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JLPT N2 Vocabulary — Section 54

Words 1061–1080 of 1817, in the order a vocabulary book lists them.

  1. 1061
    上(のぼ)る
    Godan verb with 'ru' endingcommon
    1. 1.to ascend; to go up; to climb
    2. 2.to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise
    3. 3.to go to (the capital)

    口あれば京へ上る。

    If you are up for it, let's go!

    上 above

  2. 1062
    糊(のり)
    Nouncommon
    1. 1.paste; glue
    2. 2.clothing starch

    制服だって、いつも着ているのより糊がきき過ぎていて、ちょっぴり違和感すら覚えてしまいます。

    Come to that the uniform had a bit more starch than that I usually wear, it's a bit uncomfortable.
  3. 1063
    乗換(のりかえ)
    Nouncommon
    1. 1.transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; connection
    2. 2.switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.); change; conversion
    3. 3.switching (stock)

    乗 ride換 interchange

  4. 1064
    載(の)る
    Godan verb with 'ru' endingcommon
    1. 1.to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on
    2. 2.to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded; to be reported

    これは、画期的な発明だから教科書に載るかもよ。

    This invention is so revolutionary, it might make it into the textbooks.

    載 ride

  5. 1065
    のろのろ
    Adverb (fukushi)common
    1. slowly; sluggishly

    タクシーはカタツムリと同じくらいのろのろ進んでいるように思えた。

    The taxi seemed to go as slowly as a snail.
  6. 1066
    呑気(のんき)
    Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)common
    1. easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky

    トムは呑気でマイペースな性格だ。

    Tom tends to do things at his own pace.

    気 spirit

  7. 1067
    灰色(はいいろ)
    Nouncommon
    1. 1.grey; gray; ashen
    2. 2.Grey

    その猫は灰色ですか？

    Is that cat grey?

    灰 ashes色 color

  8. 1068
    俳句(はいく)
    Nouncommon
    1. 1.haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
    2. 2.Haiku

    この文は俳句の調べ持つ文よ。

    This is a sentence that has the syllable count of a haiku.

    俳 haiku句 phrase

  9. 1069
    拝見(はいけん)
    Nouncommon
    1. seeing; looking at

    搭乗券を拝見します。

    May I see your boarding pass, please?

    拝 worship見 see

  10. 1070
    這(は)う
    Godan verb with 'u' endingcommon
    1. 1.to crawl; to creep; to go on all fours
    2. 2.to slither; to wriggle
    3. 3.to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread; to creep
  11. 1071
    生(は)える
    Ichidan verbcommon
    1. 1.to grow; to spring up; to sprout
    2. 2.to cut (teeth)

    生 life

  12. 1072
    秤(はかり)
    Nouncommon
    1. scales; weighing machine

    両天秤をかけると失敗する。

    If you try to have it both ways, you'll end up with neither.
  13. 1073
    測(はか)る
    Godan verb with 'ru' endingcommon
    1. 1.to measure; to weigh; to survey; to time (sound, gauge, estimate)
    2. 2.to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

    馬の斤量を測る。

    I will measure the weight of the horse.

    測 fathom

  14. 1074
    量(はか)る
    Godan verb with 'ru' endingcommon
    1. 1.to measure; to weigh; to survey; to time (sound, gauge, estimate)
    2. 2.to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

    今日から毎日体重量ることにした。

    I have decided to weigh myself every day starting today.

    量 quantity

  15. 1075
    剥(はが)す
    Godan verb with 'su' endingcommon
    1. to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off
  16. 1076
    吐(は)き気(け)
    Nouncommon
    1. 1.nausea; feeling like throwing up; feeling sick
    2. 2.Nausea

    吐き気がします。

    I feel like throwing up.

    吐 spit気 spirit

  17. 1077
    掃(は)く
    Godan verb with 'ku' endingcommon
    1. 1.to sweep; to brush; to clean
    2. 2.to gather silkworms

    掃 sweep

  18. 1078
    歯車(はぐるま)
    Nouncommon
    1. 1.gear; cogwheel
    2. 2.cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
    3. 3.Gear

    ここの小さな歯車がないんだ。

    A small gear is missing here.

    歯 tooth車 car

  19. 1079
    挟(はさ)む
    Godan verb with 'mu' endingcommon
    1. 1.to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides)
    2. 2.to put between; to sandwich between; to insert; to interpose
    3. 3.to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to pinch

    彼は会話の最中に口を挟むことがよくある。

    He often breaks into the middle of a conversation.

    挟 pinch

  20. 1080
    箸(はし)
    Nouncommon
    1. 1.chopsticks
    2. 2.Chopsticks

    お箸が苦手なの。

    I'm not very good with chopsticks.

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