List: JLPT Level N2 words
JLPT N2 words: Upper-intermediate Level
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to crawl, to creep, to go on all fours
- to slither, to wriggle
- to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.), to spread, to creep
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- scales, weighing machine
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to peel, to skin, to pare, to hull, to strip
- to bare (teeth, fangs), to open wide (eyes)
popular ateji JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- seal (used in lieu of a signature), stamp, chop
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to cover (with something)
- to put on (e.g. someone's head)
- to pour liquid (on something), to dash liquid (over something)
- to plate (something) with metal, to cover (with a dental crown)
- to add (e.g. music to a video), to include (into something)
- to speak (over someone else)
- to put the blame (on someone), to place the responsibility (on someone)
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- elbow
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- necessities, necessary article, requisite, essentials
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- bottling
- bottled
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb formal or literary term intransitive verb
- to spread out (e.g. a futon), to lay out
- to lay down (e.g. a cushion)
- to impose widely (e.g. martial law), to promulgate
- to pin down, to hold down
- to lay (e.g. railway tracks)
- to deploy (e.g. troops)
- to spread (e.g. snow), to be propagated
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb colloquial
- to float
- to become merry, to be cheerful
- to become loose, to become unsteady
- to feel out of it, to be cut off (e.g. from those around you), to feel out of place
- to be frivolous, to be uncertain
- to have (time, money, etc.) left over, to be saved (e.g. money)
- to have no basis, to be unreliable