JLPT N2 Crash Course

曖昧 (aimai): vague; ambiguous; unclear​


愛らしい (airashii): pretty; charming; lovely; adorable


愛社 (aisha): devotion to one’s company​


相性 (aishou): affinity; compatibility​


相次いで (aitsuide): one after the other; successively​


愛用 (aiyou): favorite; habitually used​


味付け (ajitsuke): seasoning; flavor​


赤字 (akaji): (being in) the red; deficit; red letter


分解 (bunkai): disassembly; dismantling; disaggregating; analysis; disintegrating; decomposing; degrading​


分割 (bunkatsu): partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting​


文系 (bunkei): humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts


文献 (bunken): literature; books (reference); document​


文面 (bunmen): content of a letter​


分配 (bunpai): division; splitting; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation​


分量 (bunryou): amount; quantity​


分担 (buntan): taking on one’s share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment​


不調 (fuchou): bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump; out of form​


不動産 (fudousan): real estate​


不動産屋 (fudousan’ya): real estate agent; realtor​


不十分 (fujuubun): insufficient; inadequate; imperfect; shortage​


不快 (fukai): displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness​; indisposition; ailment​


不可欠 (fukaketsu): indispensable; essential​


深まる (fukamaru): to deepen; to heighten; to intensify​


深める (fukameru): to deepen; to heighten; to intensify​


不完全 (fukanzen): imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective​



ごちゃごちゃ: messy; confused; chaotic; disorderly; mixed-up; jumbled up


強引 (gouin): overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed​


ぐったり: limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically


後日 (gojitsu): in the future; another day; later​


娯楽 (goraku): pleasure; amusement​


合同 (goudou): combination; union; incorporation; amalgamation; fusion


愚痴 (guchi): idle complaint; grumble​


ぐんぐん: rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily​


行事 (gyouji): event; function​


行列 (gyouretsu): line; queue; procession; parade​


幅広い (habahiroi): extensive; wide; broad​


本来 (honrai): originally; primarily​; essentially; intrinsically; naturally; by nature; in (and of) itself​


本社 (honsha): head office; main office; headquarters; parent company; this company; this shrine​


本心 (honshin): true feelings​


保守 (hoshu): maintenance; conservatism; conservativeness; conservation​


補足 (hosoku): supplement; complement​


細長い (hosonagai): long and narrow​


舗装 (hosou): pavement; road surface​


欲する (hossuru): to want; to desire


包丁 (houchou): kitchen knife; carving knife​


報道 (houdou): information; report; journalism; news​


放映 (houei): televising; broadcasting; airing​


放課後 (houkago): after school​


子供たちは、放課後集まって宿題をしている。


報告書 (houkokusho): (written) report​


方面 (houmen): direction; district; area​


時点 (jiten): point in time; occasion​


事典 (jiten): encyclopedia; cyclopedia​


事前 (jizen): prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante


慈善 (jizen): charity; philanthropy​


持続 (jizoku): continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring


じたばた: (kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering​


序列 (joretsu): rank; ranking order; hierarchy​


助手席 (joshuseki): passenger seat; assistant driver’s seat​


上部 (joubu): top part; surface​


上半身 (jouhanshin): upper half of (one’s) body; upper body; bust


蒸発 (jouhatsu): evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance​


上位 (joui): superior (in rank); top; ranking​