JLPT N3 Adverbs Vocabulary List -

JLPT N3 Adverbs Vocabulary List – Complete Guide

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This comprehensive guide contains all 56 Adverbs Vocabulary you need to master for the JLPT N3 exam, including readings and meanings.

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🟩 N3 Level: Intermediate Japanese Proficiency

56 Total Adverbs

N3 JLPT Level

Medium Difficulty

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#	Romaji	Japanese	Grammar Meaning
1	amari	あまり	so much… that
2	amari ni mo	あまりにも	too much; so much… that; excessively ~
3	betsu ni~nai	別に～ない【べつに～ない】	not really, not particularly
4	donna ni~temo	どんなに～ても	no matter how (much)
5	doushitemo	どうしても	no matter what; at any cost; after all ~
6	futatabi	再び【ふたたび】	again; once more; a second time
7	futo	ふと	suddenly; accidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally ~
8	ichido ni	一度に【いちどに】	all at once
9	igai	意外【いがい】	unexpected; surprising
10	ikura~temo	いくら～ても	no matter how ~
11	imani	今に【いまに】	before long; even now
12	imanimo	今にも【いまにも】	at any moment; at any minute; on the verge of
13	isshu	一種【いっしゅ】	species; kind; variety
14	issou	一層【いっそう】	much more; still more; all the more; single layer; sooner; preferably
15	ittai	一体【いったい】	(what) the heck; (why) in the world
16	ittai	一体【いったい】	emphasis; what on earth; what in the world
17	ka nani ka	か何か【かなにか】	or something ~
18	kekkyoku	結局【けっきょく】	after all; eventually; in the end ~
19	kesshite~nai	決して～ない【けっして～ない】	never; by no means ~
20	kyuuni	急に【きゅうに】	swiftly; rapidly; quickly; immediately; hastily
21	manichi	万一【まんいち】	emergency; unlikely event ; by some chance; by some possibility
22	maru de	まるで	as if; as though; just like ~
23	metta ni~nai	めったに～ない	hardly; rarely; seldom
24	moshika shitara	もしかしたら	perhaps; maybe; perchance; by any chance ~
25	moshimo~tara	もしも〜たら	if; in the case; supposing ~
26	mushiro	むしろ	rather; instead; better ~
27	nakanaka	なかなか	very; quite; pretty; rather; just not ~
28	nanka / nante / nado	なんか / なんて / など	give examples; show modesty; make light of ~
29	naru beku	なるべく	as much as possible

30	sai ni	際に【さいに】	when; at the time of; in the case of ~
31	saichuu ni	最中に【さいちゅうに】	while; during; in the middle of ~
32	sara ni	さらに	furthermore; again; more and more ~
33	seizei	せいぜい	at the most; at best; to the utmost
34	shibaraku	しばらく	for a moment; for a while; for the time being
35	sude ni	すでに	something has already been done/taken place; is already the case
36	sukoshimo	少しも【すこしも】	anything of; not one bit (with negative sentence)
37	sunawachi	すなわち	in other words; namely ~
38	ta totan	たとたん	as soon as; just as ~
39	tabi ni	たびに	whenever; every time ~
40	tashika ni	確かに【たしかに】	surely, certainly ~
41	tashou	多少【たしょう】	more or less; somewhat; a little; a few; some
42	tatoe~temo	たとえ～ても	even if… is the case
43	tatoeba	例えば【たとえば】	for example; for instance ~
44	to tomo ni	と共に【とともに】	together with; at the same time as; as well as ~
45	tochuu de / tochuu ni	途中で/途中に【とちゅうで/とちゅうに】	on the way; in the middle of ~
46	toori ni	とおりに	in the same way as; in the way; as ~
47	totemo~nai	とても～ない	cannot possibly be; hardly ~
48	tsui	つい	accidentally; unintentionally; by mistake
49	tsui ni	ついに	finally; at last; in the end ~
50	tsuide ni	ついでに	while, incidentally, at the same time, on the way ~
51	tsumari	つまり	in other words; in summary; in short ~
52	wa mochiron	はもちろん	not to mention; not only ... but also ~
53	wari ni	割に【わりに】	considering ~; for ~; despite ~
54	wazato	わざと	on purpose; intentionally ~
55	wazawaza	わざわざ	to go to the trouble of; to go out of one's way to ~
56	zuibun	随分【ずいぶん】	very; extremely; surprisingly; considerably; awfully