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31036 words JLPT N2 Page 856 of 1035
取り付く島もない とりつくしまもない (toritsukushimamonai)

left utterly helpless

expression N2
彼岸西風 ひがんにし (higannishi)

westerly wind blowing around the time of the spring equinox

noun N2
悩みを抱える なやみをかかえる (nayamiwokakaeru)

to have troubles

expression N2
調査局 ちょうさきょく (chōsakyoku)

research bureau

noun N2
御領 ごりょう (goryō)

land under the control of the imperial household or the shogunate

noun N2
鼻頭 はながしら (hanagashira)

tip of the nose

noun N2
厚生労働大臣 こうせいろうどうだいじん (kōsērōdōdaijin)

Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare

noun N2
裏回し うらまわし (uramawashi)

(skillfully) giving other participants in a variety TV show the chance to talk by asking them questions or calling them out

noun N2
減車 げんしゃ (gensha)

reduction in the number of vehicles, carriages, etc.

noun N2
取り付く島がない とりつくしまがない (toritsukushimaganai)

left utterly helpless (e.g. by a curt reply or refusal)

expression N2
マッサージ療法 マッサージりょうほう (massājiryōhō)

massage therapy

noun N2
周回コース しゅうかいコース (shūkaikōsu)

circuit track

noun N2
諸腰 もろこし (morokoshi)

katana and wakizashi

noun N2
河内音頭 かわちおんど (kawachiondo)

narrative style of Bon dance song from eastern Osaka (often with improvised lyrics)

noun N2
移動教室 いどうきょうしつ (idōkyōshitsu)

study camp

noun N2
比良八講 ひらはっこう (hirahakkō)

Buddhist service centred around the Lotus Sutra held over four days in Shiga Prefecture, starting from the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar

noun N2
出禁 できん (dekin)

ban on entering (a building, venue, etc.)

noun N2
両院合同協議会 りょういんごうどうきょうぎかい (ryōingōdōkyōgikai)

joint sitting of both houses (parliament, congress)

noun N2
インターネット調査 インターネットちょうさ (intānettochōsa)

Internet survey

noun N2
建設業者 けんせつぎょうしゃ (kensetsugyōsha)

general (civil engineering and construction) contractor

noun N2
念持仏 ねんじぶつ (nenjibutsu)

Buddhist image used as jewellery or to decorate one's home

noun N2
対岸の火事 たいがんのかじ (taigannokaji)

someone else's problem

expression N2
商品設計 しょうひんせっけい (shōhinsekkē)

product design

noun N2
小屋根 こやね (koyane)

small roof (e.g. over the first storey of a building, a window, an attached shed or veranda, etc.)

noun N2
比良八荒 ひらはっこう (hirahakkō)

cold wind blowing at Lake Biwa around the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar

noun N2
刺客戦術 しかくせんじゅつ (shikakusenjutsu)

(strategy of) fielding political candidates to unseat rivals in one's own party

noun N2
合計額 ごうけいがく (gōkēgaku)

total amount

noun N2
三線 さんしん (sanshin)

sanshin

noun N2
側頭骨 そくとうこつ (sokutōkotsu)

temporal bone (of the skull)

noun N2
現地通貨 げんちつうか (genchitsūka)

local currency

noun N2