Vocabulary list for JLPT N3

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noun, no-adjective
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

noun
1.
fog, mist
See also:,  
2.
spray

noun, no-adjective
1.
basement, cellar, underground place
prefix
2.
underground, below ground
3.
secret, under cover
noun
4.
underground (railway), subway, metro(colloquialism, abbreviation)

noun
gun, rifle, small arms
Other readings:
【じゅう】

na-adjective, adverbial noun, no-adjective
direct, immediate, personal, firsthand

noun, no-adjective
jest, joke, funny story(じょうだん is sometimes written 笑談)
Other readings:
戯談【じょうだん】
戯談【ぎだん】[1]
戯談【げだん】[1]
串戯【じょうだん】
串戲【じょうだん】
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
to use, to make use of, to utilize, to utilise

noun
physical education, PE, physical training, PT
Other readings:
体育【たいく】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kana usage

noun
ash, ashes

pre-noun adjectival
all, every(usually kana)
Other readings:
あらゆる《凡ゆる》

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:
【わき】
【わき】

noun
magic (illusion), conjuring, magic trick, conjuring trick, sleight of hand

noun, no-adjective
limit, bound

na-adjective, noun
appropriate, suitable, fitting, apt, proper, right, pertinent, relevant

noun
1.
lunch, midday meal
2.
food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)(usu. 中食)
Other readings:
昼食【ちゅうじき】
昼食【ひるげ】
中食【ちゅうじき】
昼餉【ひるげ】

noun, auxillary suru verb
change, modification, alteration, revision, amendment

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
coincidence, agreement, union, match
2.
conformity, consistency
3.
cooperation

na-adjective, noun
precious, valuable

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to respond, to satisfy, to accept, to comply with, to apply for

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
breathing, respiration
noun
2.
knack, trick, secret (of doing something)
3.
harmony, balance, synchronization, accord
4.
short interval, short pause
See also:一呼吸

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to be due to, to be caused by(usually kana)(esp. 依る;拠る)
2.
to depend on, to turn on(usually kana)(esp. 依る)
3.
to be based on, to come from(usually kana)(esp. 因る;由る)
4.
to be based at (a location, an organization), to be headquartered at(usually kana)(esp. 拠る)
Other readings:
よる《拠る》
よる《依る》
よる《由る》

noun, no-adjective
oxygen (O)

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

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

adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
1.
evening(only relevant for 夕べ)
2.
last night, yesterday evening(usu. 昨夜)
Other readings:
昨夜【ゆうべ】
昨夜【さくや】
昨夜【ゆんべ】

noun
common sense, good sense, common knowledge, general knowledge, common practice, accepted practice, social etiquette

noun, noun (suffix)
week

na-adjective, no-adjective, noun
perfect, complete

noun, auxillary suru verb
clapping hands, applause

noun
1.
study of foreign languages
2.
linguistics
See also:言語学

noun
member, participant, attendee, lineup (sport)
Other readings:
メンバ

noun, no-adjective
word, vocabulary, (usually) single-character word(linguistics)

noun
1.
storm, tempest
2.
uproar, hullabaloo, storm (e.g. of protest), winds (e.g. of change)(idiom )

Ichidan verb, auxiliary verb, intransitive verb
to get tired of, to lose interest in, to be fed up with, to have enough
Other readings:
厭きる【あきる】
倦きる【あきる】
倦る【あきる】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

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
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.)
Other readings:
遷す【うつす】

noun
1.
rotation
See also:周り
2.
making the rounds
3.
spreading
4.
effect, efficacy
noun (suffix), noun
5.
by way of, via
suffix, counter
6.
round, turn
7.
size
8.
12-year period, 12-year age difference
Other readings:
廻り【まわり】

noun
most part, greater part, majority
See also:小部分 (antonym)

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to pull, to draw, to pull tight
2.
to string (lines), to run (cable), to stretch
3.
to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve)
4.
to drag, to haul, to tow
5.
to lead (e.g. one's followers)
6.
to take someone somewhere (e.g. a suspect to the police)
7.
to tempt into joining, to strongly invite to join
8.
to delay, to prolong
9.
to lengthen the pronunciation (of a word)
10.
to quote, to cite, to reference
11.
to pull the ball(baseball term)
12.
to wear, to put on
Other readings:
引っぱる【ひっぱる】
引張る【ひっぱる】

noun
1.
platform(abbreviation)
2.
home
3.
home base, home plate(abbreviation, baseball term)

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

Godan-ku verb, transitive verb
1.
to draw, to paint, to sketch
See also:書く
2.
to depict, to describe(only relevant for えがく)
3.
to picture in one's mind, to imagine
4.
to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)
Other readings:
描く【かく】
画く【えがく】
画く【かく】

noun
1.
cooked rice(male term)
2.
meal, food(male term)
3.
one's living, livelihood(male term)

noun
1.
professor
noun, auxillary suru verb
2.
teaching, instruction

noun
1.
demonstration, protest(abbreviation)
2.
(giving a) demo, demonstration, presentation(abbreviation)

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to leave, to go away
2.
to pass, to elapse
3.
to be distant
Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
4.
to send away, to drive off, to divorce
auxiliary verb, Godan-ru verb
5.
to (do) completely(after a -masu stem, esp. of a suru verb)
pre-noun adjectival
6.
last ... (e.g. "last April")(only relevant for 去る)
See also:来る (antonym)
Other readings:
避る【さる】

noun
1.
mind, spirit, soul, heart, ethos
2.
attitude, mentality, will, intention
3.
spirit (of a matter), essence, fundamental significance
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