N3

100 of 1,826 Vocabulary

to wave ②to sprinkle ③to cast (actor) ④to turn down (someone)
to touch ②to touch (with) ③to experience ④to proclaim
bath ②bathhouse ③room for drying lacquerware ④base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
professional
part ②amount ③one's means ④in proportion to ⑤content (e.g. alcohol)
sentence ②composition ③the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts) ④statement
atmosphere ②a certain air ③(Earth's) atmosphere
civilization ②Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
wall ②fence
average ②balance
(not) particularly ②separately
to decrease (in size or number)
belt (waist, seat, etc.) ②belt ③drive belt
change ②variety ③inflection ④sidestepping
study ②diligence ③experience ④discount
direction ②side (of an argument, etc.) ③type ④field (of study, etc.)
law ②method ③mood ④dharma
pole ②line ③spoken monotonously
adventure ②venture which is unlikely to succeed
direction ②course (e.g. of action)
to bark ②to howl (e.g. of the wind) ③to yell
platform ②home ③home base
ball ②ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone) ③bowl ④board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
other (place, thing, person) ②outside ③nothing except ④besides...
other (place, thing, person) ②outside ③nothing except ④besides...
dust ②one ten-billionth
preservation ②saving (e.g. to disk)
extent ②limit ③(span of) time ④about ⑤as much as ...
Buddha ②Buddhist image ③the dead ④merciful person
bone ②frame ③laborious
flame ②flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger)
cheek (of face)
cheek (of face)
moat ②canal
truth ②proper ③genuine
truth ②proper ③genuine
the person in question
genuine article
dimly ②absentmindedly ③absence of mind
time ②space ③room
just (e.g. "just wait here") ②tolerably ③oh!
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another ②to passively leave to someone else's facilities ③to leave to take its natural course ④to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim)
curtain ②act (in play)
defeat ②failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.) ③discount
grandchild
by no means ②something unexpected ③currently ④indeed
exactly ②right then ③just (about to) ④duly
to increase
first (of all) ②probably ③more or less (satisfactory) ④anyway
poor ②lacking (quantity and quality-wise)
to master (a skill) ②proprietor ③leader
again ②and ③really ④indirect
still ②(not) yet ③unfinished
town ②downtown ③street ④109.09 m
mistake ②accident ③improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman)
pine tree (Pinus spp.) ②highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
bright red ②downright (e.g. lie)
straight (ahead) ②straightforward
really ②indeed ③good grief
festival ②harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob ③galore (as in "goals galore")
to study (in depth)
imitating ②behavior
to invite ②to beckon ③to call in ④to bring on oneself
as it is ②condition ③sic
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses) ②soya bean (Glycine max) ③small ④child
to protect ②to keep (i.e. a promise)
circle ②entirety ③money ④suffix for ship names
circle ②entirety ③money ④suffix for ship names
round ②curved ③harmonious
quite ②as if
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