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JLPT3 vocab
JLPT3 vocabulary list
Japanese | English |
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あ | Ah |
ああ | like that,that way |
あいさつ・する | greeting |
あいだ | space,interval |
あう | to fit,to match |
あかちゃん | baby,infant |
あがる | to rise,to go up |
あかんぼう | baby |
あく | to open,to become empty |
アクセサリー | accessory |
あげる | to give |
あさい | shallow,superficial |
あじ | flavor,taste |
アジア | Asia |
あす | tomorrow |
あそび | play |
あつまる | to gather,to collect |
あつめる | to collect,to assemble |
アナウンサー | announcer |
アフリカ | Africa |
アメリカ | America |
あやまる | to apologize |
アルコール | alcohol |
アルバイト | part-time job |
あんしん | peace of mind,relief |
あんぜん | safety,security |
あんな | such,like that |
あんない・する | information,guidance |
いか | less than,below |
いがい | with the exception of,excepting |
いがく | medical science |
いきる | to live,to exist |
いくら~ても | however much one may ~ |
いけん | opinion,view |
いし | stone |
いじめる | to tease,to torment |
いじょう | more than,this is all |
いそぐ | to hurry,to rush |
いたす | (hum) to do |
いただく | to receive,to take food or drink (hum) |
いちど | once,one time |
いっしょうけんめい | as well as one can,with utmost effort |
いっぱい | full,to the utmost |
いと | thread |
いない | within,inside of |
いなか | rural,countryside |
いのる | to pray,to wish |
いらっしゃる | (hon) to be,to come,to go |
~いん | member of ~ |
うえる | to plant,to grow |
うかがう | to visit |
うかがう | to ask |
うけつけ | receipt,acceptance |
うける | to take (lesson, test),to undergo |
うごく | to move |
うそ | lie |
うち | within |
うつ | to hit,to strike |
うつくしい | beautiful,lovely |
うつす | copy,to photograph,to film |
うつる | to move (house),to transfer (department) |
うで | arm |
うまい | delicious |
うら | reverse side,wrong side,back |
うりば | place where things are sold |
うれしい | happy,glad |
うん | yes (informal),alright |
うんてんしゅ | driver,chauffeur |
うんてん・する | driving |
うんどう・する | exercise |
エスカレーター | escalator |
えだ | branch,twig |
えらぶ | to choose,to select |
えんりょ・する | restraint,reserve |
おいでになる | (hon) (uk) to be |
おいわい | congratulation,celebration |
オートバイ | motorcycle (lit: auto-bi(ke)) |
オーバー | overcoat |
おかげ | thanks or owing to |
おかしい | strange,funny |
~おき | after every ~ |
おく | 100,000,000,hundred million |
おくじょう | rooftop |
おくりもの | present,gift |
おくる | to send (a thing),to dispatch |
おくれる | to be late,to be delayed |
おこさん | (someone else's) child |
おこす | to wake someone |
おこなう | to be held |
おこる | to get angry,to be angry |
おしいれ | closet |
おじょうさん | (1) (hon) daughter,(2) young lady |
おたく | (pol) your house,your home |
おちる | to fall,to drop |
おっしゃる | (hon) to say,to speak |
おっと | husband |
おつり | cahnge (money),balance |
おと | sound,note |
おとす | to drop,to lose |
おどり | dance |
おどる | to dance |
おどろく | to be surprised,to be astonished |
おまつり | festival |
おみまい | calling on someone who is ill,enquiry |
おみやげ | souvenir |
おもいだす | to recall,to remember |
おもう | to think,to feel |
おもちゃ | toy |
おもて | the front,surface,exterior |
おや | parents |
おりる | to descend a mountain,to (descend) go down stairs |
おる | to be (polite version of いる) |
おる | to break,to fold,to pick a flower |
おれい | thanking,expression of gratitude |
おれる | to break,to be folded,to give in,to turn (a corner) |
おわり | the end |
~おわる | end of ~ |
~か | professional ~ |
カーテン | curtain |
~かい | counter for floors/stories |
~かい | ~ meeting |
かいがん | coast,beach |
かいぎ | meeting,conference |
かいぎしつ | conference room |
かいじょう | assembly hall,meeting place,the grounds |
かいわ | conversation |
かえり | return,coming back |
かえる | to change,to alter,to vary |
かがく | science |
かがみ | mirror |
~がくぶ | department of a university |
かける | to hang,to put on (eg wall) |
かける | to sit down |
かける | to begin to |
かざる | to decorate,to ornament,to adorn |
かじ | fire |
ガス | gasoline,petrol |
ガソリン | gasoline,petrol |
ガソリンスタンド | gasoline stand,gas station,petrol station |
かた | way of doing |
かたい | solid,hard,firm |
かたち | shape |
かたづける | to tidy up,to put in order,to put away |
かちょう | section manager |
かつ | to win,to gain victory |
かっこう | appearance,manner |
かない | housewife |
かなしい | sad,sorrowful |
かならず | certainly,necessarily,invariably |
かねもち/おかねもち | rich man |
かのじょ | she,girl-friend |
かべ | wall |
かまう | to mind,to care about |
かみ | hair |
かむ | to bite,to chew |
かよう | (1) to go back and forth,(2) to commute |
ガラス | glass,pane |
かれ | he,boyfriend |
かれら | they (usually male) |
かわく | to get dry |
かわり | substitute,alternate |
かわる | to change,to be transformed,to vary |
かんがえる | to consider |
かんけい | relation,connection |
かんごふ | (female) nurse |
かんたん | simple |
がんばる | to try one's best,to persist |
き | spirit,mood |
きかい | chance,opportunity |
きけん | danger,peril,hazard |
きこえる | to be heard,to be audible |
きしゃ | train (steam) |
ぎじゅつ | art,technique,technology,skill |
きせつ | season |
きそく | rule,regulations |
きっと | surely,definitely |
きぬ | silk |
きびしい | strict |
きぶん | feeling,mood |
きまる | to be decided,to be settled |
きみ | You (masculine term for female) |
きめる | to decide |
きもち | feeling,sensation,mood |
きもの | kimono |
きゃく | guest,customer |
きゅう | (1) urgent,sudden,(2) steep |
きゅうこう | express (eg train that bypasses stations) |
きょういく | training,education |
きょうかい | church |
きょうそう | competition,contest |
きょうみ | interest (in something) |
きんじょ | neighbourhood |
~く | district ~ |
ぐあい | condition,state,health |
くうき | air,atmosphere |
くうこう | airport |
くさ | grass |
くださる | (hon) to give,to confer |
くび | neck |
くも | cloud |
くらべる | to compare |
くれる | to give,to do for |
くれる | to get dark,to come to an end |
~くん | Mr (junior) ~,master ~ |
け | hair |
け | fur |
けいかく・する | plan,project,schedule |
けいけん・する | experience |
けいざい | economics,finance,economy |
けいさつ | police |
けが・する | injury (to animate object),hurt |
ケーキ | cake |
けしき | scenery,scene,landscape |
けしゴム | eraser |
げしゅく | boarding,lodging,boarding house |
けっして | never |
けれど/けれども | but,however |
~けん | counter for houses |
げんいん | cause,origin,source |
けんか・する | quarrel |
げんかん | entrance way (in Japanese house) |
けんきゅう | study,research,investigation |
けんきゅうしつ | study room,laboratory |
けんぶつ | a sight,an attraction |
こ | child |
ご~ | honourable ~ |
こう | like this,this way |
こうがい | suburb,outskirts |
こうぎ | lecture |
こうぎょう | (manufacturing) industry |
こうこう/こうとうがっこう | high school/senior high school |
こうこうせい | high school student |
こうじょう | factory |
こうちょう | principal,headmaster |
こうつう | traffic,transportation |
こうどう | auditorium |
こうむいん | government worker,public servant |
こくさい | international |
こころ | core,heart |
~ございます | to be (polite),to exist |
ごしゅじん | your husband,her husband |
こしょう・する | break-down |
ごぞんじ | knowing,acquaintance |
こたえ | answer,response |
ごちそう | feast,treating (someone) |
こっち | (1) (uk) this person,(2) this direction,(3) this side,(4) thereafter |
こと | thing,matter,fact |
ことり | small bird |
このあいだ | the other day,recently |
このごろ | these days,nowadays |
こまかい | (1) small,(2) fine,minute |
ごみ | rubbish,trash,garbage |
こむ | to be crowded |
こめ | uncooked rice |
ごらんになる | (hon) to see |
これから | after this |
こわい | scary,frightening |
こわす | to break,to break down |
こわれる | to be broken,to break |
コンサート | concert |
こんど | now,next time |
コンピュータ/コンピューター | computer |
こんや | this evening,tonight |
さいきん | latest,most recent,nowadays |
さいご | last,end,conclusion |
さいしょ | beginning,first |
さか | slope,hill |
さがす | to search,to seek,to look for |
さがる | to get down,to descend |
さかん | popularity,prosperous |
さげる | to hang,to lower,to move back |
さしあげる | (polite) to give,to offer |
さっき | some time ago |
さびしい | lonely,lonesome |
~さま | Mr or Mrs ~ |
さらいげつ | the month after next |
さらいしゅう | the week after next |
サラダ | salad |
さわぐ | to make noise,to clamor,to be excited |
さわる | to touch,to feel |
さんぎょう | industry |
サンダル | sandal |
サンドイッチ | sandwich |
ざんねん | bad luck,disappointment |
し | city |
じ | character,hand-writing |
しあい | match,game,contest |
しかた | way,method |
しかる | a particular,a certain |
~しき | ceremony |
しけん | examination,test,study |
じこ | accident |
じしん | earthquake |
じだい | period,epoch,era |
したぎ | underwear |
したく・する | preparation |
しっかり | firmly,tightly,steady |
しっぱい | failure,mistake,blunder |
しつれい | (1) discourtesy,impoliteness,(2) Excuse me,Goodbye |
じてん | dictionary |
しなもの | goods |
しばらく | little while |
しま | island |
(~て)しまう | to end up ~ |
しみん | citizen |
じむしょ | office |
しゃかい | society,public |
しゃちょう | company president,manager,director |
じゃま | hindrance,intrusion |
ジャム | jam |
じゆう | freedom |
しゅうかん | custom,habit,manners |
じゅうしょ | address (eg of house),residence,domicile |
じゅうどう | judo |
じゅうぶん | enough ,sufficient |
しゅっせき・する | attendance,presence |
しゅっぱつ・する | departure |
しゅみ | hobby |
じゅんび・する | prepare |
しょうかい | introduction |
しょうがつ | New Year,New Year's Day |
しょうがっこう | primary school,elementary school |
しょうせつ | novel,story |
しょうたい・する | invitation |
しょうち・する | consent,acceptance |
しょうらい | future,prospects |
しょくじ・する | meal |
しょくりょうひん | foodstuff,groceries |
じょせい | woman |
しらせる | to notify,to advise |
しらべる | to investigate,to check up |
じんこう | population |
じんじゃ | Shinto shrine |
しんせつ | kindness,gentleness |
しんぱい・する | worry,concern |
しんぶんしゃ | newspaper company |
すいえい | swimming |
すいどう | water service,water supply |
ずいぶん | extremely |
すうがく | mathematics,arithmetic |
スーツ | suit |
スーツケース | suitcase |
スーパー(マーケット) | super (market) |
すぎる | to exceed,to go beyond |
すく | to become empty |
すく | to be less crowded |
スクリーン | screen |
すごい | terrific,amazing,to a great extent |
すすむ | to make progress,to advance,to proceed |
すっかり | all,completely,thoroughly |
すっと | straight,quickly,all of a sudden |
ステーキ | steak |
ステレオ | stereo |
すてる | to throw away |
すな | sand |
すばらしい | wonderful,splendid |
すべる | to slide,to slip |
すみ | corner,nook |
すむ | to finish,to end |
すり | pickpocket |
すると | and,then |
~せい | ~ made |
せいかつ・する | living,life (one's daily existence),livelihood |
せいさん・する | production,manufacture |
せいじ | politics,government |
せいよう | the west,Western countries |
せかい | the world |
せき | seat |
せつめい | explanation |
せなか | back (of body) |
ぜひ | certainly,without fail |
せわ・する | looking after,help |
せん | line,wire |
ぜんぜん | wholly,entirely |
せんそう | war |
せんぱい | senior,superior,elder |
せんもん | speciality,study major |
そう | really |
そうだん・する | consultation,discussion |
そだてる | to raise,to rear,to bring up |
そつぎょう | graduation |
そふ | grandfather |
ソフト | soft |
そぼ | grandmother |
それで | and (conj),thereupon,because of that |
それに | besides,moreover |
それほど | (uk) to that degree,extent |
そろそろ | gradually,steadily,soon |
そんな | such,like that,that sort of |
そんなに | so much,like that |
~だい | ~ age/period |
たいいん・する | leaving hospital |
だいがくせい | college student,university student |
だいじ | important,valuable,serious matter |
だいたい | generally,substantially |
たいてい | generally,usually |
タイプ | type,style |
だいぶ | considerably,greatly,a lot |
たいふう | typhoon |
たおれる | to collapse,to break down |
だから | so,therefore |
たしか | certain,sure,definite |
たす | to add (numbers),to do (eg. one's business) |
~だす | to draw from ~,to come out of ~ |
たずねる | to visit |
たずねる | to ask |
ただしい | right,just,correct |
たたみ | tatami mat (Japanese straw mat) |
~だて | two storied,separate housing |
たてる | to stand (something) up,to erect (something) |
たてる | to build,to construct |
たとえば | for example,eg. |
たな | shelves,rack |
たのしむ | to enjoy oneself |
たのしみ | pleasure,joy |
たまに | occasionally,once in a while |
ため | good,advantage,in order to |
だめ | useless,no good,hopeless |
たりる | to be sufficient,to be enough |
だんせい | male,man |
だんぼう | heating |
ち | blood |
チェック・する | check |
ちから | strength,power |
ちっとも | not at all (neg. verb) |
~ちゃん | suffix for familiar (female) person |
ちゅうい | caution,being careful,attention (heed) |
ちゅうがっこう | junior high school,middle school pupil |
ちゅうしゃ | injection |
ちゅうしゃじょう | parking lot,parking place |
~ちょう | ~ of the town |
ちり | geography |
~(に)ついて | about,concerning,regarding |
つかまえる | to catch,to arrest,to seize |
つき | moon |
~つき | month |
つく | to be started,to be switched on |
つける | to take |
つける | to soak,to moisten,to pickle |
つごう | circumstances,condition,convenience |
つたえる | to tell,to report |
つづく | to be continued |
~つづける | to continue doing ~ |
つづける | to continue,to keep up,to keep on |
つつむ | wrap,pack |
つま | (hum) wife |
つもり | intention,plan |
つる | to fish |
つれる | to lead,to take (a person) |
ていねい | polite,courteous |
テキスト | (1)text,(2)text book |
てきとう | fitness,suitability |
できる | to be made/built TODO-check |
できるだけ | if at all possible,as much as possible |
てつだう | to help,to assist,to take part in |
テニス | tennis |
てぶくろ | glove |
てら | temple |
てん | spot,mark,point,dot |
てんいん | shop assistant,employee,clerk,salesperson |
てんきよほう | weather forecast,weather report |
でんとう | electric light |
でんぽう | telegram |
てんらんかい | exhibition |
と | metroplitan,municipal |
どうぐ | tool,means |
とうとう | vast,calm |
どうぶつえん | zoo |
とおく | far away,distant |
とおり | ~ Street,~ Avenue |
とおる | to pass (by),to go through |
とくに | particularly,especially |
とくべつ | special |
とこや | barber |
とちゅう | on the way,en route,midway |
とっきゅう | limited express (train, faster than an express) |
とどける | to reach |
とまる | to stay at (eg. hotel) |
とめる | to stop (something) |
とりかえる | to exchange,to replace |
どろぼう | thief,burglar,robber |
どんどん | steadily,little by little |
なおす | to fix,to repair |
なおる | to be fixed,to be repaired |
なおる | to be cured,to heal |
なかなか | very,considerably,quite |
なく | to cry,to sing (bird) |
なくなる | to disappear,to get lost |
なくなる | to die |
なげる | to throw,to cast away |
なさる | (hon) to do |
なる | to sound,to ring,to resound |
なるべく | as much as possible |
なるほど | I see,now I understand |
なれる | to grow accustomed to |
におい | odour,scent,smell |
にがい | bitter |
~にくい | difficult to do ~ |
にげる | to escape,to run away |
にっき | diary,journal |
にゅういん・する | hospitalization |
にゅうがく・する | entry to school or university,matriculation |
にる | to resemble,to be similar |
にんぎょう | doll,puppet,figure |
ぬすむ | to steal |
ぬる | to paint,to plaster |
ぬれる | to get wet |
ねだん | price,cost |
ねつ | fever,temperature |
ねっしん | zeal,enthusiasm |
ねぼう | sleeping in late |
ねむい | sleepy,drowsy |
ねむる | to sleep |
のこる | to remain,to be left |
のど | throat |
のりかえる | to transfer (trains),to change (bus, train) |
のりもの | vehicle |
は | leaf |
ばあい | case,situation |
パート(タイム) | part time (esp female part time employees) |
ばい | twice,double |
はいけん・する | (hum) (pol) seeing,look at |
はいしゃ | dentist |
~ばかり | just did ~,only |
はこぶ | to transport,to carry |
~はじめる | to start doing ~,the beginning of ~ |
はじめる | to start,to begin |
ばしょ | place,location |
はず | it should be so |
はずかしい | shy,ashamed,embarrassed |
パソコン | (personal) computer |
はつおん | pronunciation |
はっきり | clearly,plainly,distinctly |
はなみ | cherry-blossom viewing,flower viewing |
パパ | papa,father |
はやし | woods,forester |
はらう | to pay |
ばんぐみ | program (eg. TV) |
はんたい | oppose,opposition,resistance |
ハンバーグ | handbag |
ひ | sun,sunshine,day |
ひ | fire,flame,blaze |
ピアノ | piano |
ひえる | to grow cold,to get chilly,to cool down |
ひかる | to shine,to glitter |
ひかり | light |
ひきだし | drawer,drawing out |
ひげ | beard |
ひこうじょう | airport |
ひさしぶり | after a long time |
びじゅつかん | art gallery,art museum |
ひじょうに | very,extremely,exceedingly |
びっくりする | to be surprised |
ひっこす | to move,to change residence |
ひつよう | necessary,essential |
ひどい | cruel,awful |
ひらく | to open (eg. a festival) |
ビル | (abbr) building,bill |
ひるま | daytime,during the day |
ひるやすみ | lunch break,noon recess,noon rest period |
ひろう | to pick up,to find,to gather |
ファックス | fax |
ふえる | to increase,to multiply |
ふかい | deep,profound,thick |
ふくざつ | complexity,complication |
ふくしゅう | review,revision |
ぶちょう | head of a section |
ふつう | (1) generally,ordinarily,usually,(2) train that stops at every station |
ぶどう | grapes |
ふとる | to grow fat (stout, plump),to become fat |
ふとん | bedding (Japanese style),futon |
ふね | ship,boat |
ふべん | inconvenience |
ふむ | to step on,to tread on |
プレゼント | present,gift |
ぶんか | culture,civilization |
ぶんがく | literature |
ぶんぽう | grammar |
べつ | distinction,different |
ベル | bell |
へん | strange,odd,peculiar |
へんじ | reply,answer |
ぼうえき | trade (foreign) |
ほうそう・する | broadcast,broadcasting |
ほうりつ | law |
ぼく | (male) I,manservant |
ほし | star |
ほど | degree,extent |
ほとんど | mostly,almost |
ほめる | to praise |
ほんやく | translation (written) |
まいる | (1) (hum) to go,to come |
まける | to lose,to be defeated |
まじめ | diligent,serious |
まず | first (of all),to start with |
または | or,otherwise |
まちがえる | to err,to make a mistake |
まにあう | (1) to be in time for |
~まま | as it is |
まわり | surroundings,circulation |
まわる | to go around,to revolve |
まんが | comic,cartoon |
まんなか | middle,centre |
みえる | to be seen,to be in sight |
みずうみ | lake |
みそ | miso,bean paste |
みつかる | (uk) to be found,to be discovered |
みつける | to discover,to find |
みな | everyone,everybody |
みなと | harbour,port |
むかえる | to go out to meet |
むかう | to face,to go towards |
むかし | olden days,former |
むし | insect |
むすこ | (hum) son |
むすめ | (hum) daughter |
むり | unreasonable,impossible |
~め | number ~ sequence,~nd/th |
めしあがる | (pol) to eat |
めずらしい | unusual,rare |
もうしあげる | to say,to tell |
もうす | (hum) to be called,to say |
もうすぐ | soon, very soon |
もし | if |
もちろん | certainly,of course |
もっとも | most,extremely |
もどる | to turn back,to return |
もめん | cotton |
もらう | (uk) to receive |
もり | forest |
やく | to bake,to grill |
やくにたつ | to be helpful,to be useful |
やくそく | arrangement,promise |
やける | to burn,to be roasted,to be sunburnt |
やさしい | kind,gentle |
~やすい | easy to do ~ |
やせる | to become thin,to lose weight |
やっと | at last,at length |
やはり/やっぱり | as I thought,absolutely |
やむ | to cease,to stop |
やめる | to end,to stop,to resign |
やる | (col)to do |
やわらかい | soft,tender |
ゆ | hot water |
ゆうはん | evening meal |
ゆしゅつ・する | export |
ゆにゅう | import |
ゆび | finger |
ゆびわ | (finger) ring |
ゆめ | dream |
ゆれる | to shake,to sway |
よう | way,manner,kind |
よう | task,business,use |
ようい | preparation |
ようじ | tasks,chores |
よごれる | to get dirty,to become dirty |
よしゅう | preparation for a lesson |
よてい | plans,arrangement,schedule |
よやく | reservation,booking |
よる | to visit,to drop in |
(~に)よると | according to ~ |
よろこぶ | to be delighted,to be glad |
よろしい | (hon) good,OK,all right |
りゆう | reason,pretext,motive |
りよう | use,utilization |
りょうほう | both sides,both parties |
りょかん | Japanese hotel,inn |
るす | absence,being away from home |
れいぼう | cooling,air conditioning |
れきし | history |
レジ | register |
レポート/リポート | report |
れんらく | communication,contact,connection |
ワープロ | word processor |
わかす | to boil,to heat |
わかれる | to be divided,to part from,to separate |
わく | to boil,to grow hot,to get excited |
わけ | (uk) meaning,reason |
わすれもの | lost article,something forgotten |
わらう | to laugh,to smile |
わりあい | rate,ratio,percentage |
われる | to break |
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