JLPT N2 Vocabulary List - Page 1

This is a list of the vocabulary that you need to know in order to pass the JLPT N2. In total, you will need to have a vocabulary of about 1500 words.

#	Word	Reading	Meaning
1	あっさり	あっさり assari	easily, readily, quickly, flatly (refuse)	Study
2	あっという間	あっというま attoiuma	a blink of time	Study
3	いい加減	いいかげん iikagen	irresponsible; perfunctory; careless; lukewarm; half-baked; halfhearted; vague; reasonable; moderate	Study
4	いざ	いざ iza	now, come (now), well	Study
5	おおい	おおい ooi	hey!, oi!, ahoy!	Study
6	お似合い	おにあい oniai	well-matched	Study
7	お勧め	おすすめ osusume	recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement	Study
8	お得	おとく otoku	economical; bargain; good value; good-value	Study
9	お手数	おてすう otesuu	trouble; bother	Study
10	お手本	おてほん otehon	example; role model	Study
11	がる	がる garu	to show signs of being, to feel, to think	Study
12	ぐっと	ぐっと gutto	suddenly, at once, in one go, with a jerk, with a gulp	Study
13	この度	このたび konotabi	this occasion; at this time; now	Study
14	ご覧なさい	ごらんなさい gorannasai	(please) look	Study
15	すれ違い	すれちがい surechigai	passing each other	Study
16	すんなり	すんなり sunnari	slim, slender, lithe, supple	Study
17	だらし無い	だらしない darashinai	slovenly	Study
18	どうやら	どうやら douyara	possibly, apparently, (seem) likely, seemingly	Study
19	ひと昔	ひとむかし hitomukashi	ages; long time; decade; the past ten years	Study
20	ひょっと	ひょっと hyotto	possibly, perhaps, perchance	Study
21	ほっと	ほっと hotto	with a feeling of relief, with a sigh of relief	Study
22	やむを得ない	やむをえない yamuwoenai	cannot be helped; unavoidable	Study
23	やり甲斐	やりがい yarigai	being worth doing	Study
24	やり遂げる	やりとげる yaritogeru	to accomplish, to finish, to carry through, to follow through	Study
25	よそ見	よそみ yosomi	looking away, looking aside	Study
26	一人残らず	ひとりのこらず hitorinokorazu	everyone	Study
27	一例	いちれい ichirei	example; an instance	Study
28	一刻	いっこく ikkoku	minute, moment, an instant	Study
29	一助	いちじょ ichijo	help; assistance	Study
30	一向に	いっこうに ikkouni	completely; absolutely; totally;	Study
31	一変	いっぺん ippen	complete change, about-face	Study
32	一定	いってい ittei	fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized; regularised; defined; standardized; standardised; certain; prescribed	Study
33	一括	いっかつ ikkatsu	lumping together, summing up, bundle, lump, batch	Study
34	一斉に	いっせいに isseini	simultaneously; all at once; in unison	Study
35	一方的	いっぽうてき ippouteki	one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary	Study
36	一旦	いったん ittan	once; for a short time; briefly; temporarily	Study
37	一時休業	いちじきゅうぎょう ichijikyuugyou	temporary suspension	Study
38	一段	いちだん ichidan	more; much more; still more; all the more	Study
39	一段落	いちだんらく ichidanraku	reaching a stopping place; settling down	Study
40	一気に	いっきに ikkini	in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; without stopping; without pausing; without resting; in one sitting; at a stretch; all at once	Study
41	一色	いっしょく isshoku	same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing; one color	Study
42	一見	いっけん ikken	look; glimpse; glance; apparently; seemingly	Study
43	一覧	いちらん ichiran	look; glance; sight; inspection; summary; list; table; catalog; catalogue	Study
44	一転	いってん itten	complete change; reversal; sudden transformation	Study
45	一面	いちめん ichimen	one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side;	Study
46	万人	ばんにん bannin	all people, everybody	Study
47	上位	じょうい joui	superior	Study
48	上半身	じょうはんしん jouhanshin	upper half of	Study
49	上回る	うわまわる uwamawaru	to exceed	Study
50	上昇	じょうしょう joushou	rising; ascending; climbing	Study

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