JLPT N3 Vocabulary N3

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• しょっぱいsalty
• だるいsluggish; languid; listless
• 一刻a moment; a minute; an instant
• 一生whole life; a lifetime; all through life
• 一瞬instant; moment; for an instant
• 一部one part; one portion; one section
• 一部分one part; one portion; one section
• 万能all-purpose; utility; universal
• 三面three sides; three faces; page three (of a newspaper)
• 上がるto rise; to go up; to come up
• 上げるto raise; to elevate
• 上代ancient times (e.g. Heian and Nara periods in Japan); remote ages; early history
• 上場listing (on the stock exchange, etc.); taking (a company) public
• 上層upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
• 上水water supply; tap water
• 上質fine quality
• 上部top part; surface
• 下がるto come down; to go down; to fall
• 下げるto hang; to suspend; to wear (e.g. decoration)
• 下層lower layer; layer beneath
• 下水drainage; ditch; gutter
• 下部lower part; substructure
• 不合格(examination) failure; rejection; disqualification
• 不均衡imbalance; lack of balance; lopsidedness
• 不要unnecessary; unneeded
• 不足insufficiency; deficiency; shortage
• 世々for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation
• 世界的worldwide; global; international
• 並ぶto line up; to stand in a line
• 並べるto line up; to set up; to arrange in a line
• 並存coexistence
• 並行going side-by-side; going abreast
• 中世Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
• 中央値median
• 中層middle part; medium depth (water); medium layer
• 中性neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference
• 中立国neutral country; neutral power
• 中部center; centre; middle
• 丸いround; circular; spherical
• 主演starring (in a film, play, etc.); playing the leading part
• 乏しいmeagre; meager; scarce
• 乗せるto place on (something)
• 予想expectation; anticipation; prediction
• 予感presentiment; premonition; hunch
• 予知foresight; foreknowledge; intimation
• 争うto compete; to contest; to contend
• 二酸化炭素carbon dioxide; CO2
• 二面
• 交ぜるto mix; to stir; to blend
• 交代change; alternation; rotation