Vocabulary list for JLPT N3

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Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to place on (something)
2.
to give (someone) a ride, to give a lift, to pick up, to help on board(esp. 乗せる)
3.
to load (luggage), to carry, to take on board(esp. 載せる)
4.
to send out (on the airwaves, etc.)
5.
to deceive, to take for a ride
6.
to (sing) along with (musical accompaniment)
7.
to let (someone) take part
8.
to excite (someone)
9.
to publish (an article), to run (an ad)(only relevant for 載せる)
Other readings:
載せる【のせる】

noun
1.
work, labor, labour
2.
achievement, performance, ability, talent
3.
salary, income, earnings
4.
action, activity, workings, function, operation, movement, motion
5.
conjugation, inflection(linguistics)(also written as 活)

noun, noun (suffix)
week

adjective
1.
very young, little
2.
childish, immature(only relevant for おさない)
Other readings:
幼い【いとけない】
稚い【いとけない】
幼けない【いとけない】
稚けない【いとけない】

noun
1.
sphere(mathematics)
suffix, counter
2.
counter for balls(baseball term)

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
manufacture, production

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to represent, to signify, to stand for(esp. 表す, 表わす)
2.
to reveal, to show, to display(esp. 現す, 現わす)
3.
to express(esp. 表す, 表わす)
See also:言い表す
4.
to make widely known(esp. 顕す)
Other readings:
現す【あらわす】
表わす【あらわす】
現わす【あらわす】
顕す【あらわす】

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

noun
1.
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice), tendency
2.
peculiarity, idiosyncrasy, mannerism
3.
crease, wrinkle, curl, kink
Other readings:
【へき】

noun
1.
learning, scholarship, study, erudition, knowledge, education
noun (suffix)
2.
study of ..., -ology, -ics

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

noun
situation, (present) state of affairs, circumstances(often with a negative connotation)
Other readings:
事体【じたい】

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
representation, agency, proxy, deputy, agent, attorney, substitute, alternate, acting (principal, etc.)

no-adjective, adverb, noun
1.
practicality, practical
2.
reality, actuality, actual conditions
3.
bhutakoti (limit of reality)(Buddhist term)

noun, auxillary suru verb
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university

noun, auxillary suru verb
function, facility, faculty, feature

noun
1.
stands, bleachers
2.
stand (e.g. newspaper stand), counter (e.g. lunch counter)
3.
stand (e.g. inkstand)
4.
desk lamp, floor lamp, standard lamp(abbreviation)
5.
station (e.g. gas station)

adverb
suddenly, casually, accidentally, incidentally, unexpectedly, unintentionally(usually kana)
Other readings:
ふと《不斗》[1]
ふと《不圖》[1][2]
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading
  2. word containing out-dated kanji

noun, noun (suffix), counter
time (three times, each time, etc.), times
Other readings:
たんび

noun, noun (suffix)
1.
house, home
noun
2.
one's house, one's home
3.
one's husband

noun, no-adjective
facing, opposite, across the street, other side
All readings:
向い【むかい】
向かい【むかい】
対い【むかい】

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

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
knock, knocking
2.
fungo hitting, hitting balls for fielding practice(baseball term)

adverb, pronoun
1.
where, which, who(usually kana)
2.
anyway, anyhow, at any rate(usually kana)
adverb
3.
sooner or later, eventually, one of these days, at some future date or time(usually kana)
pronoun
4.
both, either, any, all, whichever(usually kana)
Other readings:
いずれ《孰れ》
いづれ《何れ》[1]
いづれ《孰れ》[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kana usage

Godan-aru verb (special)
1.
to give, to confer, to bestow(honorific language, usually kana)
2.
to kindly do for one, to oblige, to favour, to favor(honorific language, usually kana)

na-adjective, noun
precious, valuable

noun, na-adjective
1.
comfort, ease, relief, (at) peace, relaxation
na-adjective, noun
2.
easy, simple, without trouble, without hardships
3.
(economically) comfortable
noun
4.
raku pottery(abbreviation)
See also:楽焼き

noun, no-adjective
ink
Other readings:
インキ

Ichidan verb
1.
to come off, to be removed
2.
to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.)
3.
to be caught, to be harvested
See also:獲れる,  捕れる
4.
to be interpreted (as), to be taken (as)
5.
to be attained (of balance, etc.)
6.
to be obtainable(potential form of 取る)
See also:取る

adverb
most, extremely
Other readings:
最も【もとも】[1]
尤も【もっとも】
尤も【もとも】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

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

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, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
imagination, guess

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
sorting, arrangement, organization, putting in order, adjustment, regulation
2.
liquidation, settlement, consolidation, clearance (e.g. debt), paying off
3.
retrenchment, curtailment, cutting down, disposal

noun
1.
person, character, figure, personage, man, woman
2.
one's character, one's personality
3.
able person, talented person

na-adjective, no-adjective
1.
frantic, frenetic, desperate
noun
2.
inevitable death
3.
brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)(shogi term)
See also:必至

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】

noun
member of an assembly, member of the Diet, member of parliament, member of Congress

noun, adverbial noun, noun (suffix)
degree, amount, grade, standard, of the order of (following a number), about, approximately

noun, auxillary suru verb
place, situation, position, location
Other readings:
位地【いち】

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to put on (one's head), to wear, to have on, to pull over (one's head), to crown (oneself)(usually kana)
2.
to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.), to pour (water, etc.) on oneself, to dash on oneself, to ship water(usually kana)
3.
to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.), to take (blame), to assume (responsibility), to shoulder (burden)(usually kana)
4.
to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
5.
to be similar, to be redundant
Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
6.
to be fogged (due to overexposure, etc.)(of film)
7.
to close, to come to an end(of a play, etc.)
8.
to get a full house, to sell out(of a play, etc.)
9.
to blunder, to bungle, to fail(archaism)(of a play, etc.)
10.
to be deceived(archaism)
Other readings:
かぶる《冠る》
かむる《被る》
かむる《冠る》

noun, auxillary suru verb
success, passing (e.g. exam), eligibility

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

noun
ice cream, icecream

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
to cross (e.g. road), to traverse
Other readings:
横ぎる【よこぎる】

conjunction
1.
but then, although, though(usually kana)
na-adjective, noun
2.
reasonable, natural, just(usually kana)

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to shiver, to shake, to quake, to tremble, to quaver, to quiver
Other readings:
顫える【ふるえる】

Godan-su verb
1.
to cross over (e.g. mountain), to go across
2.
to get over (e.g. hardship)
3.
to pass time (e.g. a winter)
4.
to surpass, to be better than, to exceed(often 超す)
5.
to move house
6.
to go, to come(honorific language)
See also:お越し
Other readings:
超す【こす】
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