Vocabulary list for JLPT N3

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Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
•
to burn, to get fired up

noun
1.
letter (of alphabet), character
2.
writing(only relevant for もんじ)
Other readings:
文字【もんじ】

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

adverb
•
so, like this, in this way
See also:こんな

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
•
yacht (esp. a sailing boat with one mast), sailing boat, sailboat

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】

conjunction
1.
moreover, furthermore(usually kana)
2.
nevertheless, and yet(usually kana)
Other readings:
しかも《而も》
、
しかも《併も》[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

noun
•
injury, harm, evil influence, damage

noun
•
pilot

noun
•
doubt, question, suspicion, dubiousness

noun, no-adjective
•
ink
Other readings:
インキ

noun, noun (suffix)
•
translation, version (e.g. "English version")

noun
•
bag
Other readings:
バック[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kana usage

noun
•
ice cream, icecream

adverb, pronoun
1.
here and there, all around, everywhere, throughout, all over(usually kana)
auxillary suru verb
2.
to get things in the wrong order (back to front), to become muddled up(usually kana)(only relevant for あちこち and あちらこちら and あっちこっち and アチコチ)
Other readings:
あちらこちら《彼方此方》
、
あっちこっち《彼方此方》
、
かなたこなた《彼方此方》
、
あなたこなた《彼方此方》[1]
、
アチコチ
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

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

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to avoid (physical contact with)(only relevant for よける)
2.
to avoid (situation)(only relevant for さける)
Ichidan verb
3.
to ward off, to avert
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
4.
to put aside, to move out of the way(only relevant for よける)
Other readings:
避ける【よける】
、
除ける【よける】

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, auxillary suru verb
•
control, management (e.g. of a business)

noun, no-adjective
1.
surface, face
2.
outside, exterior
3.
appearances, superficiality

noun
1.
horse
2.
horse racing(only relevant for うま)
3.
promoted bishop(abbreviation, shogi term)(only relevant for うま)
Other readings:
馬【いま】[1]
、
馬【おま】[1]
、
ウマ
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
extinction, extermination
2.
eradication, stamping out, wiping out

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
•
to be inferior to, to be less good at, to fall behind

noun
•
(town) market, (street) market, marketplace
Other readings:
市庭【いちば】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

noun
1.
attitude, manner, behaviour, demeanour, bearing
2.
attitude (towards an issue, etc.), position, stance, stand

noun
1.
upper reaches (of a river), upper stream
See also:下 (antonym)
2.
top, upper part, upper half (of the body)
3.
long ago
4.
beginning, first
5.
person of high rank (e.g. the emperor)(honorific language)
See also:御上
6.
government, imperial court
7.
imperial capital (i.e. Kyoto), capital region (i.e. Kansai), region (or direction of) the imperial palace
8.
head (of a table)
9.
wife, mistress (of a restaurant)(honorific language)

noun
1.
defeat, loss, losing (a game)
See also:勝ち (antonym)
suffix
2.
failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.)
noun
3.
discount, loss (on a sale)

noun, no-adjective
•
dining table

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

noun, noun (suffix)
1.
job, work, employment, occupation, position
2.
duties
3.
trade, skill
Other readings:
職【そく】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
plan, project, schedule, scheme, program, programme

noun
•
(suffering) damage, injury, harm

noun
1.
mass meeting, convention, rally, conference, assembly, gathering
2.
tournament, competition, contest, meet
3.
grand event

noun, no-adjective
•
town, city, municipal, urban

conjunction
•
but, however, (and) yet, nevertheless, still, for all that
Other readings:
ですが

noun, no-adjective
•
love, affection

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to come out, to fall out, to be omitted, to be missing, to escape, to come loose
2.
to fade, to discolour
3.
to wear a hole (e.g. clothes)
4.
to leave (e.g. a meeting)
5.
to be clear, to be transparent (e.g. of the sky)
6.
to be stupid, to be absentminded, to be careless, to be inattentive(usu. as 抜けた or 抜けている)
7.
to exit (a program loop)(computer term)
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
8.
to go through, to pass through, to give way, to collapse
Other readings:
脱ける【ぬける】

noun
•
books
Other readings:
図書【ずしょ】

adjective
1.
painful, bitter, heart-breaking, difficult (emotionally)(usually kana)
2.
tough, difficult, hard (usu. of situations)(usually kana)
3.
cruel, harsh, cold(usually kana)

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

noun (temporal), no-adjective, noun (suffix)
1.
sunset, sundown, nightfall, dusk
See also:明け (antonym)
2.
end, close
3.
year-end, end of the year
Other readings:
暮【くれ】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

auxillary suru verb, adverb
•
(blinking) repeatedly(onomatopia)
Other readings:
シバシバ
、
しぱしぱ
、
シパシパ

noun
•
defect, fault, flaw, deformity, deficiency, shortage, gap

adverb
1.
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance), throughout, all along, the whole time, all the way(ずーっと and ずうっと are more emphatic)
2.
much (better, etc.), by far, far and away
3.
far away, long ago
4.
direct, straight
Other readings:
ずーっと
、
ずうっと

noun
•
author, writer, novelist, artist

noun, no-adjective
1.
nature, spontaneity
See also:人工 (antonym)
2.
natural airhead(abbreviation, colloquialism)
See also:天然ボケ
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