JLPT N3 Vocabulary
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| Word | Reading | Romaji | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 騒音 | そうおん | sōon | noise |
| 伝統 | でんとう | dentō | tradition, convention |
| 化粧 | けしょう | keshō | make-up (cosmetic) |
| よろしく | （感） | () | well, properly, suitably, best regards, please remember me |
| 何でも | なんでも | nandemo | by all means, everything |
| 割る | わる | waru | to divide, to cut, to break, to halve |
| ますます | — | masumasu | increasingly, more and more |
| 本物 | ほんもの | honmono | genuine article |
| 始まり | はじまり | hajimari | origin, beginning |
| 増加 | ぞうか | zōka | increase, addition |
| 事務 | じむ | jimu | business, office work |
| 菓子 | かし | kashi | pastry |
| 今にも | いまにも | imanimo | at any time, soon |
| 老人 | ろうじん | rōjin | the aged, old person |
| 運転 | うんてん | unten | operation, motion, driving |
| 非常 | ひじょう | hijō | emergency, extraordinary, unusual |
| 丸い | まるい | marui | round, circular, spherical |
| 掛かる | かかる | kakaru | to take (e.g. time, money, etc), to hang |
| 他 | た | ta | other (esp. places and things) |
| 表面 | ひょうめん | hyōmen | surface, outside, face, appearance |
| 自動 | じどう | jidō | automatic, self-motion |
| 谷 | たに | tani | valley |
| 汗 | あせ | ase | sweat, perspiration |
| スタンド | — | sutando | stand |
| 報告 | ほうこく | hōkoku | report, information |
| 目標 | もくひょう | mokuhyō | mark, objective, target |
| 繋ぐ | つなぐ | tsunagu | to tie, to fasten, to connect, to transfer (phone call) |
| 楽 | らく | raku | comfort, ease |
| コピー | — | kopī | (1) a (photo)copy, (2) blurb on a book jacket |
| 飛び出す | とびだす | tobidasu | to jump out, to rush out, to fly out |
| うまい | うまい | umai | delicious |
| 手術 | しゅじゅつ | shujutsu | surgical operation |
| 有る | ある | aru | to be, to have |
| 世の中 | よのなか | yononaka | society, the world, the times |
| 故障 | こしょう | koshō | break-down, failure, accident, out of order |
| 急速 | きゅうそく | kyūsoku | rapid (e.g. progress) |
| 読み | よみ | yomi | reading |
| 絵画 | かいが | kaiga | picture |
| 波 | なみ | nami | wave |
| 損害 | そんがい | songai | damage, injury, loss |
| かわいらしい | — | kawairashii | lovely, sweet |
| 快適 | かいてき | kaiteki | pleasant, agreeable, comfortable |
| 単位 | たんい | tan'i | unit, denomination, credit (in school) |
| 決まり | きまり | kimari | settlement, conclusion, regulation, rule |
| 所為 | せい | sei | cause, reason, fault |
| 穀物 | こくもつ | kokumotsu | grain, cereal, corn |
| 常識 | じょうしき | jōshiki | common sense |
| 指導 | しどう | shidō | leadership, guidance, coaching |
| 語 | ご | go | language, word |
| 中 | ちゅう | chū | inside, middle, among |
| 間違い | まちがい | machigai | mistake |
| 望む | のぞむ | nozomu | to desire, to wish for, to see, to command (a view of) |
| 利益 | りえき | rieki | profits, gains, (political, economic) interest |
| どんなに | — | donnani | how, how much |
| 腰 | こし | koshi | hip |
| 訴える | うったえる | uttaeru | to sue (a person), to resort to, to appeal to |
| 又 | また | mata | again, and |
| 食う | くう | kū | (male) (vulg) to eat |
| ユーモア | — | yūmoa | humor |
| そっくり | — | sokkuri | all, altogether, entirely, be just like, the splitting image of |
| 発行 | はっこう | hakkō | issue (publications) |
| 成功 | せいこう | seikō | success, hit |
| 現状 | げんじょう | genjō | present condition, existing state, status quo |
| 従兄弟 | いとこ | itoko | cousin (male) |
| ぐっすり | — | gussuri | sound asleep, fast asleep |
| ブレーキ | — | burēki | a brake |
| だけど | — | dakedo | however |
| 勉強 | べんきょう | benkyō | study, diligence, discount, reduction |
| 人間 | にんげん | ningen | human being, man, person |
| 腐る | くさる | kusaru | to rot, to go bad |
| 女優 | じょゆう | joyū | actress |
| キャプテン | — | kyaputen | captain |
| パイプ | — | paipu | (1) pipe, tube, (2) channels, official or otherwise |
| 天然 | てんねん | tennen | nature, spontaneity |
| 七 | しち | shichi | seven |
| 警告 | けいこく | keikoku | warning, advice |
| 信じる | しんじる | shinjiru | to believe, to place trust in |
| 連続 | れんぞく | renzoku | serial, consecutive, continuity, continuing |
| とん | （1000 | ( | ton |
| 現実 | げんじつ | genjitsu | reality |
| 農業 | のうぎょう | nōgyō | agriculture |
| 現金 | げんきん | genkin | cash, ready money, mercenary, self-interested |
| 変更 | へんこう | henkō | change, modification, alteration |
| 流行 | りゅうこう | ryūkō | fashionable, fad, in vogue, prevailing |
| 図書 | としょ | tosho | books |
| 経営 | けいえい | keiei | management, administration |
| 代表 | だいひょう | daihyō | representative, representation, delegation, type, example, model |
| 明ける | あける | akeru | to dawn, to become daylight |
| 散歩 | さんぽ | sanpo | walk, stroll |
| 深刻 | しんこく | shinkoku | serious |
| 眺める | ながめる | nagameru | to view, to gaze at |
| 親戚 | しんせき | shinseki | relative |
| 国会 | こっかい | kokkai | National Diet, parliament, congress |
| 帯 | おび | obi | band (e.g. conduction, valence) |
| 誕生 | たんじょう | tanjō | birth |
| 参加 | さんか | sanka | participation |
| 加える | くわえる | kuwaeru | to append, to sum up, to add (up) |
| 学ぶ | まなぶ | manabu | to study (in depth), to learn, to take lessons in |
| まさか | — | masaka | by no means |
| 追い付く | おいつく | oitsuku | to overtake, to catch up (with) |