Vocabulary list for JLPT N2

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noun
phone extension, indoor wiring, inner line

noun
vinegar
Other readings:
【す】
【す】

noun, no-adjective
myth, legend

noun
electric fan
Other readings:
扇風器【せんぷうき】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

noun
junior (at work, school, etc.), younger people, younger student

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
statistics

noun
classic (work, esp. book), the classics

Godan-mu verb, transitive verb
1.
to mourn, to lament
2.
to be sorry, to regret, to repent
Other readings:
悔む【くやむ】

noun
katakana, angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords(usually kana)
See also:平仮名
Other readings:
カタカナ

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to air, to dry, to desiccate
2.
to drain (off)
3.
to drink up
4.
to deprive of a role, job, etc.(usu. in the passive)
Other readings:
乾す【ほす】

noun, no-adjective
woman
Other readings:
ウマン

noun
1.
gang
2.
gangster(abbreviation)

noun
number of times, frequency, count

noun
assistant professor, associate professor

noun
1.
academic year, school year
2.
year in school, grade in school

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to carve, to engrave, to sculpt, to chisel
2.
to tattoo(only relevant for ほる)
Other readings:
雕る【ほる】
雕る【える】[1]
鐫る【ほる】
鐫る【える】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun, auxillary suru verb
bringing, taking, carrying

Godan-u verb, intransitive verb
to hesitate, to waver(usually kana)

noun
tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
creation, production, creative work (novel, film, etc.), original work, (creative) writing
2.
fabrication, fiction, invention

noun
drainage basin, catchment basin, river basin, watershed, valley

adverb
1.
finally, at last(usually kana)
2.
barely, narrowly, hardly, only just(usually kana)
3.
gradually, little by little, by degrees(usually kana)

noun
1.
agricultural community, farm village
no-adjective
2.
rural

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

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to lean (to one side), to incline
2.
to be unbalanced (e.g. diet), to be unduly weighted towards, to be concentrated on
3.
to be partial, to be biased, to be prejudiced
All readings:
偏る【かたよる】
片寄る【かたよる】

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to strike against, to collide with, to bump into, to conflict(usually kana)
2.
to encounter, to meet
3.
to clash

noun
basin (e.g. between mountains)

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》

adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
1.
each time, always, often
2.
thank you for your continued patronage(abbreviation)

noun, auxillary suru verb
business trip, official trip

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

noun
encyclopedia, encyclopaedia
Other readings:
百科辞典【ひゃっかじてん】

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to break (into pieces), to be broken, to be smashed
2.
to collapse, to crumble, to decline, to cool (e.g. enthusiasm), to dampen (e.g. one's will to fight)
3.
to become less formal, to throw off reserve, to become affable
See also:くだけた
4.
to become easy to understand (e.g. a story)
See also:くだけた
5.
to be worried
Other readings:
摧ける【くだける】

no-adjective, noun
sold-out
Other readings:
売切れ【うりきれ】
売切【うりきれ】

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
to tear off, to peel off, to rip off, to strip off, to skin, to flay, to disrobe, to deprive of, to detach, to disconnect(usually kana)
Other readings:
はがす《剝がす》
はがす《剥す》[1]
へがす《剥がす》
へがす《剝がす》
へがす《剥す》[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

Godan-bu verb
1.
to float, to be suspended
2.
to rise to the surface, to appear, to emerge, to show up, to loom (up)
3.
to come to mind, to have inspiration
All readings:
浮かぶ【うかぶ】
浮ぶ【うかぶ】
泛ぶ【うかぶ】[1]
泛かぶ【うかぶ】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

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

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
to be negligent in doing something, to shirk, to be off one's guard
See also:怠ける

noun, auxillary suru verb
childcare, child-rearing, nursing, upbringing

noun
lens

na-adjective, noun, auxillary suru verb
malicious, ill-tempered, unkind

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to slide, to slip off, to get dislocated, to be out of alignment, to get dislodged, to deviate, to shift (position), to be out of sync., to be slightly off, to be off-point
Other readings:
ズレる

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

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
to bear fruit(usually kana)

noun
multiplication(mathematics)
Other readings:
掛算【かけざん】
かけ算【かけざん】

noun, auxillary suru verb
hiccup, hiccough(usually kana)
Other readings:
しゃっくり《噦》

expression
(I'm fine) thank you, thanks to you, fortunately, under the gods' shadow(polite language, usually kana)
Other readings:
おかげさまで《お蔭様で》
おかげさまで《お陰さまで》
おかげさまで《御陰様で》
おかげさまで《御蔭様で》

noun
karuta, traditional Japanese playing cards(usually kana)
Other readings:
かるた《骨牌》[1]
かるた《加留多》[1]
かるた《嘉留太》[1]
かるた《軽板》[1][2]
かるた《軽多》[1][2]
カルタ
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading
  2. word containing out-dated kanji

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
to project, to reflect, to cast (shadow)
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