Print it and tick the patterns you already know: what is left is your N2 revision list. The rows run in the order the JLPT groups the points, so a pattern sits next to the ones it is usually taught with.
見本What you get
8 A4 pages, laid out to print: every N2 pattern with its romaji and English meaning, with a tick box next to each one.
- Pages
- 8
- Grammar points
- 62
- Study cards
- Coming soon
- Format
- A4 PDF · 0.5 MB
- Price
- Free
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目次Table of contents
What is in the JLPT N2 Grammar Checklist
Every one of the 62 points below has a row in the PDF: the pattern, its romaji and its English meaning, with a tick box beside it. The full N2 study cards are still being written.
- あえてdaring to / deliberately
- 〜たあげくafter all that (bad result)
- 〜ばいいのにI wish you would
- 別に〜ないnot particularly
- 〜でいいですwill do / good enough
- 〜ではないだろうかisn’t it likely that
- 〜が気になるbe bothered by / curious about
- ごとし（如し）just like (ends a sentence)
- 以外のother than
- 一方ではon one hand
- いたるまで（至るまで）all the way to
- いつのまにかbefore you know it
- いったんーばonce you do, then
- いよいよat last / more and more
- かけてはwhen it comes to
- かねないmight well (something bad)
- かねるcannot bring oneself to
- 〜からなる(成る)consist of
- 〜からにはnow that / since
- くせにeven though (with blame)
- まんいち（万一）in the unlikely event
- 〜ものですからbecause (an excuse)
- もののalthough
- 〜ないで済むget by without doing
- 〜ないわけにはいかないcannot not do (obligation)
- 〜なかなか〜ないnot easily
- 何といってもabove all
- なにしろ（何しろ）after all / at any rate
- なるべくas much as possible
- 〜にあたるcorresponds to / on the occasion of
- 〜に気をつけるbe careful about
- 〜に越したことはないbest to / you can’t go wrong
- のぼるamount to (as many as)
- 思うようにas one wishes
- およびand (formal)
- ろくにhardly (with a negative)
- ろくに〜ないhardly … at all
- さしつかえないno problem / it is fine to
- さすがにas expected / even so
- せいかperhaps because
- せっかくafter all the trouble
- せめてat least
- それにしてもeven so
- 〜た上でafter doing (and then)
- たちまちin an instant
- たまらないunbearably
- たしかif I remember right
- 〜と言っても〜although I say
- 〜というわけではないit doesn't mean that
- とうていby no means
- 〜つつあるin the process of
- つうじて（通じて）through / throughout
- 〜は〜に限るnothing beats
- 〜わけですthat’s why / it follows that
- 〜わけにはいかないcan't possibly (socially)
- 〜を〜にまかせるleave it to
- やむをえずunavoidably
- やっぱりas I thought / after all
- よっぽどreally / considerably
- 〜より仕方がないhave no choice but to
- 〜ような気がするhave a feeling that
- ゆえにtherefore (formal)
解説Background
About the JLPT N2 Grammar Checklist
The JLPT N2 Grammar Checklist is the complete JLPT N2 checklist: every one of the 62 grammar points the JLPT groups at this level, each with its romaji and its English meaning, in the order the exam groups them. The full study cards for JLPT N2 are still being written, and this edition says so on its second page rather than padding itself out to look like more than it is.
The patterns here are not a textbook's list. Yomimaru is a reading app built on public-domain Japanese: Aozora Bunko stories, folk tales, graded readers. The points that have a full study card are the ones that keep turning up in those texts. That is why a few famous textbook patterns are only a checklist row, and a few unglamorous ones get a whole page.
Everything in the checklist is free to print and free to share, including with a class. You can also take the study cards one at a time from each grammar point's page, where we ask for no email at all. The checklist exists because one PDF is easier to keep than 62 separate ones.
質問Questions
JLPT N2 Grammar Checklist: questions & answers
Is the JLPT N2 Grammar Checklist PDF really free?
Yes, the whole 8 pages. We never ask for payment details, and nothing here turns into a subscription later. We do ask for an email address, so that we can send you the file and tell you when new grammar cards go up, and you can unsubscribe in one click. The download link also appears on this page the moment you submit the form, so you never have to wait for the mail.
What is inside the JLPT N2 Grammar Checklist?
All 62 JLPT N2 grammar points as a printable checklist, each with its romaji and English meaning, across 8 A4 pages. The full JLPT N2 study cards are still being written; this edition is the checklist only.
Do I need a Yomimaru account to download it?
No. An email address is all we ask, and the checklist is yours to keep without ever creating an account. If you do have one, the "Sign in and get it" button skips the form: we send the checklist to the address on your account and put the download on screen. A free account does that; you do not need to be on a paid plan.
Can I print it, or share it with my class?
Yes to both. It is laid out as A4 portrait with one study card per page, so you can print the whole checklist or just the pages you are working on. Teachers are welcome to hand it out.
What is the difference between the checklist and the individual grammar cards?
The content is the same. Each grammar point's page on Yomimaru gives you its study card as a single PDF and asks for no email at all. This checklist bundles them into one file with a checklist of every JLPT N2 pattern in front, which is what most people want when they are studying a whole level rather than one point.
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