JLPT N2 Vocabulary N2

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• かやgrass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching
• かやぶきthatching a roof (with grass); thatched roof
• かゆthin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel
• からからparched; dried-up; bone-dry
• からきしquite; utterly; (not) at all
• からっぽempty; vacant; hollow
• からまるto be entwined; to be involved
• かりかりcrisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy
• かるたkaruta; traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta
• かれこれthis and that; this or that; one thing or another
• かんがみるto take into account; to bear in mind; to consider
• かんなplane (woodworking tool)
• かんぬきbar; bolt (e.g. on door); latch
• かんべんpardon; forgiveness; forbearance
• かんむりtraditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers
• か弱いweak; feeble; delicate
• か所place; point; part
• がきbrat; kid; urchin
• がしがしboisterously; roughly; briskly
• がたがたするrattling; clattering
• がちょうpicture album
• がっつくto be greedy; to devour greedily
• がてらwhile; on the same occasion; at the same time
• がなparticle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.)
• がぶがぶgulping down (a drink); guzzling; chugging
• がぶりemphatically (bite, gulp, chew, etc.)
• がみがみnagging; griping
• がめついgreedy; grasping; tightfisted
• がらがらwith a clatter; with a rattle
• がらくたjunk; rubbish; trash
• がりがりcrunching; chewing or crushing something hard; scraping
• がんばりtenacity; endurance
• がんばれる
• きざsitting up straight
• きせる(tobacco) pipe with metal tipped stem; kiseru
• きちょうめんmethodical; precise; meticulous
• きづかうto worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
• きめtexture (e.g. skin, fabric)
• きゅうりcucumber (Cucumis sativus)
• きょろきょろ(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
• きらめくto glitter; to sparkle; to twinkle
• きりあげるto close (at a certain point); to cut short; to stop early
• きりぬけるto cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy)
• きりんgiraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
• きわだつto be prominent; to be conspicuous; to stand out
• きわまるto reach an extreme; to reach a limit; to terminate
• ぎっしりtightly (packed); densely; closely
• ぎゃあぎゃあscreaming; squawking; squealing
• ぎゅうぎゅうcreaking; squeaking
• ぎゅっ