, carving knife
2.
cooking, food(archaism)
All readings:
包丁【ほうちょう】
、庖丁【ほうちょう】
adjective
1.
envious, jealous(usually kana)
2.
enviable (position, etc.)(usually kana)
adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
•
day before yesterday
All readings:
一昨日【おととい】[1]
、一昨日【おとつい】[1]
、一昨日【いっさくじつ】
Notes:
- gikun (meaning as reading) or jukujikun (special kanji reading)
adverb
•
at any rate, anyhow, anyway, in any case, because, as you know, for you see
See also:何せ
noun
1.
middle finger, long finger, second finger, tall finger
2.
middle toe, third toe
Other readings:
中指【ちゅうし】
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
work (film, book)
2.
production, creation, turning (something) out, development
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
designation, specification, assignment, appointment, pointing at
noun, no-adjective
•
white hair, grey hair, gray hair
Other readings:
白髪【はくはつ】
、白髪【しろかみ】[1]
、白髪【しらかみ】[1]
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to air, to dry, to desiccate
2.
to drain (off)
3.
to drink up
4.
to deprive of a role, job, etc.(usu. in the passive)
Other readings:
乾す【ほす】
noun
1.
2.
boy(familiar language)
mainasu
Common word
noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
1.
minus, negative (quantity), subtraction, taking away
noun
2.
deficit
3.
disadvantage, drawback, handicap
prenominal
4.
negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
noun
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earthenware, porcelain, china, pottery, crockery
Other readings:
瀬戸もの【せともの】
、セトモノ
gisshiri
Common word
adverb, to-adverb
•
tightly (packed), densely, closely, crammed(onomatopia)
Other readings:
ギッシリ
、ぎっちり
、ギッチリ
Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
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to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.), to slice (off), to lop (off), to cut (off)
Godan-mu verb, intransitive verb
1.
to melt into, to dissolve into, to merge into
2.
to blend into (surroundings), to fit in, to adapt to, to integrate
Other readings:
解け込む【とけこむ】
、融け込む【とけこむ】
、溶込む【とけこむ】
、解込む【とけこむ】
、溶けこむ【とけこむ】
、とけ込む【とけこむ】
Godan-su verb, transitive verb
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to increase, to add to, to augment
All readings:
増やす【ふやす】
、殖やす【ふやす】
to-adverb, adverb
1.
more, much more, still more, all the more
noun
2.
step, rung, level, rank
3.
paragraph, passage
4.
Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to demarcate, to delimit, to divide (an area), to mark off, to cut off(esp. 区切る)
2.
to punctuate, to put an end to (e.g. a sentence), to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)(esp. 句切る)
Other readings:
句切る【くぎる】
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