Vocabulary list for JLPT N3

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Godan-ku verb, transitive verb
1.
to remove, to eliminate, to eradicate
2.
to exclude, to except

noun
1.
helper, assistant
2.
help
Other readings:
手つだい【てつだい】

noun
intelligence, intellect, brains
Other readings:
智能【ちのう】

noun
1.
service, duty, business, responsibility, task
2.
Buddhist religious services
Other readings:
務め【つとめ】

noun, noun (suffix)
week

tachiagaru
Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to stand up, to get up
2.
to rise
3.
to recover
4.
to take action, to start
5.
to make the initial charge(sumo term)
6.
to start up, to boot up(computer term)
Other readings:
立上がる【たちあがる】
起ち上がる【たちあがる】
立ちあがる【たちあがる】

noun
1.
National Diet, legislative assembly of Japan (1947-)
2.
Imperial Diet, legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947)(abbreviation)
3.
legislative assembly, parliament, congress
See also:議会

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to break, to snap, to be cut, to split, to crack
2.
to be injured
3.
to wear out, to be worn out
4.
to break, to burst, to collapse
5.
to wear off, to stop working, to go dead
6.
to expire (time limit, etc.), to run out, to become due
7.
to run out (of stock, etc.), to be exhausted, to be used up, to be sold out, to be out of
8.
to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship), to break up, to have severed ties, to be cut off, to be disconnected
9.
to cut well, to be sharp
10.
to be sharp-minded, to be keen, to be shrewd, to be quick-witted, to be able
11.
to be short of, to drop under (a certain figure), to beat (e.g. a record time)
12.
to dry off
13.
to curve, to veer
14.
to shuffle (cards)
15.
to get angry, to snap, to blow one's top, to lose one's temper, to flip(colloquialism)
See also:キレる
auxiliary verb, Ichidan verb
16.
to be able to do completely(usually kana)(after the -masu stem of a verb)

noun
income, receipts, revenue

noun
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat), provisions, rations, food supply

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
to be silent, to say nothing

noun
brake

adverbial noun, no-adjective
each, respectively(usually kana)
Other readings:
それぞれ《其れ其れ》
それぞれ《夫々》
それぞれ《夫夫》
それぞれ《其々》[1]
それぞれ《其其》[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun, auxillary suru verb
confirmation, verification, validation, review, check, affirmation, identification

noun
engine

noun
bottle, jar, decanter, flagon, phial, vial
Other readings:
【びん】
【びん】
ビン

noun, no-adjective
1.
majority, more than half, most (of)
adverbial noun
2.
mostly, largely, mainly, predominately, nearly

noun, no-adjective
actor, actress, player, performer
See also:役者

na-adjective, noun
easy, simple, plain

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
to rely on, to depend on, to count on, to turn to (for help)
Other readings:
便る【たよる】

na-adjective
sudden, abrupt, rapid, sharp, drastic, radical
Other readings:
急劇【きゅうげき】

noun, auxillary suru verb
consultation, discussion, discussing, asking (somebody) for advice

na-adjective, noun
1.
valid, effective
See also:無効 (antonym)
noun
2.
yuko (judo)(martial arts)

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to put back, to return, to give back, to restore (to a previous state, e.g. defrosting, reconstituting, reconciling), to turn back (e.g. clock hand)
2.
to vomit, to throw up
3.
to recover (of a market price)

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

na-adjective
great, grand, magnificent, outstanding, mighty

na-adjective, noun
pleasant, agreeable, comfortable

noun, auxillary suru verb
exchange, interchange, switching, reciprocity, barter, substitution, replacement, clearing (of checks, cheques)

noun
1.
thing, matter(usually kana)
2.
incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis(usually kana)
3.
circumstances, situation, state of affairs(usually kana)
4.
work, business, affair(usually kana)
5.
after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to(usually kana)
noun (suffix)
6.
nominalizing suffix(usually kana)
See also:事 (ごと)
7.
pretending to ..., playing make-believe ...(usually kana)
See also:事 (ごと)
noun
8.
alias, also known as, otherwise known as, or(usually kana)(as AことB (A = alias, B = real name))
9.
necessity, need(usually kana)(as 〜ことはない)
10.
you should ..., I advise that you ..., it's important to ...(usually kana)(as 〜ことだ)
Other readings:
こと《縡》[1]
こん《事》
こん《縡》[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

noun
1.
jeans
2.
denim, jean
Other readings:
ジンス

noun
1.
housework, domestic chores
2.
family affairs, household matters

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
quotation, citation, reference

na-adjective, noun
1.
wonderful, marvelous, strange, incredible, amazing, curious, miraculous, mysterious
to-adverb
2.
strangely enough, oddly enough, for some reason, curiously

noun, auxillary suru verb
repair, mending, fixing, servicing
Other readings:
修理【しゅり】[1]
修理【すり】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun
state, condition, situation, appearance, circumstances
Other readings:
情態【じょうたい】

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
domination, rule, control
2.
direction, management, guidance
3.
control (e.g. over one's emotions), determining (e.g. one's fate), governing, influence, holding sway over

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

conjunction
but (still), and yet, nevertheless, even so, notwithstanding(usually kana)

noun
1.
religion, religious affiliation, belief, faith, creed
2.
religious activity

noun, no-adjective
theatre, theater, playhouse

Godan-u verb, intransitive verb
1.
to meet (by chance), to come across, to run across, to encounter, to happen upon(出遭う usu. has a negative connotation)
2.
to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.)(only relevant for 出会う and 出合う)(esp. 出合う)
3.
to emerge and engage (an enemy)(only relevant for 出会う and 出合う)(often used imperatively as 出会え)
Other readings:
出逢う【であう】
出合う【であう】
出遭う【であう】
出あう【であう】

noun
1.
root (of a plant)
2.
root (of a tooth, hair, etc.), center (of a pimple, etc.)
3.
root (of all evil, etc.), source, origin, cause, basis
4.
one's true nature
5.
(fishing) reef

noun, noun (suffix)
1.
lesson
2.
section (in an organization), division, department
counter
3.
counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
expression, presentation
2.
representation, notation(mathematics)

noun, no-adjective
1.
death, mortality
auxillary suru verb
2.
to die, to pass away

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails)(esp. 伸ばす)
2.
to lengthen, to extend, to stretch
3.
to reach out, to hold out(esp. 伸ばす)
4.
to straighten, to smooth out
5.
to spread evenly (dough, cream, etc.)
6.
to dilute, to thin out
7.
to postpone(esp. 延ばす)
8.
to prolong
9.
to strengthen, to develop, to expand
Other readings:
延ばす【のばす】

adverbial noun
just (now, at the moment, etc.), just as, in the act of, as soon as, at the moment that

noun
1.
desire, wish, hope
2.
request, entreaty, plea, appeal
3.
prayer
noun, noun (suffix)
4.
(written) application(oft. 願 when used as a suffix)
Other readings:
【ねがい】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage
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