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JLPT N2 Vocabulary — Section 30

Words 581–600 of 1817, in the order a vocabulary book lists them.

  1. 581
    職人(しょくにん)
    Nouncommon
    1. 1.craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker
    2. 2.Shokunin
    3. 3.Artisan

    親父は職人気質な人でね。

    My dad is a stubborn man at his job.

    職 post人 person

  2. 582
    初旬(しょじゅん)
    Adverb (fukushi)common
    1. first 10 days of the month

    私は６月初旬にトロントに来たものです。

    I came to Toronto at the beginning of June.

    初 first time旬 decameron

  3. 583
    書籍(しょせき)
    Nouncommon
    1. book; publication

    この書籍は実に古いものだ。

    This book is really old.

    書 write籍 enroll

  4. 584
    食器(しょっき)
    Nouncommon
    1. tableware

    食器洗い当番です。

    My job is to wash the dishes.

    食 eat器 utensil

  5. 585
    書店(しょてん)
    Nouncommon
    1. 1.bookshop; bookstore
    2. 2.Bookselling

    書店で手に入ります。

    You can get it at a bookstore.

    書 write店 store

  6. 586
    書道(しょどう)
    Nouncommon
    1. calligraphy (esp. Asian calligraphy based on Chinese characters)

    書道って、得意？

    Are you good at calligraphy?

    書 write道 road-way

  7. 587
    白髪(しらが)
    Nouncommon
    1. white hair; grey hair; gray hair

    白髪になってきたわね。

    Your hair is going grey.

    白 white髪 hair of the head

  8. 588
    私立(しりつ)
    Nouncommon
    1. private (establishment)

    私立大学の数が増えた。

    The number of private colleges has increased.

    私 private立 stand up

  9. 589
    資料(しりょう)
    Nouncommon
    1. 1.material; materials; data; information
    2. 2.Primary source

    この資料が必要なんです。

    I need those documents.

    資 assets料 fee

  10. 590
    汁(しる)
    Nouncommon
    1. 1.juice; sap; soup
    2. 2.soup; broth
    3. 3.(dipping) sauce

    お出汁、熱いよ。

    The broth is hot.

    汁 soup

  11. 591
    素人(しろうと)
    Nouncommon
    1. 1.amateur; layman; ordinary person; novice
    2. 2.respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha)
    3. 3.unlicensed prostitute

    ただの素人だよ。

    He is just an amateur.

    素 elementary人 person

  12. 592
    芯(しん)
    Nouncommon
    1. 1.wick; marrow; staple (for stapler); (pencil) lead
    2. 2.core; heart; centre; center
    3. 3.pistil (of a flower)

    林檎の芯は食べないよ。

    I don't eat apple cores.
  13. 593
    新幹線(しんかんせん)
    Nouncommon
    1. 1.Shinkansen; bullet train
    2. 2.Shinkansen
    3. 3.Shinkansen

    OK。新大阪の新幹線出口に行くわ。

    OK. I'll go to Shin-Osaka station's shinkansen exit.

    新 new幹 tree trunk線 line

  14. 594
    真空(しんくう)
    Nouncommon
    1. 1.vacuum
    2. 2.absolute void; complete vacuity
    3. 3.Vacuum

    自然は真空を嫌う。

    Nature abhors a vacuum.

    真 true空 empty

  15. 595
    心身(しんしん)
    Nouncommon
    1. mind and body

    適度な運動をすれば、心身共に爽やかになれますよ。

    Moderate exercise will refresh both mind and body.

    心 heart

  16. 596
    信(しん)ずる
    Ichidan verb - zuru verb (alternative form of -jiru verbs)common
    1. to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in

    信 faith

  17. 597
    申請(しんせい)
    Nouncommon
    1. application; request; petition

    私はビザを申請した。

    I applied for a visa.

    申 have the honor to請 solicit

  18. 598
    寝台(しんだい)
    Nouncommon
    1. bed; couch

    人生とは、病人が寝台を変えたという欲望に取り憑かれている、一個の病院である。

    Life is merely a hospital where patients are possessed with the desire to change beds.

    寝 lie down台 pedestal

  19. 599
    診断(しんだん)
    Nouncommon
    1. 1.diagnosis; medical examination
    2. 2.Medical diagnosis

    診断結果はどうだったの？

    What's your diagnosis?

    診 checkup断 severance

  20. 600
    侵入(しんにゅう)
    Nouncommon
    1. invasion; incursion; raid; aggression

    彼は住居に侵入した。

    He broke into a house.

    侵 encroach入 enter

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