N2 vocabulary · 2,920
Daily life & housing (#301–360)
Food & cooking (#361–400)
Travel & transport (#401–435)
Nature & environment (#436–475)
Technology (#476–500)
Economy & money (#501–550)
Law & rules (#551–590)
Culture & arts (#591–640)
Sports (#641–670)
Abstract nouns (#671–760)
- 狙いねらいaim, target
- きっかけtrigger, opportunity
- 中身なかみcontents, substance
- 方針ほうしんpolicy, course
- 目印めじるしmark, landmark
- 性質せいしつnature, property
- 過程かていprocess
- 段階だんかいstage, phase
- 順序じゅんじょsequence
- 基礎きそfoundation
- 標準ひょうじゅんstandard
- 例外れいがいexception
- 空想くうそうfantasy, daydream
- 長所ちょうしょstrong point
- 短所たんしょweak point
- 面積めんせきarea
- 体積たいせきvolume
- 以降いこうafter, from ... on
- 未満みまんless than, under
- 前後ぜんごaround, before and after
Katakana words (#761–830)
Verbs: transitive / intransitive pairs (#1081–1160)
- 縮むちぢむto shrink
- 縮めるちぢめるto shorten, shrink
- 深まるふかまるto deepen
- 高めるたかめるto raise, enhance
- 固まるかたまるto harden, set
- 揃うそろうto be complete, gather
- 揃えるそろえるto put in order, gather
- 整うととのうto be arranged, ready
- 傾くかたむくto lean, tilt
- 崩れるくずれるto collapse, crumble
- 崩すくずすto break down, change (money)
- 潰れるつぶれるto be crushed, go bankrupt
- 潰すつぶすto crush, kill (time)
- 外れるはずれるto come off, miss
- 埋めるうめるto bury, fill
- 浮かべるうかべるto float, show (expression)
- 濡らすぬらすto wet
- 焦げるこげるto burn, get scorched
- 焦がすこがすto burn, scorch
- 生えるはえるto grow (hair, plants)
- 分かれるわかれるto split, be divided
- 繋がるつながるto be connected
- 転がるころがるto roll
- 転がすころがすto roll (something)
- 映るうつるto be reflected, shown
- 映すうつすto project, reflect
- 膨らむふくらむto swell, expand
- 膨らますふくらますto inflate
- 溜まるたまるto accumulate
- 溜めるためるto save up, accumulate
- 重なるかさなるto overlap, pile up
- 重ねるかさねるto pile up, repeat
- 載るのるto be published, placed on
- 載せるのせるto publish, place on
Compound verbs (#1161–1220)
- 引き止めるひきとめるto hold back, detain
- 取り出すとりだすto take out
- 取り消すとりけすto cancel
- 取り入れるとりいれるto adopt, take in
- 見下ろすみおろすto look down on
- 見直すみなおすto reexamine, reconsider
- 見慣れるみなれるto get used to seeing
- 思い込むおもいこむto be convinced, assume
- 出来上がるできあがるto be completed
- 立ち止まるたちどまるto stop walking
- 飛び込むとびこむto jump in, dive
- 言い出すいいだすto bring up, start saying
- 呼び出すよびだすto summon, call out
- 追い越すおいこすto overtake
- 組み立てるくみたてるto assemble
- 売り切れるうりきれるto sell out
- 締め切るしめきるto close (applications)