List: JLPT Level N3 words
JLPT N3 words: Intermediate Level
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) adverb
- middle of the night, dead of night
popular obsolete reading JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- merchant, trader, tradesman, dealer, shopkeeper
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- (East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July)
- rain during the rainy season
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- space, room, gap, emptiness
- vacancy, opening, empty seat
- free time, time to spare
- disuse, unused thing
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) counter formal or literary term
- step, stair, rung, (flight of) steps
- shelf, layer, tier
- grade, level, class
- dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.), rank
- paragraph, passage
- column (of print)
- act (in kabuki, joruri, etc.), section, scene
- row of the multiplication table (e.g. five times table)
- stage (in a process), phase, occasion, time, moment, situation
- matter, occasion
- degree, extent
- counter for breaks in written language or speech
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- old age, old person, the old, the aged
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- (verbal) abuse, speaking ill of people, bad-mouthing, name-calling, slander, abusive language, insulting remarks
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- will, volition, intention, intent, determination
็ฟใใsarupopular obsolete kanji JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) derogatory archaic
- monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata), ape, non-human primate
- sly person
- idiot, hick
- sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
- clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
- bathhouse prostitute
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb intransitive verb
- endurance, patience, perseverance, bearing (with something)
- self-control, self-restraint