Vocabulary list for JLPT N3
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        Godan-u verb, transitive verb
1.
to employ
2.
to hire, to charter
Other readings:
                傭う【やとう】
                noun
1.
wife, Mrs, madam(honorific language)(only relevant for ふじん and はしかし)
2.
wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.)(archaism)(only relevant for ふじん)
3.
consort of the emperor(archaism)(only relevant for ふじん and ぶにん)
Other readings:
                夫人【ぶにん】[1]
、夫人【はしかし】[1]
                Notes:
                - out-dated or obsolete kana usage
 
ban
                    Common word
noun
1.
bun
2.
van (caravan)
3.
bang
See also:ビッグバン
noun, auxillary suru verb
4.
ban (esp. of a player from an online game)
Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to change, to swap, to substitute, to transfer
2.
to change the object of one's interest or focus
3.
to spend or take time
4.
to infect
See also:風邪を移す
5.
to permeate something with the smell or colour of something
6.
to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
See also:実行に移す
Other readings:
                遷す【うつす】
                Godan-ku verb, intransitive verb
1.
to catch up (with), to draw level, to pull even, to reach
2.
to be compensated, to make up for one's losses
All readings:
                追いつく【おいつく】
、追い付く【おいつく】
、追い着く【おいつく】
、追付く【おいつく】
、追着く【おいつく】
、おい付く【おいつく】
                noun
1.
river, stream(only relevant for かわ)
suffix
2.
River, the ... river(suffix used with the names of rivers)
All readings:
                川【かわ】
、川【がわ】
、河【かわ】
、河【がわ】
                Godan-ku verb
•
                
to shine, to glitter, to sparkle
Other readings:
                耀く【かがやく】
、赫く【かがやく】
、燿く【かがやく】
、煌く【かがやく】[1]
                Notes:
                - word containing out-dated kanji
 
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to open (a door, etc.), to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package), to unlock(only relevant for 開ける)
2.
to open (for business, etc.)(only relevant for 開ける)
3.
to empty, to remove, to make space, to make room(esp. 空ける)
4.
to move out, to clear out(esp. 空ける)
5.
to be away from (e.g. one's house), to leave (temporarily)(esp. 空ける)
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
6.
to dawn, to grow light(esp. 明ける)
7.
to end (of a period, season)(esp. 明ける)
8.
to begin (of the New Year)(esp. 明ける)
9.
to leave (one's schedule) open, to make time (for)(esp. 明ける)
10.
to make (a hole), to open up (a hole)
All readings:
                開ける【あける】
、空ける【あける】
、明ける【あける】
                Godan-u verb, intransitive verb
1.
to get drunk, to become intoxicated
2.
to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle), to become nauseated
3.
to be elated, to be exalted, to be spellbound, to be in raptures
Other readings:
                酔う【えう】[1]
                Notes:
                - out-dated or obsolete kana usage
 
noun
•
                
association, socializing, socialising, fellowship
Other readings:
                つき合い【つきあい】
、付合い【つきあい】
                noun, auxillary suru verb
•
        
change, modification, alteration, revision, amendment
noun
1.
force, vigor, vigour, energy, spirit, life
2.
influence, authority, power, might
3.
impetus, momentum, course (of events)
adverb
4.
naturally, necessarily
Other readings:
                勢い【いきよい】[2]
、勢【いきおい】[1]
、勢【いきよい】[1][2]
                Notes:
                - irregular okurigana usage
 - word containing irregular kana usage
 
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
        
claim, insistence, assertion, advocacy, emphasis, contention, opinion, tenet
noun
1.
time, (the) hour
2.
favourable time, opportunity, chance
Other readings:
                時剋【じこく】
                noun
•
                
light, lamp, torch
Other readings:
                灯【ともしび】
、灯火【とうか】
、灯火【ともしび】
、灯し火【ともしび】[1]
、燭【ともしび】
、燈火【とうか】
、燈火【ともしび】
、ともし火【ともしび】
                Notes:
                - irregular okurigana usage
 
noun, na-adjective
1.
difficulty, hardship, trouble, distress
2.
infeasibility, inability (to carry out)
noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
1.
abstaining from smoking, quitting smoking
See also:喫煙
expression
2.
No Smoking!, Smoking Prohibited!(on a sign)
Other readings:
                禁烟【きんえん】
                noun
1.
aviation, flight, flying
auxillary suru verb
2.
to fly, to take a flight
noun
1.
(picture) frame, framed picture
noun, noun (suffix)
2.
amount (esp. of money), sum
noun
•
        
turn (in line), order of things, sequential order
See also:出番
pre-noun adjectival
•
                
all, every(usually kana)
Other readings:
                あらゆる《凡ゆる》
                noun
1.
border, boundary(usu. さかい)
2.
turning point, watershed(only relevant for さかい)(often ...を境に)
3.
area, region, spot, space, environment(usu. きょう)
4.
psychological state, mental state(usu. きょう)
5.
cognitive object, something perceptible by the sense organs or mind(Buddhist term)(only relevant for きょう)
Other readings:
                境【きょう】
、界【さかい】
                battari
                    adverb, to-adverb
1.
with a clash, with a thud, with a bang, with a flop, plump(onomatopia)
2.
unexpectedly (meeting someone)(onomatopia)
3.
suddenly (ending), abruptly (coming to a halt)(onomatopia)
Other readings:
                バッタリ
、ばたり
、バタリ
、ばったん
、バッタン
                pronoun
•
                
they, them(usu. in ref. to males)
All readings:
                彼ら【かれら】
、彼等【かれら】
                noun
1.
flag
2.
3.
banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
Other readings:
                幡【はた】
、旌【はた】
                noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
                
cooperation, collaboration
See also:ご協力
Other readings:
                共力【きょうりょく】[1]
                Notes:
                - word containing irregular kanji usage
 
Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to turn, to rotate, to spin, to twist, to gyrate
2.
to pass around, to send around, to hand around, to circulate
3.
to move (someone or something to where its needed), to send, to bring, to transfer, to forward, to direct, to submit
4.
to turn (to a new use), to use (for something else)
5.
to turn on (something that turns or has a rotating part, e.g. a washing machine), to start up (e.g. an engine), to give (something) a spin
6.
to put (someone in a position), to make (e.g. an enemy of)
auxiliary verb, Godan-su verb
7.
to ... around (e.g. chase, fool, play), to do all over, to do everywhere, to do completely(after the -masu stem of a verb)
Godan-su verb, transitive verb
8.
to surround (something) with, to enclose with
9.
to put (an arm) around (e.g. someone's waist), to reach around
10.
to invest (money), to lend
11.
to dial (a telephone number)
12.
to gang-rape
See also:輪姦す
Other readings:
                廻す【まわす】
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