List: JLPT Level N3 words

popular  JLPT N3  Ichidan verb  verb (generic)  transitive verb 

• to replace, to convert, to change
• to exchange, to interchange, to renew
• to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic) 

• shade, shadow
• behind (something), other side, back
• the background, behind the scenes, behind someone's back
• gloom (in someone's expression, nature, etc.), darkness

popular  JLPT N3  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• basket (shopping, etc.), hamper, cage

popular  JLPT N3  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  intransitive verb  transitive verb 

• to be effective, to take effect, to be good (for)
• to work, to function well
• to be possible (to do, use, etc.), to be able to
• to taste (alcohol), to try

popular  rarely used kanji form  search-only kanji form  JLPT N3  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  adverb 

• everything, all, the whole
• entirely, completely, wholly, all

popular  JLPT N3  usually written using kana alone  adverb 

• at the most, at best
• to the utmost, as much as possible, as much as one can

popular  rarely used kanji form  search-only kanji form  JLPT N3  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  intransitive verb 

• to make war (on), to wage war (against), to go to war (with), to fight (with), to do battle (against)
• to compete (against)
• to struggle (against adversities, etc.), to fight, to contend, to resist

popular  JLPT N3  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  transitive verb 

• to measure, to weigh, to survey, to time (sound, gauge, estimate)
• to conjecture, to infer, to surmise

popular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N3  Ichidan verb  verb (generic)  intransitive verb 

• to bark, to howl, to bay, to roar, to yelp, to yap
• to howl (of the wind), to roar (of the sea)
• to yell, to shout, to cry, to moan

popular  JLPT N3  usually written using kana alone  adverb 

• increasingly, more and more, decreasingly (when declining), less and less