JLPT N2 Vocabulary List - Page 3

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
101
事典
じてん
jiten
encyclopedia; cyclopedia Study
102
事前
じぜん
jizen
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante Study
103
事柄
ことがら
kotogara
matter; thing; affair; circumstance Study
104
事業
じぎょう
jigyou
project; enterprise; business; industry; operations; venture; service Study
105
事物
じぶつ
jibutsu
things; affairs Study
106
交代
こうたい
koutai
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution Study
107
交流会
こうりゅうかい
kouryuukai
gathering; mixer; meetup; assembly; social; exchange meeting Study
108
人前
ひとまえ
hitomae
presence of other people; Study
109
人工物
じんこうぶつ
jinkoubutsu
artificial object; man-made object; artifact; artefact Study
110
人工知能
じんこうちのう
jinkouchinou
artificial intelligence; AI Study
111
人材
じんざい
jinzai
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel Study
112
今年度
こんねんど
konnendo
this year; this fiscal year; this school year Study
113
介護
かいご
kaigo
nursing; care; caregiving; caring Study
114
介護施設
かいごしせつ
kaigoshisetsu
nursing home; rest home Study
115
仕上げる
しあげる
shiageru
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off Study
116
仕組み
しくみ
shikumi
structure; construction; arrangement; contrivance; mechanism; workings; plan; plot; contrivance Study
117
仕草
しぐさ
shigusa
gesture; movement; action; behavior; behaviour; bearing; mannerism Study
118
他者
たしゃ
tasha
another person; others Study
119
付け加え
つけくわえ
tsukekuwae
addition Study
120
付け加える
つけくわえる
tsukekuwaeru
to add Study
121
付近
ふきん
fukin
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; environs Study
122
仮に
かりに
karini
supposing; even if; granting that; for argument’;s sake; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being Study
123
仰向け
あおむけ
aomuke
face up Study
124
企画
きかく
kikaku
planning; project; plan; design Study
125
休暇明け
きゅうかあけ
kyuukaake
post-vacation Study
126
休業
きゅうぎょう
kyuugyou
closed Study
127
休養
きゅうよう
kyuuyou
rest; break; recreation; recuperation; convalescence Study
128
会員証
かいいんしょう
kaiinshou
membership card; membership certificate Study
129
会見
かいけん
kaiken
interview; audience; meeting; Study
130
伝染
でんせん
densen
contagion; infection Study
131
伝達
でんたつ
dentatsu
transmission Study
132
伴う
ともなう
tomonau
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with; to be involved in Study
133
低コスト
ていこすと
teikosuto
low cost Study
134
低下
ていか
teika
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation Study
135
低価格
ていかかく
teikakaku
low price Study
136
低気圧
ていきあつ
teikiatsu
low Study
137
住まい
すまい
sumai
dwelling; house; residence; address Study
138
住宅地
じゅうたくち
juutakuchi
housing district; residential district Study
139
体内
たいない
tainai
interior of the body Study
140
体制
たいせい
taisei
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation Study
141
体型
たいけい
taikei
figure; body shape; build; physique; form Study
142
体外
たいがい
taigai
ectogenesis; outside the body Study
143
体感
たいかん
taikan
bodily sensation; sense; experience Study
144
体格
たいかく
taikaku
physique; constitution Study
145
体調
たいちょう
taichou
physical condition; state of health Study
146
体質
たいしつ
taishitsu
constitution Study
147
体験
たいけん
taiken
personal experience; physical experience; one’;s own experience Study
148
何らか
なんらか
nanraka
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort Study
149
何度も
なんども
nandomo
many times over; often Study
150
作り上げる
つくりあげる
tsukuriageru
to build up; to complete; to construct; to create; to invent; to cook up Study
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