JLPT N2 Nouns Vocabulary List – guiadejapones.com

This is a Japanese vocabulary list of Noun(s) you need to know in order to pass the JLPT N2.

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#	名詞	Noun	Meaning
1	明け方	akegata あけがた	dawn
2	足跡	ashiato あしあと	footprints
3	売買	baibai ばいばい	trade; buying and selling
4	売店	baiten ばいてん	stand; stall; booth; kiosk; store
5	募集	boshuu ぼしゅう	recruitment; invitation; taking applications; solicitation
6	長男	chounan ちょうなん	eldest son; first-born son
7	楕円	daen だえん	ellipse
8	大学院	daigakuin だいがくいん	graduate school
9	出入口	deiriguchi でいりぐち	exit and entrance
10	宴会	enkai えんかい	party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
11	円周	enshuu えんしゅう	circumference
12	遠足	ensoku えんそく	excursion; outing; trip
13	学科	gakka がっか	study subject; course of study; department
14	学会	gakkai がっかい	scientific society; academic meeting; academic conference
15	学力	gakuryoku がくりょく	scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
16	外科	geka げか	surgery; department of surgery
17	花火	hanabi はなび	fireworks
18	半径	hankei はんけい	radius
19	半島	hantou はんとう	peninsula
20	発売	hatsubai はつばい	sale; release (for sale); launch (product)
21	早口	hayaguchi はやぐち	fast-talking; rapid talking
22	昼寝	hirune ひるね	nap, siesta
23	意地悪	ijiwaru いじわる	malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
24	移転	iten いてん	moving; relocation; change of address
25	寺院	ji'in じいん	Buddhist temple; religious building
26	人文科学	jinbunkagaku じんぶんかがく	humanities; social sciences; liberal arts
27	自習	jishuu じしゅう	self-study; teaching oneself
28	時速	jisoku じそく	speed (per hour)
29	実習	jisshuu じっしゅう	practice; training; practical exercise; drill

30	過半数	kahansuu かはんすう	majority
31	開会	kaikai かいかい	opening of a meeting; starting (an event, etc)
32	会館	kaikan かいかん	meeting hall; assembly hall
33	回転	kaiten かいてん	rotation; revolution; turning
34	加速	kasoku かぞく	acceleration; speeding up
35	加速度	kasokudo かそくど	acceleration
36	見学	kengaku けんがく	study by observation; field trip; tour; review; inspection
37	国王	kokuou こくおう	king; queen; monarch; sovereign
38	国立	kokuritsu こくりつ	national
39	国籍	kokuseki こくせき	nationality; citizenship
40	校舎	kousha こうしゃ	school building; schoolhouse
41	校庭	koutei こうてい	schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
42	待合室	machiaishitsu まちあいしつ	waiting room
43	窓口	madoguchi まどぐち	ticket window; teller window; counter
44	毎度	maido まいど	each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
45	真っ青	massao まっさお	deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; white as a sheet
46	真っ白	masshiro まっしろ	pure white; blank
47	名刺	meishi めいし	business card
48	店屋	miseya みせや	store; shop
49	木材	mokuzai もくざい	lumber; timber; wood
50	内科	naika ないか	internal medicine
51	並木	namiki なみき	roadside tree; row of trees
52	入社	nyuusha にゅうしゃ	joining a company
53	理科	rika りか	science (department; course)
54	領収	ryoushuu りょうしゅう	receipt (of money); receiving
55	刺身	sashimi さしみ	sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
56	青少年	seishounen せいしょうねん	youth; young person
57	赤道	sekidou せきどう	equator
58	社会科学	shakaikagaku しゃかいかがく	social science
59	社説	shasetsu しゃせつ	editorial; leading article; leader

60	司会	shikai しかい	master of ceremonies; leading a meeting; presenter; host
61	新幹線	shinkansen しんかんせん	Japanese bullet train
62	白髪	shiraga しらが	white hair; grey hair
63	自然科学	shizenkagaku しぜんかがく	natural science
64	書店	shoten しょてん	bookshop; bookstore
65	商社	shousha しょうしゃ	trading company; firm
66	商店	shouten しょうてん	shop; small store; business; firm
67	集合	shuugou しゅうごう	gathering; assembly; meeting
68	習字	shuuji しゅうじ	calligraphy; penmanship
69	集会	shuukai しゅうかい	meeting; assembly; gathering; convention; rally
70	父母	sobo そぼ	father and mother; parents
71	速力	sokuryoku そくりょく	speed
72	速達	sokutatsu そくたつ	express; special delivery
73	足袋	tabi たび	Japanese socks (with split toe)
74	特売	tokubai とくばい	special sale
75	透明	toumei とうめい	transparent; clear
76	東洋	touyou とうよう	Orient
77	売れ行き	ureyuki うれゆき	sales; demand
78	売上	uriage うりあげ	amount sold; sales; proceeds; turnover
79	売り切れ	urikire うりきれ	sold out
80	洋品店	youhinten ようひんてん	shop that handles Western-style apparel and accessories
81	輸血	yuketsu ゆけつ	blood transfusion
82	輸送	yusou ゆそう	transport; transportation
83	材木	zaimoku ざいもく	lumber; timber

JLPT N2 vocab List total: (83)

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*NOTE* This is not yet a complete list of all JLPT vocabulary lessons, and new lessons are being added every week.