JLPT N2 Vocabulary — Section 62

Words 1221–1240 of 1817, in the order a vocabulary book lists them.

1221
閉会(へいかい)
Nouncommon
1. closure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)
オリンピックの閉会式って、見た？
Did you watch the Olympics closing ceremony?
閉 closed 会 meeting
1222
平気(へいき)
Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)common
1. 1.cool; calm; composed; unconcerned
2. 2.all right; fine; OK; okay
雪が降っても平気だよ。
I don't care if it snows.
平 even 気 spirit
1223
並行(へいこう)
Nouncommon
1. 1.going side-by-side; going abreast
2. 2.running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
3. 3.Parallel (geometry)
並 row 行 going
1224
平日(へいじつ)
Adverb (fukushi)common
1. 1.weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday)
2. 2.kanji radical 73
3. 3.Weekday
平日は、月火水木金です。
The weekdays are: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
平 even 日 day
1225
兵隊(へいたい)
Nouncommon
1. 1.armed forces; military; troops
2. 2.(common) soldier; rank-and-file soldier
3. 3.underling; ordinary employee; grunt
兵隊が橋を見張っていた。
The soldiers were guarding the bridge.
兵 soldier 隊 regiment
1226
平凡(へいぼん)
Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)common
1. ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre
平凡な日でした。
It was an everyday day.
平 even 凡 commonplace
1227
平野(へいや)
Nouncommon
1. 1.plain; open field
2. 2.Plain
川はうねるように平野を流れている。
The river meanders across the plain.
平 even 野 plains
1228
凹(へこ)む
Godan verb with 'mu' endingcommon
1. 1.to be dented; to be indented; to yield; to give
2. 2.to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to yield; to give in
3. 3.to be disheartened; to feel down; to feel depressed
凹 concave
1229
隔(へだ)てる
Ichidan verbcommon
1. 1.to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to partition; to divide
2. 2.to interpose; to have between
3. 3.to alienate; to estrange
海とこれを隔てるのは何ですか？
What is it that separates this from the sea?
隔 isolate
1230
編集(へんしゅう)
Nouncommon
1. 1.editing; compilation
2. 2.Editing
ビルは編集部員です。
Bill is on the editorial staff.
編 compilation 集 gather
1231
別荘(べっそう)
Nouncommon
1. 1.holiday house; vacation home; villa
2. 2.prison; jail
この別荘の持ち主は誰ですか。
Who owns this villa?
別 separate 荘 villa
1232
別々(べつべつ)
Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'common
1. separate; respective; different
別々でお願いします。
Please bill us separately.
別 separate
1233
便所(べんじょ)
Nouncommon
1. 1.toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom
2. 2.Toilet
授業が終わった瞬間に便所へダッシュ。
The second that class is over, I'm sprinting to the bathroom.
便 convenience 所 place
1234
方角(ほうがく)
Nouncommon
1. 1.direction; way
2. 2.point of the compass; cardinal direction; bearing
3. 3.method; means; approach
セントラルパークはどの方角でしょうか？
Which way is Central Park?
方 direction 角 angle
1235
箒(ほうき)
Nouncommon
1. 1.broom
2. 2.Broom
1236
方言(ほうげん)
Nouncommon
1. 1.dialect; provincialism
2. 2.Dialect
言語学者はその方言のことをかなり良く知っている。
The linguist is quite familiar with the dialect.
方 direction 言 say
1237
方針(ほうしん)
Nouncommon
1. 1.policy; course; plan (of action); principle
2. 2.magnetic needle
彼が新しい方針を決める。
He decides on a new policy.
方 direction 針 needle
1238
包装(ほうそう)
Nouncommon
1. 1.packing; wrapping
2. 2.Packaging and labeling
包装紙って、ありますか？
Do you have any wrapping paper?
包 wrap 装 attire
1239
法則(ほうそく)
Nouncommon
1. law; rule
自然の法則には逆らえない。
You can't go against the laws of nature.
法 method 則 rule
1240
包帯(ほうたい)
Nouncommon
1. 1.bandage; dressing
2. 2.Bandage
彼女は傷口に包帯をした。
She applied a bandage to the wound.
包 wrap 帯 sash

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