Vocabulary list for JLPT N2

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Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to pollute, to contaminate, to soil, to make dirty, to stain
2.
to disgrace, to dishonour, to dishonor, to defile(esp. けがす)
Other readings:
汚す【けがす】
穢す【けがす】

na-adjective, noun
precise, accurate, appropriate, exactly the right
Other readings:
的確【てっかく】
適確【てきかく】
適確【てっかく】

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
suspension, interruption, stoppage, tie-up, cessation

noun, no-adjective
focus (e.g. photographic), focal point

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

noun
1.
yawn, yawning(usually kana)
2.
kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)(only relevant for 欠)
Other readings:
あくび《欠》
けんしん《欠伸》

Godan-mu verb, transitive verb
1.
to pile up, to stack
2.
to load (car, ship, etc.), to pack
3.
to acquire, to accumulate

noun
1.
Common Era, CE, Christian Era, anno domini, AD
2.
Western (Gregorian) calendar

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

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, auxillary suru verb
speech, expression, wording, language
Other readings:
言葉使い【ことばづかい】
言葉づかい【ことばづかい】

na-adjective, noun
carefree, optimistic, careless, reckless, heedless, happy-go-lucky, easygoing, thoughtless(usually kana)
Other readings:
のんき《暢気》[1]
のんき《暖気》
のんき《のん気》
ノンキ
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to love, to cherish, to be affectionate to, to treat tenderly, to dote on
2.
to show favouritism to, to be partial to
3.
to fondle, to caress, to pet
4.
to be tough on, to be rough with, to torment, to train harshly(colloquialism)(used ironically; often as 可愛がってやる)

adjective
1.
great, excellent, admirable, remarkable, distinguished, important, celebrated, famous, eminent
2.
very troublesome, awful, terrible(usually kana)
3.
tiring, tough(usually kana)
adverb
4.
very, extremely(usually kana, Kansai-ben (dialect))
Other readings:
豪い【えらい】

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to apologize, to apologise
Other readings:
詫る【わびる】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

Godan-u verb, intransitive verb
1.
to be fragrant, to smell (good)(usu. 匂う)
2.
to stink, to smell (bad)(usu. 臭う)
3.
to glow, to be bright
4.
to smack of, to show hints of
Other readings:
臭う【におう】

じゃ
ojamashimasu
expression
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you, greeting used when entering someone's home
Other readings:
御邪魔します【おじゃまします】

noun
commuter pass, season ticket(abbreviation)

adverb
constantly, always, continually, steadily

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】

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to aim at, to have an eye on
2.
to go toward, to head for
Other readings:
目差す【めざす】
目ざす【めざす】

noun
1.
real feeling, actual feeling
auxillary suru verb
2.
to actually feel, to have a real feeling (that ...), to experience personally

noun
1.
hostel, dormitory
2.
bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system)(archaism)
See also:律令制
3.
tea-ceremony room(archaism)
See also:茶寮
4.
villa(archaism)
See also:別荘

noun
1.
north and south, north to south
2.
South Korea and North Korea(abbreviation)

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to get used to, to grow accustomed to, to become familiar with(esp. 慣れる)
2.
to become skilled in, to become experienced at(esp. 慣れる)
3.
to become tame, to become domesticated(esp. 馴れる)
Ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
4.
to get used to doing(after the -masu stem of a verb)
All readings:
慣れる【なれる】
馴れる【なれる】

noun
cover, lid, cap(usually kana)
Other readings:
がい《蓋》
フタ

noun
assistant professor, associate professor

adjective
1.
soft, tender, pliant, supple, limber, limp
2.
gentle, mild, mellow
3.
informal, light, flexible (e.g. thinking)
All readings:
柔らかい【やわらかい】
軟らかい【やわらかい】
柔かい【やわらかい】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun (temporal)
month before last
Other readings:
先先月【せんせんげつ】

noun
1.
system
2.
lineage, ancestry, family line
3.
group (e.g. of colors) (colours), family (e.g. of languages), party, school (of thought)
4.
close (evolutionary) relationship
5.
a population sharing a common ancestor (in genetics), strain (e.g. bacterial)

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
meeting up, gathering, assembly
2.
set(mathematics)

Godan-su verb, intransitive verb
to shine
See also:差す

noun
concrete(usually kana)
All readings:
こんくりいと《混凝土》
コンクリート

noun, no-adjective
siren

noun, no-adjective
fast-talking, rapid talking
Other readings:
早口【はやぐち】
速口【はやくち】
速口【はやぐち】

no-adjective, noun
1.
high-rise (building), multistory, multistoried, tall
See also:低層 (antonym)
2.
high (altitude), upper (atmosphere, air current, etc.)

adverbial noun, no-adjective
1.
generally, in the main, briefly (look over, explain, etc.), roughly, more or less
noun
2.
(more or less) everything, all parts, bit of everything, whole process
no-adjective
3.
ordinary, usual, average, common(usu. in the negative)
noun
4.
one method

noun, no-adjective
commerce, trade, business

Godan-ku verb, transitive verb
1.
to scatter, to sprinkle, to strew(usually kana)
2.
to distribute (handbills, etc.), to spread (rumours, etc.)(usually kana)
3.
to give the slip, to throw off, to shake off, to lose(usually kana)

noun
1.
young child, toddler
2.
child over 1 but not yet of school age(law term)

noun
storage room, storeroom, lumber room
Other readings:
物置き【ものおき】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun
1.
gun
2.
wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice(sumo term)
3.
puffer fish(colloquialism)
See also:河豚
Other readings:
鉄炮【てっぽう】

noun, auxillary suru verb
cooking, kitchen work
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