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JLPT N3 Kanji List

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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

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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

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-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

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hit, right, appropriate, himself promise, approximately, shrink neck method, law, rule, principle, model, system

sex, gender, nature need, main point, essence, pivot, key to system, law, rule

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reign, be at peace, calm down, subdue, quell, govt, cure, heal, rule, conserve task, duties

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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

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add, addition, increase, join, include, Canada accept, undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch, receive

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continue, series, sequel

advance, proceed, progress, promote number, strength, fate, law, figures scribe, account, narrative

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first time, beginning finger, point to, indicate, put into, play (chess), measure (ruler) authority, power, rights branch, support, sustain 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

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lively, resuscitation, being helped, living meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness

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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

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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

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revelation, tell, inform, announce antijudgement, signature, stamp, seal acknowledge, witness, discern, recognize, appreciate, believe nonplussed, three, going, coming, visiting, visit, be defeated, die, be madly in love 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

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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 vehicles, two style, ceremony, rite, function, method, system, form, expression . . . . -. assurance, firm, tight, hard, solid, confirm, clear, evident fruit, reward, carry out, achieve,

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complete, end, finish, succeed contain, form, looks invariably, certain, inevitable performance, act, play, render, stage

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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)

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doubt, distrust, be suspicious, question

overdo, exceed, go beyond, error

bureau, board, office, affair, conclusion, court lady, lady-inwaiting, her apartment set free, release, fire, shoot,

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emit, banish, liberate usual, ordinary, normal, regular status quo, conditions, circumstances, form, appearance ball, sphere post, employment, work

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bestow, participate in, give, award, impart, provide, cause, gift, godsend submit, offer, present, serve (meal), accompany duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role

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posture, build, pretend proportion, comparatively, divide, cut, separate, split expense, cost, spend, consume, waste

adhere, attach, refer to, append

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wherefore, a reason rumor, opinion, theory

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difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect

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. . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . -

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difference, differ

extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel gods, mind, soul turn, number in a series standard, measure

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art, technique, skill, means, trick, resources, magic equip, provision, preparation home, house, residence, our house, my husband harm, injury

distribute, spouse, exile,

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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

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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

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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

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work, (kokuji)

shape, form, style scenery, view

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fall, drop, come down 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

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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, nonoutlook, look, appearance, condition, view guess, presume, surmise, judge, understand grade, steps, stairs

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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

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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, enough, pride, satisfy failure, defeat, reversal price, cost, value stab, protruding, thrusting, thrust, pierce, prick 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,

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place . . plump, thick, big around guest, visitor, customer, client negate, no, noes, refuse, decline, deny expert, teacher, master, army, war . . - . . . . -. .

ascend, climb up

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easy, ready to, simple, fortunetelling, divination quick, fast 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

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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

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wealth, enrich, abundant

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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

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cool, cold (beer, person), chill

suitable, occasional, rare, qualified, capable lady, woman, wife, bride

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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

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return, answer, fade, repay wife, spouse

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stature, height, back, behind,

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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,

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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

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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 grow late, night watch, sit up late, of course 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

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fear, dread, awe

breath, respiration, son, interest (on money)

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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

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dream, vision, illusion old boy, 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 jail cell, grieve, sad, deplore, regret clear up

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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

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suck, imbibe, inhale, sip sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime

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honorable, manipulate, govern tooth, cog forget snow blow, breathe, puff, emit, smoke

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daughter, girl mistake, err, do wrong, mislead wash, inquire into, probe

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accustomed, get used to, become experienced salute, bow, ceremony, thanks, remuneration

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window, pane once upon a time, antiquity, old times poverty, poor angry, be offended swim ancestor, pioneer, founder

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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

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place on the head, receive, top of head, top, summit, peak box, chest, case, bin, railway car nightfall, night cold hair of the head

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busy, occupied, restless genius, years old, cubic shaku

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shoes shame, dishonor

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. accidentally, even number, couple, man & wife, same kind admirable, greatness, remarkable, conceited, famous, excellent - . cat how many, how much, how far, how long

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