Vocabulary list for JLPT N3

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

noun
1.
tea
See also:お茶
2.
tea plant (Camellia sinensis)
3.
tea preparation, making tea
See also:茶道
4.
brown(abbreviation)
See also:茶色
noun, na-adjective
5.
mockery(archaism)
See also:茶化す

noun
universe, cosmos, space

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
acting, performance

noun
bench

noun, auxillary suru verb
relief, aid, rescue

noun
1.
present day, modern times, recent times
2.
early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
See also:明治維新

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to rot, to go bad, to decay, to spoil, to fester, to decompose, to turn sour (e.g. milk)
2.
to corrode, to weather, to crumble
3.
to become useless, to blunt, to weaken (from lack of practice)
4.
to become depraved, to be degenerate, to be morally bankrupt, to be corrupt
5.
to be depressed, to be dispirited, to feel discouraged, to feel down
auxiliary verb, Godan-ru verb
6.
to have the audacity to, to be bastard enough to(usually kana, Kansai-ben (dialect))(after the -masu stem of a verb; indicates scorn or disdain for another's action)
See also:やがる
Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
7.
to lose a bet(archaism)
8.
to be drenched, to become sopping wet(archaism)

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
exercise, physical training, work-out
2.
appeal, campaign, drive, crusade, movement, lobbying
3.
motion, movement
See also:静止 (antonym)

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

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to condemn, to blame, to criticize, to criticise, to reproach, to accuse
2.
to urge, to press, to pester
3.
to torture, to torment, to persecute
4.
to break in (a horse)

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

noun
income, receipts, revenue

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to talk about, to speak of, to tell, to narrate
2.
to recite, to chant
3.
to indicate, to show

noun
frost

noun
1.
wave
2.
ups and downs(idiom )
Other readings:
【なみ】
【なみ】

noun
pride, boast, credit (to)

noun
rice field

noun
1.
face
2.
mask, face guard
3.
(in kendo) striking the head(martial arts)
4.
surface (esp. a geometrical surface)
5.
page
noun, suffix
6.
aspect, facet, side
7.
chamfer
counter
8.
counter for broad, flat objects, levels or stages, e.g. in a video game

noun, no-adjective
genuine article, real thing, real deal
See also:偽物

noun
coworker, co-worker, colleague, associate

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

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
attack, assault, raid, onslaught, offensive
See also:守備 (antonym)
2.
criticism, censure, denunciation, condemnation

noun, auxillary suru verb
claim, insistence, assertion, advocacy, emphasis, contention, opinion, tenet

na-adjective, noun
1.
cheerful, jovial, merry, lively
See also:陰気 (antonym)
noun
2.
weather, season
3.
spirit of yang

noun
1.
(police) detective
noun, prenominal
2.
criminal matter

conjunction
1.
or, either ... or(usually kana)
adverb
2.
maybe, perhaps, possibly(usually kana)
3.
some ... and others ..., sometimes ... and at other times ...(usually kana)(as あるいは...あるいは...)
Other readings:
あるいは《或るいは》[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

adverb
1.
(what) the heck, (why) in the world, (who) on earth(before an interrogative, forms an emphatic question)
noun
2.
one object, one body, unity
3.
one form, one style
4.
one Buddhist image (or carving, etc.)
adverbial noun
5.
generally, in general
See also:一体に

noun
1.
drive, trip by car, driving
auxillary suru verb, intransitive verb
2.
to (go for a) drive, to go on a trip by car
auxillary suru verb, transitive verb
3.
to drive (e.g. a car)
4.
to drive (innovation, change, etc.), to propel
noun
5.
drive(computer term)

prefix
un-, non-, negative prefix

めん
gomennasai
expression
I beg your pardon, excuse me(usually kana)
Other readings:
ごめんなさい《ご免なさい》

Godan-su verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb
to repeat, to do something over again
Other readings:
くり返す【くりかえす】
繰りかえす【くりかえす】
繰返す【くりかえす】

noun
1.
president (of a nation or company), chief executive
2.
big man, boss, buddy, mate(familiar language)(used vocatively; esp. of an actor)

Godan-tsu verb
1.
to shoot (at)(usu. 撃つ)
2.
to attack, to defeat, to destroy, to avenge
Other readings:
討つ【うつ】
射つ【うつ】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

noun
1.
complaint, grumbling, objection
2.
phrase, words, expression

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

Godan-u verb
1.
to mind, to care about, to be concerned about, to have a regard for
See also:構わない
Godan-u verb, intransitive verb
2.
to be an issue, to matter, to create inconvenience
Godan-u verb
3.
to keep company, to care for, to look after, to entertain, to pay attention to, to spend time with(usually kana)
Godan-u verb, intransitive verb
4.
to interfere with, to meddle in
Godan-u verb, transitive verb
5.
to tease
6.
to banish, to prohibit(archaism)

expression, adjective
1.
intolerable, unbearable, unendurable(usually kana)
2.
irresistible, tremendous, out of this world(usually kana)
3.
cannot help (doing), cannot but do, anxious to do(usually kana)(after te-form of verbs and adj.)

adverb, to-adverb, auxillary suru verb
1.
feeling refreshed, feeling relieved(onomatopia)
2.
neat, tidy, clean
adverb, to-adverb, auxillary suru verb, na-adjective
3.
frank, open-hearted, plain, simple, light
adverb, to-adverb
4.
completely, entirely
adverb
5.
not in the least (with neg. verb), not at all
na-adjective
6.
nothing at all, completely useless, hopeless, awful

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
warning, advice

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
business, trade, operations
noun
2.
sales

Godan-ku verb, intransitive verb
1.
to turn toward, to look (up, down, etc.)
2.
to face (e.g. east), to look out on
3.
to point to
4.
to be suited to, to be fit for
5.
to go in the direction of, to lean towards (of a feeling)

pronoun
we
Other readings:
吾々【われわれ】
我我【われわれ】
吾吾【われわれ】

na-adjective, no-adjective, noun
1.
absorbed in, immersed in, crazy about, obsessed with, devoted to
noun, na-adjective
2.
forgetting oneself, daze, trance, ecstasy, delirium
noun
3.
within a dream, while dreaming

noun, auxillary suru verb
clapping hands, applause

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
explosion, detonation, eruption
2.
eruption (of discontent, etc.), outburst, outpouring

noun, auxillary suru verb
medical examination

adverb
1.
exactly, surely, certainly, just(usually kana)(esp. 正に when in kanji)
2.
right then, just then, at that moment(usually kana)
3.
just (about to), on the verge (of doing or happening)(usually kana)(esp. 将に when in kanji)
4.
duly, naturally(usually kana)(esp. 当に when in kanji)
Other readings:
まさに《将に》
まさに《当に》
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