JLPT N2 Vocabulary Practice: 994 Past-Paper Questions with Answers

Shuffle

Choose the correct reading of the underlined kanji word.

Watch long vowels, small っ and voiced sounds: きょう vs きょ, しゅっ vs しゅ.
Decide first whether the word takes an on reading or a kun reading.
When unsure, rule out readings that don't exist in Japanese.
Common mistake: The options differ by one long vowel or one dakuten, so they all look right.

Sample · July 2026, Mondai 1

＿＿＿の言葉の読み方として最もよいものを選びなさい。

祖父は濃い味のものを好む。

Read the word in hiragana and choose how it is written in kanji.

The options are usually kanji that sound the same or look alike, so think about the meaning first.
Break each kanji into its parts and check the radical against the meaning.
Learn new words with their kanji, not just their sound.
Common mistake: Same sound, different kanji: 暑い, 熱い and 厚い are all あつい. Choosing by sound alone goes wrong.

Sample · July 2026, Mondai 2

十分なすいみんを確保する。

Choose the prefix or suffix that joins the words around the brackets into one word.

Know the common ones: 未, 非, 不, 無 in front, and 〜化, 〜性, 〜的, 〜感 behind.
Work out what the finished word means and what part of speech it is.
Say the finished word aloud and check it is something Japanese actually says.
Common mistake: Prefixes with similar meanings are not interchangeable: 不, 無, 非 and 未 each go with their own words.

Sample · July 2026, Mondai 3

（）グループから代表者1名を選出してください。

Choose the word that fills the blank so the sentence makes sense.

Read the whole sentence and find the word the blank has to go with.
The options are usually the same kind of word, so judge by collocation and tone, not meaning alone.
Katakana words and sound-symbolic words (onomatopoeia) come up often.
Common mistake: An option that makes sense but is not how Japanese puts those words together.

Sample · July 2026, Mondai 4

明日の天気によって、イベントを行うかどうか（）する予定です。

Choose the expression closest in meaning to the underlined part.

Explain the underlined word to yourself in simple Japanese first.
Put each option back into the sentence and read it.
Check that degree and tone match, as in 少し vs かなり.
Common mistake: An option that matches only part of the meaning, or means the opposite.

Sample · July 2026, Mondai 5

質問があったので、メーカーに問い合わせた。

Given a word, choose the one sentence of four that uses it correctly.

Think about which words it usually goes with and where it is used.
The wrong sentences usually borrow the use of a word with a similar meaning.
Read all four before you choose, not just until one looks right.
Common mistake: A sentence that reads naturally, but needs a different word in that spot.

Sample · July 2026, Mondai 6

要点

All from the vocabulary section of the JLPT N2 past papers, 2010–2026: 32 papers, 994 questions, each paper in printed order.

The July 2026 paper is free; the rest need a pass.