Vocabulary list for JLPT N3

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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
•
license, permit, licence, certificate

noun, noun (suffix)
1.
set (of items)(pronounced ぐみ as a suffix)
2.
group (of people), class (of students), company (esp. construction), family (i.e. mafia), team
noun
3.
typesetting, composition
Other readings:
組み【くみ】

noun, noun (suffix)
•
prize, award

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
restriction, restraint, limitation, limit

noun
1.
one person(esp. 一人, 1人)
2.
being alone, being by oneself(only relevant for ひとり)
See also:一人で
3.
being single, being unmarried(only relevant for ひとり)(esp. 独り)
adverb
4.
by oneself, alone(only relevant for ひとり)
5.
just, only, simply(usually kana)(only relevant for ひとり)(with neg. sentence)
All readings:
一人【ひとり】
、
一人【いちにん】
、
1人【ひとり】
、
1人【いちにん】
、
独り【ひとり】

noun
•
leather

noun, no-adjective
•
state of affairs (around you), situation, circumstances
Other readings:
情況【じょうきょう】

noun, na-adjective
1.
tedium, boredom, dullness
auxillary suru verb
2.
to feel bored, to get bored with, to get tired of
Other readings:
怠屈【たいくつ】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

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:胤
7.
breed (of a stock), sperm, semen
8.
10-point card (in hanafuda), tane, animal card(usually kana)(oft. as タネ)

noun
•
(human) life (i.e. conception to death)

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
admiration, being impressed
na-adjective
2.
admirable, praiseworthy
noun, auxillary suru verb
3.
astonishment, being appalled

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
game, match, contest

noun
1.
pipe, tube
2.
channels, official or otherwise, (business) connections
3.
tobacco pipe

noun
•
crowd of people
All readings:
人ごみ【ひとごみ】
、
人込み【ひとごみ】
、
人混み【ひとごみ】
、
人込【ひとごみ】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun
•
(in) the middle of, (in) the midst of, (in) the course of, (at) the height of
Other readings:
最中【さなか】
、
さ中【さなか】

na-adjective, noun
1.
honest, frank, candid, straightforward
adverb
2.
honestly, frankly

noun
1.
breath, breathing
2.
tone, mood
See also:息が合う
Other readings:
息【おき】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun
1.
armpit, under one's arm, side, flank
2.
beside, close to, near, by(also written as 傍, 側)
3.
aside, to the side, away, out of the way
4.
off-track, off-topic
5.
deuteragonist, supporting role(usu. written ワキ in Noh)
6.
second verse (in a linked series of poems)(abbreviation)
See also:脇句
Other readings:
腋【わき】
、
掖【わき】

adverb
•
gradually, steadily, slowly, little by little, step by step, by degrees
Other readings:
徐徐に【じょじょに】
、
除々に【じょじょに】[1]
、
除除に【じょじょに】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

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

noun
•
months and years
Other readings:
年月【ねんげつ】

noun
•
coal
Other readings:
石炭【いしずみ】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun, no-adjective
1.
nakedness, nudity
2.
bareness, nakedness, baldness, being uncovered
3.
being penniless
4.
concealing nothing, openness

adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
•
since, henceforth

noun
1.
gold (Au), golden (color), gold (medal, cup)
no-adjective, noun
2.
valuable, of highest value
noun
3.
money, gold coin
4.
Friday(abbreviation)
See also:金曜
5.
metal (fourth of the five elements)
See also:五行
6.
Jin dynasty (China, 1115-1234), Chin dynasty, Jurchen dynasty
noun, noun (suffix)
7.
gold general(abbreviation, shogi term)
See also:金将
noun
8.
testicles(abbreviation, colloquialism)
suffix, counter
9.
karat, carat

noun, no-adjective
•
ideal, ideals
See also:現実

noun
•
basket (shopping, etc.), hamper, cage(usually kana)
Other readings:
かご《篭》
、
カゴ

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

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to produce, to yield, to cause
See also:生ずる
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
2.
to result from, to arise, to be generated
See also:生ずる

noun, counter
1.
stock, share
noun
2.
stump(orig. meaning)
noun, counter
3.
root, rootstock, plant, stalk
4.
strain (of bacteria, etc.)
noun, noun (suffix)
5.
tradeable rank, goodwill
noun
6.
one's forte
See also:お株

noun
1.
writing brush, paintbrush, pen
2.
writing with a brush, drawing with a brush, penmanship, something drawn with a brush
3.
writing (composing text), the written word(only relevant for ふで)
counter
4.
(land) lot, plot(only relevant for ひつ)
Other readings:
筆【ひつ】

noun, na-adjective, no-adjective
1.
emergency
na-adjective, no-adjective
2.
extraordinary, unusual

adverb
•
always, constantly

noun
1.
permission, approval, authorization, license
auxillary suru verb
2.
to permit, to authorize

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
construction, architecture (of buildings)

no-adjective, na-adjective, noun
1.
general, universal
2.
ordinary, average, common, non-celebrity
See also:特殊 (antonym)
na-adjective, noun
3.
the same, no different, (just) as if(archaism)

noun
•
sunlight, sunshine, sunbeams

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
autograph, signature
2.
sign, signal, indication

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
change, variation, alteration, mutation, transition, transformation, transfiguration, metamorphosis
noun
2.
variety, diversity
noun, auxillary suru verb
3.
inflection, declension, conjugation(linguistics)
4.
sidestepping(sumo term)

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
contribution (furthering a goal or cause), services (to a cause)

noun, noun (suffix)
1.
drawing, picture, diagram, figure, illustration, chart, graph
2.
sight, scene

noun
•
swimming
Other readings:
游ぎ【およぎ】

noun
•
great war, great battle

noun
•
dot (in Morse code)(colloquialism)

suru verb (special), transitive verb
•
to love

noun
1.
fault, defect, flaw, weak point, weakness, shortcoming, drawback
See also:美点 (antonym)
2.
failure (in an examination), failing grade

noun
•
the person in question, the person themselves, said person

adverb
•
sometime, someday, one day, some time or other, the other day, in due course, in time(usually kana)
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