Vocabulary list for JLPT N3

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noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
1.
supervision, control, superintendence, direction
noun
2.
director, superintendent, supervisor, coach, foreman, manager, overseer, controller, boss

Godan-gu verb, transitive verb
to pour (into a vessel), to fill (a cup, bowl, etc.) with, to dish out (food or drink)(usually kana)

adverbial noun, noun
here and there, this way and that way, everywhere, all over
Other readings:
方方【ほうぼう】

Godan-bu verb, intransitive verb
1.
to shout, to cry, to scream, to shriek, to yell, to exclaim
2.
to clamor (for or against), to clamour (for or against)

Godan-gu verb, transitive verb
1.
to connect, to link together(usually kana)
2.
to tie, to fasten, to restrain(usually kana)
3.
to maintain, to preserve, to keep(usually kana)
4.
to transfer (phone call), to put a person through(usually kana)
5.
to hedge, to buy or sell forward(usually kana)

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
complete, completion
2.
perfection, accomplishment

noun, auxillary suru verb
analysis

noun
1.
board, plank
2.
sheet (of metal), plate (of glass), pane, slab
3.
cutting board, chopping board
See also:俎板
4.
chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine), cook(abbreviation)(usu. as 板さん)
5.
stage (i.e. at a theatre)

noun
1.
needle, pin
See also:
3.
stinger, thorn
4.
hand (e.g. clock, etc.), pointer
5.
staple (for a stapler)
6.
needlework, sewing
See also:御針
7.
malice
counter, noun (suffix)
8.
counter for stitches
Other readings:
【はり】
【ち】[1]
【はり】
【ち】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun
chairman, speaker (e.g. of assembly), president (e.g. of council, senate, etc.), moderator (e.g. of a newsgroup)

noun
Christmas

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to measure, to weigh, to survey, to time (sound, gauge, estimate)
2.
to conjecture, to infer, to surmise
Other readings:
測る【はかる】
量る【はかる】

noun
1.
material, substance
2.
matter(physics term)

noun, no-adjective, na-adjective
1.
triumph, prosperity
2.
pride
3.
one's strong point, one's forte, one's specialty
4.
frequent customer (client, etc.)

noun
1.
fishing, angling
2.
change (for a purchase)(usually kana, abbreviation)
See also:釣り銭
noun, auxillary suru verb
3.
trolling, writing deliberately inflammatory posts online(slang)
Other readings:
【つり】

noun
1.
farmer, farming family
2.
farmhouse

noun
thesis, essay, treatise, paper, article

conjunction
1.
or, either ... or(usually kana)
adverb
2.
maybe, perhaps, possibly(usually kana)
3.
some ... and others ..., sometimes ... and at other times ...(usually kana)(as あるいは...あるいは...)
Other readings:
あるいは《或るいは》[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun
defect, fault, flaw, deformity, deficiency, shortage, gap

noun, auxillary suru verb
single word, a few words, brief comment
Other readings:
一言【いちげん】
一言【いちごん】
ひと言【ひとこと】

noun
prices of commodities, prices (in general), cost-of-living

adverb, to-adverb
1.
with a clash, with a thud, with a bang, with a flop, plump(onomatopia)
2.
unexpectedly (meeting someone)(onomatopia)
3.
suddenly (ending), abruptly (coming to a halt)(onomatopia)
Other readings:
バッタリ
ばたり
バタリ
ばったん
バッタン

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
approval, agreement, support, favour, favor

noun
1.
manners, etiquette, propriety(only relevant for さほう)
2.
manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.), way of making
Other readings:
作法【さくほう】

noun, auxillary suru verb
care, precaution, guarding, caution
Other readings:
要心【ようじん】
要慎【ようじん】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

Godan-mu verb, transitive verb
1.
to desire
2.
to wish for, to expect
3.
to see, to command (a view of)

noun, auxillary suru verb
experiment

noun, no-adjective
oxygen (O)

adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
lately, recently, nowadays
Other readings:
近ごろ【ちかごろ】

noun
1.
extent, degree, measure(usually kana)
2.
limit, bounds(usually kana)
3.
(span of) time(usually kana)
4.
(a) distance(usually kana)
5.
the state of, the status of, the condition of(usually kana)(as 〜のほど)
particle
6.
about, around, approximately, or so(usually kana)
7.
as much as ..., to the extent of ..., like ...(usually kana)
8.
the more ... the more ...(usually kana)(oft. as 〜ば...ほど)

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

adverb
at the most, at best, to the utmost, as much (far) as possible(usually kana)
Other readings:
せいぜい《精精》

noun
1.
seed (e.g. of a plant), pip, kind, variety, quality, tone
2.
material (e.g. for an article), matter (e.g. of a story), subject, theme, (news) copy
3.
ingredient, leaven (bread), main ingredient of a sushi(food term)
4.
cause, source
5.
trick, secret, magician's trick, inside story
6.
paternal blood, lineage
See also:
7.
breed (of a stock), sperm, semen
8.
10-point card (in hanafuda), tane, animal card(usually kana)(oft. as タネ)

pre-noun adjectival
considerable, great, important, significant, a big deal

noun
1.
hill, height, knoll, rising ground(only relevant for 丘 and 岡 and 壟)
2.
bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game(usually kana, mahjong term)(only relevant for 丘 and 陸符)
Other readings:
【おか】
【おか】[1]
陸符【おか】
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

Godan-ku verb, intransitive verb
1.
to become less crowded, to thin out, to get empty
2.
to be hungry

noun
1.
earth, soil, dirt, clay, mud
2.
the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens), the ground, the land
3.
low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud)
See also:鳥の子紙
4.
(period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)(also written as 犯土, 椎, 槌)
See also:陰陽道
Other readings:
【つち】
【つし】

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
thoroughness, completeness, consistency
2.
thorough enforcement, seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

Godan-u verb, intransitive verb
to go against, to oppose, to disobey, to defy

noun
1.
coin
2.
hard currency
See also:軟貨

noun
album

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
visiting ill or distressed people, writing get-well letters
noun
2.
get-well gifts, get-well letters
See also:見舞い品
3.
expression of sympathy, expression of concern, enquiry, inquiry
Other readings:
見舞【みまい】

noun, no-adjective
love, affection

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, na-adjective, no-adjective
1.
eternity, permanence, perpetuity(とわ tends to be more abstract)
noun
2.
Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)(only relevant for えいきゅう)
Other readings:
永久【とこしえ】
永久【とわ】
【とわ】
長しえ【とこしえ】
常しえ【とこしえ】
永え【とこしえ】
【とこしえ】

noun
1.
letter (of alphabet), character
2.
writing(only relevant for もんじ)
All readings:
文字【もじ】
文字【もんじ】

noun, auxillary suru verb
sense, sensation, feeling, intuition

noun, no-adjective
topic, subject

numeric
1.
one-tenth, one percent (one-tenth of a wari), 3 mm (one-tenth of a sun), 2.4 mm (one-tenth of a mon, a traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes), 0.1 degree (one-tenth of a do, used to measure body temperature on any temperature scale)
noun
2.
one-quarter of a ryō (obsolete unit of currency)
3.
thickness
4.
advantageous circumstances
5.
one-tenth of a monme of silver

noun, auxillary suru verb
entrance, admission, entering
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