JLPT N2 Vocabulary List

sugarnoun

でうまみを足すってことで味の素とあと砂糖でちょっと若干味の調整を図るみたいな感じでwe'll finish the soup here. Probably since it's Tonkotsu Buta Musou

advicenoun, suru verb

見てたりするとよくフリーランスは3ヶ月先を考えて動きましょうみたいなアドバイスがあるじゃないですかI often see advice saying freelancers should think three months ahead, right?

(non-documentary) television seriesnoun

あとなんかドラマとかその映画とか乗れるみたいなあるので確かに。三年前に大型バイクのあそうだった。ミントで家And like you can ride in dramas or movies, right. Indeed. Three years ago a large bike, oh that's right. At home with mint

to coolverb

いい感じです。チャーシューは切るときに一回冷やした方が油が固まるんで切りやすいんですけどIt looks good. It's easier to slice the chashu if you chill it once so the fat firms up, but

ballnoun

ここまで来たらわかりそうなもんですけどね。はいカナタへのマナザシ。探求心にあふれる者が作った道具だろう。これでボールを打てば空高く飛びそうだ。いや違う違うこれ望遠鏡でしょIf we've come this far you'd think we'd know. Yes, Gaze to the Beyond. A tool likely made by one overflowing with curiosity. If you hit a ball with this it looks like it would fly high into the sky. No no no, this is a telescope, right

correspondencenoun, suru verb

約50キロの洋上で通信断絶いたしましたapproximately 50 kilometers offshore.

patternnoun

そのあれねクロコイドについてるパターンね。はいここ待って行ってないこれ。なんでねなんでそれThat pattern with the crocoid attached, right. Okay wait, I haven't gone here. Why, why that

to continue (for a long time)verb

飛行場のいちいち早い全面変換を実現するために引き続き前向きに取り組んでいく考えですAir Station, we intend to continue working proactively to realize its full return as soon as possible.

covernoun

めちゃくちゃの小腹鶏スープみたいになります。蓋して少し煮る。こちらですねIt becomes like a crazy small-pot chicken soup. Cover and simmer a little. This one here

inhabitantnoun

様子を見守っていた住民や報道陣も大慌てresidents and reporters who had been watching were thrown into a panic

chopsticksnoun

最後にいきまではい。こうしたらポイントがあります。お箸でまずまずでまあお米粒浮いてますよね。で大だにするfinally, there is a point to doing this. First, stir with chopsticks. The rice grains are floating, right? And then add the dashi.

within the countrynoun

イエメンの代表は国内の問題にとどまらずエネルギー供給や世界の貿易に対する脅威だと強調The Yemeni representative emphasized that this is not just a domestic issue, but a threat to energy supply and global trade.

mainnoun

さ水上が早いさカートってちょこちょこあるんですけど、あんまり今でさあの過大くタイミングってなかったんですよ。水上がメインのコースってまあワリオシップぐらいis, you know, there are carts that are faster on water, but there haven't been many opportunities to use them until now. Courses that are mainly on water are, well, maybe Wario Shipyard

to grow upverb, expression

急な悪口。どんどん大人になったらできにくくなりますよThat insult came out of nowhere. It gets harder to make them as you become an adult

modelnoun

ってこと。そうそうそう。やりそうあれ。で飛んでった先にね、もうモデルみたいなめっちゃ美人が立ってExactly. That's it. Sounds like something I'd do. And where it flew to, there was this super beautiful woman standing there like a model

large-scalenoun, na-adjective

ビルから帰ってくる人たち、戸惑う大規模命令をされますPeople are coming back from the buildings, confused, and being ordered to evacuate on a large scale.

bentonoun

会場で配られた関係者用の弁当を食べたスタッフらに症状が出ているということですsymptoms have appeared in staff members who ate bento boxes distributed to officials at the venue.

risknoun

のはあれかチップのあのリスクみたいなのちょっと特殊だったけど、今回はI guess the risk with the chips was a bit unusual, but this time

titlenoun

もうね言ってることが反対なんですよね。でもこれがまさに今日のタイトルなんですEverything I'm saying is contradictory, right? But that's exactly today's title.

flournoun

です。でもう満遍なくね粉つけてきます。しっかりムニエルは粉つけないと飯。魚だ。何何？ムニエルAnd now, I'll coat it evenly with flour. For meuniere, if you don't coat it well with flour, it's just... fish. What? What is it? Meuniere.

drinknoun

最後も勝てました。飲み物はI was able to win at the end too. Drinks are

to warm (up)verb

温めるようなイメージで30秒ずつ焼いてで最後にもう一度だけカワサっとwarm it up, like 30 seconds on each side, and finally, one more time, skin side...

spacenoun

もたくさんいるんですけど、こう仕事をしていたりとかさ、その人にその人の人生が始まってるからなかなかできないわけよ。次の後輩が。でもこのままだと寂しいですもんね。めちゃくちゃ寂しいです。家ももったいないし、めっちゃスペース空いてるしThere are lots of guys too, but they're working and stuff, and each person has their own life started, so it's hard to get one. A next kohai. But it'd be lonely like this, right. It's super lonely. The house is a waste too, there's so much empty space

professionalnoun

でしょ。それはプロなんで分かります。もうギリギリRight? That's something a pro would know. It's already on the edge

habitnoun

日本語を話すことが習慣になりますspeaking Japanese becomes a habit

Sundaynoun, adverb

日曜日の夜にああしたから仕事だってなっている人がいる中でbut while others are thinking, 'Oh, I have to work tomorrow' on Sunday night,

reappearancenoun, suru verb

なんか昔賃貸で動画撮ってた時の部屋を再現したわけやってIt's like recreating the room from when I used to film videos in a rental a long time ago

foreign countrynoun

洋服ですここで洋は外国という意味ですIt's Western clothing. Here, 'yo' means foreign country.

salenoun, suru verb

嬉しいと話です。娘連れて会話したらその販売のお姉さんに肌綺麗ですねI'm happy with that story. When I was talking with my daughter, the sales lady said your skin is beautiful

generationnoun

ベッドを入れてるゾーン。えー僕ダイヤモンドパール世代でしょA zone with a bed in it. Hey, I'm the Diamond and Pearl generation, right

umbrellanoun

所謂あの傘から流れ落ちる傘煙あるいはthe so-called umbrella of smoke flowing down from that umbrella, or

walletnoun

で将来やっぱり不安があるとしたら財布の今どうしてもかたくなってしまうわけでAnd if there is anxiety about the future, people will inevitably tighten their purse strings.

spicyi-adjective

だから自由を束縛されるっていうのはアイノッチを取られるのと同じぐらい辛いとだから強制強あの強制収容の体験たら非常'So having our freedom restricted is as painful as having our lives taken away, so the experience of forced internment was very'

kitchen knifenoun

意味を見出していたと。でも本当は三日月の包丁調理道具だね。持ち手に鮭の飾りがついた包丁のようだ。この包丁で刻まれた食材は鉄Meaning in it. But actually it's a crescent knife, a cooking tool. It seems to be a knife with a salmon ornament on the handle. Ingredients cut with this knife taste of iron.

callnoun, suru verb

東日本大震災から15年を迎えたことを受け、被災地を訪問中の秋篠ノ宮さまと長男の久保久さまはFollowing the 15th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, Prince Akishinonomiya and his eldest son, Prince Hisahito, who are visiting the disaster-stricken area,

to open (e.g. doors)verb

なんかんのよねこれ意味が。有識者の人あいたらコメントしてほしいんだけどWhat does this mean? If there's an expert, I'd like them to comment

to collectverb

まだ変身がまだ全ちょっとアドレナリンが溜まってなさすぎるなI still haven't transformed, my adrenaline just hasn't built up enough at all

woodnoun

また駐車場の車内にいた会社役員林博さんも半そばきの病院で死亡しましたAlso, company executive Hiroshi Hayashi, who was in a car in the parking lot, died at a hospital he was transported to.

extravagantnoun, na-adjective

前回も出ましたルイージですね。そうルイージだけねなんかめちゃくちゃ出かけてちょっと豪華なんですがはい2番ルイージまた当たりました。まあまあまあ1個しか出てなかったからねとりあえずのit's Luigi, who appeared last time too. Yeah, only Luigi seems to be appearing a lot, which is a bit luxurious, but yes, number 2, Luigi, I got him again. Well, well, well, since only one had appeared before, let's say

to keep (a pet or other animal)verb

そのブラックペッパーでもう舌がしびれてて舞いてきててしょっぱさと叩かってる感じThe black pepper already numbs your tongue, and it's like being hit by the saltiness

senior high school studentnoun

伊豆島では当時高校生だった少年6人がOn Izu-Oshima, six boys who were high school students at the time

antiquitynoun

アメリカへの不対馬基地の名護市辺野古への移設を容認する立場をとりtakes the position of accepting the relocation of the U.S. Futenma Air Station to Henoko in Nago City,

limitnoun, suru verb

現在は入荷があった限定のお勧めメニューとして提供する形に変更Currently, it has been changed to a form where it is offered as a limited recommended menu item when it arrives.

to put on (one's head)verb

無形さん好きなキャラなんで多少被っても許せるんですがはい今回の2個目開けていきましょうか。なんかあれだな冷え方にムラがあるなis a character I like, so I can forgive some duplicates, but yes, let's open the second one this time. It seems like the cooling is uneven.

yellowi-adjective

そこから震度予測を行う際にはですね、この黄色い星のようなより日本に近いようなbut when predicting the seismic intensity, from this hypocenter closer to Japan, like the yellow star,

planningnoun, suru verb

格のラーメンがあるんですよ。格のラーメン。このラーメンを僕あの再現する企画を一度やったことがあります。はいはい。なんか見たことあります。あります。YouTubeで出してもらって、そこからしばらくコンビニのレンジ麺とかpriced ramen. I've actually done a project recreating this ramen once. Yeah, yeah. I think I've seen it. Yes. We put it on YouTube, and after a while it even appeared as a convenience store microwave noodle, but once again, Kanda-san,

earlynoun, na-adjective

あのまあ国連の取材をしようということでわりと朝早めにあの57丁目Well, I was heading to the JNN New York bureau office on 57th Street quite early in the morning

babynoun

アヒルの赤ちゃんは友達を交差連れてきました。あっちだよ。さっきも取ったよねThe baby duck brought friends along. It's that way. We went that way before, didn't we?

bentonoun

もしかして。なんか間違ってさ今日の昼ご飯さお弁当買ってんだけどさMaybe. I made a mistake and bought a bento for lunch today, but...

cooperationnoun, suru verb

参議院とも連携しながら進めていただけるのではないかとI think he will be able to proceed while coordinating with the House of Councillors.

evolutionnoun, suru verb

あんな充実した装備。特にあの音声入力はねだいぶ進化してるからというふうにso I think if you buy this, YouTube in your car is definitely guaranteed, so please take this opportunity to purchase it

pacenoun

ちょっとペース遅いって思ってるでしょ大丈夫国家だからYou think the pace is slow, right? It's fine, it's the nation so

writingnoun

揃えたコレクション見ていきましょう。結構文章面白そうなんですよね。えっとこれ一個ずつ見れるからまあレベル低いとから読んでいきましょうか。まずはこちら不安定な鍋敷き。安定が第一の鍋敷きをあえて不安定にした問題作のようだLet's look at the collection we completed. The descriptions look pretty interesting. Um, we can look at these one by one, so let's read from the low levels. First, this Unstable Trivet. It seems to be a problematic piece that deliberately made unstable a trivet where stability comes first

troublenoun

事故トラブルだろうと思ってタクシー乗り込むわけですけれどもI got into the taxi thinking it was an accident or trouble.

powernoun

列があるじゃないですかこの何パワーが書いてあるこの列が違うやつはあの違う倍率There's a column, right? This column with the power written in it, the ones that are different have a different multiplier

temperaturenoun

一つのポイントはもう最初からバターで焼かないことでバターはもう焦げやすいんでまず温度が上がっちゃうとねOne point is not to start with butter, because butter burns easily. If the temperature gets too high first...

worrynoun, suru verb

エネルギー供給への懸念が高まる中、まもなく風刺派への対応供給する安保理が始まりますAmid growing concerns over energy supply, the Security Council meeting to address the Houthis will begin shortly.

marknoun, suru verb

でここマーク決めていきたいがとでこちらも早いと早めにジャンプすることで対空時間を減らしていくいいよいいよ上手いよへ向けさんでI want to nail this mark, and they are fast too. By jumping early, I'll reduce the air time. Good, good, you're good, Heme-san, and

inside of a store (restaurant, café, etc.)noun

席の広い店内がこのににはいです絶対どうthe spacious restaurant was packed. How did you

structurenoun, suru verb

総理が直接介入できない仕組みとなっていることから松山参院会長が総理の意向を組んで交代させるのかand since the system is set up so that the Prime Minister cannot intervene directly, whether House of Councillors Chairman Matsuyama will take the Prime Minister's intentions into account and replace him

high-classnoun, na-adjective

皿に何の食べ放題で聞いた瞬間にこれいくしかないな憧れの高級食材何をThe moment I heard what kind of all-you-can-eat it was, I thought I had to go. What kind of luxury ingredients that I've always dreamed of

explanationnoun, suru verb

原則15歳から自分のアカウントの解説を認めていてIn principle, those 15 and older are allowed to open their own accounts, and

three timesnoun

まあ今日初なんですけど。熱かい。はい。熱めていきたい。三回行きましょう。かしわWell, it's my first time today. Is it hot? Yes. Let's go with it hot. Let's go three times. Kashiwa

realnoun, na-adjective

今日もリアルな日本語を使ってたくさんお話ししていきましょう。突然ですがここで問題ですToday too, let's talk a lot using real Japanese. Suddenly, here's a question.

ordernoun

ね。訂正ですか。訂正ですね。ここは you do you I do me 順番がright. Is it a correction. It's a correction. Here it's you do you I do me, the order is

each placenoun

まあ郊外にいましたのでまあ非常にあの車であの快適に過ごさせてもらいました。じゃアメリカ各地ちょっと行ってみたりとかニューヨークを歩き回ったりとかそういう生活ですかWell, since we were in the suburbs, we were able to spend time very comfortably by car. So, did you travel around the US or walk around New York?

pointnoun

相当一点じゃない？エッグボムBと。はいはいはいはいはいはい。はいはいはいはいなんかめちゃくちゃ落ちてるここ。チェックポイント叩けIsn't that quite a single point? With Egg Bomb B. Yes yes yes yes yes yes. Yes yes yes yes something's dropping a lot here. Hit the checkpoint

roundi-adjective

眠気に抗うフクロウを巧みに表現した像のようだ。この像を見つめているとついあくびが出てしまう。はい、そしてまだ穴が空いておりますが、そこにはこれがはまるんだ。鮭のドグウ、丸い姿が愛らしいドグウのようだ。美術的価値を考慮しなければフォークとしても使えるPlease don't use it as a fork then.

stressnoun

やっぱりねこれをどう伝えていくか一方でトラウマもありそのストレスのトラウマもありそういう中でどうやって伝えていくかっていうのはIt really is a challenge, how to pass this on, while dealing with trauma and the stress that comes with it,

bothersomei-adjective

僕は全然好きじゃない。面倒くさい。まだてとか仕方がないI don't like it at all. It's troublesome. Still, well, it can't be helped

to wring (towel, rag)verb

と最終的に鮭の絞り機、鮭の食文化が垣間見える調理器具のようだ。鮭は何を絞っていたのだろうか。全然違ったんだね。やっぱりI mean, overall they're all kind of food-related things. And they seem to be ornaments too. Yes, and the first is a small wind-up key, it seems to be a carefully polished wind-up key. What kind of machine was it used in. Sure, this would look like a wind-up key but in the end it was a tail.

junior high school studentnoun

バイクの後ろに乗っていた友人の14歳の男子中学生を暴行し怪我をさせた疑いでOn suspicion of assaulting and injuring a 14-year-old male junior high school student who was riding on the back of the motorcycle,

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling)noun

お土産の桜餅、ありがとう。せっかくだからいただいておくね。あ、早くロードアスボー。あじゃ一升Thank you for the souvenir sakura mochi. Since you went to the trouble, I'll have it. Ah, hurry up and load as well. Ah, just one bottle

stage (platform)noun

したんですよ。雪山のステージなんかがちょっと今頭に浮かんでおりますが、エクスプレッソはI remember it now. Expresso is in snowy stages and such, Expresso is

mouthfulnoun

男子が一口味わうとWhen a man takes a bite,

replynoun, suru verb

調整をさせてください。のちほど回答させていただきます。はいplease let me coordinate. I will answer later. Yes.

managementnoun, suru verb

オンラインのコミュニティを運営しています。このコトエサロンに入ってもらえるとI run an online community. If you join this Kotoe Salon,

affinitynoun

絶対出ましたよ。ツッコんで、こうツッコミながら、完全ボケになる相性かなんだろうIt definitely came out. While tsukkomi-ing, like this, maybe it's compatibility where I become the full boke

staff membernoun

抜き打ち検査に密着すると職員もめを疑う違反の数々が発覚しましたwe followed along on a surprise inspection and discovered numerous violations that even the staff couldn't believe.

generallyadverb

クッキングシートを敷いて詰めて焼いてください。フライパンに薄く油を引いたらガスを抜いた生地を全体に広げ入れますline it with baking paper and cook it that way. Once the frying pan is lightly oiled, spread the dough evenly into it.

largenoun

あとなんかドラマとかその映画とか乗れるみたいなあるので確かに。三年前に大型バイクのあそうだった。ミントで家And like you can ride in dramas or movies, right. Indeed. Three years ago a large bike, oh that's right. At home with mint

businessnoun

実はですね今のこのアムールというお店をですね閉店することになってしまいました。私自身はちょっとこれからですね新しい事業というか新しいレストランをActually, I have decided to close this restaurant, Amour. As for myself, I am now heading towards a new project, or rather, a new restaurant.

3rd day of the monthnoun

めっちゃ匂い出んじゃないのというか出るヤバい発酵臭をどうやって出すよと思って、しかも豚骨を2日も3日も炊いていいんだったら出るんですけど、発酵臭Won't it give off a crazy smell, I mean it will, it's bad, how do you get that fermented smell out, and if you could simmer pork bones for 2 or 3 days it would come out, but fermented smell

topnoun

両政府のトップが質問に対応しつつける例はthe example of the top government officials continuing to respond to questions

holidaynoun, expression

ニューヨークのにいらっしゃった時はお休みの人とはどんなことをされてたんですかWhen you were in New York, what did you do on your days off?

compared withexpression

実際に動画で見るのと比べてどうでした。いやもう全然もうやっぱり見るだけじゃないですか。けどいろいろシアタールームとかはいはいはいHow was it compared to actually seeing it in videos. No, it's totally different, after all you just watch. But the theater room and stuff, yeah yeah yeah

ten yearsnoun

この工程を作るた十年かかるね。ちらあれIt takes ten years to master this process. Wait, that...

myselfpronoun

実はですね今のこのアムールというお店をですね閉店することになってしまいました。私自身はちょっとこれからですね新しい事業というか新しいレストランをActually, I have decided to close this restaurant, Amour. As for myself, I am now heading towards a new project, or rather, a new restaurant.

one (small animal)noun

長い人生もうずっと楽しみたいからこそ好きなものはほどほどに抑えています。だからこの一匹一匹を大事に食べたいBecause I want to enjoy my long life for a long time, I keep my favorite things in moderation. That's why I want to savor each and every one of these.

in a senseexpression

すごくある意味トラウマでもあるしでもすごく感慨させられるbut it's also an experience that makes you think deeply.

bothexpression

その2日ってどっちも元々約束があった日なんですよThose two days were both days I already had prior commitments.

search (esp. for someone or something missing)noun, suru verb

当局は救助船やヘリコプターを投入し捜索していますAuthorities have deployed rescue ships and helicopters to search for them.

textbooknoun

まず本屋で教科書一冊買いましたWhen I picked up the book and took it to the register

suddenlysuru verb, adverb

なんか今日ゲスさんさパッとしない性格いやだけどずっとゲスさん大事基本的にパッとしないねSomehow today, Gesu-san is not impressive, no, but Gesu-san is always important, basically not impressive, right

goal (in soccer, hockey, etc.)noun, suru verb

カクだからレールでゴールしちゃいますよケイええなんとかえ最終一枚取ることができましたあれなんか変わったまたダッシュフード今食べたからかIt's a shortcut, so I'll finish on the rail. Yay! I managed to get the last coin. Wait, did something change? Is it because I just ate a Dash Mushroom?

linenoun

そのぴんときたもので結構外れがなかったりするので、なのでそれはまあ自分の中のこうラインがはっきりしているからでしょうWith those intuitive picks, I often don't miss, so maybe that's because the line within me is clear

whereinexpression

そんな中でもっとも多く食べていたのがこちら四十代男性の二個半Even so, the person who ate the most was this man in his forties, with two and a half

to remainverb

マジで使い道ないよな。ちょうど余ってますよね。そこ余ってたこれ。ミッチってカラフルだとですか。カラフルなんだSeriously no use for it. It was just leftover, right. That was leftover, this. Mitch, do you like colorful things? It's colorful

how longnoun, adverb, expression

どれくらいフォーマルかという意味ですThere are three levels of formality.

to hangverb

それ野永さんだから。俺じゃねえし。それ野永さんだよつって。本当です。もうあちこちでよく聞くんですよThat's Yonaga-san. It's not me. That's Yonaga-san, I said. It's true. I hear it everywhere.