JLPT N2 Vocabulary N2

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• ぐんぐんrapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds
• けいこpractice; practising; training
• けしかけるto instigate; to incite; to spur on
• けしからんoutrageous; scandalous; inexcusable
• けじめdistinction (e.g. between right and wrong, public and private, etc.); responsibility (taking, acknowledging)
• けたcolumn; beam; girder
• けちけちstingily; tightfistedly; in a miserly manner
• けちんぼmiser; cheapskate; skinflint
• けちん坊miser; cheapskate; skinflint
• けっugh (when angry, irritated, etc.); ack; ach
• けとばすto kick (hard); to send flying with a kick; to kick away
• けばけばしいgaudy; showy; garish
• けわしいprecipitous; rugged; inaccessible
• けんじstalwart youth
• けんめいsubject; title
• けんもほろろcurt; blunt; brusque
• げんこつ(clenched) fist; knuckles
• げんにstrictly; severely; rigidly
• げんまんpinky swear (i.e. linking little fingers to confirm a promise); pinky promise
• こうきrise; ascendency; aroused energy
• こうしてthus; in this way
• こうじfuture affairs; affairs after one's death
• こうよう もみじ
• こくせきnationality; citizenship
• こけるto fall over; to fall down; to fall
• こしらえるto make; to manufacture; to fabricate
• こじるto pry (open); to prise; to wrench
• こじ開けるto wrench open; to break open; to pry open
• こすりあわせるto rub together (e.g. one's hands)
• こすり落とすto scrape off; to rub off
• こずえtreetop; tip of a branch
• こそこそsneakily; secretly; stealthily
• こぞるto assemble everything together
• こだまKodama; slowest Tōkaidō and Sanyō-line Shinkansen train service (stopping at all stations)
• こちょこちょtickling
• こちらこそit is I who should say so
• こっくりnodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.)
• こっそりstealthily; secretly; in secret
• こっち側
• こづかいpocket money; spending money; pin money
• こどもの日Children's Day (national holiday; May 5)
• こないだthe other day; lately; recently
• こなごなin very small pieces
• こなしcarriage; movement (of the body)
• こなれるto be digested
• この方since
• こばむto refuse; to reject; to decline
• こまごまminutely; in detail; with particular attention
• こまねくto fold (one's) arms
• こむらがえりcramp in the leg