List: JLPT Level N3 words
JLPT N3 words: Intermediate Level
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to draw, to paint, to sketch
- to depict, to describe
- to picture in one's mind, to imagine
- to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 formal or literary term godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby), to embrace, to hug
- to have (a thought or feeling), to hold, to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.), to harbor, to bear (a grudge, ill will, etc.), to entertain (hope, illusions, etc.), to cherish (e.g. an ambition)
popular JLPT N3 adverb noun noun (generic)
- here and there, this way and that way, everywhere, all over
้ขใใmenpopular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) martial arts suffix counter
- face
- mask, face guard
- striking the head (in kendo)
- surface (esp. a geometrical surface)
- page
- aspect, facet, side
- chamfer
- counter for broad, flat objects, levels or stages, e.g. in a video game
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to become less crowded, to thin out, to get empty
- to be hungry
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone conjunction adverb
- or, either ... or
- maybe, perhaps, possibly
- some ... and others ..., sometimes ... and at other times ...
popular JLPT N3 humble language usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb polite language auxiliary verb
- to receive, to get, to accept, to take, to buy
- to eat, to drink
- to be crowned with, to wear (on one's head), to have (on top)
- to have (as one's leader), to live under (a ruler), to install (a president)
- to get someone to do something
popular obsolete kanji JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone onomatopoeic or mimetic word noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ verb (generic) noun (generic) noun adverb adverb taking the ใจ particle
- to get irritated, to get annoyed, to be on the edge, to fret, to lose patience
popular JLPT N3 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb auxiliary verb
- to get, to earn, to acquire, to procure, to gain, to secure, to attain, to obtain, to win
- to understand, to comprehend
- to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment), to get (ill)
- to be able to ..., can ...
popular irregular okurigana JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to take down, to bring down, to lower (a hand, flag, shutter, etc.), to drop (an anchor, curtain, etc.), to let down (hair), to launch (a boat)
- to drop off (a passenger), to let off, to unload (goods, a truck, etc.), to offload, to discharge
- to withdraw (money)
- to use for the first time, to wear for the first time
- to cut off, to fillet (fish), to grate (e.g. radish), to prune (branches)
- to remove (someone from a position), to oust, to drop
- to clear (the table), to remove (offerings from an altar), to pass down (e.g. old clothes), to hand down
- to expel from the body (e.g. worms), to abort (a fetus)
- to invoke (a spirit), to call down