Japanese vocabulary organized by JLPT level

Wikipedia JLPT N2 Vocab 301-400

This collection contains 100 words.
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Most common form: 交代
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.); taking turns
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dryness; aridity; insipidity; dehydration; desiccation
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noun
carpenter
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leading part; leading actor; leading actress
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noun
aim
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noun
city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis
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noun
fireworks
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noun
1. infant; baby; child
2. child over 1 but not yet of school age  (law, etc. term)
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noun
1. nationality; citizenship
2. nationality (ship, airplane, etc.); registration; flag
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1. as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; as a result
2. really? (in questions); ever?
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noun
temple
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noun
course; curriculum
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noun
peninsula
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noun
1. money order; draft
2. exchange (e.g. foreign)
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noun
eldest daughter; first-born daughter  (may be the only daughter)
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to approach; to draw near; to be imminent
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
2. to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
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defense; defence; guard; policing; security
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skin
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observation; survey; measurement
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inauguration; assumption of office
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drama; theatre; theater; play
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publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
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Most common form: 出会い
noun
1. meeting; rendezvous; encounter
2. confluence  (esp. 出合い, 出合)
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downward; descent; fall; drop; subsidence  (opposite: 上昇)
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noun
nature; property; disposition
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1. more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion; pretty much; roughly; so far as it goes
2. tentatively; for the time being
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noun
limit; bounds
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opening of a meeting
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distribution; dissemination; allocation
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excess; being more than
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noun
kindergarten
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noun
the number of days; date
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science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to chew; to bite (at); to gnaw; to nibble; to munch; to crunch; to have a smattering of  (often written with kana only)
2. to dabble in (e.g. hobby, instrument)  (often written with kana only)
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agricultural chemical (i.e. pesticide, herbicide, fungicide, etc.); agrochemical; agrichemical
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
simultaneous; all at once
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Most common form: 第一
adverb, noun
first; foremost; number one
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1. presumption; assumption
2. estimation
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noun
trading company; firm
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
middle of a month; second third of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
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1. making a round trip; going and returning; coming and going
2. round-trip ticket; return ticket  (see also: 往復切符; abbreviation)
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noun
1. heading; headline; title; caption
2. index
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myth; legend
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Most common form: 越える
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to pass over (out of)  (esp. 越える)
2. to exceed  (esp. 超える)
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noun
1. measurement; size; extent; dimension
2. plan; intention; arrangement; schedule
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
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Most common form:
1. another place; somewhere else; strange parts  (see also: 他所; often written with kana only)
noun
2. outside (one's family or group); those people  (often written with kana only; opposite: )
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noun
1. before; this side
2. one's standpoint; one's appearance
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noun
business card
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real thing; original; actual
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noun
marks; points; score; runs; number of items; credits
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noun
social position; social status
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1. obedient; meek; docile; unaffected
2. honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
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noun
1. ascent; climbing; ascending (path); climb
2. up-train (e.g. going to Tokyo)  (see also: 上り列車; this meaning is restricted to form 上り)
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currency
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Most common form: ある
irregular 'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live  (see also: 居る; often written with kana only)
2. to have  (often written with kana only)
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noun
1. purple; violet
2. Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell)  (often written with kana only)
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precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
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noun
site; plot; lot; grounds
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noun
hydrogen (H)
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noun
area; zone; belt (of land)
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Most common form: おと年
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
year before last
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Most common form: 身心
mind and body
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writing (e.g. as a profession)
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Most common form: 文藝
literature; art and literature; belles-lettres
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noun
plain; open field
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1. internal medicine, i.e. treatment by medical procedures rather than surgical procedures  (see also: 外科)
2. department of internal medicine (hospital, etc.)
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1. quite; really; very; extremely
2. nothing; not a bit; not at all  (with neg. verb)
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plain; simple; subdued; sober
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noun
1. deadline; closing; cut-off; end  (not 閉め切り, etc.)
2. cofferdam  (not 閉め切り, etc.)
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calligraphy  (see also: カリグラフィー; esp. Asian calligraphy based on Chinese characters)
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noun
1. infinity; infinitude; eternity
2. infinite; limitless
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noun
1. academic year; school year
2. year in school; grade in school
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1. application; put to practical use
noun (prefix)
2. applied  (see also: 応用物理学, 応用言語学)
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noun
1. concentration; thickness; density  (chemistry term)
2. cardinality  (mathematics)
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noun
1. front cover; binding; (book) cover
2. appearing on the cover of a magazine
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noun
multi-unit apartments; apartment complex
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noun
government office; public office
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noun
aquatic products; fisheries
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noun
1. foundation; basis; base; footing; infrastructure
2. bedrock  (geology, etc. term)
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carving; engraving; sculpture
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noun
1. indication; sign; hint; presence; trend
2. quotation (esp. stock market)
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1. disassembly; dismantling; disaggregating; analysis; disintegrating; decomposing; degrading
2. factorization  (mathematics)
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contradiction; inconsistency
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noun
advanced level; high grade; senior
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noun
daily necessities
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noun
prize; monetary award
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showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy; ostentatious
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noun
God
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pollution; public nuisance; contamination  (see also: 汚染)
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noun
1. agricultural community; farm village
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modern
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1. South Pole
2. the Antarctic; Antarctica  (see also: 南極圏, 南極大陸)
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dead body; corpse; cadaver  (see also: 遺体)
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cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
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friction; rubbing; rubdown; chafe
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noun
1. printing type; movable type
2. printed text; print
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science
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cultivation; refinement; culture; education
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