JLPT N3 Kanji

politics;
government

deliberation;
consultation;
debate;
consideration

people; nation;
subjects

take along; lead;
join; connect;
party; gang; clique

vis-a-vis; opposite;
even; equal;
versus; anti-;
compare

section; bureau;
dept; class; copy;
part; portion;
counter for copies
of a newspaper or
magazine

fit; suit; join; 0.1

market; city; town

inside; within;
between; among;
house; home

inter-; mutual;
together; each
other; minister of
state; councillor;
aspect; phase;
physiognomy

determine; fix;
establish; decide

-times; round;
game; revolve;
counter for
occurrences

elect; select;
choose; prefer

rice; USA; metre

reality; truth

connection;
barrier; gateway;
involve;
concerning

decide; fix; agree
upon; appoint

whole; entire; all;
complete; fulfill

surface; table;
chart; diagram

war; battle; match

sutra; longitude;
pass thru; expire;
warp

utmost; most;
extreme

present; existing;
actual

tune; tone; meter;
key (music);
writing style;
prepare; exorcise;
investigate

change; take the
form of; influence;
enchant; delude; -
ization

hit; right;
appropriate;
himself

promise;
approximately;
shrink

neck; counter for
songs and poems

method; law; rule;
principle; model;
system

sex; gender; nature

need; main point;
essence; pivot; key
to

system; law; rule

reign; be at peace;
calm down;
subdue; quell;
govt; cure; heal;
rule; conserve

task; duties

turn into; become;
get; grow; elapse;
reach

period; time; date;
term

take; fetch; take up

metropolis; capital

harmony; Japanese
style; peace;
soften; Japan

mechanism;
opportunity;
occasion; machine;
airplane

even; flat; peace

add; addition;
increase; join;
include; Canada

accept; undergo;
answer (phone);
take; get; catch;
receive

continue; series;
sequel

advance; proceed;
progress; promote

number; strength;
fate; law; figures

scribe; account;
narrative

first time;
beginning

finger; point to;
indicate; put into;
play (chess);
measure (ruler)

authority; power;
rights

branch; support;
sustain; branch
radical (no. 65)

products; bear;
give birth; yield;
childbirth; native;
property

spot; point; mark;
speck; decimal
point

report; news;
reward; retribution

finish; come to an
end; excusable;
need not

lively;
resuscitation;
being helped;
living

meadow; original;
primitive; field;
plain; prairie;
tundra; wilderness

together; both;
neither; all; and;
alike; with

gain; get; find;
earn; acquire; can;
may; able to;
profit; advantage;
benefit

unravel; notes;
key; explanation;
understanding;
untie; undo; solve;
answer; cancel;
absolve; explain;
minute

mingle; mixing;
association;
coming & going

assets; resources;
capital; funds;
data; be conducive
to; contribute to

beforehand;
previous; myself; I

yonder; facing;
beyond; confront;
defy; tend toward;
approach

occasion; side;
edge; verge;
dangerous;
adventurous;
indecent; time;
when

victory; win;
prevail; excel

mask; face;
features; surface

revelation; tell;
inform; announce

anti-

judgement;
signature; stamp;
seal

acknowledge;
witness; discern;
recognize;
appreciate; believe

nonplussed; three
(in documents);
going; coming;
visiting; visit; be
defeated; die; be
madly in love;
participate; take
part in

profit; advantage;
benefit

association; braid;
plait; construct;
assemble; unite;
cooperate; grapple

faith; truth;
fidelity; trust

exist; outskirts;
suburbs; located in

affair; case; matter;
item

side; lean; oppose;
regret

responsibility;
duty; term; entrust
to; appoint

pull; tug; jerk;
admit; install;
quote; refer to

request; want; wish
for; require;
demand

place

next; order;
sequence

yesterday;
previous

argument;
discourse

bureaucrat; the
government

increase; add;
augment; gain;
promote

person in charge;
connection; duty;
concern oneself

emotion; feeling;
sensation

feelings; emotion;
passion; sympathy;
circumstances;
facts

throw; discard;
abandon; launch
into; join; invest
in; hurl; give up;
sell at a loss

show; indicate;
point out; express;
display

unusual; change;
strange

strike; hit; knock;
pound; dozen

straightaway;
honesty; frankness;
fix; repair

both; old Japanese
coin; counter for
carriages (e.g., in a
train); two

style; ceremony;
rite; function;
method; system;
form; expression

assurance; firm;
tight; hard; solid;
confirm; clear;
evident

fruit; reward; carry
out; achieve;
complete; end;
finish; succeed

contain; form;
looks

invariably; certain;
inevitable

performance; act;
play; render; stage

year-end; age;
occasion;
opportunity

contend; dispute;
argue

discuss; talk

ability; talent;
skill; capacity

rank; grade;
throne; crown;
about; some

placement; put;
set; deposit; leave
behind; keep;
employ; pawn

current; a sink;
flow; forfeit

status; rank;
capacity;
character; case
(law, grammar)

doubt; distrust; be
suspicious;
question

overdo; exceed; go
beyond; error

bureau; board;
office; affair;
conclusion; court
lady; lady-in-
waiting; her
apartment

set free; release;
fire; shoot; emit;
banish; liberate

usual; ordinary;
normal; regular

status quo;
conditions;
circumstances;
form; appearance

ball; sphere

post; employment;
work

bestow; participate
in; give; award;
impart; provide;
cause; gift;
godsend

submit; offer;
present; serve
(meal); accompany

duty; war;
campaign; drafted
labor; office;
service; role

posture; build;
pretend

proportion;
comparatively;
divide; cut;
separate; split

expense; cost;
spend; consume;
waste

adhere; attach;
refer to; append

wherefore; a
reason

opinion; theory;
explanation; rumor

difficult;
impossible;
trouble; accident;
defect

tenderness; excel;
surpass; actor;
superiority;
gentleness

husband; man

income; obtain;
reap; pay; supply;
store

severance; decline;
refuse; apologize;
warn; dismiss;
prohibit; decision;
judgement; cutting

stone

difference; differ

extinguish; blow
out; turn off;
neutralize; cancel

gods; mind; soul

turn; number in a
series

standard; measure

art; technique;
skill; means; trick;
resources; magic

equip; provision;
preparation

home; house;
residence; our
house; my husband

harm; injury

distribute; spouse;
exile; rationing

admonish;
commandment

bring up; grow up;
raise; rear

seat; mat;
occasion; place

call on; visit; look
up; offer sympathy

ride; power;
multiplication;
record; counter for
vehicles; board;
mount; join

remainder;
leftover; balance

concept; think;
idea; thought

voice

wish; sense; idea;
thought; feeling;
desire; attention

help; rescue; assist

labor; thank for;
reward for; toil;
trouble

example; custom;
usage; precedent

sort of thing; so; if
so; in that case;
well

limit; restrict; to
best of ability

chase; drive away;
follow; pursue;
meanwhile

make a deal;
selling; dealing in;
merchant

leaf; plane; lobe;
needle; blade;
spear; counter for
flat things;
fragment; piece

transmit; go along;
walk along;
follow; report;
communicate;
legend; tradition

work; (kokuji)

shape; form; style

scenery; view

fall; drop; come
down; village;
hamlet

fond; pleasing; like
something

retreat; withdraw;
retire; resign;
repel; expel; reject

head; counter for
large animals

defeat; negative; -;
minus; bear; owe;
assume a
responsibility

transit; ford; ferry;
cross; import;
deliver; diameter;
migrate

lose; error; fault;
disadvantage; loss

distinction;
difference;
variation;
discrepancy;
margin; balance

end; close; tip;
powder; posterity

guard; protect;
defend; obey

young; if; perhaps;
possibly; low
number; immature

species; kind;
class; variety; seed

beauty; beautiful

fate; command;
decree; destiny;
life; appoint

blessing; fortune;
luck; wealth

ambition; full
moon; hope;
desire; aspire to;
expect

un-; mistake;
negative; injustice;
non-

outlook; look;
appearance;
condition; view

guess; presume;
surmise; judge;
understand

grade; steps; stairs

sideways; side;
horizontal; width;
woof

deep; heighten;
intensify;
strengthen

have the honor to;
sign of the
monkey; 3-5PM;
ninth sign of
Chinese zodiac

Esq.; way; manner;
situation; polite
suffix

property; money;
wealth; assets

harbor

discriminating;
know; write

call; call out to;
invite

accomplished;
reach; arrive; attain

good; pleasing;
skilled

climate; season;
weather

extent; degree;
law; formula;
distance; limits;
amount

full; fullness;
enough; satisfy

failure; defeat;
reversal

price; cost; value

stab; protruding;
thrust; pierce;
prick; collision;
sudden

ray; light

path; route; road;
distance

department;
course; section

volume; product
(x*y); acreage;
contents; pile up;
stack; load; amass

other; another; the
others

dispose; manage;
deal with;
sentence;
condemn; act;
behave; place

plump; thick; big
around

guest; visitor;
customer; client

negate; no; noes;
refuse; decline;
deny

expert; teacher;
master; model;
exemplar; army
(incl. counter); war

ascend; climb up

easy; ready to;
simple; fortune-
telling; divination

quick; fast

exist; suppose; be
aware of; believe;
feel

fly; skip (pages);
scatter

kill; murder;
butcher; slice off;
split; diminish;
reduce; spoil

nickname; number;
item; title;
pseudonym; name;
call

simple; one;
single; merely

squat; seat;
cushion; gathering;
sit

rend; rip; tear;
break; destroy;
defeat; frustrate

exclude; division
(x/3); remove;
abolish; cancel;
except

perfect;
completion; end

descend;
precipitate; fall;
surrender

blame; condemn;
censure

catch; capture

dangerous; fear;
uneasy

salary; wage; gift;
allow; grant;
bestow on

suffering; trial;
worry; hardship;
feel bitter; scowl

welcome; meet;
greet

park; garden; yard;
farm

tool; utensil;
means; possess;
ingredients;
counter for armor,
suits, sets of
furniture

resign; word; term;
expression

cause; factor; be
associated with;
depend on; be
limited to

horse

love; affection;
favourite

wealth; enrich;
abundant

he; that; the

un-; not yet;
hitherto; still; even
now; sign of the
ram; 1-3PM;
eighth sign of
Chinese zodiac

dance; flit; circle;
wheel

deceased; the late;
dying; perish

cool; cold (beer,
person); chill

suitable;
occasional; rare;
qualified; capable

lady; woman; wife;
bride

draw near; stop in;
bring near; gather;
collect; send;
forward

crowded; mixture;
in bulk; included;
(kokuji)

face; expression

sort; kind; variety;
class; genus

too much; myself;
surplus; other;
remainder

king; rule; magnate

return; answer;
fade; repay

wife; spouse

stature; height;
back; behind;
disobey; defy; go
back on; rebel

heat; temperature;
fever; mania;
passion

inn; lodging; relay
station; dwell;
lodge; be pregnant;
home; dwelling

medicine;
chemical; enamel;
gunpowder;
benefit

precipitous;
inaccessible place;
impregnable
position; steep
place; sharp eyes

trust; request

memorize; learn;
remember; awake;
sober up

ship; boat

route; way; road

permit; approve

slip out; extract;
pull out; pilfer;
quote; remove;
omit

convenience

detain; fasten; halt;
stop

guilt; sin; crime;
fault; blame;
offense

toil; diligent; as
much as possible

refined; ghost;
fairy; energy;
vitality; semen;
excellence; purity;
skill

scatter; disperse;
spend; squander

quiet

marriage

rejoice; take
pleasure in

floating; float; rise
to surface

discontinue;
beyond; sever; cut
off; abstain;
interrupt; suppress

happiness;
blessing; fortune

push; stop; check;
subdue; attach;
seize; weight;
shove; press; seal;
do in spite of

overthrow; fall;
collapse; drop;
break down

etc.; and so forth;
class (first);
quality; equal;
similar

old man; old age;
grow old

bend; music;
melody;
composition;
pleasure; injustice;
fault; curve;
crooked; perverse;
lean

pay; clear out;
prune; banish;
dispose of

courtyard; garden;
yard

junior; emptiness;
vanity; futility;
uselessness;
ephemeral thing;
gang; set; party;
people

diligence; become
employed; serve

slow; late; back;
later

reside; to be; exist;
live with

miscellaneous

beckon; invite;
summon; engage

quandary; become
distressed;
annoyed

lack; gap; fail;
yawning radical
(no. 76)

grow late; night
watch; sit up late;
of course; renew;
renovate; again;
more and more;
further

engrave; cut fine;
chop; hash; mince;
time; carving

approve; praise;
title or inscription
on picture; assist;
agree with

embrace; hug; hold
in arms

crime; sin; offense

fear; dread; awe

breath; respiration;
son; interest (on
money)

distant; far

re-; return; revert;
resume; restore; go
backwards

petition; request;
vow; wish; hope

picture; drawing;
painting; sketch

surpass; cross
over; move to;
exceed; Vietnam

longing;
covetousness;
greed; passion;
desire; craving

pain; hurt; damage;
bruise

laugh

mutually;
reciprocally;
together

bundle; sheaf;
ream; tie in
bundles; govern;
manage; control

becoming;
resemble;
counterfeit;
imitate; suitable

file; row; rank;
tier; column

grope; search; look
for

escape; flee; shirk;
evade; set free

play

astray; be
perplexed; in
doubt; lost; err;
illusion

dream; vision;
illusion

mister; you; ruler;
male name suffix

closed; shut

thong; beginning;
inception; end;
cord; strap

fold; break;
fracture; bend;
yield; submit

grass; weeds;
herbs; pasture;
write; draft

livelihood; make a
living; spend time

sake; alcohol

grieve; sad;
deplore; regret

clear up

hang; suspend;
depend; arrive at;
tax; pour

arrival; proceed;
reach; attain; result
in

lie down; sleep;
rest; bed; remain
unsold

darkness;
disappear; shade;
informal; grow
dark; be blinded

steal; rob; pilfer

suck; imbibe;
inhale; sip

sunshine; yang
principle; positive;
male; heaven;
daytime

honorable;
manipulate; govern

tooth; cog

forget

snow

blow; breathe;
puff; emit; smoke

daughter; girl

mistake; err; do
wrong; mislead

wash; inquire into;
probe

accustomed; get
used to; become
experienced

salute; bow;
ceremony; thanks;
remuneration

window; pane

once upon a time;
antiquity; old times

poverty; poor

angry; be offended

ancestor; pioneer;
founder

swim

counter for
cupfuls; wine
glass; glass; toast

exhausted; tire;
weary

all; everything

chirp; cry; bark;
sound; ring; echo;
honk

abdomen; belly;
stomach

smoke

sleep; die; sleepy

dreadful; be
frightened; fearful

ear

place on the head;
receive; top of
head; top; summit;
peak

box; chest; case;
bin; railway car

nightfall; night

cold

hair of the head

busy; occupied;
restless

genius; years old;
cubic shaku

shoes

shame; dishonor

accidentally; even
number; couple;
man & wife; same
kind

admirable;
greatness;
remarkable;
conceited; famous;
excellent

cat

how many; how
much; how far;
how long; some;
several