Vocabulary list for JLPT N3

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noun
document, official papers

noun
1.
pity, sorrow, grief, misery, compassion, pathos
na-adjective
2.
pitiable, pitiful, pathetic, miserable
interjection
3.
alack, alas
Other readings:
哀れ【あはれ】[1]
憐れ【あわれ】
憐れ【あはれ】[1]
憫れ【あわれ】
憫れ【あはれ】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun
opinion, point of view

noun
close friend, bosom (old, intimate) friend, buddy, crony, chum

noun, noun (suffix)
1.
hole, opening, perforation(also read めど for this sense)
See also:穴が開く
noun
2.
pit, hollow, hole (in the ground, etc.)
3.
burrow, den, lair, holt, hole
4.
deficit, shortage, missing person (in a team, meeting, etc.)
5.
vacancy, opening
noun, noun (suffix)
6.
flaw
7.
well-kept secret place
See also:穴場
8.
upset victory (with a large payoff)
9.
pit (of a theater)(slang)
See also:平土間
noun
10.
hiding place, hideout
noun, noun (suffix)
11.
underbelly (of society, etc.)(archaism)
Other readings:
【あな】

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
to believe, to believe in, to place trust in, to confide in, to have faith in

noun
1.
thanks, gratitude
See also:お礼
2.
manners, etiquette
3.
bow
4.
reward, gift
5.
ceremony, ritual

noun
1.
civilization, civilisation, culture
2.
Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)

noun
1.
figure, form, shape
2.
appearance, dress, guise
3.
state, condition, picture, image
4.
form (of a waka)
See also:和歌
noun (suffix)
5.
dressed in ..., wearing ...

noun, auxillary suru verb
being enthusiastic about, being wild about, being absorbed in, being engrossed in, being devoted to

prefix
honorific/polite/humble prefix(honorific language, polite language, humble language, usually kana)(usu. before a term with a kun-yomi reading; おん is more formal)
See also:御 (ご)
Other readings:
おん《御》

noun, no-adjective
1.
popularity, public favor
noun
2.
condition (e.g. market), tone, character, nature

Godan-tsu verb, intransitive verb
to pass (of time), to elapse

pronoun
these(usually kana)
Other readings:
これら《此等》
これら《是等》
これら《此れ等》

noun, auxillary suru verb
consideration, examination, investigation, study, scrutiny, discussion, analysis, review

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to leave (in someone's keeping), to put (in someone's care), to place (in someone's custody), to entrust (someone) with, to deposit
2.
to put (someone) in charge of, to leave (a matter) in someone's hands, to let (someone) decide
3.
to lean on, to put one's weight on

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to support, to prop, to sustain, to underlay, to hold up, to defend
2.
to hold at bay, to stem, to check

expression, adverb
anything of, not one bit (with negative sentence)

noun, auxillary suru verb
emphasis, highlight, stress, stressed point

noun
feature, trait, characteristic, peculiarity, distinction

noun
twins, twin
Other readings:
双子【そうし】
二子【ふたご】
ふた子【ふたご】

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
pride, boast

noun, auxillary suru verb
company, friendship, association, society, acquaintance

noun
1.
expert, learned person
noun, noun (suffix)
2.
doctor, PhD, Dr.(colloquialism)
noun
3.
instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period)
4.
pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
See also:墨譜

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
order (for an item)
2.
request, demand, condition
Other readings:
註文【ちゅうもん】

noun
1.
muscle, tendon, sinew
2.
vein, artery
3.
fiber, fibre, string
4.
line, stripe, streak
5.
reason, logic
See also:筋が通る
6.
plot, storyline
7.
lineage, descent
8.
school (e.g. of scholarship or arts)
9.
aptitude, talent
10.
source (of information, etc.), circle, channel
11.
well-informed person (in a transaction)
12.
logical move (in go, shogi, etc.)
13.
ninth vertical line(shogi term)
14.
seam on a helmet
15.
gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)(abbreviation)
See also:筋蒲鉾
16.
social position, status(archaism)
noun (suffix), noun, no-adjective
17.
on (a river, road, etc.), along
suffix, counter
18.
counter for long thin things, counter for roads or blocks when giving directions
19.
(Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)(archaism)
Other readings:
【すじ】
スジ

noun, no-adjective
farmer, peasant

noun
1.
constitution
2.
rules, regulation
Other readings:
憲法【けんぼう】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

adverb
perhaps, likely, probably, I dare say(usually kana)

noun, auxillary suru verb
attendance, presence, appearance
See also:欠席 (antonym)

noun
1.
estimate, guess, conjecture, aim
2.
direction, bearings
3.
registration mark (printing)
noun (suffix)
4.
approximately, about, around

noun, no-adjective
1.
surroundings, environs
2.
circumference

noun
(Western) playing cards

noun, no-adjective
food, foodstuff

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
1.
complaint, grumbling, objection
2.
phrase, words, expression

noun, auxillary suru verb
disorder, chaos, confusion, mayhem

noun
market

conjunction
1.
by the way, incidentally(usually kana)
2.
even if, no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)(after the plain past form of a verb)

noun, auxillary suru verb
entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.), filling in, filling out

noun
sisters
Other readings:
姉妹【きょうだい】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kana usage

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to become, to get, to grow, to be, to reach, to attain(usually kana)
2.
to result in, to prove to be
3.
to consist of, to be composed of
4.
to succeed, to be complete
5.
to change into, to be exchanged for
6.
to play a role
7.
to be promoted(shogi term)
Godan-ru verb
8.
to do ...(honorific language)(as お+masu-stem+になる, ご+noun+になる, etc.)
All readings:
なる《成る》
なる《為る》

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
to talk, to chat, to chatter(usually kana)

noun
bench

noun
cough, coughing, tussis
Other readings:
【しわぶき】

noun
1.
card
2.
curd
3.
match, game, grouping in a competition or tournament

noun
1.
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, such as beans, peas, pulses, etc.), beans, peas
2.
soya bean (Glycine max), soybean, soy
See also:大豆
3.
female genitalia (esp. the clitoris)(colloquialism)
4.
kidney(colloquialism, usually kana, food term)
noun (prefix)
5.
miniature, tiny
6.
child
Other readings:
【まめ】
【まめ】
マメ

noun, auxillary suru verb
reading
Other readings:
読書【とくしょ】
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