JLPT N2 Vocabulary N2

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• お父さまfather
• お疲れ様thank you (for your hard work); good work
• お節介meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness
• お邪魔しますplease excuse the intrusion; I'm coming in
• お願いしますplease
• かいつまむto sum up; to summarize; to summarise
• かい出すto bail out (water); to scoop out
• かえchange; alteration
• かえりみるto look back on (the past); to reflect on; to reminisce about
• かかえこむto hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby)
• かかげるto put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to fly (e.g. a flag)
• かかりつけfamily (doctor, etc.); (one's) regular (clinic)
• かがみこむto lean over; to lean in
• かきたてるto write (a person) up (in a positive or negative light); to write something up so that it stands out; to write up in an exaggerated fashion
• かきむしるto tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
• かき消すto erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
• かき立てるto stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg)
• かぎ回るto sniff around
• かくまうto shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor
• かけこむto run into; to rush into
• かけざんmultiplication
• かけもつto hold two or more positions concurrently; to do different work concurrently
• かけ離れるto be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote
• かこつけるto use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
• かしげるto tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline
• かしこまりましたcertainly!; very well; with pleasure
• かしこまるto obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
• かしょletter from home
• かじりつくto bite into; to sink one's teeth into
• かじるto gnaw; to nibble; to bite
• かたかなkatakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
• かたずsaliva held in one's mouth during times of tension
• かたづくto be put in order; to be put to rights
• かたどるto model (something) on; to be modelled on; to be made in the shape of
• かたまるto harden; to solidify
• かためるto harden; to freeze; to strengthen
• かちかちticktock
• かっvery
• かっぱkappa; mythical water-dwelling creature
• かねてpreviously; already; for some time
• かびsplendor; splendour; gorgeousness
• かび (～がはえる)
• かび臭いsmelling of mold; musty; putrid
• かぶせるto cover (with something)
• かまくらmid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house
• かみさん(one's) wife
• かみそりrazor
• かみ合わせengaging or meshing (of gears)
• かみ合わせるto clench (teeth); to engage (gears)
• かもduck