JLPT N2 Grammar List: All 62 Points

Every JLPT N2 grammar point in one list: all 62 patterns with their English meaning, ordered as the JLPT groups them. Full explanation pages are being written level by level.

1. あえてdaring to / deliberately
2. 〜たあげくafter all that (bad result)1 text
3. 〜ばいいのにI wish you would
4. 別に〜ないnot particularly
5. 〜でいいですwill do / good enough
6. 〜ではないだろうかisn’t it likely that2 texts
7. 〜が気になるbe bothered by / curious about
8. ごとし（如し）just like (ends a sentence)
9. 以外のother than
10. 一方ではon one hand
11. いたるまで（至るまで）all the way to
12. いつのまにかbefore you know it
13. いったんーばonce you do, then
14. いよいよat last / more and more
15. かけてはwhen it comes to
16. かねないmight well (something bad)
17. かねるcannot bring oneself to
18. 〜からなる(成る)consist of
19. 〜からにはnow that / since3 texts
20. くせにeven though (with blame)1 text
21. まんいち（万一）in the unlikely event
22. 〜ものですからbecause (an excuse)
23. もののalthough3 texts
24. 〜ないで済むget by without doing
25. 〜ないわけにはいかないcannot not do (obligation)
26. 〜なかなか〜ないnot easily1 text
27. 何といってもabove all
28. なにしろ（何しろ）after all / at any rate
29. なるべくas much as possible
30. 〜にあたるcorresponds to / on the occasion of
31. 〜に気をつけるbe careful about
32. 〜に越したことはないbest to / you can’t go wrong
33. のぼるamount to (as many as)
34. 思うようにas one wishes
35. およびand (formal)
36. ろくにhardly (with a negative)
37. ろくに〜ないhardly … at all
38. さしつかえないno problem / it is fine to
39. さすがにas expected / even so
40. せいかperhaps because
41. せっかくafter all the trouble
42. せめてat least
43. それにしてもeven so
44. 〜た上でafter doing (and then)
45. たちまちin an instant
46. たまらないunbearably
47. たしかif I remember right
48. 〜と言っても〜although I say
49. 〜というわけではないit doesn't mean that4 texts
50. とうていby no means
51. 〜つつあるin the process of3 texts
52. つうじて（通じて）through / throughout
53. 〜は〜に限るnothing beats
54. 〜わけですthat’s why / it follows that
55. 〜わけにはいかないcan't possibly (socially)2 texts
56. 〜を〜にまかせるleave it to
57. やむをえずunavoidably
58. やっぱりas I thought / after all
59. よっぽどreally / considerably
60. 〜より仕方がないhave no choice but to
61. 〜ような気がするhave a feeling that
62. ゆえにtherefore (formal)