Japanese JLPT Level 2
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JLPT Level 2 Vocabulary
This is an abridged version of the list at http://www.jlptstudy.com/2/jlpt2_vocab-list.html. Production in process -- please help!JLPT Level 2 Vocab: Section 1
| Kana | Kanji | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| あいかわらず | as ever; as usual; the same | |
| あいさつ | 挨拶 | greeting; salutation |
| あいず | 合図 | sign; signal |
| あいにく | unfortunately; sorry, but.... | |
| あいまい | vague; ambiguous | |
| あおぐ | 扇ぐ | to fan; to flap |
| あかり | 明かり | lamplight; light (in general); brightness |
| あきらか | 明らか | obvious; evident; clear |
| あきらめる | 諦める | to give up; to abandon |
| あきる | 飽きる | to get tired of,to lose interest in,to have enough |
| あきれる | to be amazed,to be shocked | |
| あく | 開く | to open (eg a festival) |
| あく | 空く | to open,to become open,to become empty |
| あくしゅ | 握手 | handshake |
| あくま | 悪魔 | devil,demon,evil spirit |
| あくまで | 飽くまで | to the end,to the last,stubbornly |
| あくる~ | 明くる~ | next,following |
| あけがた | 明け方 | dawn |
| あける | 開ける | to become opened up |
| あける | 明ける | to dawn,to become daylight |
| あこがれる | 憧れる | to long for,to yearn after,to admire |
| あさい | 浅い | shallow,superficial |
| あしあと | 足跡 | footprints |
| あしもと | 足元 | at one's feet,underfoot |
| あじわう | 味わう | to taste,to savor,to relish |
| あずかる | 預かる | to keep in custody,to receive on deposit,to take charge of |
| あずける | 預ける | to give into custody,to entrust,to deposit |
| あせ | 汗 | sweat,perspiration |
| あつかましい | 厚かましい | impudent,shameless,brazen |
| あっしゅく | 圧縮 | compression,condensation,pressure |
| あてな | 宛名 | address,direction |
| あてはまる | to be applicable,to come under (a category),to fulfill | |
| あてはめる | to apply,to adapt | |
| あと | 跡 | (1) trace,tracks,mark,sign,(2) remains,ruins,(3) scar |
| あばれる | 暴れる | to act violently,to rage,to struggle,to be riotous |
| あぶる | t o scorch | |
| あふれる | to flood,to overflow,to brim over | |
| あまど | 雨戸 | sliding storm door |
| あまやかす | 甘やかす | to pamper,to spoil |
| あやうい | 危うい | dangerous,critical,grave |
| あやしい | 怪しい | suspicious,dubious,doubtful |
| あやまり | 誤り | error |
| あやまる | 謝る | to apologize |
| あら | 粗 | defect,flaw,blemish,weak point |
| あらい | 荒い | rough,rude,wild |
| あらい | 粗い | coarse,rough |
| あらし | 嵐 | storm,tempest |
| あらすじ | outline,summary | |
| あらそう | 争う | to dispute,to argue,to be at variance,to compete |
| あらた | 新た | new,fresh,novel |
| あらためて | 改めて | another time,again,over again,anew,formally |
| あらためる | 改める | to change,to alter,to reform,to revise |
| あらゆる | adj-pn | all,every |
| あらわす | 表す | to express,to show,to reveal |
| あらわす | 現す | to show,to indicate,to display |
| あらわす | 著す | to write,to publish |
| あらわれ | 現れ | embodiment,materialization |
| あらわれる | 現れる | (1) to appear,to come in sight,to become visible,(2) to express oneself |
| ありがたい | 有難い | grateful,thankful,welcome,appreciated,evoking gratitude |
| あれる | 荒れる | to be stormy,to be rough,to lose one's temper |
| あわ | 泡 | bubble,foam,froth,head on beer |
| あわせる | 合わせる | to join together,to be opposite,to face,to unite |
| あわただしい | busy,hurried,confused,flurried | |
| あわてる | to become confused | |
| あわれ | 哀れ | helpless,pity,sorrow,grief |
| あん | 案 | plan,suffix meaning draft |
| あんい | 安易 | easy-going |
| あんがい | 案外 | unexpectedly |
| あんてい | 安定 | stability,equilibrium |
| いいだす | 言い出す | to start talking,to speak,to tell,to propose,to suggest,to break the ice |
| いいつける | 言い付ける | to tell,to tell on (someone),to order |
| いいん | 委員 | committee member |
| いがい | 意外 | unexpected,surprising |
| いぎ | 意義 | meaning,significance |
| いきおい | 勢い | force,vigor,energy,spirit |
| いくじ | 育児 | childcare,nursing,upbringing |
| いくぶん | 幾分 | somewhat |
| いご | 以後 | after this,from now on,hereafter,thereafter |
| いこう | 以降 | on and after,hereafter,thereafter |
| イコール | equal | |
| いさましい | 勇ましい | brave,valiant,gallant,courageous |
| いじ | 維持 | maintenance,preservation |
| いしき | 意識 | consciousness,senses |
| いじょう | 異常 | strangeness,abnormality,disorder |
| いずみ | 泉 | spring,fountain |
| いた | 板 | board,plank |
| いだい | 偉大 | greatness |
| いだく | 抱く | to embrace,to hug,to harbour,to entertain |
| いたす | 致す | (hum) to do |
| いちいち | one by one,separately | |
| いちおう | 一応 | once,tentatively,in outline,for the time being |
| いちじ | 一時 | moment,time |
| いちだんと | 一段と | greater,more,further,still more |
| いちどに | 一度に | all at once |
| いちりゅう | 一流 | first class,top grade,foremost,top-notch |
| いっか | 一家 | a house,a home,a family,a household |
| いっさくじつ | 一昨日 | day before yesterday |
| いっさくねん | 一昨年 | year before last |
| いっしゅ | 一種 | a species,a kind,a variety |
| いっしゅん | 一瞬 | a moment,an instant |
| いっせい | 一斉 | simultaneous,all at once |
| いっそう | 一層 | much more,still more,all the more |
| いったい | 一体 | (1) one object,one body,(2) what on earth?,really?,(3) generally |
| いったん | 一旦 | once,for a moment,one morning,temporarily |
| いっち | 一致 | (1) coincidence,agreement,(2) conformity |
| いってい | 一定 | fixed,settled,definite |
| いてん | 移転 | moving,transfer,demise |
| いど | 井戸 | water well |
| いど | 緯度 | latitude (nav.) |
| いどう | 移動 | removal,migration,movement |
| いね | 稲 | rice-plant |
| いばる | 威張る | to be proud,to swagger |
| いまに | 今に | before long,even now |
| いまにも | 今にも | at any time,soon |
| いらい | 依頼 | (1) request,commission,dispatch,(2) dependence,trust |
| いらいら | getting nervous,irritation | |
| いりょう | 医療 | medical care,medical treatment |
| いれもの | 入れ物 | container,case,receptacle |
| いわ | 岩 | rock,crag |
| いわば | 言わば | so to speak |
| いわゆる | the so-called,so to speak | |
| いんさつ | 印刷 | printing |
| いんしょう | 印象 | impression |
| いんたい | 引退 | retire |
| いんよう | 引用 | quotation,citation |
| いんりょく | 引力 | gravity |
| うえる | 飢える | to starve |
| うけたまわる | 承る | (hum) to hear,to be told,to know |
| うけとり | 受取 | receipt |
| うけとる | 受け取る | to receive,to get,to accept,to take |
| うけもつ | 受け持つ | to take (be in) charge of |
| うしなう | 失う | to lose,to part with |
| うすぐらい | 薄暗い | dim,gloomy |
| うすめる | 薄める | to dilute,to water down |
| うたがう | 疑う | to doubt,to distrust,to be suspicious of,to suspect |
| うちけす | 打ち消す | to deny,to negate,to contradict |
| うっかり | carelessly,thoughtlessly,inadvertently | |
| うつす | 写す | to copy,to transcribe,to duplicate |
| うつす | 映す | to project,to reflect,to cast (shadow) |
| うつす | 移す | to remove,to transfer,to infect |
| うったえる | 訴える | to sue (a person),to resort to,to appeal to |
| うつる | 写る | to be photographed,to be projected |
| うつる | 映る | to be reflected,to harmonize with,to come out (photo) |
| うつる | 移る | to move (house),to transfer (department) |
| うなずく | to nod,to bow one's head in assent | |
| うなる | to groan,to moan | |
| うばう | 奪う | to snatch away |
The words in this selection were chosen from words 1-400 on the list at http://www.jlptstudy.com/2/jlpt2_vocab-list.html.
JLPT Level 2 Vocab: Section 2
| Kana | Kanji | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| うむ | 有無 | yes or no,existence,flag indicator (comp),presence or absence marker |
| うめ | 梅 | plum,plum-tree,lowest (of a three-tier ranking system) |
| うめる | 埋める | to bury,to fill up,to fill (a seat, a vacant position) |
| うやまう | 敬う | to show respect,to honour |
| うらがえす | 裏返す | to turn inside out,to turn (something) over |
| うらぎる | 裏切る | to betray,to turn traitor to,to double-cross |
| うらなう | 占う | to forecast,to predict |
| うらみ | 恨み | resentment |
| うらむ | 恨む | to curse,to feel bitter |
| うらやむ | 羨む | to envy |
| うりあげ | 売上 | amount sold,proceeds |
| うれゆき | 売行き | sales |
| うろうろ | loiteringly,aimless wandering | |
| うわさ | 噂 | rumour,report,gossip,common talk |
| うんが | 運河 | canal,waterway |
| うんと | a great deal,very much | |
| え | 柄 | handle,grip |
| えいえん | 永遠 | ternity,perpetuity,immortality,permanence |
| えいきゅう | 永久 | eternity,perpetuity,immortality |
| えいきょう | 影響 | influence,effect |
| えいぎょう | 営業 | business,trade,management |
| えいせい | 衛星 | satellite |
| えんき | 延期 | postponement,adjournment |
| えんぎ | 演技 | acting,performance |
| えんげい | 園芸 | horticulture,gardening |
| えんげき | 演劇 | play (theatrical) |
| えんしゅう | 円周 | circumference |
| えんじょ | 援助 | assistance,aid,support |
| えんぜつ | 演説 | speech,address |
| えんそう | 演奏 | musical performance |
| えんそく | 遠足 | trip,hike,picnic |
| えんちょう | 延長 | extension,elongation,prolongation,lengthening |
| えんとつ | 煙突 | chimney |
| おいかける | 追い掛ける | to chase or run after someone,to run down,to pursue |
| おいこす | 追い越す | to pass (e.g. car),to outdistance,to outstrip |
| おいつく | 追い付く | to overtake,to catch up (with) |
| おう | 追う | to chase,to run after |
| おうじ | 王子 | prince |
| おうじょ | 王女 | princess |
| おうじる | 応じる | to respond,to satisfy,to accept,to comply with,to apply for |
| おうずる | 応ずる | to answer,to respond,to meet,to satisfy,to accept |
| おうせつ | 応接 | reception |
| おうたい | 応対 | receiving,dealing with |
| おうよう | 応用 | application,put to practical use |
| おおう | 覆う | to cover,to hide,to conceal,to wrap,to disguise |
| おおざっぱ | rough (not precise),broad,sketchy | |
| おおや | 大家 | rich family,distinguished family |
| おおよそ | 大凡 | about,roughly,as a rule,approximately |
| おか | 丘 | hill,height,knoll,rising ground |
| おかまいなく | please don't fuss over me | |
| おがむ | 拝む | to worship,to beg,to make a supplication |
| おき | 沖 | open sea |
| おぎなう | 補う | to compensate for |
| おくがい | 屋外 | outdoors |
| おくりがな | 送り仮名 | part of word written in kana |
| おこたる | 怠る | to neglect,to be off guard,to be feeling better |
| おさめる | 収める | to obtain,to reap,to pay,to supply,to accept |
| おさめる | 納める | to obtain,to reap,to pay,to supply,to accept |
| おさめる | 治める | (1) to govern,to manage,(2) to subdue |
| おしい | 惜しい | regrettable,disappointing,precious |
| おせん | 汚染 | pollution,contamination |
| おそらく | perhaps | |
| おだやか | 穏やか | calm,gentle,quiet |
| おどかす | to threaten,to coerce | |
| おとる | 劣る | to fall behind,to be inferior to |
| おぼれる | 溺れる | to be drowned,to indulge in |
| おめでたい | happy event,matter for congratulation,auspicious event,pregnancy | |
| おもいがけない | 思い掛けない | unexpected,casual |
| おもいきり | 思い切り | with all one's strength (heart),resignation,resolution |
| おもいこむ | 思い込む | to be under impression that,to be convinced that |
| おもいつく | 思い付く | to think of,to hit upon |
| おもわず | 思わず | unintentional,spontaneous |
| およそ | about,roughly,as a rule,approximately | |
| およぼす | 及ぼす | to exert,to cause,to exercise |
| おん | 恩 | favour,obligation,debt of gratitude |
| おんけい | 恩恵 | grace,favor,blessing,benefit |
| おんたい | 温帯 | temperate zone |
| おんだん | 温暖 | warmth |
| おんちゅう | 御中 | and Company,Messrs. |
| かいけつ | 解決 | settlement,solution,resolution |
| がいこう | 外交 | diplomacy |
| かいさつ | 改札 | examination of tickets |
| かいさん | 解散 | breakup,dissolution |
| かいしゃく | 解釈 | explanation,interpretation |
| がいしゅつ | 外出 | outing,going out |
| かいすいよく | 海水浴 | sea bathing,seawater bath |
| かいすうけん | 回数券 | book of tickets |
| かいせい | 改正 | revision,amendment,alteration |
| かいせい | 快晴 | good weather |
| かいせつ | 解説 | explanation,commentary |
| かいぜん | 改善 | betterment,improvement |
| かいぞう | 改造 | (1) remodeling,(2) modding (comp) |
| かいてき | 快適 | pleasant,agreeable,comfortable |
| かいとう | 解答 | answer,solution |
| かいとう | 回答 | reply,answer |
| がいぶ | 外部 | the outside,external |
| かいふく | 回復 | recovery (from illness),improvement,rehabilitation,restoration |
| かいほう | 解放 | release,liberation,emancipation |
| かいほう | 開放 | open,throw open,liberalization |
| かいよう | 海洋 | ocean |
| がいろん | 概論 | intro,outline,general remarks |
| かえって | 却って | on the contrary,rather,all the more,instead |
| かおく | 家屋 | house,building |
| がか | 画家 | painter,artist |
| かかえる | 抱える | to hold or carry under or in the arms |
| かかく | 価格 | price,value,cost |
| かがやく | 輝く | to shine,to glitter,to sparkle |
| かきとめ | 書留 | writing down,putting on record,recording,making a note of,registration (of mail) |
| かきとり | 書取 | dictation |
| かきね | 垣根 | hedge |
| かぐ | 嗅ぐ | to sniff,to smell |
| かくう | 架空 | aerial,overhead,fiction,fanciful |
| かくご | 覚悟 | resolution,resignation,readiness,preparedness |
| かくじつ | 確実 | certainty,reliability,soundness |
| かくじゅう | 拡充 | expansion |
The words in this selection were chosen from words 401-800 on the list at http://www.jlptstudy.com/2/jlpt2_vocab-list.html.
JLPT Level 2 Vocab: Section 3
| Kana | Kanji | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| がくじゅつ | 学術 | science,learning,scholarship |
| かくす | 隠す | to hide,to conceal |
| かくだい | 拡大 | magnification,enlargement |
| かくちょう | 拡張 | expansion,extension,enlargement,escape (ESC) |
| かくど | 角度 | angle |
| がくぶ | 学部 | department of a university,undergraduate |
| かくべつ | 格別 | exceptional |
| がくもん | 学問 | scholarship,study,learning |
| かくりつ | 確率 | probability |
| かくれる | 隠れる | to hide,to be hidden,to conceal oneself,to disappear |
| かげ | 影/陰 | shade,shadow,other side |
| かけつ | 可決 | approval,adoption (e.g. motion, bill),passage |
| かける | 欠ける | to be lacking |
| かげん | 加減 | addition and subtraction,allowance for |
| かご | 籠 | basket,cage |
| かこう | 火口 | a burner,origin of a fire |
| かこう | 下降 | downward,descent,fall,drop,subsidence |
| かこむ | 囲む | to surround,to encircle |
| かさい | 火災 | conflagration,fire |
| かざん | 火山 | volcano |
| かしこい | 賢い | wise,clever,smart |
| かしだし | 貸し出し | lending,loaning |
| かしつ | 過失 | error,blunder,accident |
| かじつ | 果実 | fruit,nut,berry. |
| かしま | 貸間 | room to let |
| かしや | 貸家 | house for rent |
| かしょ | 個所 | passage,place,point,part |
| かじょう | 過剰 | excess,over- |
| かじる | to chew,to bite (at),to gnaw,to nibble | |
| かぜい | 課税 | taxation |
| かせぐ | 稼ぐ | to earn income,to labor |
| かそくど | 加速度 | acceleration |
| かたい | 固い | stubborn,firm (not viscous or easily moved) |
| かたい | 堅い | hard (esp. wood),steadfast,honorable,stuffy writing |
| かたい | 硬い | solid,hard (esp. metal, stone),unpolished writing |
| かたまり | 塊 | lump,mass,clod,cluster |
| かたよる | 片寄る | to be one-sided,to incline,to be partial |
| かたる | 語る | to talk,to tell,to recite |
| かち | 価値 | value,worth,merit |
| かっき | 活気 | energy,liveliness |
| かつぐ | 担ぐ | to shoulder,to carry on shoulder |
| かつじ | 活字 | printing type |
| かつやく | 活躍 | activity |
| かつよう | 活用 | conjugation,practical use |
| かつりょく | 活力 | vitality,energy |
| かてい | 仮定 | assumption,supposition,hypothesis |
| かてい | 過程 | process |
| かてい | 課程 | course,curriculum |
| かならずしも | 必ずしも | (not) always,(not) necessarily,(not) all,(not) entirely |
| かね | 鐘 | bell,chime |
| かねつ | 加熱 | heating |
| かねる | 兼ねる | to hold (position),to serve,to be unable |
| かはんすう | 過半数 | majority |
| かぶ | 株 | share,stock,stump (of tree) |
| かぶせる | 被せる | to cover (with something) |
| かま | 釜 | iron pot,kettle |
| かみくず | 紙屑 | wastepaper |
| かみそり | 剃刀 | razor |
| かもつ | 貨物 | cargo,freight |
| かよう | 歌謡 | song,ballad |
| から | 殻 | shell,husk,hull,chaff |
| がら | 柄 | hilt (of a sword),haft (of a dagger),handgrip |
| からかう | to ridicule,to tease,to banter with,to make fun of | |
| かる | 刈る | to cut (hair),to mow (grass),to harvest |
| かれる | 枯れる | to wither,to die (plant),to be blasted (plant) |
| かわいがる | to love,to be affectionate | |
| かわいらしい | lovely,sweet | |
| かわせ | 為替 | money order,exchange |
| かわら | 瓦 | roof tile |
| かん | 勘 | perception,intuition,the sixth sense |
| かんかく | 感覚 | sense,sensation |
| かんかく | 間隔 | space,interval,SPC |
| かんき | 換気 | ventilation |
| かんきょう | 環境 | environment,circumstance |
| かんげい | 歓迎 | welcome,reception |
| かんげき | 感激 | deep emotion,impression,inspiration |
| かんごふ | 看護婦 | (female) nurse |
| かんさつ | 観察 | observation,survey |
| がんじつ | 元日 | New Year's Day |
| かんしゃ | 感謝 | thanks,gratitude |
| かんじゃ | 患者 | a patient |
| かんしょう | 鑑賞 | appreciation |
| かんじょう | 勘定 | calculation,counting,consideration |
| かんしん | 感心 | admiration,Well done! |
| かんしん | 関心 | concern,interest |
| かんせつ | 間接 | indirection,indirectness |
| かんそう | 乾燥 | dry,arid,insipid,dehydrated |
| かんそう | 感想 | impressions,thoughts |
| かんそく | 観測 | observation |
| かんたい | 寒帯 | frigid zone |
| かんちがい | 勘違い | misunderstanding,wrong guess |
| かんづめ | 缶詰 | packing (in cans),canning,canned goods,tin can |
| かんでんち | 乾電池 | dry cell,battery |
| かんとく | 監督 | supervision,control,superintendence |
| かんねん | 観念 | (1) idea,notion,conception,(2) sense (e.g. of duty) |
| かんびょう | 看病 | nursing (a patient) |
| かんむり | 冠 | crown,diadem,first,best |
| きおく | 記憶 | memory,recollection,remembrance |
| きかん | 機関 | organ,mechanism,facility,engine |
| きかんしゃ | 機関車 | locomotive,engine |
| きぎょう | 企業 | enterprise,undertaking |
| ききん | 飢饉 | famine |
| きく | 効く | to be effective |
| きぐ | 器具 | utensil |
| きげん | 機嫌 | humour,temper,mood |
| きし | 岸 | bank,coast,shore |
| ぎし | 技師 | engineer,technician |
| ぎしき | 儀式 | ceremony,rite,ritual,service |
| きしゃ | 汽車 | train (steam) |
| きしゃ | 記者 | reporter |
| きじゅん | 基準 | standard,basis,criteria,norm |
| きしょう | 起床 | rising,getting out of bed |
| きそ | 基礎 | foundation,basis |
| きたい | 気体 | vapour,gas |
| きち | 基地 | base |
| きちょう | 貴重 | precious,valuable |
| きっかけ | chance,start,cue,excuse | |
| ぎっしり | tightly,fully | |
| きって | 切手 | man of ability |
| きぬ | 絹 | silk |
| きのう | 機能 | function,faculty |
| きのどく | 気の毒 | pitiful,a pity |
| きばん | 基盤 | foundation,basis |
| きふ | 寄付 | contribution,donation |
| きほん | 基本 | foundation,basis,standard |
| きみょう | 奇妙 | strange,queer,curious |
| ぎむ | 義務 | duty,obligation,responsibility |
| ぎもん | 疑問 | question,problem,doubt,guess |
| きゅう | 旧 | ex- |
| きゅうか | 休暇 | holiday,day off,furlough |
| きゅうげき | 急激 | sudden,precipitous,radical |
| きゅうしゅう | 吸収 | absorption,suction,attraction |
| きゅうじょ | 救助 | relief,aid,rescue |
| きゅうそく | 急速 | fapid (e.g. progress) |
| きゅうそく | 休息 | rest,relief,relaxation |
| きゅうよ | 給与 | allowance,grant,supply |
| きよう | 器用 | skillful,handy |
| きょうか | 強化 | strengthen,intensify,reinforce,solidif |
| きょうかい | 境界 | boundary |
| きょうぎ | 競技 | game,match,contest |
| ぎょうぎ | 行儀 | manners |
| きょうきゅう | 供給 | supply,provision |
| ぎょうじ | 行事 | event,function |
| きょうしゅく | 恐縮 | shame,very kind of you,sorry to trouble |
| きょうそう | 競争 | competition,contest |
| きょうちょう | 強調 | emphasis,stress,stressed point |
| きょうつう | 共通 | commonness,community |
| きょうどう | 共同 | cooperation,association,collaboration,joint |
| きょうふ | 恐怖 | be afraid,dread,dismay,terror |
| きょうよう | 教養 | culture,education,refinement,cultivation |
| ぎょうれつ | 行列 | (1) line,procession,(2) matrix (math) |
The words in this selection were chosen from words 801-1200 on the list at http://www.jlptstudy.com/2/jlpt2_vocab-list.html.
JLPT Level 2 Vocab: Section 4
| Kana | Kanji | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| きょか | 許可 | permission,approval |
| きょく | 局 | court lady,lady in waiting |
| きょくせん | 曲線 | curve |
| きょだい | 巨大 | huge,gigantic,enormous |
| きり | 霧 | fog,mist |
| きりつ | 規律 | order,rules,law |
| きる | 斬る | to behead,to murder |
| きろく | 記録 | record,minutes,document |
| ぎろん | 議論 | argument,discussion,dispute |
| きんがく | 金額 | amount of money |
| きんせん | 金銭 | money,cash |
| きんぞく | 金属 | metal |
| きんゆう | 金融 | monetary circulation,credit situation |
| くいき | 区域 | limits,boundary,domain,zone,sphere,territory |
| ぐうすう | 偶数 | even number |
| くうそう | 空想 | daydream,fantasy,fancy,vision |
| くうちゅう | 空中 | sky,air |
| くぎ | 釘 | nail |
| くぎる | 区切る | to punctuate,to cut off,to mark off,to stop,to put an end to |
| くさり | 鎖 | chain |
| くし | 櫛 | comb |
| くじょう | 苦情 | complaint,troubles,objection |
| くしん | 苦心 | pain,trouble |
| くず | 屑 | waste,scrap |
| くずす | 崩す | to destroy,to pull down,to make change (money) |
| くずれる | 崩れる | to collapse,to crumble |
| くだ | 管 | pipe,tube |
| くだく | 砕く | to break,to smash |
| くだける | 砕ける | to break,to be broken |
| くたびれる | to get tired,to wear out | |
| くだらない | good-for-nothing,stupid,trivial,worthless | |
| くだり | 下り | down-train (going away from Tokyo) |
| くだる | 下る | to get down,to descend |
| くつう | 苦痛 | pain,agony |
| くっつく | to adhere to,to keep close to | |
| くっつける | to attach | |
| ぐっすり | sound asleep,fast asleep | |
| くどい | verbose,importunate,heavy (taste) | |
| くとうてん | 句読点 | punctuation marks |
| くふう | 工夫 | labourer,worker |
| くぶん | 区分 | division,section,classification |
| くみたてる | 組み立てる | to assemble,to set up,to construct |
| くむ | 組む | to put together |
| くむ | 汲む | to draw (water),to dip,to scoop,to pump |
| くむ | 酌む | to serve sake |
| くやむ | 悔やむ | to mourn |
| くりかえす | 繰り返す | to repeat,to do something over again |
| くるう | 狂う | to go mad,to get out of order |
| くるむ | to be engulfed in,to be enveloped by,to wrap up | |
| くれぐれも | repeatedly,sincerely,earnestly | |
| くれる | 暮れる | to get dark,to end,to come to an end |
| くわわる | 加わる | to join in,to accede to,to increase,to gain in (influence) |
| ぐん | 軍 | army,force,troops |
| ぐん | 郡 | country,district |
| ぐんたい | 軍隊 | army,troops |
| けいえい | 経営 | management,administration |
| けいき | 景気 | condition,state,business (condition) |
| けいこ | 稽古 | practice,training,study |
| けいこう | 傾向 | tendency,trend,inclination |
| けいこうとう | 蛍光灯 | fluorescent lamp,person who is slow to react |
| けいこく | 警告 | warning,advice |
| けいじ | 掲示 | notice,bulletin |
| けいじ | 刑事 | criminal case,(police) detective |
| けいしき | 形式 | form,formality,format,math expression |
| けいぞく | 継続 | continuation |
| けいど | 経度 | longitude |
| けいとう | 系統 | system,family line,geological formation |
| げか | 外科 | surgical department |
| けがわ | 毛皮 | fur,skin,pelt |
| げきぞう | 激増 | sudden increase |
| げしゅく | 下宿 | boarding,lodging,boarding house |
| げじゅん | 下旬 | month (last third of) |
| けずる | 削る | to cut down little by little,to take a percentage |
| けた | 桁 | column,beam,digit |
| けっかん | 欠陥 | defect,fault,deficiency |
| げっきゅう | 月給 | monthly salary |
| けっこう | 結構 | splendid,nice,wonderful |
| けっさく | 傑作 | masterpiece,best work,boner,blunder |
| けつろん | 結論 | conclusion |
| けはい | 気配 | indication,market trend,worry |
| けわしい | 険しい | inaccessible place,sharp eyes |
| けんかい | 見解 | opinion,point of view |
| げんかい | 限界 | limit,bound |
| けんきょ | 謙虚 | modesty,humility |
| げんこ | 原稿 | manuscript,copy |
| げんさん | 原産 | place of origin,habitat |
| げんし | 原始 | origin,primeval |
| げんじつ | 現実 | reality |
| けんしゅう | 研修 | training |
| げんじゅう | 厳重 | strict,rigour,severe,firm |
| げんしょう | 現象 | phenomenon |
| げんじょう | 現状 | present condition,existing state,status quo |
| けんせつ | 建設 | construction,establishment |
| けんそん | 謙遜 | humble,humility,modesty |
| げんど | 限度 | limit,bounds |
| けんとう | 見当 | be found,aim,estimate,guess,approx |
| けんとう | 検討 | consideration,examination,investigation,study,scrutiny |
| けんびきょう | 顕微鏡 | microscope |
| けんぽう | 憲法 | constitution |
| けんめい | 懸命 | eagerness,earnestness,risking one's life |
| けんり | 権利 | right,privilege |
| げんり | 原理 | principle,theory,fundamental truth |
| げんりょう | 原料 | raw materials |
| こう | 請う | to ask,to request |
| ごういん | 強引 | overbearing,coercive,pushy,forcible,high-handed |
| こうか | 効果 | effect,effectiveness,efficacy,result |
| こうか | 硬貨 | coin |
| ごうか | 豪華 | wonderful,gorgeous,splendor,pomp,extravagance |
| こうがい | 郊外 | suburb,outskirts |
| こうがい | 公害 | public nuisance,pollution |
| こうかん | 交換 | exchange,interchange,reciprocity |
| こうきょう | 公共 | public,community,public service,society,communal |
| こうげい | 工芸 | industrial arts |
| こうげき | 攻撃 | attack,strike,offensive,criticism,censure |
| こうけん | 貢献 | contribution,services |
| こうこう | 孝行 | filial piety |
| こうしき | 公式 | formula,formality,official |
| こうじつ | 口実 | excuse |
| こうしゃ | 校舎 | school building |
| こうしゃ | 後者 | the latter |
| こうしゅう | 公衆 | the public |
| こうすい | 香水 | perfume |
| こうせい | 公正 | justice,fairness,impartiality |
| こうせい | 構成 | organization,composition |
| こうせき | 功績 | achievements,merit,meritorious service,meritorious deed |
| こうそう | 高層 | upper |
| こうぞう | 構造 | structure,construction |
| こうたい | 交替 | alternation,change,relief,relay,shift |
| こうち | 耕地 | arable land |
| こうてい | 校庭 | campus |
| こうてい | 肯定 | positive,affirmation |
| ごうとう | 強盗 | robbery,burglary |
| ごうどう | 合同 | combination,incorporation,union,amalgamation |
| こうひょう | 公表 | official announcement,proclamation |
| こうぶつ | 鉱物 | mineral |
| こうへい | 公平 | fairness,impartial,justice |
| こうほ | 候補 | candidacy |
| こうむ | 公務 | official business,public business |
| こうもく | 項目 | item |
| ごうり | 合理 | rational |
| こうりゅう | 交流 | alternating current,intercourse,(cultural) exchange,intermingling |
| ごうりゅう | 合流 | confluence,union,linking up,merge |
| こうりょ | 考慮 | consideration,taking into account |
| こうりょく | 効力 | effect,efficacy,validity,potency |
| ごかい | 誤解 | misunderstanding |
| こがす | 焦がす | to burn,to scorch,to singe,to char |
| こきゅう | 呼吸 | breath,respiration |
| こきょう | 故郷 | home town,birthplace,old village,historic village |
| ごく | 極 | quite,very |
| こくせき | 国籍 | nationality |
| こくふく | 克服 | subjugation,conquest |
| こくもつ | 穀物 | grain,cereal,corn |
| こげる | 焦げる | to burn,to be burned |
| こごえる | 凍える | to freeze,to be chilled,to be frozen |
The words in this selection were chosen from words 1201-1600 on the list at http://www.jlptstudy.com/2/jlpt2_vocab-list.html.
JLPT Level 2 Vocab: Section 5
| Kana | Kanji | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| こころあたり | 心当たり | having some knowledge of,happening to know |
| こころえる | 心得る | to be informed,to have thorough knowledge |
| こし | 腰 | hip |
| こしかけ | 腰掛け | seat,bench |
| ごじゅうおん | 五十音 | the Japanese syllabary |
| こしょう | 故障 | break-down,failure,accident,out of order |
| こしらえる | to make,to manufacture | |
| こす | 越す | to go over (e.g. with audience) |
| こす | 超す | to cross,to pass,to tide over |
| こする | 擦る | to rub,to chafe,to file,to frost (glass),to strike (match) |
| こたい | 個体 | an individual |
| こっか | 国家 | state,country,nation |
| こっかい | 国会 | National Diet,parliament,congress |
| こづかい | 小遣い | personal expenses,pocket money,spending money,incidental expenses,allowance |
| こっきょう | 国境 | national or state border |
| こっせつ | 骨折 | bone fracture |
| こっそり | stealthily,secretly | |
| こづつみ | parcel,package | |
| こてん | 古典 | old book,classics,classic |
| ことづける | 言付ける | to send word,to send a message |
| ことなる | 異なる | to differ,to vary,to disagree |
| ことばづかい | 言葉遣い | speech,expression,wording |
| こな | 粉 | flour,meal,powder |
| ごぶさた | 御無沙汰 | not writing or contacting for a while |
| こぼす | to spill | |
| こぼれる | to overflow,to spill | |
| こや | 小屋 | hut,cabin,shed,(animal) pen |
| ごらく | 娯楽 | pleasure,amusement |
| ころがす | 転がす | to roll |
| ころがる | 転がる | to roll,to tumble |
| ころぶ | 転ぶ | to fall down,to fall over |
| こわす | 壊す | to break,to break down |
| こわれる | 壊れる | to be broken,to break |
| こん | 紺 | navy blue,deep blue |
| コンクール | contest (fr: concours) | |
| こんざつ | 混雑 | confusion,congestion |
| こんだて | 献立 | menu,program,schedule |
| こんなん | 困難 | difficulty,distress |
| こんらん | 混乱 | disorder,chaos,confusion,mayhem |
| ざいがく | 在学 | (enrolled) in school |
| さいさん | 再三 | again and again,repeatedly |
| ざいさん | 財産 | property,fortune,assets |
| さいじつ | 祭日 | national holiday,festival day |
| さいそく | 催促 | request,demand,claim,urge (action),press for |
| さいてん | 採点 | marking,grading,looking over |
| さいなん | 災難 | calamity,misfortune |
| さいのう | 才能 | talent,ability |
| さいばん | 裁判 | trial,judgement |
| さいほう | 裁縫 | sewing |
| ざいもく | 材木 | lumber,timber |
| さいわい | 幸い | happiness,blessedness |
| さかい | 境 | border,boundary,mental state |
| さかさ | 逆さ | reverse,inversion,upside down |
| さかさま | 逆様 | inversion,upside down |
| さかのぼる | 遡る | to go back,to go upstream,to make retroactive |
| さからう | 逆らう | to go against,to oppose,to disobey,to defy |
| さかり | 盛り | helping,serving |
| さかん | 盛ん | popularity,prosperous |
| さきほど | 先程 | some time ago |
| さぎょう | 作業 | work,operation,manufacturing,fatigue duty |
| さく | 裂く | to tear,to split |
| さくいん | 索引 | index,indices |
| さくしゃ | 作者 | author,authoress |
| さくじょ | 削除 | elimination,cancellation,deletion,erasure |
| さくせい | 作成 | frame,draw up,make,producing |
| さくせい | 作製 | manufacture |
| さくひん | 作品 | work,opus,performance,production |
| さくもつ | 作物 | produce (e.g. agricultural),crops |
| さけぶ | 叫ぶ | to shout,to cry |
| さける | 避ける | (1) to avoid (physical contact ),(2) to ward off,to avert |
| ささやく | 囁く | to whisper,to murmur |
| ささる | 刺さる | to stick,to be stuck |
| さじ | 匙 | spoon |
| ざしき | 座敷 | tatami room |
| さしつかえ | 差し支え | hindrance,impediment |
| さしひき | 差し引き | deduction,subtraction,balance,ebb and flow,rise and fall |
| さす | 刺す | to pierce,to stab,to prick,to thrust |
| さす | 差す | to raise (stretch out) hands,to raise umbrella |
| さす | 指す | to point,to put up umbrella,to play |
| さす | 挿す | to insert,to put in,to graft,to wear in belt |
| さす | 注す | to pour (drink),to serve (drinks) |
| さす | 射す | to shine,to strike |
| さすが | 流石 | clever,adept,good,expectations,as one would expect |
| さつ | 札 | (1) token,label,(2) ticket,(3) charm |
| さつえい | 撮影 | photographing |
| ざつおん | 雑音 | noise (jarring, grating) |
| さっか | 作家 | author,writer,novelist,artist |
| さっそく | 早速 | at once,immediately,without delay,promptly |
| ざっと | roughly,in round numbers | |
| さっぱり | feeling refreshed,feeling relieved,neat,trimmed | |
| さばく | 砂漠 | desert |
| さび | 錆 | rust (colour) |
| さびる | 錆びる | to rust,to become rusty |
| さほう | 作法 | manners,etiquette,propriety |
The words in this selection were chosen from words 1601-2000 on the list at http://www.jlptstudy.com/2/jlpt2_vocab-list.html.
JLPT Level 2 Vocab: Section 6
| Kana | Kanji | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| じびき | 字引 | dictionary |
| しびれる | to become numb,to go to sleep (i.e., a limb) | |
| しへい | 紙幣 | paper money,notes,bills |
| しぼう | 死亡 | death,mortality |
| しぼむ | to wither,to fade (away),to shrivel,to wilt | |
| しぼる | 絞る | to press,to wring,to squeeze |
| しほん | 資本 | funds,capital |
| じまん | 自慢 | pride,boast |
| じみ | 地味 | plain,simple |
| しみじみ | keenly,deeply,heartily | |
| しめい | 氏名 | full name,identity |
| しめきり | 締切 | closing,cut-off,end,deadline,Closed,No Entrance |
| しめきる | 締め切る | to shut up |
| しめる | 占める | (1) to comprise,to account for,to make up (of),(2) to hold,to occupy |
| しめる | 湿る | to be wet,to become wet,to be damp |
| じめん | 地面 | ground,earth's surface |
| しも | 霜 | frost |
| しゃがむ | to squat | |
| じゃぐち | 蛇口 | faucet,tap |
| じゃくてん | 弱点 | weak point,weakness |
| しゃこ | 車庫 | garage,car shed |
| しゃしょう | 車掌 | (train) conductor |
| しゃせつ | 社説 | editorial,leading article |
| しゃっくり | hiccough,hiccup | |
| しゃぶる | to suck,to chew | |
| しゃりん | 車輪 | (car) wheel |
| しゃれ | 洒落 | joke,pun,witticism |
| じゅう | 銃 | gun |
| しゅうかく | 収穫 | harvest,crop,ingathering |
| じゅうきょ | 住居 | dwelling,house,residence,address |
| しゅうきょう | 宗教 | religion |
| しゅうきん | 集金 | money collection |
| しゅうじ | 習字 | penmanship |
| じゅうし | 重視 | importance,stress,serious consideration |
| しゅうせい | 修正 | amendment,correction,revision,modification |
| しゅうぜん | 修繕 | repair,mending |
| じゅうたい | 重体 | seriously ill,serious condition,critical state |
| じゅうだい | 重大 | serious,important,grave,weighty |
| じゅうてん | 重点 | important point,lay stress on,colon,emphasis |
| しゅうにゅう | 収入 | income,receipts,revenue |
| しゅうにん | 就任 | inauguration,assumption of office |
| じゅうやく | 重役 | director,high executive |
| じゅうよう | 重要 | important,momentous,essential,principal,major |
| じゅうりょう | 重量 | (1) weight,(2) heavyweight boxer |
| じゅうりょく | 重力 | gravity |
| しゅぎ | 主義 | doctrine,rule,principle |
| しゅくじつ | 祝日 | national holiday |
| しゅくしょう | 縮小 | reduction,curtailment |
| しゅくはく | 宿泊 | lodging |
| しゅしょう | 首相 | Prime Minister |
| しゅちょう | 主張 | claim,request,insistence,assertion |
| じゅつご | 述語 | predicate |
| しゅつじょう | 出場 | one's turn,place of projection,production center |
| しゅっぱん | 出版 | publication |
| しゅと | 首都 | capital city |
| じゅみょう | 寿命 | life span |
| しゅやく | 主役 | leading part,leading actor (actress) |
| しゅよう | 主要 | chief,main,principal,major |
| じゅよう | 需要 | demand,request |
| じゅわき | 受話器 | (telephone) receiver |
| じゅん | 順 | order,turn |
| しゅんかん | 瞬間 | moment,second,instant |
| じゅんかん | 循環 | circulation,rotation,cycle |
| じゅんさ | 巡査 | police,policeman |
| じゅんじゅん | 順々 | in order,in turn |
| じゅんじょ | 順序 | order,sequence,procedure |
| じゅんじょう | 純情 | pure heart,naivete,self-sacrificing devotion |
| じゅんすい | 純粋 | pure,true,genuine,unmixed |
| じゅんちょう | 順調 | favourable,doing well,O.K.,all right |
| しょう | 章 | (1) chapter,section,(2) medal |
| しょうか | 消化 | digestion |
| しょうがい | 障害 | obstacle,impediment (fault),damage |
| じょうき | 蒸気 | steam,vapour |
| じょうぎ | 定規 | (measuring) ruler |
| しょうぎょう | 商業 | commerce,trade,business |
| しょうきょくてき | 消極的 | passive |
| じょうげ | 上下 | high and low,up and down,unloading and loading,praising and blaming |
| しょうご | 正午 | noon,mid-day |
| しょうじ | 障子 | paper sliding door |
| しょうじき | 正直 | honesty,integrity,frankness |
| じょうしき | 常識 | common sense |
| しょうしゃ | 商社 | trading company,firm |
| じょうじゅん | 上旬 | first 10 days of month |
| しょうじょう | 症状 | symptoms,condition |
| しょうじる | 生じる | to produce,to yield,to result from,to arise,to be generated |
| しょうずる | 生ずる | to cause,to arise,to be generated |
| しょうすう | 小数 | fraction (part of),decimal |
| じょうたつ | 上達 | improvement,advance,progress |
| しょうち | 承知 | consent,acceptance,assent,admitting |
| しょうてん | 焦点 | focus,point |
| じょうとう | 上等 | superiority,first class,very good |
| しょうどく | 消毒 | disinfection,sterilization |
| しょうとつ | 衝突 | collision,conflict |
| しょうにん | 商人 | trader,shopkeeper,merchant |
| しょうにん | 承認 | recognition,acknowledgement,approval,consent,agreement |
| しょうはい | 勝敗 | victory or defeat,issue (of battle) |
| じょうはつ | 蒸発 | evaporation,unexplained disappearance |
| しょうひ | 消費 | consumption,expenditure |
| しょうぶ | 勝負 | victory or defeat,match,contest,game,bout |
| しょうぼう | 消防 | fire fighting,fire department |
| しょうぼうしょ | 消防署 | fire station |
| しょうみ | 正味 | net (weight) |
| しょうめん | 正面 | the front,honesty |
| しょうもう | 消耗 | exhaustion,consumption |
| じょきょうじゅ | 助教授 | assistant professor |
| しょくえん | 食塩 | table salt |
| しょくたく | 食卓 | dining table |
| しょくぶつ | 植物 | plant,vegetation |
| しょくりょう | 食糧 | provisions,rations |
| しょさい | 書斎 | study |
| じょしゅ | 助手 | helper,helpmeet,assistant,tutor |
| しょじゅん | 初旬 | first 10 days of the month |
| じょじょに | 徐々に | slowly,little by little,gradually,steadily,quietly |
| しょせき | 書籍 | book,publication |
| しょっき | 食器 | tableware |
| しょどう | 書道 | calligraphy |
| しょほ | 初歩 | elements,rudiments,ABC's of.. |
| しょめい | 署名 | signature |
| じょゆう | 女優 | actress |
| しょり | 処理 | processing,dealing with,treatment,disposition,disposal |
| しりつ | 私立 | private (establishment) |
| しるし | 印 | (1) mark,(2) symbol,(3) evidence |
| しろうと | 素人 | amateur,novice |
| しんくう | 真空 | vacuum,hollow,empty |
| しんけい | 神経 | nerve,sensitivity |
| しんけん | 真剣 | seriousness,earnestness |
| しんこう | 信仰 | (religious) faith,belief,creed |
| じんこう | 人工 | artificial,manmade,human work,human skill,artificiality |
| しんこく | 深刻 | serious |
| しんさつ | 診察 | medical examination |
| じんじ | 人事 | other's affairs |
| しんしん | 心身 | mind and body |
| じんしゅ | 人種 | race (of people) |
| しんせい | 申請 | application,request,petition |
| じんぞう | 人造 | man-made,synthetic,artificial |
| しんだい | 寝台 | bed,couch |
| しんだん | 診断 | diagnosis |
| しんちょう | 慎重 | discretion,prudence |
| しんにゅう | 侵入 | penetration,invasion,raid,aggression,trespass |
| しんぱん | 審判 | refereeing,trial,judgement,umpire,referee |
| じんぶつ | 人物 | character,personality,person,man,personage,talented man |
| じんぶんかがく | 人文科学 | social sciences,humanities |
| しんぽ | 進歩 | progress,development |
| しんや | 深夜 | late at night |
| しんよう | 信用 | confidence,dependence,credit,faith |
| しんらい | 信頼 | reliance,trust,confidence |
| しんり | 心理 | mentality |
| しんりん | 森林 | forest,woods |
| じんるい | 人類 | mankind,humanity |
| しんろ | 針路 | course,direction,compass bearing |
| しんわ | 神話 | myth,legend |
| す | 巣 | nest,rookery,breeding place,beehive,cobweb |
| すいさん | 水産 | marine products,fisheries |
| すいじ | 炊事 | cooking,culinary arts |
| すいじゅん | 水準 | (1) water level,(2) level,standard |
| すいじょうき | 水蒸気 | water vapour,steam |
| すいせん | 推薦 | recommendation |
| すいそ | 水素 | hydrogen |
| すいちょく | 垂直 | vertical,perpendicular |
| すいてい | 推定 | presumption,assumption,estimation |
| すいてき | 水滴 | drop of water |
| すいとう | 水筒 | canteen,flask,water bottle |
| ずいひつ | 随筆 | essays,miscellaneous writings |
| すいぶん | 水分 | moisture |
| ずいぶん | 随分 | extremely |
| すいへい | 水平 | water level,horizon |
| すいへいせん | 水平線 | horizon |
| すいみん | 睡眠 | sleep |
| すいめん | 水面 | water's surface |
| ずうずうしい | impudent,shameless | |
| すえ | 末 | the end of,powder |
| すえっこ | 末っ子 | youngest child |
| すがた | 姿 | figure,shape,appearance |
| ずかん | 図鑑 | picture book |
| すき | 隙 | (1) chance or opportunity,chink (in one's armor),(2) interval,gap |
| すきずき | 好き好き | matter of taste |
| すきとおる | 透き通る | to be(come) transparent |
| すきま | 隙間 | crevice,crack,gap,opening |
| すぐに | instantly | |
| すくう | 救う | to rescue from,to help out of |
| すくなくとも | at least | |
| すぐれる | 優れる | to surpass,to outstrip,to excel |
| ずけい | 図形 | figure |
| すこしも | 少しも | anything of,not one bit |
| すじ | 筋 | muscle,string,line |
| すず | 鈴 | bell |
The words in this selection were chosen from words 2001-2400 on the list at http://www.jlptstudy.com/2/jlpt2_vocab-list.html.





