N2 vocabulary · 2,920
JLPT list
- 貸間かしまroom to let, room for rent
- 容器ようきcontainer, vessel
- 剥すはがすto tear off, to peel off, to rip off
- 郵送ゆうそうmailing, sending by post
- 分類ぶんるいclassification, sorting into categories
- 炭鉱たんこうcoal mine, coal pit
- 書店しょてんbookshop, bookstore
- 捕るとるto catch (a fish, an animal, a ball), to capture
- 直通ちょくつうdirect service, direct connection (train, phone line, flight)
- 集会しゅうかいmeeting, assembly, gathering
- 系統けいとうsystem, line, lineage, family of related things
- 仕上がるしあがるto be finished, to be completed, to turn out (a certain way)
- 突くつくto thrust, to poke, to jab, to strike at
- あちらこちらhere and there, all over the place
- 物差しものさしruler, measure, yardstick (also figurative: criterion)
- じゃんけんrock-paper-scissors
- 生存せいぞんexistence, survival, staying alive
- カラーcolour (as opposed to black and white); collar; distinctive character
- 液体えきたいliquid, fluid
- 孝行こうこうfilial piety, devotion to one's parents
- 薬品やくひんmedicine(s), chemical(s)
- 鉢はちbowl, basin, pot (for plants)
- こぼすto spill, to shed (tears), to grumble (愚痴をこぼす)
- 毎度まいどeach time, every time; (as a greeting) thank you for your continued custom
- 着せるきせるto dress someone, to put clothes on someone
- 地下水ちかすいgroundwater, underground water
- 循環じゅんかんcirculation, rotation, cycle
- クーラーcooler, air conditioner
- つまずくto stumble, to trip; to hit a setback
- スピーカーspeaker, loudspeaker
- 標本ひょうほんspecimen; sample (in statistics)
- 北極ほっきょくthe North Pole, the Arctic
- ダイヤモンドdiamond
- 暴れるあばれるto act violently, to rage, to thrash about, to run riot
- 通知つうちnotice, notification
- 茶色いちゃいろいbrown
- 長短ちょうたんlength (long and short); merits and demerits
- 文房具ぶんぼうぐstationery, writing materials
- 延長えんちょうextension, prolongation, lengthening
- 凹むへこむto be dented, to sink in, to cave in; (colloquial) to feel down
- 方面ほうめんdirection, area served (in transport); field, line of work
- 汲むくむto draw (water), to dip, to scoop, to pump; to consider (someone's feelings)
- お参りおまいりworship, visit to a shrine, temple or grave
- カセットcassette (tape)
- 五十音ごじゅうおんthe Japanese kana syllabary, the fifty sounds
- 延びるのびるto be extended, to be postponed, to be prolonged
- 分布ぶんぷdistribution, spread (over an area)
- 代るかわるto take the place of, to stand in for, to be substituted for
- プラットホーム(station) platform
- ぶつかるto bump into, to collide with; to run up against (a problem); to clash (of schedules)
- クリーニング(dry) cleaning, laundry service
- 特色とくしょくdistinctive feature, characteristic, special quality
- 締切しめきりdeadline, closing date, cut-off; "closed", "no entry" (on a sign)
- 図鑑ずかんillustrated reference book, field guide, pictorial encyclopedia
- 索引さくいんindex (of a book)
- 鈴すずbell, small round bell
- 食塩しょくえんtable salt, edible salt
- 言付けることづけるto send word, to leave a message with someone
- 何々なになにsuch and such, so-and-so (placeholder); what? what is it?
- 筆者ひっしゃthe writer (of this text), the author
- 応対おうたいdealing with people, attending to (a customer, a caller), reception
- 万歳ばんざいhurrah!, long live...!; raising both arms in celebration; (colloquial) giving up
- あふれるto overflow, to brim over, to be full of
- 歯車はぐるまgear, cogwheel
- 剃るそるto shave
- 御馳走ごちそうa feast, a fine meal; treating someone (to a meal)
- 乗換のりかえtransfer, change (of trains, buses, etc.)
- 余所よそsomewhere else, another place; somebody else's (house, family)
- 匙さじspoon
- 吊すつるすto hang, to suspend (from above)
- スマートslim, trim; stylish, smart-looking
- 話中はなしちゅう(the line is) busy, engaged; in the middle of talking
- ローマじromanization, the Roman alphabet used to write Japanese
- 逆様さかさまupside down, the wrong way round, inverted
- 夕刊ゆうかんevening paper, evening edition
- ナイロンnylon
- 売店ばいてんkiosk, stand, small shop (inside a station, hospital, theater, etc.)
- 御辞儀おじぎa bow, bowing (as a greeting)
- センチcentimeter; centi- (10^-2)
- 斜はすa slant, diagonal, being at an angle
- 留まるとどまるto stay (in one place), to remain behind; to be limited to, to stop at
- 頭脳ずのうbrains, intellect, mind (as a thinking faculty)
- 文脈ぶんみゃくcontext (of a text), the flow of an argument
- 蓋ふたlid, cover, cap
- 低下ていかfall, decline, drop (in level, quality or ability)
- 待合室まちあいしつwaiting room
- こしらえるto make, to put together, to prepare; to raise (money), to run up (a debt)
- 日の出ひのでsunrise
- 殖やすふやすto increase, to breed, to grow (money, animals, plants)
- 境界きょうかいboundary, border, dividing line
- プラスチックplastic
- 送別そうべつfarewell, send-off
- 落着くおちつくto calm down, to settle down
- 薄めるうすめるto dilute, to water down
- 中年ちゅうねんmiddle age, middle-aged
- 加熱かねつheating, applying heat
- おねがいしますplease, please do this for me
- ピストルpistol, handgun
- 溶け込むとけこむto melt into, to blend in, to fit in socially
- もしかするとperhaps, maybe, by some chance
- 佚いつto be lost (of a text), ease, idleness
- ビタミンvitamin
- 評論ひょうろんcriticism, critique, review
- 飽くまであくまでto the end, to the last, persistently; strictly speaking
- 強気つよきconfident, assertive, bullish
- 断定だんていa definite conclusion, assertion
- 大木たいぼくlarge tree, big tree
- しゃっくりhiccup, hiccough
- 日程にっていschedule, itinerary, agenda
- 宴会えんかいbanquet, drinking party, reception
- 三角さんかくtriangle, triangular
- 間も無くまもなくsoon, before long, shortly
- 淡水たんすいfresh water
- 巡査じゅんさpolice officer, patrolman (lowest police rank)
- 突き当たりつきあたりend of a street or corridor, dead end
- ためらうto hesitate, to waver
- 句読点くとうてんpunctuation marks (comma and period)
- 果実かじつfruit (of a plant), berry
- 垂直すいちょくvertical, perpendicular
- 被せるかぶせるto cover (something with something), to put on top, to pin (blame) on
- 動作どうさmovement, motion, bearing; operation (of a machine)
- 浮くうくto float, to rise to the surface; to be left over (money); to feel out of place
- いつのまにかbefore one knows it, without noticing
- バンドband (musical group); belt, strap
- 英文えいぶんEnglish sentence, writing in English
- 掏摸すりpickpocket
- 乾杯かんぱいa toast; cheers!
- 永いながいlong (of time), eternal, lasting
- 半島はんとうpeninsula
- 不通ふつうsuspension of service, interruption, being cut off
- 東西とうざいeast and west, the East and the West
- 背負うせおうto carry on one's back, to be burdened with
- 正門せいもんmain gate, front gate
- ばからしいabsurd, ridiculous, not worth the trouble
- 岬みさきcape, headland, promontory
- プリントprintout, handout; printing, printed pattern
- 扇子せんすfolding fan
- 再三さいさんagain and again, repeatedly, time after time
- 快晴かいせいclear, cloudless weather
- 叔父さんおじさんuncle (younger than one's parent)
- 売り切れうりきれsold out, being out of stock
- 水平線すいへいせんhorizon (at sea), horizontal line
- 概論がいろんintroduction, outline, general survey
- 塵紙ちりがみtissue paper, toilet paper
- 言葉遣いことばづかいspeech, way of speaking, wording
- 加速かそくacceleration, speeding up
- 話し掛けるはなしかけるto speak to (someone), to address, to start talking to
- 着替えきがえchanging clothes, a change of clothes
- 下書きしたがきrough copy, draft
- 和服わふくJapanese clothes, traditional Japanese dress