JLPT N3 vocabulary: the 2090 words to know (page 8)
The 2090 JLPT N3 vocabulary words with reading, translation and example.
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| 大した | たいした taishita | significant, great, considerable |
| 対象 | たいしょう taishou | target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (i.e., of taxation) |
| 対照 | たいしょう taishou | contrast, antithesis, comparison |
| 大臣 | だいじん daijin | cabinet minister |
| 対する | たいする taisuru | to face, to confront, to oppose |
| 大戦 | たいせん taisen | great war, great battle |
| 態度 | たいど taido | attitude, manner |
| 大統領 | だいとうりょう daitouryou | president |
| 大半 | たいはん taihan | most of, majority, mostly |
| 代表 | だいひょう daihyou | representative, delegation |
| 大部分 | だいぶぶん daibubun | most part, majority |
| タイプライター | タイプライター taipuraita | typewriter |
| 逮捕 | たいほ taiho | arrest, apprehension, capture |
| 題名 | だいめい daimei | title |
| ダイヤ | ダイヤ daiya | (railway) schedule; diamond |
| 平ら | たいら taira | flatness, level, smooth |
| 代理 | だいり dairi | representation, proxy, deputy |
| 大陸 | たいりく tairiku | continent |
| 倒す | たおす taosu | to throw down, to beat |
| タオル | タオル taoru | (hand) towel |
| だが | だが daga | but, however |
| 互い | たがい tagai | mutual, each other |
| 高める | たかめる takameru | to raise, to lift, to boost |
| 宝 | たから takara | treasure |
| 宅 | たく taku | house, home |
| 炊く | たく taku | to boil, to cook |
| 焚く | たく taku | to burn, to kindle, to build a fire |
| 抱く | だく daku | to embrace, to hug |
| だけど | だけど dakedo | however |
| たしか | たしか tashika | certain, sure, if I remember correctly |
| 多少 | たしょう tashou | a little (same as 少し (すこし)) |
| 助かる | たすかる tasukaru | to be saved; (something) helps (v.i.) |
| 助ける | たすける tasukeru | to help (v.t.), to save, to rescue |
| ただ | ただ tada | free of charge; just (~); only (~) |
| 只 | ただ tada | free of charge, mere, only |
| 唯 | ただ tada | mere, sole, plain |
| 戦い | たたかい tatakai | battle, fight |
| 戦う | たたかう tatakau | to fight, to compete, to battle |
| 叩く | たたく tataku | to strike, to beat |
| 直ちに | ただちに tadachini | at once, immediately |
| 畳む | たたむ tatamu | to fold (clothes) |
| 達する | たっする tassuru | to reach, to get to |
| たった | たった tatta | only, just |
| だって | だって datte | but, because, even |
| たっぷり | たっぷり tappuri | full, in plenty, ample |
| 谷 | たに tani | valley |
| 他人 | たにん tanin | unrelated person, stranger |
| 種 | たね tane | seed; material; cause |
| 束 | たば taba | bunch, bundle |
| 足袋 | たび tabi | Japanese socks (with split toe) |
| 度 | たび tabi | counter for occurrences |
| 旅 | たび tabi | travel, trip, journey |
| たびたび | たびたび tabitabi | often, repeatedly, frequently |
| 玉 | たま tama | ball, sphere, coin |
| 球 | たま tama | globe, sphere, ball |
| 弾 | たま tama | bullet, shot |
| 偶 | たま tama | even number, couple, friend |
| 騙す | だます damasu | to trick, to cheat, to deceive |
| 偶々 | たまたま tamatama | unexpectedly, accidentally, by chance |
| たまらない | たまらない tamaranai | intolerable, unbearable, unendurable |
| 溜まる | たまる tamaru | to collect, to gather, to accumulate |
| 黙る | だまる damaru | to be silent |
| 試し | ためし tameshi | trial, test |
| 試す | ためす tamesu | to attempt, to test |
| 溜める | ためる tameru | to accumulate, to collect |
| 便り | たより tayori | news, correspondence, letter |
| 頼る | たよる tayoru | to rely on, to have recourse to, to depend on |
| 段 | だん dan | step, stair, grade |
| 単位 | たんい tani | credit (for a course in school); unit, denomination |
| 単語 | たんご tango | word; vocabulary |
| 男子 | だんし danshi | young man |
| 誕生 | たんじょう tanjou | birth |
| ダンス | ダンス dansu | dance |
| 団体 | だんたい dantai | organization, association |
| 担当 | たんとう tantou | (in) charge |
| 単なる | たんなる tannaru | mere, simple, sheer |
| 単に | たんに tanni | simply, merely |
| 地 | ち chi | earth |
| 地位 | ちい chii | (social) position, status |
| 地域 | ちいき chiiki | area, region |
| チーズ | チーズ chizu | cheese |
| チーム | チーム chimu | team |
| 知恵 | ちえ chie | wisdom, wit, intelligence |
| 地下 | ちか chika | basement, underground |
| 違い | ちがい chigai | difference, discrepancy |
| 違いない | ちがいない chigainai | (phrase) sure, no mistaking it, for certain |
| 近頃 | ちかごろ chikagoro | lately, recently, nowadays |
| 地球 | ちきゅう chikyuu | the earth |
| 地区 | ちく chiku | district, section |
| 遅刻 | ちこく chikoku | lateness, late coming |
| 知事 | ちじ chiji | prefectural governor |
| 知識 | ちしき chishiki | knowledge, information |
| 父親 | ちちおや chichioya | father |
| 知能 | ちのう chinou | intelligence, brains |
| 地平線 | ちへいせん chiheisen | horizon |
| 地方 | ちほう chihou | area, locality, region |
| 茶 | ちゃ cha | tea |
| チャンス | チャンス chansu | chance, opportunity |
| ちゃんと | ちゃんと chanto | perfectly, properly, exactly |
| 注 | ちゅう chuu | annotation, explanatory note |
| 中央 | ちゅうおう chuuou | central, center, middle |
| 中学 | ちゅうがく chuugaku | middle school, junior high school |
| 中古 | ちゅうこ chuuko | used, second-hand |
| 中止 | ちゅうし chuushi | suspension, stoppage, discontinuance |
| 駐車 | ちゅうしゃ chuusha | parking (e.g., car) |
| 昼食 | ちゅうしょく chuushoku | lunch (same as 昼ご飯 (ひるごはん)) |
| 中心 | ちゅうしん chuushin | center, core |
| 注目 | ちゅうもく chuumoku | notice, attention, observation |
| 注文 | ちゅうもん chuumon | order, request |
| 長期 | ちょうき chouki | long time period |
| 調査 | ちょうさ chousa | survey; investigation |
| 調子 | ちょうし choushi | condition, state, tune, tone |
| 頂上 | ちょうじょう choujou | top, summit, peak |
| ちょうだい | ちょうだい choudai | -- colloquial form of ください; typically used by children or women -- |
| 著者 | ちょしゃ chosha | author, writer |
| 散らす | ちらす chirasu | to scatter, to disperse, to distribute |
| 散る | ちる chiru | to fall, to scatter (e.g., blossoms) |
| 遂に | ついに tsuini | finally, at last |
| 通過 | つうか tsuuka | passage through, passing |
| 通貨 | つうか tsuuka | currency |
| 通学 | つうがく tsuugaku | commuting to school |
| 通勤 | つうきん tsuukin | commuting to work |
| 通行 | つうこう tsuukou | passage, passing |
| 通じる | つうじる tsuujiru | to run to, to lead to, to communicate |
| 通信 | つうしん tsuushin | correspondence, communications |
| 通訳 | つうやく tsuuyaku | interpretation; interpreter |
| 捕まる | つかまる tsukamaru | to be arrested; to be caught |
| 掴む | つかむ tsukamu | to seize, to catch, to grasp |
| 疲れ | つかれ tsukare | tiredness, fatigue |
| 付き合い | つきあい tsukiai | socialization; friendship; association |
| 付合う | つきあう tsukiau | to associate with, to keep company with, to get on with |
| 次々 | つぎつぎ tsugitsugi | in succession, one by one |
| 付く | つく tsuku | to adjoin, to be attached, to adhere |
| 就く | つく tsuku | to settle in (place), to take (seat position), to study (under teacher) |
| 突く | つく tsuku | to thrust, to strike; to poke |
| 次ぐ | つぐ tsugu | to rank next to, to come after |
| 注ぐ | つぐ tsugu | to pour (into) |
| 付ける | つける tsukeru | to attach, to join, to add |
| 着ける | つける tsukeru | to put on, to wear; to draw up |
| 伝わる | つたわる tsutawaru | to be handed down, to be transmitted |
| 土 | つち tsuchi | earth, soil |
| 続き | つづき tsuzuki | sequel, continuation |
| 包み | つつみ tsutsumi | bundle, package |
| 勤め | つとめ tsutome | work, employment |
| 務め | つとめ tsutome | duty |
| 繋がる | つながる tsunagaru | to be connected to, to be related to |
| 繋ぐ | つなぐ tsunagu | to tie, to fasten, to connect |
| 繋げる | つなげる tsunageru | to connect |
| 常に | つねに tsuneni | always (same as いつも) (written expression) |
| 翼 | つばさ tsubasa | wings |
| つまり | つまり tsumari | namely; in other words; in short |
| 罪 | つみ tsumi | crime, fault, indiscretion |
| 積む | つむ tsumu | to pile up, to stack |
| 詰める | つめる tsumeru | to pack, to shorten, to work out (details) |
| 積もる | つもる tsumoru | to pile up |
| 梅雨 | つゆ tsuyu | rainy season |
| 釣 | つり tsuri | fishing |
| 連れ | つれ tsure | companion, company |
| 出 | で de | outflow, coming (going) out, graduate (of) |
| 出会い | であい deai | meeting, rendezvous, encounter |
| 出合い | であい deai | an encounter |
| 出会う | であう deau | to meet by chance, to come across, to happen to encounter |
| 定期 | ていき teiki | fixed term |
| 抵抗 | ていこう teikou | resistance, opposition |
| 提出 | ていしゅつ teishutsu | presentation, submission, filing |
| 停電 | ていでん teiden | failure of electricity |
| 程度 | ていど teido | degree, amount, level |
| デート | デート deto | date (in the sense of 'social engagement' only) |
| 敵 | てき teki | enemy, rival |
| 出来事 | できごと dekigoto | incident happening, event |
| 適する | てきする tekisuru | to fit, to suit |
| 適度 | てきど tekido | moderate |
| 適用 | てきよう tekiyou | applying |
| できれば | できれば dekireba | if possible… |
| 手品 | てじな tejina | conjuring trick, magic |
| ですから | ですから desukara | therefore |
| 鉄 | てつ tetsu | iron |
| 手伝い | てつだい tetsudai | help, helper, assistant |
| 徹底 | てってい tettei | thoroughness, completeness |
| 鉄道 | てつどう tetsudou | railway; railroad |
| 徹夜 | てつや tetsuya | staying up all night, sleepless night |
| 手間 | てま tema | time, labor |
| デモ | デモ demo | demo, demonstration |
| 典型 | てんけい tenkei | type, pattern, archetypal |
| 天候 | てんこう tenkou | weather |
| 電子 | でんし denshi | electron; electronic |
| テント | テント tento | tent |
| 天然 | てんねん tennen | nature, spontaneity |
| 問い | とい toi | question, query |
| 党 | とう tou | party (political) |
| 塔 | とう tou | tower, pagoda |
| 答案 | とうあん touan | examination paper, examination script |
| 同一 | どういつ douitsu | identity, sameness, similarity |
| 銅貨 | どうか douka | copper coin |
| 動詞 | どうし doushi | verb |
| 同時 | どうじ douji | simultaneous(ly), same time |
| どうしても | どうしても doushitemo | at any cost, no matter what, no matter how hard one tries |
| 到着 | とうちゃく touchaku | arrival |
| 道徳 | どうとく doutoku | morals |
| 投票 | とうひょう touhyou | voting, poll |
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