N2

17 of 367 Kanji

50 of 1,822 Vocabulary

observation ②opinion
government office
canned food ②confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work) ③being stuck in a confined space
Kantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures) ②Kantō (eastern half of Japan; during the feudal era)
idea ②sense (e.g. of duty) ③resignation (to one's fate) ④observation and contemplation
cheers ②toast ③drinking one's glass dry
signboard ②draw ③reputation (of a shop) ④appearance
nursing (a patient)
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers ②best ③name ④counter for titles
China and Japan ②Chinese and Japanese (languages) ③dictionary with Japanese definitions of kanji and kanji compounds
atmospheric pressure
machine ②instrument
changing clothes
famine ②chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
term ②time limit
to mince ②to carve ③to tick away (time) ④to etch (into one's mind)
rising (from one's bed)
to put clothes on (someone) ②to cover ③to pin (e.g. a crime on someone)
foundation
base (military, expedition, etc.)
base ②bedrock
guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium) ②audience
gang ②gangster
cancelation (of a lecture, class, etc.)
clean ②pure
strengthening ②reinforcement
feeling (much) obliged ②feeling sorry (for troubling someone) ③shrinking back in fear
(understanding or appreciation of) culture
fishing industry
Note: There is no longer an official word or kanji list for the JLPT. This list is a suggestion based on data from Tanos