JLPT N3 vocabulary: the 2090 words to know (page 11)
The 2090 JLPT N3 vocabulary words with reading, translation and example.
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Discover Premium| Vocabulary | Reading | Translation |
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| 水洗 | すいせん suisen | flushing |
| 正規 | せいき seiki | regular, legitimate |
| 精算 | せいさん seisan | exact calculation, adjustment |
| 成年 | せいねん seinen | majority, adult age |
| 声明 | せいめい seimei | declaration, statement, proclamation |
| 姓名 | せいめい seimei | full name |
| 節 | せつ setsu | when, if; section; clause |
| 膳 | ぜん zen | (small) table, tray, meal |
| 禅 | ぜん zen | Zen (Buddhism) |
| 先行 | せんこう senkou | preceding, going first |
| 選考 | せんこう senkou | selection, screening |
| 相 | そう sou | aspect, phase, countenance |
| 沿う | そう sou | to run along, to follow |
| 添う | そう sou | to accompany, to comply with |
| 僧 | そう sou | monk, priest |
| 像 | ぞう zou | statue, image |
| 捜査 | そうさ sousa | search (esp. in criminal investigations, investigation) |
| 操縦 | そうじゅう soujuu | management, control, manipulation |
| 創造 | そうぞう souzou | creation |
| 隊 | たい tai | party, troops |
| 退学 | たいがく taigaku | dropping out of school |
| タイトル | タイトル taitoru | title |
| ダウン | ダウン daun | down |
| 高まる | たかまる takamaru | to rise; to grow; to mount (v.i.) |
| 盾 | たて tate | shield |
| チャイム | チャイム chaimu | chime |
| 挑戦 | ちょうせん chousen | challenge, defiance |
| 対 | つい tsui | pair, couple, set |
| 接ぐ | つぐ tsugu | to join; to piece together; to set (bones); to graft (trees) |
| 継ぐ | つぐ tsugu | to succeed (someone in a business or inheritance |
| 摘む | つむ tsumu | to pluck, to pick, to trim |
| 露 | つゆ tsuyu | dew |
| 強まる | つよまる tsuyomaru | to get strong, to gain strength |
| 強める | つよめる tsuyomeru | to strengthen, to emphasize |
| データ | データ deta | data |
| デザイン | デザイン dezain | design |
| デザート | デザート dezato | dessert |
| 転校 | てんこう tenkou | change schools |
| 伝言 | でんごん dengon | verbal message |
| と | と to | and |
| 問う | とう tou | to ask, to question |
| 棟 | とう tou | ridge (of roof |
| 倒産 | とうさん tousan | (corporate) bankruptcy, insolvency |
| 同士 | どうし doushi | one another, companion, comrade |
| 同志 | どうし doushi | same mind, comrade, kindred soul |
| 説く | とく toku | to explain, to advocate |
| 綴じる | とじる tojiru | to bind, to file |
| 供 | とも tomo | accompanying, attendant, companion, retinue |
| 並 | なみ nami | medium (e.g., food serving size, quality, price, etc.), ordinary |
| 慣らす | ならす narasu | to accustom |
| 馴らす | ならす narasu | to domesticate, to tame |
| 難 | なん nan | difficulty, hardships, defect |
| 音 | ね ne | sound, note |
| 年鑑 | ねんかん nenkan | yearbook |
| 脳 | のう nou | brain, memory |
| 臨む | のぞむ nozomu | to look out on, to face, to attend (function) |
| 映える | はえる haeru | to shine, to look attractive, to look pretty |
| 諮る | はかる hakaru | to consult with, to confer |
| 図る | はかる hakaru | to plot, to attempt, to devise, to design, to refer A to B |
| 生やす | はやす hayasu | to grow, to cultivate, to wear beard |
| 班 | はん han | group, party, section (mil) |
| 判 | はん han | size (of paper or books) |
| 版 | はん han | edition |
| 碑 | ひ hi | stone monument bearing an inscription |
| 非行 | ひこう hikou | delinquency, misconduct |
| 票 | ひょう hyou | label, ballot, sign |
| 広まる | ひろまる hiromaru | to spread, to be propagated |
| 深める | ふかめる fukameru | to deepen, to heighten, to intensify |
| 振り | ふり furi | style, manner |
| 保護 | ほご hogo | care, protection, shelter |
| ほっと | ほっと hotto | feel relieved |
| 前もって | まえもって maemotte | in advance, beforehand, previously |
| 膜 | まく maku | membrane, film |
| マスコミ | マスコミ masukomi | mass communication |
| 股 | また mata | thigh, crotch |
| マッサージ | マッサージ massaji | massage |
| 見掛ける | みかける mikakeru | to (happen to see), to notice, to catch sight of |
| 捲る | めくる mekuru | to turn over, to turn pages of a book |
| メッセージ | メッセージ messeji | message |
| 野党 | やとう yatou | opposition party |
| 優 | ゆう yuu | superiority, high grade |
| 有機 | ゆうき yuuki | organic |
| 世 | よ yo | world, society, generation |
| 予想 | よそう yosou | expectation, anticipation, prediction |
| 弱まる | よわまる yowamaru | to weaken, to be emaciated, to be dejected |
| 弱める | よわめる yowameru | to weaken |
| ラベル | ラベル raberu | label |
| ルール | ルール ruru | rule |
| 枠 | わく waku | frame, slide |
| 表示 | ひょうじ hyouji | display, indication |
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