N2 Practice Test Vocab - 12/2023

Words I didn't know on the N2 practice test for December 2023

一軒

いっけん

one house

迷惑

めいわく

trouble; bother; annoyance; nuisance; inconvenience

故障

こしょう

fault; trouble; breakdown; failure; being out of order

石油

せきゆ

oil; petroleum

負担をかける

ふたんをかける

to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)

程度

ていど

degree; amount; approximately

温い

ぬるい

lukewarm; tepid​

成分

せいぶん

ingredient; component; composition

せっかく

with trouble; at great pains

specially; especially; expressly​

いったん

for a short time; briefly; temporarily​

once

豊か（な）

ゆたか（な）

abundant; plentiful; rich; ample

open (mind); relaxed; easy

沿って

そって

along; by; parallel to

購入

こうにゅう

purchase; buying

添付

てんぷ

attaching (documents, etc.); appending; affixing

判断

はんだん

judgement; decision; conclusion; adjudication

さっと

quickly (esp. actions)​

詳細

しょうさい

details; specifics

枠

わく

frame; framework

border; box

limit; restriction; quota

縛る

しばる

to tie; to bind; to fasten

to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

懸命

けんめい

eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort

物事

ものごと

things; everything

方向性

ほうこうせい

direction; trend; course (of action)

栽培

さいばい

cultivation

枯れる

かれる

to wither (of a plant)

理論

りろん

theory

芽生え

めばえ

bud; sprout

発達

はったつ

development; growth

不足

ふそく

insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; lack; scarcity; deficit

dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint

張る

はる

to stick out; to push out

to fill; to swell

to stick; to paste; to affix​

一斉に

いっせいに

simultaneously; all at once; in unison

吸収

きゅうしゅう

absorption; suction; attraction

決断

けつだん

decision; determination

揃う

そろう

to be complete; to be all present; to make a full set; to be satisfied (of conditions)

儲かる

もうかる

to be profitable; to yield a profit

結局

けっきょく

(adverb) after all; in the end; ultimately; eventually

(noun) conclusion; end​

主義

しゅぎ

doctrine; rule; principle; -ism

主張（する）

しゅちょう（する）

claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention; opinion; tenet

まるで

entirely; completely

as if; as though; just like

旨味

うまみ

good flavor; good taste; deliciousness

(fifth category of taste in food — savory)

栄養

えいよう

nutrition; nourishment

コツ

knack; skill; trick; secret; know-how; the ropes; hang

整う

ととのう

to be ready; to be prepared

to be in order; to be well-proportioned; to be harmonious

to be adjusted; to be regulated; to be refined (e.g. of a face)

かつて

once; before; formerly; ever; former; ex-​

never yet; never before; first time; still not happened

奇妙

きみょう

strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious

利益

りえき

profit; gains

benefit; advantage; good; interests (e.g. of society)

個体

こたい

individual; specimen

典型

てんけい

type; pattern; model perfect example

ひたすら

intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart​

圧倒的

あっとうてき

overwhelming

奪う

うばう

to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to steal; to rob (someone) of; to dispossess of; to deprive of; to usurp

貧しい

まずしい

poor; needy

lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty; skimpy; slight; inadequate

貨幣

かへい

money; currency; coin

翌日

よくじつ

next day

範囲

はんい

extent; scope; range; span