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JLPT SENSEI - N2 Kanji List
JLPT SENSEI - N2 Kanji List
There are about 1,000 kanji in total that you will need to know in order to pass the JLPT N2.
This list only includes the new kanji for N2 (374 kanji), so please also review the N3~N5 kanji lists.
Each character is listed in order of frequency of use, with the most commonly used kanji listed first.
4 区 ク ward, district
6 県 ケン prefecture
14 査 サ investigate
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16 軍 グン army, force, troops
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calculate; divining; number;
35 算 サン そろ
probability
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53 低 テイ ひく(い) lower; short; humble
poles; settlement;
60 極 キョク、 ゴク きわ(める)
conclusion; end
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pipe; tube; control;
71 管 カン くだ
jurisdiction
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89 捜 ソウ さが(す) search; look for; locate
curriculum; continuation;
100 歴 レキ
passage of time
leader; commander;
101 将 ショウ まさ(に)、 はた
general; admiral
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various; many; several;
108 諸 ショ もろ
together
fortune-telling; divining;
123 占 セン し(める)、 うらな(う)
forecasting
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127 均 キン なら(す) level; average
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146 豊 ホウ、 ブ ゆた(か)、 とよ bountiful; excellent; rich
surround; enclosure;
149 囲 イ かこ(む)
preserve; keep
abbreviation; omission;
151 略 リャク ほぼ
outline; shorten
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164 角 カク かど、 つの angle; corner; square
178 季 キ seasons
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184 刊 カン publish; carve; engrave
duplicate; double;
200 複 フク
compound; multiple
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202 仲 チュウ なか go-between; relationship
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badge; chapter;
221 章 ショウ
composition; poem
cheerful; pleasant;
235 快 カイ こころよ(い)
agreeable; comfortable
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239 泉 セン いずみ spring; fountain
instruction, explanation,
250 訓 クン よ(む)、くん(ずる)
read
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intelligent; wise; wisdom;
258 賢 ケン かしこ(い)
cleverness
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276 黄 コウ、 オウ き yellow
sink; be submerged;
285 沈 チン、 ジン しず(む)
subside; be depressed
romance; in love;
288 恋 レン こい(しい)
yearn for; miss
outskirts, suburbs,
290 郊 コウ
rural area
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contraption; machine;
296 械 カイ
instrument
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316 叫 キョウ さけ(ぶ) shout; exclaim; yell
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336 肌 キ はだ texture; skin; body; grain
lamp; a light;
341 灯 トウ ひ、とも(す)
counter for lights
grains; drop;
348 粒 リュウ つぶ
counter for tiny particles
ジョウ、 チョ
351 畳 ウ
たたみ tatami mat; fold
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356 沸 フツ わ(く) seethe; boil; ferment
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