Vocabulary list for JLPT N2
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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
Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
•
to deepen, to heighten, to intensify
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to become numb, to go to sleep (e.g. a limb)(usually kana)
2.
to get an electric shock, to tingle (from an electric shock)(usually kana)
3.
to be excited, to be titillated, to be mesmerized, to be enthralled(usually kana)
noun
•
creator (of a work), author, writer, artist, composer, playwright, dramatist
noun
1.
feather, plume, down
2.
wing
3.
blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.)(only relevant for はね)
4.
5.
6.
All readings:
羽【はね】
、羽【は】
、羽根【はね】
noun, no-adjective
•
ellipse
Other readings:
だ円【だえん】
、橢円【だえん】[1]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
noun, no-adjective
1.
fur, skin, pelt
2.
kanji "fur" radical(only relevant for けがわ)
Other readings:
毛皮【もうひ】
、毛革【けがわ】
、毛革【もうひ】
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)
Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to shift, to slide (e.g. something away from something else), to move (e.g. something out of the way)(usually kana)
2.
to put off, to delay, to postpone, to stagger (e.g. working hours)
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
na-adjective
1.
huge, vast, enormous, colossal, extensive, large
noun, auxillary suru verb
2.
swelling, expansion(only relevant for 膨大)
Other readings:
厖大【ぼうだい】
、尨大【ぼうだい】
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
compression, condensation, constriction, compaction
Other readings:
あっ縮【あっしゅく】
Ichidan-zuru verb, transitive verb
•
to believe, to believe in, to place trust in, to confide in, to have faith in
See also:信じる
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
examination of tickets
noun
2.
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
reflection, reconsideration, introspection, meditation, contemplation
2.
regret, repentance, remorse, being sorry
Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
•
to bear fruit, to ripen
Other readings:
稔る【みのる】
Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to destroy, to demolish, to pull down, to tear down, to level
2.
to disturb, to put into disorder, to throw off balance, to make shaky
3.
to relax (one's pose), to make oneself at ease
4.
to break (a bill), to change, to make change(oft. 札を崩す, etc.)
5.
to write in cursive style, to write in running style(oft. as 字を崩す)
6.
to break into a smile, to let off a smile(as 顔を崩す, etc.)
7.
to lower (a price)
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