JLPT Vocabulary List
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JLPT N2 Vocabulary List
All 1739 N2 words, in the order Nihondex teaches them.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 再~ | さい~ | さい~re ~ | |
| 最~ | さい~ | さい~the most ~ | |
| 一昨昨日 | さきおととい | さきおとといtwo days before yesterday, three days ago | |
| しいんと | しいんとする | しいんとするsilent (as the grave), (deathly) quiet | |
| 室~ | しつ~ | しつ~room / chamber ~ (prefix in compounds; e.g. 室内[しつない] = indoors) | |
| 重~ | じゅう~ | じゅう~heavy ~ | |
| 初~ | しょ~ | しょ~first ~ | |
| 諸~ | しょ~ | しょ~various ~ | |
| 女~ | じょ~ | じょ~Sino-Japanese prefix meaning “female / women-related” in compounds (e.g. 女性[じょせい] = woman) | |
| 省~ | しょう~ | しょう~economizing ~ | |
| しわ | しわ | しわwrinkles, creases | |
| 前~ | ぜん~ | ぜん~pre- / former / previous ~ (prefix in compounds; e.g. 前回[ぜんかい] = last time) | |
| 総~ | そう~ | そう~gross, general, entire | |
| 存じる | ぞんじる | ぞんじる(humble) to know | |
| 第~ | だい~ | だい~~th | |
| 短~ | たん~ | たん~short ~ | |
| 縮れる | ちぢれる | ちぢれるto be wavy, to be curled | |
| 長~ | ちょう~ | ちょう~long / chief / leader ~ (prefix in compounds; e.g. 長期[ちょうき] = long term) | |
| 低~ | てい~ | てい~low ~ | |
| 同~ | どう~ | どう~same ~ | |
| 通り掛かる | とおりかかる | とおりかかるto happen to pass by | |
| 長~ | なが~ | なが~long ~ | |
| 反~ | はん~ | はん~anti ~, counter ~ | |
| 非~ | ひ~ | ひ~anti~, counter~, an~, non~ | |
| 引っ繰り返す | ひっくりかえす | ひっくりかえすto turn over, to overturn, to knock over | |
| 一~ | ひと~ | ひと~one ~ (e.g. 一つ[ひとつ]one thing, 一人[ひとり] one person) | |
| 副~ | ふく~ | ふく~vice ~ | |
| 古~ | ふる~ | ふる~old ~ | |
| 防~ | ぼう~ | ぼう~~ prevention | |
| ほんの~ | ほんの~ | ほんの~mere, just | |
| 毎~ | まい~ | まい~every ~ (prefix; e.g. 毎日[まいにち] = every day) | |
| 未~ | み~ | み~not yet ~ | |
| 民主~ | みんしゅ~ | みんしゅ~democratic | |
| 名~ | めい~ | めい~famous / distinguished ~ (prefix; e.g. 名作[めいさく] = masterpiece) | |
| 翌~ | よく~ | よく~next ~ | |
| 両~ | りょう~ | りょう~both ~ | |
| 和~ | わ~ | わ~Japanese style | |
| 我~ | わが~ | わが~our ~ | |
| 空~ | くう~ | くう~”empty / void” in compounds (e.g. 空間[くうかん] = space) |
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