JLPT N2
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| Word | Reading | Meaning | Part of speech |
|---|---|---|---|
| 書籍 | しょせき shoseki | book | noun |
| 食器 | しょっき shokki | tableware | noun |
| ショップ | shoppu | shop | noun |
| 書店 | しょてん shoten | bookshop | noun |
| 書道 | しょどう shodou | calligraphy (esp. Asian calligraphy based on Chinese characters) | noun |
| 初歩 | しょほ shoho | basics | noun, no-adjective |
| 白髪 | しらが shiraga | white hair | noun, no-adjective |
| シリーズ | shiriizu | series | noun |
| 私立 | しりつ shiritsu | private (establishment) | noun, no-adjective |
| 資料 | しりょう shiryou | material | noun |
| 汁 | しる shiru | juice | noun |
| 素人 | しろうと shirouto | amateur | noun |
| しわ | shiwa | wrinkle | noun |
| 芯 | しん shin | wick | noun |
| 新幹線 | しんかんせん shinkansen | Shinkansen | noun |
| 真空 | しんくう shinkuu | vacuum | noun |
| 人事 | じんじ jinji | human affairs | noun |
| 心身 | しんしん shinshin | mind and body | noun, no-adjective |
| 信ずる | しんずる shinzuru | to believe | verb |
| 申請 | しんせい shinsei | application | noun, suru verb |
| 人造 | じんぞう jinzou | artificial | noun, no-adjective |
| 寝台 | しんだい shindai | bed | noun |
| 診断 | しんだん shindan | diagnosis | noun, suru verb |
| 侵入 | しんにゅう shinnyuu | invasion | noun, suru verb |
| 人文科学 | じんぶんかがく jinbunkagaku | humanities | noun |
| 人命 | じんめい jinmei | (human) life | noun |
| 深夜 | しんや shin'ya | late at night | noun, adverb |
| 森林 | しんりん shinrin | forest | noun, no-adjective |
| 親類 | しんるい shinrui | relative | noun |
| 針路 | しんろ shinro | course | noun |
| 神話 | しんわ shinwa | myth | noun |
| 水産 | すいさん suisan | aquatic products | noun |
| 炊事 | すいじ suiji | cooking | noun, suru verb |
| 水蒸気 | すいじょうき suijouki | water vapour | noun |
| 水素 | すいそ suiso | hydrogen (H) | noun |
| 垂直 | すいちょく suichoku | vertical | na-adjective, no-adjective |
| 推定 | すいてい suitei | presumption | noun, suru verb |
| 水滴 | すいてき suiteki | drop of water | noun |
| 水筒 | すいとう suitou | canteen | noun |
| 随筆 | ずいひつ zuihitsu | essays | noun |
| 水分 | すいぶん suibun | water | noun |
| 水平 | すいへい suihei | horizontal | na-adjective, no-adjective |
| 水平線 | すいへいせん suiheisen | horizon (related to bodies of water) | noun |
| 水面 | すいめん suimen | water's surface | noun |
| 水曜 | すいよう suiyou | Wednesday | noun |
| 図々しい | ずうずうしい zuuzuushii | impudent | i-adjective |
| 末っ子 | すえっこ suekko | youngest child | noun |
| スカーフ | sukaafu | scarf (esp. a lightweight summer scarf worn by women) | noun |
| 図鑑 | ずかん zukan | pictorial book | noun |
| 隙 | すき suki | gap | noun |
| 杉 | すぎ sugi | Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) | noun |
| 好き嫌い | すききらい sukikirai | likes and dislikes | noun |
| 好き好き | すきずき sukizuki | matter of taste | noun |
| 透き通る | すきとおる sukitooru | to be transparent | godan verb |
| 隙間 | すきま sukima | gap | noun |
| スクール | sukuuru | school | noun |
| 図形 | ずけい zukei | figure | noun |
| 鈴 | すず suzu | bell (often globular) | noun |
| 涼む | すずむ suzumu | to cool oneself | godan verb |
| スタート | sutaato | start | noun, suru verb |
| スチュワーデス | suchuwaadesu | stewardess | noun |
| すっきり | sukkiri | refreshingly | adverb, suru verb |
| ステージ | suteeji | stage (platform) | noun |
| ストッキング | sutokkingu | stockings | noun |
| ストップ | sutoppu | stop | noun, suru verb |
| 素直 | すなお sunao | obedient | na-adjective, noun |
| 頭脳 | ずのう zunou | head | noun |
| スピーカー | supiikaa | speaker | noun |
| 図表 | ずひょう zuhyou | chart | noun, no-adjective |
| スマート | sumaato | smart (clothing, etc.) | na-adjective |
| 住まい | すまい sumai | dwelling | noun |
| すまない | sumanai | inexcusable | i-adjective, interjection |
| 相撲 | すもう sumou | sumo (wrestling) | noun |
| スライド | suraido | slide (for projection) | noun, suru verb |
| ずらす | zurasu | to shift | godan verb |
| ずらり | zurari | in a row | adverb |
| スリッパ | surippa | slipper | noun |
| ずるい | zurui | sly | i-adjective |
| 寸法 | すんぽう sunpou | measurement | noun |
| 税関 | ぜいかん zeikan | customs | noun |
| 製作 | せいさく seisaku | manufacture | noun, suru verb |
| 制作 | せいさく seisaku | work (film, book) | noun, suru verb |
| 清書 | せいしょ seisho | fair copy | noun, suru verb |
| 青少年 | せいしょうねん seishounen | young people (ages 12 to 25) | noun |
| 整数 | せいすう seisuu | integer | noun |
| 清掃 | せいそう seisou | cleaning | noun, suru verb |
| 生存 | せいぞん seizon | existence | noun, suru verb |
| 政党 | せいとう seitou | political party | noun |
| 性能 | せいのう seinou | ability | noun |
| 整備 | せいび seibi | maintenance | noun, suru verb |
| 成分 | せいぶん seibun | ingredient | noun |
| 性別 | せいべつ seibetsu | (distinction of) sex | noun |
| 正方形 | せいほうけい seihoukei | square | noun, no-adjective |
| 正門 | せいもん seimon | main gate | noun |
| 成立 | せいりつ seiritsu | formation | noun, suru verb |
| 西暦 | せいれき seireki | Common Era | noun |
| 背負う | せおう seou | to carry on one's back | godan verb |
| 赤道 | せきどう sekidou | equator | noun |
| せっかく | sekkaku | with trouble | adverb, noun |
| 接近 | せっきん sekkin | getting closer | noun, suru verb |
| 接する | せっする sessuru | to touch | suru verb |
| せっせと | sesseto | diligently | adverb |
| 接続 | せつぞく setsuzoku | connection | noun, suru verb |
| 瀬戸物 | せともの setomono | earthenware | noun |
| 是非とも | ぜひとも zehitomo | by all means | adverb |
| 迫る | せまる semaru | to approach | godan verb |
| ゼミ | zemi | seminar | noun |
| せめて | semete | at least | adverb |
| セメント | semento | cement | noun |
| せりふ | serifu | (spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.) | noun |
| 栓 | せん sen | stopper | noun |
| 前後 | ぜんご zengo | front and rear | noun, adverb |
| 全集 | ぜんしゅう zenshuu | complete works | noun |
| 扇子 | せんす sensu | folding fan | noun |
| 専制 | せんせい sensei | despotism | noun, suru verb |
| 先々月 | せんせんげつ sensengetsu | month before last | noun, adverb |
| 先々週 | せんせんしゅう sensenshuu | week before last | noun, adverb |
| 先祖 | せんぞ senzo | ancestor | noun |
| 先端 | せんたん sentan | pointed end | noun |
| センチ | senchi | centimeter | noun, prefix |
| 先頭 | せんとう sentou | head (of a line, group, etc.) | noun |
| 全般 | ぜんぱん zenpan | (the) whole | noun |
| 扇風機 | せんぷうき senpuuki | electric fan | noun |
| 洗面 | せんめん senmen | washing one's face | noun, suru verb |
| 全力 | ぜんりょく zenryoku | all one's power (strength, energy, efforts) | noun, no-adjective |
| 線路 | せんろ senro | railway track | noun |
| 総 | そう sou | whole | prefix |
| 相違 | そうい soui | difference | noun, suru verb |
| そういえば | souieba | now that you mention it | expression |
| 雑巾 | ぞうきん zoukin | house-cloth | noun |
| 増減 | ぞうげん zougen | increase and decrease | noun, suru verb |
| 倉庫 | そうこ souko | storehouse | noun |
| 相互 | そうご sougo | mutual | noun, no-adjective |
| 創作 | そうさく sousaku | creation | noun, suru verb |
| 葬式 | そうしき soushiki | funeral | noun |
| 造船 | ぞうせん zousen | shipbuilding | noun, suru verb |
| 騒々しい | そうぞうしい souzoushii | noisy | i-adjective |
| 増大 | ぞうだい zoudai | enlargement | noun, suru verb |
| 送別 | そうべつ soubetsu | farewell | noun, suru verb |
| 草履 | ぞうり zouri | zori | noun |
| 総理大臣 | そうりだいじん souridaijin | prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government) | noun |
| 送料 | そうりょう souryou | postage | noun |
| 属する | ぞくする zokusuru | to belong to | suru verb |
| 続々 | ぞくぞく zokuzoku | successively | adverb |
| 速達 | そくたつ sokutatsu | express | noun, suru verb |
| 測定 | そくてい sokutei | measurement | noun, suru verb |
| 測量 | そくりょう sokuryou | measurement | noun, suru verb |
| 速力 | そくりょく sokuryoku | speed | noun |
| 素質 | そしつ soshitsu | makings (of) | noun |
| 祖先 | そせん sosen | ancestor | noun |
| そそっかしい | sosokkashii | careless | i-adjective |
| 率直 | そっちょく sotchoku | frank | na-adjective, noun |
| その頃 | そのころ sonokoro | at that time | expression, noun |
| そのため | sonotame | hence | expression |
| その他 | そのほか sonohoka | the rest | expression, noun |
| 剃る | そる soru | to shave | godan verb |
| それなのに | sorenanoni | and yet | conjunction |
| それなら | sorenara | if that's the case ... | conjunction |
| それる | soreru | to turn away | ichidan verb |
| そろばん | soroban | abacus | noun |
| 存じる | ぞんじる zonjiru | to know | ichidan verb |
| 存ずる | ぞんずる zonzuru | to know | verb |
| 損得 | そんとく sontoku | loss and gain | noun |
| 第 | だい dai | prefix for forming ordinal numbers | prefix |
| タイヤ | taiya | tire | noun |
| 第一 | だいいち daiichi | first | no-adjective, noun |
| 大学院 | だいがくいん daigakuin | graduate school | noun |
| 大工 | だいく daiku | carpenter | noun |
| 体系 | たいけい taikei | system | noun |
| 太鼓 | たいこ taiko | drum | noun, no-adjective |
| 対策 | たいさく taisaku | measure | noun |
| 大して | たいして taishite | (not) very | adverb |
| 大小 | だいしょう daishou | size | noun, no-adjective |
| 体制 | たいせい taisei | order | noun |
| 体積 | たいせき taiseki | capacity | noun |
| たいそう | taisou | very | adverb, na-adjective |
| 体操 | たいそう taisou | gymnastics | noun, suru verb |
| 大木 | たいぼく taiboku | large tree | noun |
| 代名詞 | だいめいし daimeishi | pronoun | noun |
| ダイアグラム | daiaguramu | diagram | noun |
| ダイヤモンド | daiyamondo | diamond | noun |
| ダイヤル | daiyaru | dial (e.g. telephone, radio, clock, gauge) | noun, suru verb |
| 対立 | たいりつ tairitsu | confrontation | noun, suru verb |
| 田植え | たうえ taue | rice planting | noun |
| 絶えず | たえず taezu | constantly | adverb |
| 楕円 | だえん daen | ellipse | noun |
| 耕す | たがやす tagayasu | to till | godan verb |
| 滝 | たき taki | waterfall | noun |
| 蓄える | たくわえる takuwaeru | to store | ichidan verb |
| 竹 | たけ take | bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae) | noun |
| ただいま | tadaima | I'm home! | interjection, adverb |
| ただし | tadashi | but | conjunction |
| 立ち止まる | たちどまる tachidomaru | to stop (in one's tracks) | godan verb |
| たちまち | tachimachi | in an instant | adverb |
| 脱線 | だっせん dassen | derailment | noun, suru verb |
| 妥当 | だとう datou | valid | na-adjective, noun |
| 例える | たとえる tatoeru | to compare (something) to | ichidan verb |
| 頼もしい | たのもしい tanomoshii | reliable | i-adjective |
| ダブル | daburu | double | noun, no-adjective |
| ダム | damu | dam | noun |