Vocabulary list for JLPT N2

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adjective
1.
loose
2.
lenient, lax
3.
gentle (curve, slope, etc.)
4.
slow, weak
5.
soft, not firm
6.
difficult, hard(Hokkaido-ben (dialect), Touhoku-ben (dialect))(in the negative as ゆるくない)

いつ
iitsukeru
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to tell (to do), to order, to charge, to direct
2.
to tell on (someone), to tattle, to report
3.
to often say
All readings:
言いつける【いいつける】
、
言い付ける【いいつける】
、
言付ける【いいつける】

noun
1.
handle
2.
steering wheel
3.
handlebar (on a bicycle), handlebars

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
•
to collect, to gather, to save, to accumulate, to pile up(usually kana)
Other readings:
たまる《溜る》

noun
•
receiving, receipt
All readings:
受取り【うけとり】
、
受け取り【うけとり】
、
受取【うけとり】
、
受け取【うけとり】
、
請け取り【うけとり】
、
請取り【うけとり】
、
請取【うけとり】
、
請け取【うけとり】

noun
•
(telephone) receiver
Other readings:
受話機【じゅわき】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

かくだ
okakekudasai
expression
•
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》

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
Other readings:
インタビュ
、
インタービュー
、
インタビュウ[1]
、
インタヴュー
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kana usage

na-adjective, noun
•
overbearing, coercive, pushy, forcible, high-handed

noun, no-adjective
•
circumference

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
•
to stick into (of something with a sharp point), to prick, to pierce, to get stuck (in), to lodge (in)

noun
•
sheet, bed sheet

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
excursion, outing, trip

noun
•
necessities, necessary article, requisite, essentials

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
defense, defence, guard, policing, security

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to hear, to be told, to know(humble language)
2.
to receive (order), to undertake, to comply, to take (a reservation, etc.)
Other readings:
受け賜る【うけたまわる】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

noun
•
go, board game of capturing territory
See also:囲碁
Other readings:
棊【ご】
、
棋【ご】

interjection
1.
(please) try to(abbreviation, usually kana)(after the -te form of a verb)
2.
(please) look(abbreviation, usually kana)
noun
3.
seeing, looking, watching(honorific language)
All readings:
ごらん《ご覧》
、
ごらん《御覧》

adjective
•
grateful, thankful, welcome, appreciated, evoking gratitude(usually kana)
Other readings:
ありがたい《有り難い》

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
•
to increase, to multiply(殖える usu. refers to population growth or capital appreciation)
See also:減る (antonym)
All readings:
増える【ふえる】
、
殖える【ふえる】

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
bow, bowing(polite language)
See also:辞儀
All readings:
お辞儀【おじぎ】
、
御辞儀【おじぎ】

うあ
uchiawase
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
advance arrangements, preparatory meeting, briefing session
2.
overlap (of a coat, etc.)
3.
making something match exactly(archaism)
Other readings:
打ち合せ【うちあわせ】
、
打合せ【うちあわせ】
、
打合わせ【うちあわせ】

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
amount, quantity

noun, na-adjective
•
misfortune, bad luck, ill luck, ill fortune
See also:幸運 (antonym)

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
deletion, elimination, erasure, striking out

noun
•
boundary, border, limit, bounds, frontier

noun
1.
cargo, freight
2.
money or assets
Other readings:
貨物【かぶつ】

noun
1.
bucket, pail(バケツ sometimes given the ateji 馬穴 and 馬尻)
2.
skip(only relevant for バケット)
Other readings:
バケット

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
approval, adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.), passage

adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
1.
after this, from now on, hereafter
2.
thereafter, since (then), after(esp. after あれ, それ or the -te form of a verb)
Other readings:
已後【いご】

Godan-mu verb, transitive verb
1.
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks), to grip (from both sides)
2.
to put between, to sandwich between, to insert, to interpose
3.
to catch (e.g. a finger in a door), to trap, to pinch
4.
to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings), to interpose (e.g. an objection), to interject, to throw in (e.g. a joke)
5.
to be on either side of (a road, table, etc.), to have between each other, to be across (a street, river, etc.)
6.
to harbour (feelings), to cast (e.g. doubt)
Other readings:
挿む【はさむ】
、
挾む【はさむ】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

noun
•
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
Other readings:
椙【すぎ】
、
スギ

noun, no-adjective
•
drama, theatre, theater, play

na-adjective, noun
1.
absurd, unreasonable, nonsensical, preposterous, incoherent(usually kana)
2.
extreme, senseless, reckless, wanton(usually kana)
3.
disorderly, chaotic, confused, messy(usually kana)
adverb
4.
incredibly, really, so, super(usually kana)
Other readings:
めちゃくちゃ《滅茶苦茶》[1]
、
メチャクチャ
、
めっちゃくちゃ
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to deny, to contradict
2.
to negate (esp. a sound), to drown out
Other readings:
打消す【うちけす】

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to measure, to weigh, to survey, to time (sound, gauge, estimate)
2.
to conjecture, to infer, to surmise
All readings:
計る【はかる】
、
測る【はかる】
、
量る【はかる】

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
unity, consolidation, uniformity, unification, compatible

noun, no-adjective
•
indirection, indirectness
See also:直接 (antonym)

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to shave (wood, leather, etc.), to sharpen (e.g. pencil), to plane, to whittle, to pare, to scrape off, to erode
2.
to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.), to curtail, to reduce
3.
to delete, to erase, to remove, to cross out, to strike out

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
1.
making a round trip, going and returning, coming and going
2.
round-trip ticket, return ticket(abbreviation)
See also:往復切符
3.
correspondence, exchanging (letters)
4.
socializing, visiting one another

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
classification, categorization, sorting

あいか
aikawarazu
adverb, no-adjective
•
as ever, as usual, the same, still
Other readings:
相変らず【あいかわらず】
、
あい変らず【あいかわらず】
、
あい変わらず【あいかわらず】

noun
•
site, plot, lot, grounds

adverb
1.
quite, really, very, extremely
2.
nothing, not a bit, not at all(with neg. verb)
Other readings:
何とも【なにとも】

expression, noun, no-adjective
1.
the rest, the others(そのた is the more common reading when written)
expression, adverbial noun, no-adjective
2.
in addition (to that), besides that, other than that, and other ...
expression, noun
3.
and so forth, and the like, and what have you, et cetera
Other readings:
その他【そのた】
、
その外【そのほか】
、
その外【そのた】
、
其の他【そのほか】
、
其の他【そのた】
、
其の外【そのほか】
、
其の外【そのた】

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
diffusion, spread, popularization, promulgation, familiarization

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to be placed on, to be set on, to be piled on, to be loaded on
2.
to appear (in print), to be mentioned, to be recorded, to be reported, to be given
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