Vocabulary list for JLPT N3

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adverbial noun, noun, noun (suffix)
middle, half, semi, halfway, partly

noun
congress, parliament, diet, legislative assembly

noun
1.
flame, blaze
2.
flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger), passion
Other readings:
【ほむら】
【ほのお】
【ほむら】

noun, na-adjective, auxillary suru verb
1.
discomfort, inconvenience
2.
poverty, want, destitution
noun, na-adjective
3.
disability, impairment (physical, mental, etc.)

Godan-ku verb, transitive verb
1.
to receive, to get, to accept, to take, to buy(humble language, usually kana)
See also:貰う
2.
to eat, to drink(humble language, polite language, usually kana)
3.
to be crowned with, to wear (on one's head), to have (on top)(usually kana)(orig. meaning)
4.
to have (as one's leader), to live under (a ruler), to install (a president)(usually kana)
auxiliary verb, Godan-ku verb
5.
to get somebody to do something(humble language, usually kana)(follows a verb in "-te" form)
Other readings:
いただく《戴く》

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
call, visit

noun
1.
back, lower back, waist, hips, lumbar region
2.
body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.), resilience, spring(usu. コシ)
Other readings:
コシ

noun
1.
mama, mamma, mom, mommy, mum, mummy, mother(familiar language)
2.
female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)

noun
1.
star (cinema, sports, etc.), celebrity, idol
2.
star symbol, asterisk(e.g. ★ or ☆)
3.
(celestial) star

noun
1.
wife, Mrs, madam(honorific language)(only relevant for ふじん and はしかし)
2.
wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.)(archaism)(only relevant for ふじん)
3.
consort of the emperor(archaism)(only relevant for ふじん and ぶにん)
Other readings:
夫人【ぶにん】[1]
夫人【はしかし】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun
question, query
Other readings:
【とい】

noun
association, union, guild
Other readings:
組み合い【くみあい】

noun
1.
light, illumination, glow, gleam(only relevant for 明かり and 明り)
2.
lamp, light
Other readings:
明り【あかり】
灯り【あかり】
【あかり】
灯かり【あかり】
灯火【あかり】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
business, trade, operations
noun
2.
sales

adverb, no-adjective
1.
more or less, somewhat, a little, a few, some
noun
2.
amount, quantity

noun
stop (bus, tram, etc.), station, stopping place

noun
1.
second (unit of time)
2.
arc second
See also:秒角

noun
doctrine, rule, principle, -ism

noun, auxillary suru verb
regarding as important, attaching importance to, taking a serious view of, putting emphasis on

noun, adverb, na-adjective, no-adjective
safety, peace, quietness

noun, noun (suffix)
1.
table, chart, list
noun
2.
memorial to an emperor

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to struggle in the water, to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe, to (nearly) drown
2.
to indulge in, to lose one's head over something, to be addicted, to wallow in

noun
1.
obi, kimono sash
2.
paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.(only relevant for おび)
3.
band, belt, strip
4.
cingulum(anatomical term)
5.
radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days(abbreviation)
Other readings:
【たらし】[2]
【おび】[1]
【たらし】[1][2]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji
  2. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun
article, news story, report, account

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
criticism, review, commentary

expression
may, might, perhaps, may be, possibly(usually kana)

noun
1.
space, room, gap, emptiness
2.
vacancy, opening, empty seat
noun, no-adjective
3.
free time, time to spare
4.
disuse, unused thing
Other readings:
明き【あき】

na-adjective, noun
important, momentous, essential, principal, major

noun
manners, behavior, behaviour
See also:お行儀

pronoun
1.
you(familiar language, male term)(formerly honorific, now oft. derog. term referring to an equal or inferior)
2.
presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)(only relevant for おまえ)
Other readings:
お前【おまい】
お前【おめー】
お前【おめえ】
御前【おまえ】
御前【おまい】
御前【おめー】
御前【おめえ】

noun
1.
juice
2.
soft drink

adverb
1.
about, roughly, approximately(usually kana)
See also:おおよそ
2.
generally, on the whole, as a rule(usually kana)
3.
completely, quite, entirely, altogether, totally, not at all (with neg. verb)(usually kana)
noun, no-adjective
4.
outline, gist(usually kana)

noun
1.
town, block, neighbourhood, neighborhood(esp. 町)
2.
downtown, main street(only relevant for 街)
3.
street, road
4.
109.09 m(only relevant for 町 and ちょう)
5.
0.99 hectares(only relevant for 町 and ちょう)
All readings:
【まち】
【ちょう】
【まち】

adverb
1.
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance), throughout, all along, the whole time, all the way(ずーっと and ずうっと are more emphatic)
2.
much (better, etc.), by far, far and away
3.
far away, long ago
4.
direct, straight
Other readings:
ずーっと
ずうっと

noun
1.
weapon, arms, ordnance
2.
weapon (something used to gain an advantage), asset

noun
cavity, tooth decay, decayed tooth, dental caries
Other readings:
むし歯【むしば】
齲歯【むしば】
齲歯【うし】
齲歯【くし】
【むしば】

noun
1.
handle, grip
2.
stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)

noun, auxillary suru verb
camp

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to open (a door, etc.), to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package), to unlock(only relevant for 開ける)
2.
to open (for business, etc.)(only relevant for 開ける)
3.
to empty, to remove, to make space, to make room(esp. 空ける)
4.
to move out, to clear out(esp. 空ける)
5.
to be away from (e.g. one's house), to leave (temporarily)(esp. 空ける)
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
6.
to dawn, to grow light(esp. 明ける)
7.
to end (of a period, season)(esp. 明ける)
8.
to begin (of the New Year)(esp. 明ける)
9.
to leave (one's schedule) open, to make time (for)(esp. 明ける)
10.
to make (a hole), to open up (a hole)
All readings:
開ける【あける】
空ける【あける】
明ける【あける】

adjective
coarse, rough

noun
1.
sprout, shoot, bud
2.
germinal disk (in an egg)
See also:胚盤

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
tale, story, legend

noun
1.
down-train, train heading toward the ending point of its route
noun, no-adjective
2.
down-slope, downward going
no-adjective, noun
3.
downbound (esp. away from Tokyo)

Godan-ku verb, transitive verb
1.
to untie, to unfasten, to unwrap, to undo, to unbind, to unpack
2.
to unsew, to unstitch
3.
to solve, to work out, to answer
4.
to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.), to clear up, to remove (suspicion), to appease
5.
to dissolve (a contract), to cancel, to remove (a prohibition), to lift (a ban), to raise (a siege)
6.
to release (from duty), to relieve, to dismiss
7.
to comb (out), to card, to untangle (hair)

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
existence, being

no-adjective, adverbial noun, noun
nowadays, modern era, modern times, present-day

noun
thought, idea, ideology

noun, auxillary suru verb
annotation, explanatory note, comment
Other readings:
【ちゅう】
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