Vocabulary list for JLPT N2
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Common word
expression, adjective
1.
there's no (other) way
2.
cannot be helped, unavoidable, inevitable, (there's) nothing one can do, having no choice
3.
it's no use (doing), pointless, useless, no good, insufficient, not enough(oft. as 〜てもしょうがない)
4.
hopeless (person), annoying, troublesome, awful
5.
cannot stand it, unbearable, cannot help (doing, feeling), dying (to do)(as 〜てしょうがない or 〜でしょうがない)
Other readings:
仕様がない【しようがない】
、しようが無い【しようがない】
、仕様が無い【しょうがない】
、仕様が無い【しようがない】
、しょうが無い【しょうがない】
noun, no-adjective
1.
internal medicine, i.e. treatment by medical procedures rather than surgical procedures
See also:外科
2.
department of internal medicine (hospital, etc.)
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:
- irregular okurigana usage
- word containing out-dated kanji
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
development, evolution, progressing, unfolding, (plot) twist
2.
expansion, spreading out, extending, deployment, building up
3.
expansion(mathematics)
4.
extraction (e.g. files), decompression, unpacking(computer term)
noun
1.
real feeling, actual feeling
auxillary suru verb
2.
to actually feel, to have a real feeling (that ...), to experience personally
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
deletion, elimination, erasure, striking out
adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
1.
after this, from now on, hereafter
2.
thereafter, since (then), after(esp. after あれ, それ or the -te form of a verb)
Other readings:
已後【いご】
adverb
•
by all means (with sense of not taking "no" for an answer)
Other readings:
是非共【ぜひとも】
noun, noun (suffix)
1.
section (e.g. in a newspaper), column, page
2.
field (in a form, web page, etc.), blank
noun
3.
handrail, railing, banister, balustrade(orig. meaning)
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
failure (in an examination), failing to advance (to the next year)
2.
falling short of the standard, not making the grade
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
lending, loaning
Other readings:
貸出し【かしだし】
、貸出【かしだし】
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
(short) rest, breather, break
Other readings:
ひと休み【ひとやすみ】
noun
1.
surface mail (ship), sea mail
2.
ferry service, steamer service
Other readings:
船便【せんびん】
noun, no-adjective
1.
neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.), indifference
2.
sexlessness, androgyny, androgyne, neuter
3.
neuter gender(linguistics)
noun
•
Other readings:
もち《餠》[1]
、もちい《餅》[2]
、もちい《餠》[1][2]
、かちん《餅》[2]
、かちん《餠》[1][2]
、あも《餅》[2]
、あも《餠》[1][2]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
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】
adverb, noun
1.
with trouble, at great pains(usually kana)
no-adjective
2.
rare, valuable, precious, long-awaited(usually kana)
3.
kind, generous(usually kana)
adverb
4.
specially, especially, expressly(usually kana)
Godan-ku verb, intransitive verb
1.
to incline toward, to slant, to lurch, to heel over, to be disposed to, to trend toward, to be prone to
2.
to go down (sun), to wane, to sink, to decline
Other readings:
傾く【かたぶく】[1]
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
•
to approach, to draw near
Other readings:
近よる【ちかよる】
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
firing (esp. a rocket or missile), launching, shooting, discharge, catapult
2.
ejaculation(slang)
noun
•
hindrance, impediment
Other readings:
差支え【さしつかえ】
、差閊【さしつかえ】[1]
、差閊え【さしつかえ】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
noun
1.
sumi, India ink, Chinese ink, ink stick, ink-cake
2.
squid ink, octopus ink
3.
carpenter's inking string
See also:墨繩 (すみなわ)
noun
1.
waste, scrap, garbage, dregs(usually kana)
2.
scum, piece of trash, loser(usually kana)
Other readings:
クズ
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
arrival in Japan, coming to Japan, visit to Japan
noun
1.
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither)
2.
stringed instrument(archaism)(only relevant for こと)
3.
zheng (Chinese zither), guzheng(only relevant for 箏 and 筝)
Other readings:
箏【こと】
、箏【そう】
、筝【こと】
、筝【そう】
Common word
Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to be caught in, to be stuck in
2.
to stop by, to drop in for a short visit, to be delayed, to take time
3.
to get mixed up in (trouble), to get entangled in (a problem), to be involved with
4.
to fall for (a trick), to be deceived, to be cheated
5.
to be on one's mind, to worry one, to be bothered by, to feel uneasy
6.
to be obstructed, to be hindered
7.
to splash
All readings:
引っかかる【ひっかかる】
、引っ掛かる【ひっかかる】
、引っ掛る【ひっかかる】
sorenanoni
conjunction
•
and yet, despite this, but even so, but even then, however, nevertheless, for all that, notwithstanding that
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
examination of tickets
noun
2.
adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
1.
each time, always, often
2.
noun, no-adjective
1.
department of a university
prenominal
2.
undergraduate (course, program, etc.)
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
formation, establishment, materialization, coming into existence
2.
conclusion (e.g. of a deal), reaching (e.g. an agreement), approval, completion, closing, enacting, arrangement
3.
being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.), holding, applying
mainasu
Common word
noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
1.
minus, negative (quantity), subtraction, taking away
noun
2.
deficit
3.
disadvantage, drawback, handicap
prenominal
4.
negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
Ichidan verb
•
Godan-su verb, transitive verb
•
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
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