N3

100 of 1,826 Vocabulary

to exert (influence)
to be (animate) ②to be ..ing ③to (have the audacity to) do
to take down ②to drop off (a passenger) ③to withdraw (money) ④to use for the first time
to take down ②to drop off (a passenger) ③to withdraw (money) ④to use for the first time
end ②end of (one's) life
sound ②note ③fame ④Chinese-derived character reading
temperature
acceptable ②approval ③Pass (grade)
lesson ②section (in an organization) ③counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
card (information, filing, etc.) ②card (greetings, congratulations, etc.) ③(Western) playing cards ④credit card
meeting ②society
counter for occurrences ②a time ③episode ④Hui (people)
accounting ②bill (at a restaurant) ③settlement (of a bill, fee, etc.), payment ④economic condition
meeting ②association ③conjunction
diplomacy ②selling (e.g. door-to-door)
betterment ②kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
restoration ②recovery (from an illness)
to keep (a pet or other animal)
to replace ②to exchange ③to substitute
to replace ②to exchange ③to substitute
to hold in one's arms ②to have (problems, debts, etc.) ③to employ
charge ②connection
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money) ②to hang ③to have started to ④to overlap (e.g. information in a manual) ⑤to (come) at ⑥to be fastened
to contract (a disease)
key ②lock ③key (to a problem)
to restrict ②to be restricted to ③to be best (for)
to draw ②to depict ③to picture in one's mind ④to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)
furniture
learning ②study of ...
(picture) frame ②amount (esp. of money)
scholar ②learned person
expansion ②magnification ③escalation
shadow ②reflection ③ominous sign ④light (stars, moon)
shade ②behind (something) ③background ④gloom (in someone's expression, nature, etc.)
to chip ②to be missing (from a set, team, etc.) ③to be lacking (in) ④to wane (of the moon)
degree ②(health) condition ③adjustment ④slight sign of ...
the past ②one's past (that one would prefer remained secret) ③past (tense)
basket (shopping, etc.)
to surround ②to besiege ③to play (go, shogi, etc.)
conflagration
loan ②favor ③creditor
confectionery
housework ②family affairs
wise ②well-behaved (esp. children and pets)
to earn (income) ②to score (points, victory) ③to work hard (at one's job)
model ②type ③mold (mold) ④kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
shoulder
hard ②stiff ③strong ④safe
people ②you (usu. plural) ③various
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged) ②scalpel ③chisel ④knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to talk about ②to recite ③to indicate
to be disappointed ②to feel exhausted
school term
shape ②appearance ③suitable ④about
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.) ②movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
practical use ②conjugation
money ②metal
stock ②stump ③(clump of) roots ④stock company ⑤goodwill (of a business) ⑥one's forte
to put on (one's head) ②to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.) ③to be fogged (due to overexposure, etc.) ④to close
to mind ②to be an issue ③to keep company ④to interfere with ⑤to tease
endurance ②self-control
upper reaches (of a river) ②top ③long ago ④beginning
god ②incredible ③Emperor (of Japan) ④thunder
lightning ②god of thunder ③anger
hair (of the head)
Note: There is no longer an official word or kanji list for the JLPT. This list is a suggestion based on data from Tanos