Vocabulary list for JLPT N2

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adjective
1.
hard, solid, tough(esp. 固い and 堅い for wood, 硬い for metal and stone)
2.
stiff, tight, wooden, unpolished (e.g. writing)
3.
strong, firm (not viscous or easily moved)
4.
safe, steady, honest, steadfast
5.
obstinate, stubborn
6.
bookish, formal, stuffy
See also:砕けた (antonym)
All readings:
硬い【かたい】
固い【かたい】
堅い【かたい】
緊い【かたい】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

noun
underwear, underclothes, lingerie, chemise, singlet
Other readings:
膚着【はだぎ】
肌衣【はだぎ】
肌衣【はだぎぬ】

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
to surprise, to frighten, to create a stir

noun
ability, performance, efficiency

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
statistics

noun, auxillary suru verb
contrast, antithesis, comparison

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
expansion, extension, enlargement
2.
escape, ESC(computer term)

adjective
1.
hard, solid, tough(esp. 固い and 堅い for wood, 硬い for metal and stone)
2.
stiff, tight, wooden, unpolished (e.g. writing)
3.
strong, firm (not viscous or easily moved)
4.
safe, steady, honest, steadfast
5.
obstinate, stubborn
6.
bookish, formal, stuffy
See also:砕けた (antonym)
All readings:
硬い【かたい】
固い【かたい】
堅い【かたい】
緊い【かたい】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

expression
1.
pleased to meet you, how do you do(usually kana)
2.
my regards (to someone), my greetings, best wishes, remember me to(usually kana)

noun
1.
literature
2.
the arts, art and literature, liberal arts
Other readings:
文藝【ぶんげい】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

noun
1.
kanji compound(linguistics)
2.
idiom, idiomatic phrase

Godan-ku verb, transitive verb
to break, to smash
Other readings:
摧く【くだく】

hikitomeru
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
to detain, to check, to restrain
Other readings:
引止める【ひきとめる】[1]
引き留める【ひきとめる】
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun, no-adjective
(school) class

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
expansion

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to tear to pieces, to tear to shreds, to tear up(usually kana)
2.
to pick (e.g. fruit), to pluck, to tear off(usually kana)
suffix, Godan-ru verb
3.
to do ... heavily, to do ... heartily, to do ... vigorously(usually kana)(after the -masu stem of a verb)

adjective
youthful, young, young-looking
Other readings:
若若しい【わかわかしい】

noun, na-adjective, no-adjective
right angle, perpendicular

adjective
1.
odious, hateful, detestable, horrible
2.
(speaking ironically) darling

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to be wavy, to be curled, to be frizzled

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:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
to increase, to add to, to augment
See also:減らす (antonym)
All readings:
増やす【ふやす】
殖やす【ふやす】

noun
example, specimen, sample

adjective
1.
noisy, loud, boisterous, clamorous, raucous
2.
turbulent, unsettled, restless
Other readings:
騒騒しい【そうぞうしい】

noun
lost property, something dropped and left behind
All readings:
落とし物【おとしもの】
落し物【おとしもの】

noun
competition, contest

conjunction
but, however, provided that(usually kana)

adverb
before one knows, before one becomes aware of, unnoticed, unawares
Other readings:
何時の間にか【いつのまにか】

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to shorten, to reduce, to condense, to shrink
2.
to crumple (fabric), to wrinkle
3.
to make (one's body) smaller, to draw in (one's legs), to duck (one's head)

noun
1.
God, god(honorific language)
2.
ace, king, superior person, god (amongst men)
Other readings:
神さま【かみさま】

noun, auxillary suru verb
end, close, termination

na-adjective, adverb, interjection
1.
so-so, passable(onomatopia)
interjection
2.
now, now(used to calming somebody down)
3.
my, my(female term)(expression of wonder, surprise, etc.)

adverb, to-adverb
successively, one after another
Other readings:
続続【ぞくぞく】

noun
ring finger, fourth finger
Other readings:
くすり指【くすりゆび】

noun
creator (of a work), author, writer, artist, composer, playwright, dramatist

noun, no-adjective
1.
neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.), indifference
2.
sexlessness, androgyny, androgyne, neuter
3.
neuter gender(linguistics)

no-adjective, na-adjective, noun
innumerable, countless, numberless

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
to warm oneself, to sun oneself, to warm up, to get warm
All readings:
温まる【あたたまる】
温まる【あったまる】
温まる【ぬくまる】
暖まる【あたたまる】
暖まる【あったまる】

noun
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:
  1. word containing irregular kana usage

noun
bell (often a large hanging bell), chime
See also:

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
affirmation
See also:否定 (antonym)
noun
2.
affirmative (logic)

noun, no-adjective, na-adjective, auxillary suru verb
1.
unevenness, roughness, ruggedness, bumpiness
noun, no-adjective, na-adjective
2.
inequality, imbalance, unevenness, difference(only relevant for でこぼこ)
Other readings:
凸凹【とつおう】
凸凹【だくぼく】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

to-adverb, adverb, auxillary suru verb, na-adjective
extensive, spacious
Other readings:
広広【ひろびろ】

noun
1.
(face) mask
2.
(facial) features, looks
3.
mask (e.g. for circuit etching)

noun, auxillary suru verb
closed (e.g. store), business suspended, shutdown, holiday

noun, no-adjective
forest, woods

noun, no-adjective
contents, interior, substance, filling, (sword) blade
Other readings:
中味【なかみ】
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