JLPT N3 Vocabulary List - Page 1

This is a list of the vocabulary that you need to know in order to pass the JLPT N3. In total, you will need to have a vocabulary of about 1650 words.

#	Word	Reading	Meaning
1	いつの間にか	いつのまにか itsunomanika	before one knows	Study
2	うんざり	うんざり unzari	tedious, boring, being fed up with	Study
3	お世辞	おせじ oseji	flattery, compliment	Study
4	お互い	おたがい otagai	mutual	Study
5	お使い	おつかい otsukai	errand, mission, going on an errand	Study
6	お喋り	おしゃべり oshaberi	chattering, talk	Study
7	お産	おさん osan	(giving) birth, childbirth, delivery	Study
8	お負け	おまけ omake	something thrown in (with a purchase), something extra, free gift, freebie, giveaway, premium, prize	Study
9	お辞儀	おじぎ ojigi	bow, bowing	Study
10	がっかり	がっかり gakkari	feel disappointed	Study
11	きちんと	きちんと kichinto	precisely, accurately	Study
12	きつい	きつい kitsui	intense, severe, hard	Study
13	ぐっすり	ぐっすり gussuri	sound sleep	Study
14	ざっと	ざっと zatto	roughly, in rough number	Study
15	さっぱり	さっぱり sappari	feeling refreshed	Study
16	じっくり	じっくり jikkuri	(slowly and) carefully, without haste, thoroughly, deliberately, closely, meticulously	Study
17	ずっと	ずっと zutto	continuously in some state	Study
18	ズバリ	ずばり zubari	decisively, decidedly, boldly, once and for all, unreservedly, frankly	Study
19	ずぶ濡れ	ずぶぬれ zubunure	dripping wet, soaked, drenched	Study
20	そっくり	そっくり sokkuri	all, together, just like	Study
21	たった	たった tatta	only, merely, but, no more than	Study
22	だらけ	だらけ darake	full of (e.g. mistakes), riddled with	Study
23	タンパク質	たんぱくしつ tanpakushitsu	protein	Study
24	デモンストレーション	でもんすとれーしょん demonsutoreeshon	demonstration, protest	Study
25	どうにか	どうにか dounika	in some way or other, one way or another, somehow, only just, barely	Study
26	とんでも無い	とんでもない tondemonai	unthinkable	Study
27	ナンセンス	なんせんす nansensu	nonsense	Study
28	にっこり	にっこり nikkori	smile, grin	Study
29	にも関わらず	にもかかわらず nimokakawarazu	in spite of, despite, although	Study
30	のんびり	のんびり nonbiri	carefree, at leisure	Study
31	ばい菌	ばいきん baikin	germ, germs, bacteria, bug	Study
32	バット	ばっと batto	bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)	Study
33	ぴったり	ぴったり pittari	exactly, tightly	Study
34	モニター	もにたー monitaa	monitor (device, software or person), monitoring	Study
35	ややこしい	ややこしい yayakoshii	complicated, complex, intricate, confusing, difficult, troublesome	Study
36	やり直す	やりなおす yarinaosu	to do over again, to redo	Study
37	一人暮らし	ひとりぐらし hitorigurashi	living by oneself, living alone	Study
38	一体	いったい ittai	what on earth…	Study
39	一切	いっさい issai	all, everything, entirety, the whole	Study
40	一家	いっか ikka	a house, a home	Study
41	一層	いっそう issou	much more, still more	Study
42	一度に	いちどに ichidoni	all at once	Study
43	一応	いちおう ichiou	just in case, pretty much	Study
44	一方	いっぽう ippou	one way, the other way	Study
45	一時	いちじ ichiji	time, moment	Study
46	一流	いちりゅう ichiryuu	first-class, top grade	Study
47	一生	いっしょう isshou	whole life, a lifetime	Study
48	一瞬	いっしゅん isshun	instant, moment	Study
49	一種	いっしゅ isshu	species, kind	Study
50	一致	いっち icchi	match, agreement	Study

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Study Tips for N3

Focus on Common Words

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Practice with Context

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