JLPT N3 Vocabulary
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| Word | Reading | Romaji | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 縦 | たて | tate | length, height |
| 端 | はし | hashi | end (e.g. of street), edge, tip, margin, point |
| 一般 | いっぱん | ippan | general, liberal, universal, ordinary, average |
| 費用 | ひよう | hiyō | cost, expense |
| 舞台 | ぶたい | butai | stage (theatre) |
| クリーム | — | kurīmu | cream |
| 道路 | どうろ | dōro | road, highway |
| 就く | つく | tsuku | to settle in (place), to take (seat, position), to study (under teacher) |
| 信頼 | しんらい | shinrai | reliance, trust, confidence |
| 可能 | かのう | kanō | possible, practicable, feasible |
| できれば | — | dekireba | if possible |
| 日中 | にっちゅう | nitchū | daytime, broad daylight |
| 支える | ささえる | sasaeru | to be blocked, to choke, to be obstructed |
| 実施 | じっし | jisshi | enforcement, enact, put into practice, carry out, operation |
| 年齢 | ねんれい | nenrei | age, years |
| 評判 | ひょうばん | hyōban | fame, reputation, popularity, arrant |
| 九 | きゅう | kyū | nine |
| 涙 | なみだ | namida | tear |
| 迎え | むかえ | mukae | meeting, person sent to pick up an arrival |
| たまらない | — | tamaranai | intolerable, unbearable, unendurable |
| 記入 | きにゅう | kinyū | entry, filling in of forms |
| 欠点 | けってん | ketten | faults, defect, weakness |
| 角 | すみ | sumi | horn |
| 本当 | ほんと | honto | truth, reality |
| 遠慮 | えんりょ | enryo | diffidence, restraint, reserve |
| 積もる | つもる | tsumoru | to pile up |
| 全体 | ぜんたい | zentai | whole, entirety, whatever (is the matter) |
| キロ | — | kiro | (abbr) kilo-, kilogram, kilometre, 10^3 |
| 迷惑 | めいわく | meiwaku | trouble, bother, annoyance |
| 人類 | じんるい | jinrui | mankind, humanity |
| 独り | ひとり | hitori | alone, unmarried |
| 束 | たば | taba | handbreadth, bundle |
| 具体 | ぐたい | gutai | concrete, tangible, material |
| 額 | がく | gaku | forehead, brow |
| バン | — | ban | bun, van (caravan), VAN (value-added network) |
| 濃い | こい | koi | thick (as of color, liquid), dense, strong |
| 芸術 | げいじゅつ | geijutsu | (fine) art, the arts |
| 市場 | いちば | ichiba | (the) market (as a concept) |
| トンネル | — | tonneru | tunnel |
| 皮 | かわ | kawa | skin, hide, leather, fur, pelt, bark, shell |
| 滞在 | たいざい | taizai | stay, sojourn |
| ノー | (no) | () | no |
| じゃあ | — | jaa | well, well then |
| 法 | ほう | hō | Act (law: the X Act) |
| 不幸 | ふこう | fukō | unhappiness, sorrow, misfortune, disaster, accident, death |
| 愛する | あいする | aisuru | to love |
| 悲しむ | かなしむ | kanashimu | to be sad, to mourn for, to regret |
| じっと | — | jitto | fixedly, firmly, patiently, quietly |
| 有能 | ゆうのう | yūnō | able, capable, efficient, skill |
| 拍手 | はくしゅ | hakushu | clapping hands, applause |
| 立場 | たちば | tachiba | standpoint, position, situation |
| 無視 | むし | mushi | disregard, ignore |
| 立ち上がる | たちあがる | tachiagaru | to stand up |
| 半ば | なかば | nakaba | middle, half, semi, halfway, partly |
| 兎 | うさぎ | usagi | rabbit, hare, cony |
| おしゃべり | — | oshaberi | chattering, talk, idle talk |
| 正午 | しょうご | shōgo | noon, mid-day |
| 関する | かんする | kansuru | to concern, to be related |
| いつか | — | itsuka | sometime, someday, one day |
| 仲間 | なかま | nakama | company, fellow, colleague, associate |
| 級 | きゅう | kyū | class, grade, rank, school class, grade |
| 感心 | かんしん | kanshin | admiration, Well done! |
| 穴 | あな | ana | hole |
| ドレス | — | doresu | dress |
| 便り | たより | tayori | news, tidings, information, correspondence, letter |
| 求める | もとめる | motomeru | to seek, to request, to demand, to want, to wish for, to search for, to pursue (pleasure), to hunt (a job), |
| 裏切る | うらぎる | uragiru | to betray, to turn traitor to, to double-cross |
| 日曜 | にちよう | nichiyō | Sunday |
| 相談 | そうだん | sōdan | consultation, discussion |
| 生き物 | いきもの | ikimono | living thing, animal |
| 助手 | じょしゅ | joshu | helper, helpmeet, assistant, tutor |
| 旧 | きゅう | kyū | ex- |
| 叫ぶ | さけぶ | sakebu | to shout, to cry |
| なぜなら | — | nazenara | because |
| 金銭 | きんせん | kinsen | money, cash |
| 合計 | ごうけい | gōkei | sum total, total amount |
| うがい | — | ugai | gargle, rinse mouth |
| ゆっくり | — | yukkuri | slowly, at ease |
| 詩人 | しじん | shijin | poet |
| 機械 | きかい | kikai | machine, mechanism |
| 限界 | げんかい | genkai | limit, bound |
| 縄 | なわ | nawa | rope, hemp |
| 金融 | きんゆう | kin'yū | monetary circulation, credit situation |
| 明かり | あかり | akari | lamplight, light (in general), brightness |
| 少しも | すこしも | sukoshimo | anything of, not one bit |
| 終える | おえる | oeru | to finish |
| 頃 | ころ | koro | time, about, toward, approximately (time) |
| 冗談 | じょうだん | jōdan | jest, joke |
| 正式 | せいしき | seishiki | due form, official, formality |
| 式 | しき | shiki | equation, formula, ceremony |
| 濠 | ほり | hori | moat |
| 激しい | はげしい | hageshii | violent, vehement, intense |
| 損 | そん | son | loss, disadvantage |
| 文字 | もじ | moji | letter (of alphabet), character |
| 禁止 | きんし | kinshi | prohibition, ban |
| きちんと | — | kichinto | precisely, accurately |
| 茶 | ちゃ | cha | tea |
| 幸運 | こううん | kōun | good luck, fortune |
| 振る | ふる | furu | (1) to wave, to shake, to swing, (2) to sprinkle, (3) to cast (actor), to allocate (work) |
| 昨 | さく | saku | last (year), yesterday |