Vocabulary list for JLPT N2

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noun
ribbon

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
to chase, to run after, to pursue
All readings:
追いかける【おいかける】
追い掛ける【おいかける】
追い駆ける【おいかける】
追掛ける【おいかける】

noun
nail, spike, tack, rivet, brad, (pachinko) pin
Other readings:
クギ

noun
1.
marks, points, score, grade, runs (baseball)
2.
number of items, number of articles

Ichidan verb
1.
to attach, to stick together, to paste, to glue(usually kana)
2.
to place together, to put side-by-side(usually kana)
3.
to make someone get married, to get someone hitched(usually kana, colloquialism)
Other readings:
くっつける《くっ着ける》
くっつける《食っ付ける》

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

expression, adjective
cannot be helped, unavoidable
Other readings:
止むを得ない【やむをえない】
已むを得ない【やむをえない】

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:
【りゅう】
【つび】[1]
【つぼ】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

expression
hence, for that reason(usually kana)
Other readings:
そのため《其の為》
そのため《其のため》

noun, auxillary suru verb
growth (of a plant)

noun
1.
level, standard, amount, degree, grade, rank, class
2.
level (plane), floor, storey (story), layer, stratum
3.
spirit level, (surveyor's) level
4.
minor release sequence number (software versioning)
5.
rebel
Other readings:
レヴェル

suru verb (special)
to heat, to heat up

noun
1.
opportunity, occasion, chance(usually kana)
2.
order, sequence(archaism)(orig. meaning)
3.
successor(archaism)
Other readings:
ついで《序》

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

adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
day before yesterday
All readings:
一昨日【おととい】[1]
一昨日【おとつい】[1]
一昨日【いっさくじつ】
Notes:
  1. gikun (meaning as reading) or jukujikun (special kanji reading)

noun
1.
recreation
2.
re-creation(only relevant for リクリエーション and リクリェーション)
Other readings:
レクリェーション
リクリエーション
リクリェーション

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to stroke, to caress, to brush gently, to pat, to rub
2.
to comb (hair), to smooth down

noun, noun (suffix)
(the) whole, entirety, wholly, as a whole, generally, universally

noun, no-adjective
mind and body
Other readings:
心身【しんじん】[1]
身心【しんしん】
身心【しんじん】[1]
神身【しんしん】
神身【しんじん】[1]
身神【しんしん】
身神【しんじん】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

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

noun
1.
Kansai, region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures
2.
Kansai, south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
Other readings:
関西【かんせい】[1]
関西【かんぜい】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to set free, to let go, to release
2.
to miss (e.g. a chance), to lose, to let get away, to fail to catch
Other readings:
迯がす【にがす】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
line, queue, procession, parade
noun
2.
matrix(mathematics)

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】

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》

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

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

na-adjective, noun
modest, humble

noun
1.
farm (livestock), stock farm, ranch, station
2.
pasture, meadow, grazing land
Other readings:
牧場【まきば】

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to sit (down)
Other readings:
腰かける【こしかける】
腰掛る【こしかける】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun
stand, stall, booth, kiosk, store

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
to translate, to interpret
See also:訳する

adverb, to-adverb, noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
moving from place to place, being passed around repeatedly
2.
rolling about
Other readings:
転転【てんてん】

noun
1.
antenna
2.
thing or method used to collect information or opinions

adjective
1.
wasteful, a waste(usually kana)
2.
too good, more than one deserves, unworthy of(usually kana)
3.
impious, profane, sacrilegious(usually kana)
Other readings:
もったいない《勿体無い》
もったいない《物体ない》
もったいない《物体無い》

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to cool down, to get cold
2.
to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.), to subside, to dampen, to fade, to wane
3.
to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.), to be composed

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

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

noun, noun (suffix)
series

noun, auxillary suru verb
questions and answers, dialogue

na-adjective, noun
1.
vague, ambiguous, unclear
2.
fuzzy(mathematics, computer term)
Other readings:
あい昧【あいまい】

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

Godan-mu verb, transitive verb
to bear a grudge against, to resent, to blame, to curse, to feel bitter towards
Other readings:
怨む【うらむ】

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】

urikireru
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to be sold out
Other readings:
売切れる【うりきれる】

noun, na-adjective
greed, avarice, covetousness, greedy person
Other readings:
欲ばり【よくばり】

Ichidan-zuru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to answer, to respond, to meet
See also:応じる
2.
to satisfy, to accept

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
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