JLPT N3 · Intermediate

JLPT N3 Vocabulary List

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  1. もの

    noun

    person

  2. とき

    noun

    (1) time,hour,(2) occasion,moment

  3. いい

    adjective

    good

  4. せい

    noun

    sex,gender

  5. より

    adverb

    twist,ply

  6. かい

    noun

    meeting,assembly,party,association,club

  7. えん

    noun

    circle,money

  8. information,(military) intelligence

  9. こと

    noun

    thing,matter,fact,circumstances

  10. ぶん

    noun

    dividing,part,segment

  11. adjective

    good,nice,pleasant,ok

  12. committee member

  13. いえ

    noun

    TODO same as いいえ?

  14. (1) truck,(2) (running) track

  15. かず

    noun

    number,figure

  16. article,news story,report,account

  17. だい

    noun

  18. ほう

    noun

    Act (law: the X Act)

  19. human being,man,person

  20. present,up to now,nowadays,modern times,current

  21. enterprise,undertaking

  22. noun

    family name,lineage,birth

  23. noun

    space,room,time,pause

  24. 可能かのう

    adjectival noun

    possible,practicable,feasible

  25. to feel,to sense,to experience

  26. ほか

    noun

    other (esp. places and things)

  27. noun

    other (esp. places and things)

  28. now,this time,lately

  29. result,consequence

  30. counter for occurrences

  31. かね

    noun

    (1) gold,(2) gold general (shogi) (abbr)

  32. きん

    noun

    (1) gold,(2) gold general (shogi) (abbr)

  33. government,administration

  34. emergency,extraordinary,unusual

  35. verb

    to get,to gain,to win

  36. to get,to gain,to win

  37. subject,contents,matter,substance,detail,import

  38. ただ

    noun

    free of charge,mere,only

  39. method,manner,way,means,technique

  40. noun

    name,reputation

  41. 参加さんか

    verbal noun

    participation

  42. feeling,sense,impression

  43. やはり

    adverb

    also,as I thought,still,in spite of,absolutely,of course

  44. 活動かつどう

    verbal noun

    action,activity

  45. かなり

    adverb

    considerably,fairly,quite

  46. state of affairs,situation,circumstances

  47. 管理かんり

    verbal noun

    control,management (e.g. of a business)

  48. environment,circumstance

  49. area,region

  50. practical,actual condition,status quo

  51. market,fair

  52. individual,private person,personal,private

  53. condition,situation,circumstances,state

  54. 存在そんざい

    verbal noun

    existence,being

  55. 理解りかい

    verbal noun

    understanding,comprehension

  56. portion,section,part

  57. けん

    noun

    prefecture

  58. system,institution,organization

  59. 使用しよう

    verbal noun

    use,application,employment,utilization

  60. 調査ちょうさ

    verbal noun

    investigation,examination,inquiry,survey

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