Japanese vocabulary organized by JLPT level

Wikipedia JLPT N3 Vocab 1601-1700

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1. intense; severe; hard  (sometimes written 緊い)
2. determined; forceful; formidable
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Most common form: ねずみ
noun
1. mouse; rat  (often written with kana only)
2. dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)  (see also: 鼠色)
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noun
mutual; reciprocal; each other  (polite (teineigo) language)
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1. knock; knocking
2. fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice  (baseball term)
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to break; to snap; to be cut; to split; to crack
2. to be injured
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
to advance; to promote; to hasten
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Most common form: 可愛らしい
lovely; sweet
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1. selfishness; egoism; self-indulgence; wilfulness; willfulness  (often written with kana only)
2. disobedience  (often written with kana only)
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1. about; roughly; approximately  (see also: おおよそ; often written with kana only)
2. generally; on the whole; as a rule  (often written with kana only)
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to sell (well)  (see also: 売る)
2. to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
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Most common form: 違い無い
expression, 'i' adjective
(phrase) sure; no mistaking it; for certain
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to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
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noun
1. joint; knuckle
2. tune; melody
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conjunction
because; the reason is; if you want to know why  (often written with kana only)
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'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to sink; to go under; to submerge
2. to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to descend
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'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to come out; to fall out; to be omitted; to be missing; to escape; to come loose
2. to fade; to discolour
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Most common form: よう
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to get drunk; to become intoxicated
2. to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated
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noun
speech
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all at once
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Most common form: ます
'su' godan verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb
to increase; to grow
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noun
percent; percentage
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
to praise; to admire; to speak well of someone
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noun
1. news; word; tidings; notice; notification; information  (see also: お知らせ)
2. omen
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(blinking) repeatedly  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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1. motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still  (じーっと is more emphatic. 凝乎と is rare.; onomatopoeic or mimetic word; often written with kana only)
2. fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think)  (often written with kana only)
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noun
humor; humour
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1. very young
2. childish; immature
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'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to awaken
2. to disabuse
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
day after tomorrow
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to turn over; to assign; to hand over; to transmit; to convey; to sell; to dispose of
2. to yield; to surrender; to concede
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1. painful; bitter; heart-breaking; difficult (emotionally)  (often written with kana only)
2. tough; difficult; hard (usu. of situations)  (see also: 辛い; often written with kana only)
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gargling; rinsing one's mouth  (see also: 含嗽; often written with kana only)
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considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
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feel disappointed; dejected; lose heart; feel emotionally drained; feel let down  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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Most common form: ぶつ
'tsu' godan verb, transitive verb
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat  (often written with kana only)
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noun
1. string; cord
2. man who is financially dependent on a woman (such as a gigolo or, in the case of a prostitute, a pimp); pimp
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'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
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'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to stick through; to force through
2. to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse
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'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be effective; to show effect  (see also: 薬が効く)
2. to do its work; to carry out its function well  (see also: 目が利く)
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sound asleep; fast asleep  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to talk; to chat; to chatter  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: つい
noun
1. pair; couple; set
2. antithesis  (see also: 対句)
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Most common form: まず
1. first (of all); to start with; about; almost; anyway; well; now  (often written with kana only)
2. hardly (with neg. verb)
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handsome
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'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to extract; to omit; to draw out; to unplug
2. to do something to the end
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Most common form: ゴミ
noun
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse  (often written with kana only)
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flatness; level; smooth; calm; plain; sitting tailor fashion
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to get wet
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'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to untie; to unfasten; to unwrap; to undo; to unbind; to unpack
2. to unsew; to unstitch
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1. to face
2. to turn toward
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Most common form: めん
noun
cotton
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to touch; to feel
2. to experience; to come in contact with; to be emotionally moved (by); to perceive
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Most common form: はい
noun
ash; ashes
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Most common form: タイプライタ
noun
typewriter
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
to turn towards; to point
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1. dimly; faintly; indistinctly; vaguely  (also written as 呆んやり; onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. absentmindedly; vacantly; carelessly  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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unfortunately; Sorry, but ...  (often written with kana only)
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
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Most common form: まっすぐ
1. straight (ahead); direct; upright; erect  (often written with kana only)
2. straightforward; honest; frank  (often written with kana only)
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injury (to animate object); hurt  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: じかに
directly; in person; firsthand  (often written with kana only)
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'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign; to give up  (see also: 止める; often written with kana only)
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Most common form: 下ろす
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to take down (e.g. flag); to launch (e.g. boat); to drop; to lower (e.g. ladder); to let (a person) off; to unload; to discharge
2. to drop off (a passenger from a vehicle); to let (a person) off  (see also: 乗客を降ろす)
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1. roughly; in round numbers  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. cursorily; briefly  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to stretch; to extend; to lengthen; to spread
2. to make progress; to grow (beard, body height)
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Most common form: かぶる
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to put on (one's head); to wear; to have on; to pull over (one's head); to crown (oneself)  (often written with kana only)
2. to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to dash on oneself; to ship water  (often written with kana only)
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smile sweetly; smile; grin  (see also: ニコニコ; onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be caught; to be arrested  (usu. 捕まる)
2. to hold on to; to grasp  (usu. 掴まる; often written with kana only)
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getting nervous; irritation  (often written with kana only)
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to avoid (physical contact with)  (this meaning is restricted to reading よける)
2. to avoid (situation)  (this meaning is restricted to reading さける)
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Most common form: 順う
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
to abide (by the rules); to obey; to follow; to accompany
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
to state; to express; to mention
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to condemn; to blame; to criticize; to criticise; to reproach; to accuse
2. to urge; to press; to pester
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at any time; soon
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1. with a clash; with a thud; with a bang; with a flop; plump  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. unexpectedly (meeting someone)  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to embrace; to hold in the arms (e.g. a baby); to hug
2. to harbour (e.g. grudge); to harbor; to bear; to have (e.g. ambition); to entertain (e.g. hope, suspicion)  (this meaning is restricted to reading いだく)
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expression, adverb
anything of; not one bit (with negative sentence)
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'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to release; to let go; to free; to set free; to let loose; to turn loose
2. to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
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Most common form: 開ける
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock
2. to open (for business, etc.)
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Most common form: 人込
noun
crowd of people
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2
Most common form: 測る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to measure; to weigh; to survey; to time (sound, gauge, estimate)
2. to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be solved
2. to loosen; to come untied  (see also: 解ける)
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Most common form: せつ
noun, noun (suffix)
1. theory; doctrine
noun
2. opinion; view
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Most common form: つぐ
'gu' godan verb, transitive verb
(usu. written as kana when referring to a solid) to pour (into a vessel); to fill; to dish out food or drink  (often written with kana only)
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to
2. to passively leave to someone else's facilities  (see also: 想像に任せる)
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1. frequently; repeatedly; often; incessantly; constantly  (see also: 頻り; often written with kana only)
2. strongly; eagerly
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Most common form: ついに
1. finally; at last  (often written with kana only)
2. in the end  (with a verb in negative form; often written with kana only)
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expression
according to  (see also: に依ると; often written with kana only)
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
to finish; to make an end of; to get through with; to let end
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coarse; rough
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to occupy; to hold
2. to account for; to make up; to take up
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Most common form: すく
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty
2. to be hungry  (see also: お腹が空く)
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
lately; recently; nowadays
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
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'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to put on (or wear) lower-body clothing (i.e. pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (or wear) footwear  (usu 履く or 穿く)
2. to affix a sword to one's hip  (usu. 佩く or 帯く)
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Most common form: 止める
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to stop; to turn off  (esp. 止める, 停める)
2. to park  (esp. 止める, 停める)
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'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to eliminate; to elide
2. to curtail; to save; to cut down; to economize; to economise
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Most common form: 吝嗇
stinginess; miser; miserliness; selfishness  (see also: ケチ; also read けち)
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'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to invite; to ask
2. to beckon; to wave someone in; to gesture to
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