Vocabulary list for JLPT N3
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Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to permit, to allow, to approve, to consent to
2.
to forgive, to pardon, to excuse, to tolerate
3.
to exempt (someone) from, to remit, to release, to let off
4.
to acknowledge, to admit
See also:自他ともに許す
6.
to give up (points in a game, distance in a race, etc.), to yield
Other readings:
赦す【ゆるす】
、聴す【ゆるす】
noun
1.
article, item, thing, goods, stock(esp. 品)
2.
quality
3.
Other readings:
科【しな】
、階【しな】[1]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to refuse, to reject, to dismiss, to turn down, to decline
2.
to inform, to give notice, to tell in advance
3.
to ask leave, to excuse oneself (from)
Other readings:
断わる【ことわる】
adverb
•
sometime, someday, one day, some time or other, the other day, in due course, in time(usually kana)
noun, na-adjective
•
futility, waste, uselessness, pointlessness, idleness
Other readings:
徒【むだ】
、ムダ
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
memory, recollection, remembrance
2.
storage
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
exercise, physical training, work-out
2.
appeal, campaign, drive, crusade, movement, lobbying
3.
motion, movement
noun, noun (suffix)
1.
section (i.e. of text), sentence, passage, paragraph
2.
phrase(linguistics)
3.
verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry)
4.
haiku, first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
5.
maxim, saying, idiom, expression
adjective
1.
stinking, smelly
2.
suspicious, fishy
3.
clumsy, unskilled
suffix, adjective
4.
smelling of
5.
looking like, appearing like, smacking of, -ish
na-adjective, no-adjective
1.
frantic, frenetic, desperate
noun
2.
inevitable death
3.
Godan-u verb, transitive verb
•
to keep (a pet or other animal), to have, to own, to raise, to rear, to feed
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
being deeply moved emotionally, excitement, passion, inspiration, deep emotion, strong impression
adverbial noun, noun (temporal), no-adjective
1.
whole life, a lifetime, all through life, one existence, a generation, an age, the whole world, the era
no-adjective
2.
(the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
noun
1.
cherry tree, cherry blossom
2.
fake buyer, paid audience, shill, seat filler(also as 偽客)
3.
hired applauder
4.
Other readings:
櫻【さくら】[1]
、サクラ
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
na-adjective, noun
•
serious, important, significant, grave, weighty
noun
1.
lodging, inn, hotel
2.
house, home, dwelling
3.
home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
maa
Common word
adverb
1.
just (e.g. "just wait here"), come now, now, now(when urging or consoling)
2.
tolerably, passably, moderately, reasonably, fairly, rather, somewhat
3.
well..., I think..., it would seem..., you might say..., Hmmm, I guess so...(when hesitating to express an opinion)
interjection
4.
oh!, oh dear!, oh, my!, wow!, goodness gracious!, good heavens!(female term)
Other readings:
まー
、まぁ
、ま
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
confidence, trust, faith, reputation
noun
2.
credit (finance)
noun, no-adjective
1.
the future (usually distant)
2.
future tense
3.
the world to come
adverb
•
often, again and again, over and over again, repeatedly, frequently(usually kana)
Other readings:
たびたび《度度》
adverbial noun
•
just (now, at the moment, etc.), just as, in the act of, as soon as, at the moment that
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:
- irregular okurigana usage
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
left and right, right and left
2.
(asserting) control, influence, domination
noun
3.
one's attendants, people accompanying one
4.
(serving at somebody's) side
5.
equivocation
Other readings:
左右【そう】[1]
、左右【さう】[1]
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun
1.
shadow, silhouette, figure, shape
2.
reflection, image
3.
ominous sign
4.
light (stars, moon)
5.
trace, shadow (of one's former self)
Other readings:
景【かげ】
adjective
1.
painful, bitter, heart-breaking, difficult (emotionally)(usually kana)
2.
3.
cruel, harsh, cold(usually kana)
Common word
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
•
to go past, to pass, to pass by
Other readings:
通りすぎる【とおりすぎる】
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