List: JLPT Level N2 words

popular  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation 

• North Pole
• the Arctic

popular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N2  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic) 

• mochi, small rice cake made from glutinous rice

popular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N2  interjection  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb 

• banzai, hurray, hurrah, hooray
• something to cheer about, something worthy of celebration
• giving up, throwing one's hands up
• eternal life and prosperity

popular  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic) 

• table salt

popular  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic)  Buddhism 

• vacuum
• absolute void, complete vacuity

popular  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic) 

• consul

popular  obsolete reading  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic) 

• landlord, landlady
• house owner, home owner, head of the household

popular  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic) 

• locomotive, engine

popular  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

• sample, specimen, pattern
• model, example

popular  JLPT N2  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  transitive verb 

• to shave (wood, leather, etc.), to sharpen (e.g. pencil), to plane, to whittle, to pare, to scrape off, to erode
• to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.), to curtail, to reduce
• to delete, to erase, to remove, to cross out, to strike out