Vocabulary list for JLPT N2

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noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
examination of tickets
noun
2.
ticket gate, ticket barrier(abbreviation)
See also:改札口

noun
•
coal mine, coal pit
Other readings:
炭坑【たんこう】
、
炭礦【たんこう】

noun, no-adjective
1.
department of a university
prenominal
2.
undergraduate (course, program, etc.)

na-adjective, no-adjective, noun
1.
vertical
na-adjective, noun, no-adjective
2.
perpendicular

noun, no-adjective
1.
canned food, tinned food
noun
2.
confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work)(usu. 缶詰にする)
3.
being stuck in a confined space(usu. 缶詰になる)
Other readings:
缶詰め【かんづめ】
、
罐詰め【かんづめ】[1]
、
罐詰【かんづめ】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

noun, no-adjective
•
myth, legend

na-adjective
•
negative, passive, half-hearted, unmotivated
See also:積極的 (antonym)

noun
•
spring (e.g. coil, leaf), mainspring, power spring(usually kana)
Other readings:
ばね《撥条》[1]
、
ばね《弾機》[1]
、
ぜんまい《発条》
、
ぜんまい《撥条》
、
はつじょう《発条》
、
はつじょう《撥条》
、
だんき《弾機》
、
バネ
Notes:
  1. gikun (meaning as reading) or jukujikun (special kanji reading)

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
rising, getting out of bed

adverbial noun, no-adjective
1.
originally, primarily
2.
essentially, intrinsically, naturally, by nature, in (and of) itself
no-adjective, adverbial noun
3.
proper, rightful, legal, normal

noun
•
house-cloth, dust cloth
Other readings:
雑布【ぞうきん】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

noun
•
lava
Other readings:
熔岩【ようがん】

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
confrontation, opposition, antagonism

adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
•
a short while ago, a moment ago, just now, some time ago
All readings:
先ほど【さきほど】
、
先程【さきほど】

noun
•
grade, level, stage, class, phase, steps, order, gradation

no-adjective, na-adjective, noun
1.
slanting, tilted, sloping, diagonal, oblique
See also:斜
2.
distorted (feeling), slanted (e.g. view of the world), bad (mood), amiss, awry
Other readings:
斜め【なのめ】[3]
、
斜【ななめ】[1]
、
斜【なのめ】[1][3]
、
傾【ななめ】[2]
、
傾【なのめ】[2][3]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage
  2. word containing out-dated kanji
  3. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun
•
evening sun, setting sun
See also:朝日
Other readings:
夕日【せきじつ】
、
夕陽【ゆうひ】
、
夕陽【せきよう】

noun
1.
waste, scrap, garbage, dregs(usually kana)
2.
scum, piece of trash, loser(usually kana)
Other readings:
クズ

noun
1.
grain, bead, drop(only relevant for つぶ and つび and つぼ)
counter
2.
counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
Other readings:
粒【りゅう】
、
粒【つび】[1]
、
粒【つぼ】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

no-adjective, noun
•
short-term
See also:長期 (antonym)

noun, no-adjective
•
dress

noun
•
preservation of health, hygiene, sanitation

noun
1.
idea, notion, concept, conception
2.
sense (e.g. of duty)
noun, auxillary suru verb
3.
resignation, preparedness, acceptance
4.
observation and contemplation, meditation(Buddhist term)

noun
1.
characteristic, feature, idiosyncrasy, personal colour
2.
spot color (in printing)

Godan-ku verb, transitive verb
1.
to cook (grains, e.g. rice)
2.
to boil, to simmer, to stew, to seethe(Kansai-ben (dialect))
See also:煮る

noun
•
nylon

adverb
1.
anyhow, in any case, at any rate, after all, at all, no matter what
2.
at best, at most

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
•
to hang, to hang up
Other readings:
吊す【つるす】

noun, no-adjective, auxillary suru verb
•
bottling, bottled
All readings:
瓶詰め【びんづめ】
、
瓶詰【びんづめ】
、
壜詰め【びんづめ】
、
壜詰【びんづめ】

noun
•
chance, start, cue, excuse, motive, impetus, occasion(usually kana)
Other readings:
きっかけ《切掛け》
、
きっかけ《切っかけ》
、
きっかけ《切掛》
、
きっかけ《切っ掛》
、
きっかけ《切かけ》
、
キッカケ

noun
•
archipelago, chain of islands

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to replace(usu. 替える)
2.
to exchange, to interchange(usu. 換える)
3.
to substitute(usu. 代える)
All readings:
換える【かえる】
、
替える【かえる】
、
代える【かえる】

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to spill, to fall out of, to overflow(usually kana)
2.
to peek through, to become visible (although normally not)
3.
to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
Other readings:
こぼれる《溢れる》

Ichidan-zuru verb, intransitive verb
•
to feel, to sense
See also:感じる

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
reception (e.g. of visitors), dealing with

noun
•
fat, tallow, lard, grease
See also:油
Other readings:
膏【あぶら】
、
膩【あぶら】

noun
•
phone extension, indoor wiring, inner line

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

noun
•
(measuring) ruler
Other readings:
定木【じょうぎ】

Godan-u verb, intransitive verb
1.
to meet, to encounter, to see(逢う is often used for close friends, etc. and may be associated with drama or pathos; 遭う may have an undesirable nuance)
2.
to have an accident, to have a bad experience(usually kana)(esp. 遭う when in kanji)
All readings:
会う【あう】
、
逢う【あう】
、
遭う【あう】
、
遇う【あう】

ひと
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
1.
surname, family name
2.
hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)(only relevant for せい)
Other readings:
姓【しょう】[1]
、
姓【そう】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun
1.
moat, fosse
2.
canal, ditch
Other readings:
濠【ほり】
、
壕【ほり】
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