JLPT N3 Nouns Vocabulary List
Master all 160 nouns vocabulary words for JLPT N3
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This comprehensive guide contains all 160 Nouns Vocabulary you need to master for the JLPT N3 exam, including readings and meanings.
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๐ N3 Level: Intermediate Japanese Proficiency
160 Total Nouns
N3 JLPT Level
Medium Difficulty
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| # | ๅ่ฉ | Noun | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ๆใใ | akari ใใใ | light; illumination; glow; gleam |
| 2 | ๆช้ญ | akuma ใใใพ | devil; demon; fiend; Satan |
| 3 | ๆ่จ | anki ใใใ | memorization; learning by heart |
| 4 | ๆฐใ | arata ใใใ | new; fresh; novel |
| 5 | ้ใพใ | atsumari ใใคใพใ | gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance |
| 6 | ้จๅ | bubun ใถใถใ | portion; section; part |
| 7 | ๅ | bun ใถใ | part; segment; share; ration |
| 8 | ๆๆ | bunmei ใถใใใ | civilization; culture |
| 9 | ๅๆ | bunseki ใถใใใ | analysis |
| 10 | ๅ้ | bunya ใถใใ | field; sphere; realm; division; branch |
| 11 | ็ถ่ฆช | chichioya ใกใกใใ | father |
| 12 | ๅฐๅนณ็ท | chiheisen ใกใธใใใ | horizon (related to land) |
| 13 | ๅฐไฝ | chii ใกใ | (social) position; status |
| 14 | ้ทๆ | chouki ใกใใใ | long-term |
| 15 | ไธญ | chuu ใกใ ใ | during; while; medium; middle |
| 16 | ไธญๅญฆ | chuugaku ใกใ ใใใ | junior high school; middle school |
| 17 | ๆผ้ฃ | chuushoku ใกใ ใใใใ | lunch; midday meal |
| 18 | ๅคง้จๅ | daibubun ใ ใใถใถใ | most part; greater part; majority |
| 19 | ้ง็ฎ | dame ใ ใ | no good; cannot |
| 20 | ็ทๅญ | danshi ใ ใใ | youth; young man |
| 21 | ๅบไผใ | deai ใงใใ | meeting; rendezvous; encounter |
| 22 | ่ชญๆธ | dokusho ใฉใใใ | reading |
| 23 | ๅชๅ | doryoku ใฉใใใ | effort; exertion; endeavor; hard work; striving |
| 24 | ๅ | en ใใ | yen; Japanese monetary unit; circle |
| 25 | ไธๅฉ | furi ใตใ | disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position |
| 26 | ไธ่ถณ | fusoku ใตใใ | insufficiency; shortage; deficiency; lack; dearth |
| 27 | ๅคไบค | gaikou ใใใใ | diplomacy |
| 28 | ๅคๅบ | gaishutsu ใใใใ ใค | going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.) |
| 29 | ๅญฆๆ | gakki ใใฃใ | school term; semester |
| 30 | ๅญฆ | gaku ใใ | learning; education; study of |
| 31 | ๅญฆๅ | gakumon ใใใใ | scholarship; study; learning |
| 32 | ๅญฆ่ | gakusha ใใใใ | scholar |
| 33 | ๅญฆ็ฟ | gakushuu ใใใใ ใ | study; learning; tutorial |
| 34 | ่ญฐ้ท | gichou ใใกใใ | chairman; president; moderator |
| 35 | ่ญฐไผ | ่ญฐไผ gikai ใใใ | congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly |
| 36 | ่ชๅญฆ | ่ชๅญฆ gogaku ใใใ | study of foreign languages; linguistics |
| 37 | ๆฏ่ฆช | hahaoya ใฏใฏใใ | mother |
| 38 | ๅ็ฉ้คจ | hakubutsukan ใฏใใถใคใใ | museum |
| 39 | ่ฒฉๅฃฒ | hanbai ใฏใใฐใ | sales; selling; marketing |
| 40 | ็บๆ | hatsumei ใฏใคใใ | invention |
| 41 | ๅ | hin ใฒใ | elegance, article |
| 42 | ไธ่จ | hitokoto ใฒใจใใจ | single word; a few words; brief comment |
| 43 | ไธไบบไธไบบ | hitorihitori ใฒใจใใฒใจใ | one by one; each; one at a time |
| 44 | ๆฌ็ฉ | honmono ใปใใใฎ | genuine article; real thing; real deal |
| 45 | ๆฌไบบ | honnin ใปใใซใ | the person in question; the person themselves; said person |
| 46 | ไธ่ด | icchi ใใฃใก | agreement; union; match ; coincidence |
| 47 | ไธๆ | ichiji ใใกใ | one o'clock |
| 48 | ไธๅฎถ | ikka ใใฃใ | a family; a household; a home; one's family; whole family |
| 49 | ไธ่ฌ | ippan ใใฃใฑใ | general; universal; ordinary; average; common |
| 50 | ไธๆน | ippou ใใฃใฝใ | one (esp. of two); one way; the other direction; although |
| 51 | ไธ็ | isshou ใใฃใใใ | whole life; a lifetime; a generation |
| 52 | ไธ็จฎ | isshu ใใฃใใ | species; kind; variety |
| 53 | ไธ็ฌ | isshun ใใฃใใ ใ | instant; moment; for an instant |
| 54 | ไธๅฑค | issou ใใฃใใ | much more; still more; all the more; single layer; sooner; preferably |
| 55 | ไธไฝ | ittai ใใฃใใ | (what) the heck; (why) in the world |
| 56 | ้ช้ญ | jama ใใใพ | hindrance |
| 57 | ๅๅญฆ | kagaku ใใใ | chemistry |
| 58 | ไผ | kai ใใ | meeting; assembly; party; association; club |
| 59 | ไผๅก | kai'in ใใใใ | member |
| 60 | ๆตทๅค | kaigai ใใใใ | foreign; abroad; overseas |
| 61 | ไผๅ | kaigou ใใใใ | meeting; assembly; gathering; association |
| 62 | ไผ่จ | kaikei ใใใใ | finance; account; treasurer; bill |
| 63 | ้ๅง | ้ๅง kaishi ใใใ | start; commencement; beginning; initiation |
| 64 | ็ง็ฎ | kamoku ใใใ | (school) subject; curriculum; course |
| 65 | ๆจฉๅฉ | kenri ใใใ | right; privilege |
| 66 | ๅบๆฌ | kihon ใใปใ | basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation |
| 67 | ่จไบ | kiji ใใ | article; news story; report; account |
| 68 | ๆฐๅณ | kimi ใใฟ | sensation; feeling ; tendency |
| 69 | ่จๅฟต | kinen ใใญใ | commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something |
| 70 | ่จๅ ฅ | kinyuu ใใซใ ใ | entry; filling in; filling out |
| 71 | ่จๆถ | kioku ใใใ | memory; recollection; remembrance |
| 72 | ่จ่ | kisha ใใใ | reporter; journalist |
| 73 | ๆๅพ | kitai ใใใ | expectation; anticipation; hope |
| 74 | ๅฝๅฎถ | kokka ใใฃใ | state; country; nation |
| 75 | ๅฝไผ | kokkai ใใฃใใ | National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan; parliament; congress |
| 76 | ๅฝๅข | kokkyou ใใฃใใใ | national border |
| 77 | ๅฝ่ช | kokugo ใใใ | national language |
| 78 | ๅฝๆฐ | kokumin ใใใฟใ | people (of a country); nation; citizen; national |
| 79 | ไปๅพ | kongo ใใใ | from now on; hereafter |
| 80 | ไปๅ | konkai ใใใใ | now; this time; lately |
| 81 | ้ซ้ | kousoku ใใใใ | high-speed; rapid; express |
| 82 | ่จ็ทด | kunren ใใใใ | training; drill; practice; discipline |
| 83 | ๆ็งๆธ | kyoukasho ใใใใใใ | textbook; coursebook; schoolbook |
| 84 | ๅๅ | kyouryoku ใใใใใใ | cooperation; collaboration |
| 85 | ๅผทๅ | kyouryoku ใใใใใใ | powerful; strong |
| 86 | ๅธๅ | kyuushuu ใใ ใใใ ใ | absorption; suction; attraction |
| 87 | ๆฅ้ | kyuusoku ใใ ใใใ | rapid (e.g. progress) |
| 88 | ็้ข็ฎ | majime ใพใใ | serious; earnest |
| 89 | ็ใฃ่ตค | makka ใพใฃใ | bright red; deep red; flushed (of face) |
| 90 | ไธไธ | manichi ใพใใใก | emergency; unlikely event ; by some chance; by some possibility |
| 91 | ๆบ่ถณ | manzoku ใพใใใ | satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; enough |
| 92 | ้ฃฏ | meshi ใใ | cooked rice; meal |
| 93 | ๅณๆน | mikata ใฟใใ | friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting |
| 94 | ้ญ ๅ | miryoku ใฟใใใ | charm; fascination; glamour; attraction; appeal |
| 95 | ๆจๆ | mokuyou ใใใใ | Thursday |
| 96 | ๅใฐ | nakaba ใชใใฐ | middle; half; semi; halfway; partly |
| 97 | ็ฑๅฟ | nesshin ใญใฃใใ | enthusiastic; eager |
| 98 | ๆฅๆฌ | nihon ใซใปใ | Japan |
| 99 | ่ฝๅ | nouryoku ใฎใใใใ | ability; faculty |
| 100 | ๅ ฅๅ ด | nyuujou ใซใ ใใใใ | entrance; admission; entering |