JLPT N2 Vocab

明け方 (akegata)

dawn

青白い (aojiroi)

pale; bluish

足跡 (ashiato)

footprints

売買 (baibai)

trade; buying and selling

売店 (baiten)

stand; stall; booth; kiosk; store

募集 (boshuu)

recruitment; invitation; taking applications; solicitation

長男 (chounan)

eldest son; first

楕円 (daen)

ellipse

大学院 (daigakuin)

graduate school

出入口 (deiriguchi)

exit and entrance

宴会 (enkai)

party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner

円周 (enshuu)

circumference

遠足 (ensoku)

excursion; outing; trip

父母 (fubo)

father and mother; parents

学科 (gakka)

study subject; course of study; department

学会 (gakkai)

scientific society; academic meeting; academic conference

学力 (gakuryoku)

scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability

外科 (geka)

surgery; department of surgery

花火 (hanabi)

fireworks

半径 (hankei)

radius

半島 (hantou)

peninsula

発売 (hatsubai)

sale; release (for sale); launch (product)

早口 (hayaguchi)

fast-talking

外れる (hazureru)

to be disconnected; to be off; to miss the mark

閉会 (heikai)

closure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)

昼寝 (hirune)

nap, siesta

意地悪 (ijiwaru)

malicious; ill

移転 (iten)

moving; relocation; change of address

一旦 (ittan)

once; for a short time; briefly; temporarily

寺院 (ji'in)

Buddhist temple; religious building

人文科学 (jinbunkagaku)

humanities; social sciences; liberal arts

自習 (jishuu)

self

時速 (jisoku)

speed (per hour)

実習 (jisshuu)

practice; training; practical exercise; drill

過半数 (kahansuu)

majority

開会 (kaikai)

opening of a meeting; starting (an event, etc.)

会館 (kaikan)

meeting hall; assembly hall

回転 (kaiten)

rotation; revolution; turning

加速 (kasoku)

acceleration; speeding up

加速度 (kasokudo)

acceleration

見学 (kengaku)

study by observation; field trip; tour; review; inspection

国王 (kokuou)

king; queen; monarch; sovereign

国立 (kokuritsu)

national

国籍 (kokuseki)

nationality; citizenship

転がる (korogaru)

to roll; to fall over; to lie down

転がす (korogasu)

to roll; to turn over

校舎 (kousha)

school building; schoolhouse

校庭 (koutei)

schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus

待合室 (machiaishitsu)

waiting room

待ち合わせる (machiawaseru)

to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet

窓口 (madoguchi)

ticket window; teller window; counter

毎度 (maido)

each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage

真っ青 (massao)

deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; white as a sheet

真っ白 (masshiro)

pure white; blank

名刺 (meishi)

business card

店屋 (miseya)

store; shop

木材 (mokuzai)

lumber; timber; wood

元々 (motomoto)

originally, by nature, from the start

内科 (naika)

internal medicine

並木 (namiki)

roadside tree; row of trees

入社 (nyuusha)

joining a company

押さえる (osaeru)

to pin down; to hold down; to press down

理科 (rika)

science (department; course)

領収 (ryoushuu)

receipt (of money); receiving

再三 (saisan)

again and again; repeatedly

刺さる (sasaru)

to stick into (with a sharp point); to prick; to get stuck (in)

刺身 (sashimi)

sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)

早速 (sassoku)

at once; immediately; without delay; promptly

刺す (sasu)

to pierce; to stab; to prick; to stick; to thrust; to sting

青少年 (seishounen)

youth; young person

赤道 (sekidou)

equator

社会科学 (shakaikagaku)

social science

社説 (shasetsu)

editorial; leading article; leader

司会 (shikai)

master of ceremonies; leading a meeting; presenter; host

新幹線 (shinkansen)

Japanese bullet train

白髪 (shiraga)

white hair; grey hair

自然科学 (shizenkagaku)

natural science

書店 (shoten)

bookshop; bookstore

商社 (shousha)

trading company; firm

商店 (shouten)

shop; small store; business; firm

集合 (shuugou)

gathering; assembly; meeting

習字 (shuuji)

calligraphy; penmanship

集会 (shuukai)

meeting; assembly; gathering; convention; rally

速力 (sokuryoku)

speed

速達 (sokutatsu)

express; special delivery

足袋 (tabi)

Japanese socks (with split toe)

足る (taru)

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to deserve

特売 (tokubai)

special sale

透明 (toumei)

transparent; clear

東洋 (touyou)

Orient

売れ行き (ureyuki)

sales; demand

売上 (uriage)

amount sold; sales; proceeds; turnover

売り切れ (urikire)

sold out

売り切れる (urikireru)

to be sold out

我が (waga)

my; our; one's own

洋品店 (youhinten)

shop that handles Western

輸血 (yuketsu)

blood transfusion

輸送 (yusou)

transport; transportation

材木 (zaimoku)

lumber; timber

あいかわらず

as ever, as usual, the same