Vocabulary list for JLPT N3

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noun, auxillary suru verb
•
departure

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
looking after, help, aid, assistance

adjective
1.
painful, difficult, tough, hard
2.
distressing, (psychologically) difficult, stressful, awkward (e.g. position)
3.
straitened (circumstances), tight (financial situation), needy, struggling
4.
strained (interpretation, explanation, etc.), lame (e.g. excuse), forced (e.g. smile), far-fetched
suffix, adjective
5.
hard to do, unpleasant(after -masu stem of verb; often ぐるしい)

noun
1.
shade, shadow
2.
other side, back, background
Other readings:
蔭【かげ】
、
翳【かげ】

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
congestion, crush, crowding, jam
2.
confusion, disorder

noun, no-adjective
1.
majority, more than half, most (of)
adverbial noun
2.
mostly, largely, mainly, predominately, nearly

noun
1.
pole, rod, stick, baton
2.
line, dash

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
service, help, assistance, care, concern
2.
discount, discounted item
3.
free service, freebie, gift
noun
4.
service, utility, amenity, resource
noun, auxillary suru verb
5.
(after-sales) service, servicing, (product) maintenance
noun
6.
service (e.g. in tennis), serve(sports term)
See also:サーブ
Other readings:
サーヴィス

noun
1.
person, character, figure, personage, man, woman
2.
one's character, one's personality
3.
able person, talented person

noun
•
friendship, fellowship, camaraderie

pre-noun adjectival
•
considerable, great, important, significant, a big deal

noun
•
author, writer, novelist, artist

noun
•
condition, term, requirement, qualification, prerequisite

no-adjective, na-adjective, noun
1.
reverse, opposite
na-adjective, noun
2.
converse (of a hypothesis, etc.)
noun (prefix)
3.
inverse (function)(mathematics)

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
development, growth, expansion, extension, flourishing
2.
development (of a situation, story, etc.), advancement, progression, unfolding
3.
playing around, having an active sex life(recently often associated with gay sex)
See also:発展場

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
use, application, employment, utilization, utilisation

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to let fly, to make fly, to send flying, to blow off (e.g. in the wind), to launch, to fire, to hurl, to shoot
2.
to skip over, to leave out, to omit, to drop (e.g. a stitch)
3.
to run fast, to drive fast, to gallop
4.
to spray, to splash, to spatter
5.
to say without reservation, to call out (e.g. a jeer), to rattle off (e.g. a joke)
6.
to spread (e.g. a rumour), to circulate, to send out (a message), to issue (e.g. an appeal)
7.
to transfer (to a less important post), to send away (e.g. to a provincial branch), to demote
8.
to dispatch quickly (e.g. a reporter)
9.
to get rid of, to burn off (alcohol)
10.
to attack (e.g. with a leg manoeuvre)
auxiliary verb, Godan-su verb
11.
to do vigorously, to do roughly, to do energetically

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
equipment, facilities, installation, accommodations, conveniences, arrangements

na-adjective
1.
clear, obvious, evident, plain, definite
2.
bright, light
Other readings:
顕らか【あきらか】

adverbial noun, noun
•
Thursday

adverbial noun, noun, noun (suffix)
•
middle, half, semi, halfway, partly

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
game, match, contest

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
publication
Other readings:
出板【しゅっぱん】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to clasp, to grasp, to grip, to clutch
2.
to make (nigirizushi, rice ball, etc.), to form, to press into shape, to mold, to mould
3.
to seize (power, etc.), to take hold of

adverb
•
before long, even now

na-adjective, noun
•
careful, cautious, prudent, discreet, deliberate
See also:軽率 (antonym)

Godan-u verb, transitive verb
1.
to receive, to take, to accept(usually kana)
auxiliary verb, Godan-u verb
2.
to get somebody to do something(usually kana)(follows a verb in "-te" form)
Godan-u verb, transitive verb
3.
to have in one's pocket (a fight, match)(usually kana)

noun
1.
expert, learned person
noun, noun (suffix)
2.
doctor, PhD, Dr.(colloquialism)
noun
3.
instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period)
4.
pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
See also:墨譜

noun
•
situation, (present) state of affairs, circumstances(often with a negative connotation)
Other readings:
事体【じたい】

na-adjective, noun
•
important, momentous, essential, principal, major

noun
1.
mail service, postal service, mail, post
2.
mail, postal matter, postal items(abbreviation)
See also:郵便物
Other readings:
〒【ゆうびん】

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
rest, break, recess, intermission
Other readings:
休けい【きゅうけい】

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
sightseeing, tourism

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
tendency, trend, inclination

noun
•
rice field

noun
1.
tragedy, tragic drama, tragic play
2.
tragedy, calamity, disaster

noun
1.
stomach
2.
Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)(astronomy term)

expression
•
to that extent, to that degree

expression, noun, adverb
•
somewhere, anywhere, in some respects(usually kana)
Other readings:
どっか《何処か》[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kana usage

noun
1.
permission, approval, authorization, license
auxillary suru verb
2.
to permit, to authorize

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
prevention, precaution, protection against

expression, noun
•
society, the world, the times

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
processing, dealing with, treatment, disposition, disposal

noun
1.
work, labor, labour
2.
achievement, performance, ability, talent
3.
salary, income, earnings
4.
action, activity, workings, function, operation, movement, motion
5.
conjugation, inflection(linguistics)(also written as 活)

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.), overcoming, bringing under control, subjugation, victory over

na-adjective, noun
•
precious, valuable

adverb
1.
finally, at last(usually kana)
2.
in the end, after all, never (happened)(usually kana)(with neg. verb)
Other readings:
ついに《終に》
、
ついに《竟に》

prefix
1.
old, former, ex-
noun
2.
the old, old things, old customs
3.
old times, bygone days
noun, prefix
4.
Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar(abbreviation)
See also:旧暦

noun
1.
price, cost
2.
value, worth, merit
Other readings:
直【ね】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

noun
1.
(single-edged) sword, katana
2.
dagger, knife
3.
scalpel(only relevant for とう)
4.
chisel, burin, graver(only relevant for とう)
5.
knife money, knife-shaped commodity money used in Zhou dynasty China(only relevant for とう)
See also:刀銭
Other readings:
刀【とう】
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