Vocabulary list for JLPT N3

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noun, no-adjective
occupation, business

noun, auxillary suru verb
progress, advance, improvement, development
See also:退歩 (antonym)

conjunction
1.
after all, because(colloquialism)
2.
but(colloquialism)
particle
3.
even
4.
too, as well, also
5.
they say, I hear, you mean

noun (temporal)
1.
(period of) a year
noun (suffix)
2.
during an era

noun, noun (suffix)
1.
degree, extent, amount, balance, state, condition
noun
2.
(health) condition, state of health
noun, auxillary suru verb
3.
adjustment, moderation, regulation
4.
addition and subtraction
noun (suffix)
5.
slight sign of ..., slight state of ...
6.
just right for ...

noun
1.
plot of land, lot, soil
2.
locality, region, place
Other readings:
土地【どおじ】[1]
土地【どじ】[1]
土地【どち】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
major subject, special study

na-adjective
1.
serious, earnest
noun
2.
real sword (as opposed to unsharpened or wooden practice weapon)
Other readings:
真険【しんけん】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

noun
1.
farmer, farming family
2.
farmhouse

noun
tiredness, fatigue

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
practical use, application
2.
conjugation, inflection(linguistics)

noun
1.
lunch(polite language)
See also:昼 (ひる)
2.
noon, midday(polite language)
See also:昼 (ひる)
3.
daytime(polite language)
See also:昼 (ひる)
4.
waking up, getting up, rising(honorific language)
Other readings:
御昼【おひる】

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to hold or carry under or in the arms
2.
to have (esp. problems, debts, etc.)
3.
to employ, to engage, to hire

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
plus, addition
noun
2.
positive number
noun, no-adjective, auxillary suru verb
3.
gain, advantage, asset, positive feature
noun
4.
anode, plus terminal, positive pole
5.
+ shape

adverb, no-adjective
1.
much more, still more, all the more, more than ever
noun, no-adjective
2.
single layer (or storey, etc.)
adverb
3.
rather, sooner, preferably(archaism)
See also:いっそ

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to stuff into, to jam, to cram, to pack, to fill, to plug, to stop up
Ichidan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb
2.
to shorten, to move closer together
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
3.
to reduce (spending), to conserve
Ichidan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb
4.
to focus intently on, to strain oneself to do(usu. as 根を詰める)
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
5.
to go through thoroughly, to work out (details), to bring to a conclusion, to wind up
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
6.
to be on duty, to be stationed
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
7.
to corner (esp. an opponent's king in shogi), to trap, to checkmate
8.
to cut off (one's finger as an act of apology), to catch (one's finger in a door, etc.)(the meaning "to catch one's finger" is predominantly used in Kansai)
auxiliary verb, Ichidan verb
9.
to do non-stop, to do continuously, to keep doing (without a break)
10.
to do completely, to do thoroughly
11.
to force someone into a difficult situation by ...

noun
1.
plain, field
2.
hidden (structural) member(only relevant for の)
noun (prefix)
3.
wild(only relevant for の)
See also:野ウサギ
4.
lacking a political post(only relevant for や)
Other readings:
【や】
【ぬ】[1]
【の】
【や】
【ぬ】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun
1.
bone
2.
frame
3.
outline, core
4.
backbone, spirit, fortitude
na-adjective, noun
5.
laborious, troublesome, difficult

noun
housewife, mistress (of the house), homemaker

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to be chipped, to be damaged, to be broken
2.
to be lacking, to be missing
3.
to be insufficient, to be short, to be deficient, to be negligent toward
4.
to wane (e.g. moon), to go into eclipse(also 虧ける)
See also:満ちる (antonym)
Other readings:
缺ける【かける】
闕ける【かける】

noun
bubble, foam, froth, head on beer
Other readings:
【あぶく】
【あわ】

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to struggle in the water, to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe, to (nearly) drown
2.
to indulge in, to lose one's head over something, to be addicted, to wallow in

noun, no-adjective
1.
everything, all, the whole(usually kana)
adverb
2.
entirely, completely, wholly, all(usually kana)
Other readings:
すべて《総て》
すべて《凡て》
すべて《惣て》
すべて《渾て》
すべて《総べて》[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

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

na-adjective, noun
1.
trouble, burden, nuisance, bother, worry
2.
care, dependence, support, kindness, obligation, staying (with a person)

adverb
suddenly, casually, accidentally, incidentally, unexpectedly, unintentionally(usually kana)
Other readings:
ふと《不斗》[1]
ふと《不圖》[1][2]
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading
  2. word containing out-dated kanji

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to want, to wish for
2.
to request, to demand, to require, to ask for
3.
to seek, to search for, to look for, to pursue (pleasure), to hunt (a job)
4.
to purchase, to buy(polite language)
See also:買う

noun, na-adjective
1.
trouble, bother, annoyance, nuisance, inconvenience
auxillary suru verb
2.
to be troubled (by), to be bothered (by), to be inconvenienced (by)

noun
scene, view, prospect, outlook

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
1.
ogre, demon, oni
2.
spirit of a deceased person
See also:亡魂
3.
ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.)(only relevant for おに)
4.
it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.)(only relevant for おに)
5.
Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)(astronomy term)(only relevant for き)
prefix
6.
very, extremely, super-(slang)(only relevant for おに)
See also:
Other readings:
【き】

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

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to refuse, to reject, to dismiss, to turn down, to decline
2.
to inform, to give notice, to tell in advance
3.
to ask leave, to excuse oneself (from)
Other readings:
断わる【ことわる】

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
passage (of people, traffic), passing
2.
common usage

noun, no-adjective
1.
effect, effectiveness, efficacy, result
noun
2.
effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)

noun
whisky, whiskey
Other readings:
ウィスキー
ウヰスキー
ウイスキ
ウィスキ

noun, noun (suffix)
1.
height (e.g. of summer), peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season), (in) season, full bloom, full swing (of a party, etc.)(ざかり when used as a suffix)
2.
prime (of one's life), (one's) best days, bloom
noun
3.
(being in) heat, rut

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to appear, to come in sight, to become visible, to come out, to embody, to materialize, to materialise
2.
to be expressed (e.g. emotions), to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
Other readings:
現われる【あらわれる】
表れる【あらわれる】
表われる【あらわれる】
顕れる【あらわれる】
顕われる【あらわれる】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun
1.
ball
2.
ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone)(baseball term)
3.
bowl
4.
board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)(abbreviation)
See also:ボール紙

noun
1.
coin
2.
hard currency
See also:軟貨

noun
doubt, question, suspicion, dubiousness

adverbial noun
just (now, at the moment, etc.), just as, in the act of, as soon as, at the moment that

noun
1.
iron (Fe)
no-adjective, noun
2.
strong and hard (as iron)
noun, noun (suffix), noun (prefix)
3.
railway(abbreviation)
See also:鉄道
noun, noun (prefix)
4.
railway enthusiast(colloquialism)
Other readings:
【てつ】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

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

na-adjective, noun
1.
happiness, blessedness, luck, fortune, felicity
adverb
2.
luckily, fortunately

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
to occur, to happen
Other readings:
起る【おこる】

noun, auxillary suru verb
analysis

noun, na-adjective
good luck, fortune
See also:不運 (antonym)
Other readings:
好運【こううん】

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
valuation, appraisal, evaluation, assessment, estimation, rating, judging
2.
appreciation, recognition, acknowledgement, rating highly, praising
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