List: JLPT Level N2 words
JLPT N2 words: Upper-intermediate Level
popular ateji rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone adverb noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- with trouble, at great pains
- rare, valuable, precious, long-awaited
- kind, generous
popular ateji rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- abacus, soroban
- calculation (esp. of profit and loss), reckoning
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb Kansai-ben Internet slang intransitive verb
- to cook (grains, e.g. rice)
- to boil, to simmer, to stew, to seethe
- to get angry, to snap
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to burn, to kindle, to light (a fire), to make (a fire)
- to heat (a bath), to light (a stove), to stoke (a boiler)
- to use (a camera flash)
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- riddle, puzzle, enigma
popular search-only kana form rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone adverb
- somehow, for some reason (or other), without knowing why
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be fragrant, to smell (good)
- to stink, to smell (bad)
- to glow, to be bright
- to smack of, to show hints of
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の abbreviation noun noun (generic) slang
- sudden, abrupt, unexpected, immediate, hasty, improvised, impromptu, offhand
- impromptu skit
- bandwagon fan, fair-weather fan
popular search-only kana form ateji rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- easy, easygoing, carefree, happy-go-lucky, optimistic, leisurely, careless, thoughtless
popular irregular okurigana rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to tear off, to peel off, to rip off, to strip off, to skin, to flay, to disrobe, to deprive of, to detach, to disconnect