List: JLPT Level N3 words

popular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic) 

• national language
• Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan)
• one's native language, mother tongue
• native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic) 

• seat

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic) 

• talent, ability

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic) 

• oxygen (O)

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

• to pay

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

• thing, matter
• incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis
• circumstances, situation, state of affairs
• work, business, affair
• after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
• nominalizing suffix
• pretending to ..., playing make-believe ...
• alias, also known as, otherwise known as, or
• necessity, need
• you should ..., I advise that you ..., it's important to ...

popular  obsolete reading  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic) 

• congratulation, congratulations, celebration, festival
• congratulatory gift, present

popular  obsolete reading  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic) 

• joke, jest, funny story

popular  obsolete reading  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  counter  noun (suffix) 

• needle, pin
• hook
• stinger, thorn
• hand (e.g. clock, etc.), pointer
• staple (for a stapler)
• needlework, sewing
• malice
• counter for stitches

popular  obsolete kanji  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  noun (suffix) 

• drawing, picture, diagram, figure, illustration, chart, graph, map
• sight, scene