JLPT N2 Nouns Vocabulary List
Master all 83 nouns vocabulary characters for JLPT N2
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This comprehensive guide contains all 83 Nouns Vocabulary you need to master for the JLPT N2 exam, including readings and meanings.
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๐ N2 Level: Upper-Intermediate Japanese Proficiency
83 Total Nouns
N2 JLPT Level
Medium Difficulty
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| # | ๅ่ฉ | Noun | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ๆใๆน | akegata ใใใใ | dawn |
| 2 | ่ถณ่ทก | ashiato ใใใใจ | footprints |
| 3 | ๅฃฒ่ฒท | baibai ใฐใใฐใ | trade; buying and selling |
| 4 | ๅฃฒๅบ | baiten ใฐใใฆใ | stand; stall; booth; kiosk; store |
| 5 | ๅ้ | boshuu ใผใใ ใ | recruitment; invitation; taking applications; solicitation |
| 6 | ้ท็ท | chounan ใกใใใชใ | eldest son; first-born son |
| 7 | ๆฅๅ | daen ใ ใใ | ellipse |
| 8 | ๅคงๅญฆ้ข | daigakuin ใ ใใใใใ | graduate school |
| 9 | ๅบๅ ฅๅฃ | deiriguchi ใงใใใใก | exit and entrance |
| 10 | ๅฎดไผ | enkai ใใใใ | party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner |
| 11 | ๅๅจ | enshuu ใใใใ ใ | circumference |
| 12 | ้ ่ถณ | ensoku ใใใใ | excursion; outing; trip |
| 13 | ็ถๆฏ | fubo ใตใผ | father and mother; parents |
| 14 | ๅญฆ็ง | gakka ใใฃใ | study subject; course of study ; department |
| 15 | ๅญฆไผ | gakkai ใใฃใใ | scientific society; academic meeting; academic conference |
| 16 | ๅญฆๅ | gakuryoku ใใใใใ | scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability |
| 17 | ๅค็ง | geka ใใ | surgery; department of surgery |
| 18 | ่ฑ็ซ | hanabi ใฏใชใณ | fireworks |
| 19 | ๅๅพ | hankei ใฏใใใ | radius |
| 20 | ๅๅณถ | hantou ใฏใใจใ | peninsula |
| 21 | ็บๅฃฒ | hatsubai ใฏใคใฐใ | sale; release (for sale); launch (product) |
| 22 | ๆฉๅฃ | hayaguchi ใฏใใใก | fast-talking; rapid talking |
| 23 | ๆผๅฏ | hirune ใฒใใญ | nap, siesta |
| 24 | ๆๅฐๆช | ijiwaru ใใใใ | malicious; ill-tempered; unkind |
| 25 | ็งป่ปข | iten ใใฆใ | moving; relocation; change of address |
| 26 | ๅฏบ้ข | ji'in ใใใ | Buddhist temple; religious building |
| 27 | ไบบๆ็งๅญฆ | jinbunkagaku ใใใถใใใใ | humanities; social sciences; liberal arts |
| 28 | ่ช็ฟ | jishuu ใใใ ใ | self-study; teaching oneself |
| 29 | ๆ้ | jisoku ใใใ | speed (per hour) |
| 30 | ๅฎ็ฟ | jisshuu ใใฃใใ ใ | practice; training; practical exercise; drill |
| 31 | ้ๅๆฐ | kahansuu ใใฏใใใ | majority |
| 32 | ้ไผ | kaikai ใใใใ | opening of a meeting; starting (an event, etc) |
| 33 | ไผ้คจ | kaikan ใใใใ | meeting hall; assembly hall |
| 34 | ๅ่ปข | kaiten ใใใฆใ | rotation; revolution; turning |
| 35 | ๅ ้ | kasoku ใใใ | acceleration; speeding up |
| 36 | ๅ ้ๅบฆ | kasokudo ใใใใฉ | acceleration |
| 37 | ่ฆๅญฆ | kengaku ใใใใ | study by observation; field trip; tour; review; inspection |
| 38 | ๅฝ็ | kokuou ใใใใ | king; queen; monarch; sovereign |
| 39 | ๅฝ็ซ | kokuritsu ใใใใค | national |
| 40 | ๅฝ็ฑ | kokuseki ใใใใ | nationality; citizenship |
| 41 | ๆ ก่ | kousha ใใใใ | school building; schoolhouse |
| 42 | ๆ กๅบญ | koutei ใใใฆใ | schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus |
| 43 | ๅพ ๅๅฎค | machiaishitsu ใพใกใใใใค | waiting room |
| 44 | ็ชๅฃ | madoguchi ใพใฉใใก | ticket window; teller window; counter |
| 45 | ๆฏๅบฆ | maido ใพใใฉ | each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage |
| 46 | ็ใฃ้ | massao ใพใฃใใ | deep blue; bright blue ; ghastly pale; white as a sheet |
| 47 | ็ใฃ็ฝ | masshiro ใพใฃใใ | pure white; blank |
| 48 | ๅๅบ | meishi ใใใ | business card |
| 49 | ๅบๅฑ | miseya ใฟใใ | store; shop |
| 50 | ๆจๆ | mokuzai ใใใใ | lumber; timber; wood |
| 51 | ๅ ็ง | naika ใชใใ | internal medicine |
| 52 | ไธฆๆจ | namiki ใชใฟใ | roadside tree; row of trees |
| 53 | ๅ ฅ็คพ | nyuusha ใซใ ใใใ | joining a company |
| 54 | ็็ง | rika ใใ | science (department; course) |
| 55 | ้ ๅ | ryoushuu ใใใใใ ใ | receipt (of money); receiving |
| 56 | ๅบ่บซ | sashimi ใใใฟ | sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans) |
| 57 | ้ๅฐๅนด | seishounen ใใใใใใญใ | youth; young person |
| 58 | ่ตค้ | sekidou ใใใฉใ | equator |
| 59 | ็คพไผ็งๅญฆ | shakaikagaku ใใใใใใใ | social science |
| 60 | ็คพ่ชฌ | shasetsu ใใใใค | editorial; leading article; leader |
| 61 | ๅธไผ | shikai ใใใ | master of ceremonies; leading a meeting; presenter; host |
| 62 | ๆฐๅนน็ท | shinkansen ใใใใใใ | Japanese bullet train |
| 63 | ็ฝ้ซช | shiraga ใใใ | white hair; grey hair |
| 64 | ่ช็ถ็งๅญฆ | shizenkagaku ใใใใใใ | natural science |
| 65 | ๆธๅบ | shoten ใใใฆใ | bookshop; bookstore |
| 66 | ๅ็คพ | shousha ใใใใใ | trading company; firm |
| 67 | ๅๅบ | shouten ใใใใฆใ | shop; small store; business; firm |
| 68 | ้ๅ | shuugou ใใ ใใใ | gathering; assembly; meeting |
| 69 | ็ฟๅญ | shuuji ใใ ใใ | calligraphy; penmanship |
| 70 | ้ไผ | shuukai ใใ ใใใ | meeting; assembly; gathering; convention; rally |
| 71 | ้ๅ | ้ๅ sokuryoku ใใใใใ | speed |
| 72 | ้้ | sokutatsu ใใใใค | express; special delivery |
| 73 | ่ถณ่ข | tabi ใใณ | Japanese socks (with split toe) |
| 74 | ็นๅฃฒ | tokubai ใจใใฐใ | special sale |
| 75 | ้ๆ | toumei ใจใใใ | transparent; clear |
| 76 | ๆฑๆด | touyou ใจใใใ | Orient |
| 77 | ๅฃฒใ่กใ | ureyuki ใใใใ | sales; demand |
| 78 | ๅฃฒไธ | uriage ใใใใ | amount sold; sales; proceeds; turnover |
| 79 | ๅฃฒใๅใ | urikire ใใใใ | sold out |
| 80 | ๆดๅๅบ | youhinten ใใใฒใใฆใ | shop that handles Western-style apparel and accessories |
| 81 | ่ผธ่ก | yuketsu ใใใค | blood transfusion |
| 82 | ่ผธ้ | yusou ใใใ | transport; transportation |
| 83 | ๆๆจ | zaimoku ใใใใ | lumber; timber |