High-frequency JLPT N2 verbs — abstract actions and compound verbs for formal and written Japanese · JLPT N2

• 占めるしめるto occupy, to account for (a proportion)
• 及ぼすおよぼすto exert, to cause (an effect on)
• 及ぶおよぶto reach, to extend to, to amount to
• 伴うともなうto accompany, to be accompanied by
• 備えるそなえるto prepare for, to furnish with
• 応じるおうじるto respond to, to comply with
• 費やすついやすto spend, to expend (time, money)
• 占ううらなうto tell fortunes, to forecast
• 兼ねるかねるto combine, to serve as both
• 挑むいどむto challenge, to take on (a contest)
• 略すりゃくすto abbreviate, to omit
• 操るあやつるto manipulate, to operate, to handle
• 蓄えるたくわえるto store up, to save, to accumulate
• 妨げるさまたげるto obstruct, to hinder, to disturb
• 免れるまぬがれるto escape, to avoid, to be exempted from
• 営むいとなむto run (a business), to carry on
• 強いるしいるto force, to compel
• 省くはぶくto omit, to cut out, to save (effort)
• 施すほどこすto give (aid), to administer, to carry out
• 授けるさずけるto grant, to confer, to teach