Kanji (JLPT N3)
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- 政 politics, government
- 議 deliberation, consultation, debate
- 民 people, nation, subjects
- 連 take along, lead, join
- 対 vis-a-vis, opposite, even
- 部 section, bureau, dept
- 合 fit, suit, join
- 内 inside, within, between
- 相 inter-, mutual, together
- 定 determine, fix, establish
- 回 -times, round, game
- 選 elect, select, choose
- 実 reality, truth
- 関 connection, barrier, gateway
- 決 decide, fix, agree upon
- 表 surface, table, chart
- 戦 war, battle, match
- 経 sutra, longitude, pass thru
- 最 utmost, most, extreme
- 現 present, existing, actual
- 調 tune, tone, meter
- 化 change, take the form of, influence
- 当 hit, right, appropriate
- 約 promise, approximately, shrink
- 法 method, law, rule
- 性 sex, gender, nature
- 要 need, main point, essence
- 制 system, law, rule
- 治 reign, be at peace, calm down
- 務 task, duties
- 成 turn into, become, get
- 期 period, time, date
- 取 take, fetch, take up
- 都 metropolis, capital, all
- 和 harmony, japanese style, peace
- 機 loom, mechanism, machine
- 平 even, flat, peace
- 加 add, addition, increase
- 受 accept, undergo, answer (phone)
- 続 continue, series, sequel
- 進 advance, proceed, progress
- 記 scribe, account, narrative
- 初 first time, beginning
- 指 finger, point to, indicate
- 権 authority, power, rights
- 支 branch, support, sustain
- 産 products, bear, give birth
- 点 spot, point, mark
- 報 report, news, reward
- 済 settle (debt, etc.), relieve (burden), finish
- 活 lively, resuscitation, being helped
- 原 meadow, original, primitive
- 共 together, both, neither
- 得 gain, get, find
- 解 unravel, notes, key
- 交 mingle, mixing, association
- 資 assets, resources, capital
- 予 beforehand, previous, myself
- 向 yonder, facing, beyond
- 際 occasion, side, edge
- 勝 victory, win, prevail
- 面 mask, face, features
- 告 revelation, tell, inform
- 反 anti-
- 判 judgement, signature, stamp
- 認 acknowledge, witness, discern
- 参 nonplussed, three (in documents), going
- 利 profit, advantage, benefit
- 組 association, braid, plait
- 信 faith, truth, fidelity
- 在 exist, outskirts, suburbs
- 件 affair, case, matter
- 側 side, lean, oppose
- 任 responsibility, duty, term
- 引 pull, tug, jerk
- 求 request, want, wish for
- 所 place, extent
- 次 next, order, sequence
- 昨 yesterday, previous
- 論 argument, discourse
- 官 bureaucrat, the government, organ
- 増 increase, add, augment
- 係 person in charge, connection, duty
- 感 emotion, feeling, sensation
- 情 feelings, emotion, passion
- 投 throw, discard, abandon
- 示 show, indicate, point out
- 変 unusual, change, strange
- 打 strike, hit, knock
- 直 straightaway, honesty, frankness
- 両 both, old japanese coin, counter for carriages (e.g., in a train)
- 式 style, ceremony, rite
- 確 assurance, firm, tight
- 果 fruit, reward, carry out
- 容 contain, form, looks
- 必 invariably, certain, inevitable
- 演 performance, act, play
- 歳 year-end, age, occasion
- 争 contend, dispute, argue
- 談 discuss, talk
- 能 ability, talent, skill
- 位 rank, grade, throne
- 置 placement, put, set
- 流 current, a sink, flow
- 格 status, rank, capacity
- 疑 doubt, distrust, be suspicious
- 過 overdo, exceed, go beyond
- 局 bureau, board, office
- 放 set free, release, fire
- 常 usual, ordinary, normal
- 状 status quo, conditions, circumstances
- 球 ball, sphere
- 職 post, employment, work
- 与 bestow, participate in, give
- 供 submit, offer, present
- 役 duty, war, campaign
- 構 posture, build, pretend
- 割 proportion, comparatively, divide
- 費 expense, cost, spend
- 付 adhere, attach, refer to
- 由 wherefore, a reason
- 説 opinion, theory, explanation
- 難 difficult, impossible, trouble
- 優 tenderness, excel, surpass
- 夫 husband, man
- 収 income, obtain, reap
- 断 severance, decline, refuse
- 石 stone
- 消 extinguish, blow out, turn off
- 神 gods, mind, soul
- 規 standard, measure
- 術 art, technique, skill
- 備 equip, provision, preparation
- 宅 home, house, residence
- 害 harm, injury
- 配 distribute, spouse, exile
- 警 admonish, commandment
- 育 bring up, grow up, raise
- 席 seat, mat, occasion
- 訪 call on, visit, look up
- 乗 ride, power, multiplication
- 残 remainder, leftover, balance
- 想 concept, think, idea
- 声 voice
- 念 wish, sense, idea
- 助 help, rescue, assist
- 労 labor, thank for, reward for
- 例 example, custom, usage
- 然 sort of thing, so, if so
- 限 limit, restrict, to best of ability
- 追 chase, drive away, follow
- 商 make a deal, selling, dealing in
- 葉 leaf, plane, lobe
- 伝 transmit, go along, walk along
- 働 work, (kokuji)
- 形 shape, form, style
- 景 scenery, view
- 落 fall, drop, come down
- 好 fond, pleasing, like something
- 退 retreat, withdraw, retire
- 頭 head, counter for large animals
- 負 defeat, negative, -
- 渡 transit, ford, ferry
- 失 lose, error, fault
- 差 distinction, difference, variation
- 末 end, close, tip
- 守 guard, protect, defend
- 若 young, if, perhaps
- 種 species, kind, class
- 美 beauty, beautiful
- 命 fate, command, decree
- 福 blessing, fortune, luck
- 望 ambition, full moon, hope
- 非 un-, mistake, negative
- 観 outlook, look, appearance
- 察 guess, presume, surmise
- 段 grade, steps, stairs
- 横 sideways, side, horizontal
- 深 deep, heighten, intensify
- 申 have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5pm
- 様 esq., way, manner
- 財 property, money, wealth
- 港 harbor
- 識 discriminating, know, write
- 呼 call, call out to, invite
- 達 accomplished, reach, arrive
- 良 good, pleasing, skilled
- 候 climate, season, weather
- 程 extent, degree, law
- 満 full, fullness, enough
- 敗 failure, defeat, reversal
- 値 price, cost, value
- 突 stab, protruding, thrust
- 光 ray, light
- 路 path, route, road
- 科 department, course, section
- 積 volume, product (x*y), acreage
- 他 other, another, the others
- 処 dispose, manage, deal with
- 太 plump, thick, big around
- 客 guest, visitor, customer
- 否 negate, no, noes
- 師 expert, teacher, master
- 登 ascend, climb up
- 易 easy, ready to, simple
- 速 quick, fast
- 存 exist, suppose, be aware of
- 飛 fly, skip (pages), scatter
- 殺 kill, murder, butcher
- 号 nickname, number, item
- 単 simple, one, single
- 座 squat, seat, cushion
- 破 rend, rip, tear
- 除 exclude, division (x/3), remove
- 完 perfect, completion, end
- 降 descend, precipitate, fall
- 責 blame, condemn, censure
- 捕 catch, capture
- 危 dangerous, fear, uneasy
- 給 salary, wage, gift
- 苦 suffering, trial, worry
- 迎 welcome, meet, greet
- 園 park, garden, yard
- 具 tool, utensil, means
- 辞 resign, word, term
- 因 cause, factor, be associated with
- 愛 love, affection, favourite
- 富 wealth, enrich, abundant
- 彼 he, that, the
- 未 un-, not yet, hitherto
- 舞 dance, flit, circle
- 亡 deceased, the late, dying
- 冷 cool, cold (beer, person), chill
- 適 suitable, occasional, rare
- 婦 lady, woman, wife
- 寄 draw near, stop in, bring near
- 込 crowded, mixture, in bulk
- 顔 face, expression
- 類 sort, kind, variety
- 余 too much, myself, surplus
- 王 king, rule, magnate
- 返 return, answer, fade
- 妻 wife, spouse
- 背 stature, height, back
- 熱 heat, temperature, fever
- 宿 inn, lodging, relay station
- 薬 medicine, chemical, enamel
- 険 precipitous, inaccessible place, impregnable position
- 頼 trust, request
- 船 ship, boat
- 途 route, way, road
- 許 permit, approve
- 抜 slip out, extract, pull out
- 留 detain, fasten, halt
- 罪 guilt, sin, crime
- 努 toil, diligent, as much as possible
- 精 refined, ghost, fairy
- 散 scatter, disperse, spend
- 静 quiet
- 婚 marriage
- 喜 rejoice, take pleasure in
- 浮 floating, float, rise to surface
- 絶 discontinue, sever, cut off
- 幸 happiness, blessing, fortune
- 押 push, stop, check
- 倒 overthrow, fall, collapse
- 等 etc., and so forth, class (first)
- 老 old man, old age, grow old
- 曲 bend, music, melody
- 払 pay, clear out, prune
- 庭 courtyard, garden, yard
- 徒 on foot, junior, emptiness
- 勤 diligence, become employed, serve
- 遅 slow, late, back
- 居 reside, to be, exist
- 雑 miscellaneous
- 招 beckon, invite, summon
- 困 quandary, become distressed, annoyed
- 欠 lack, gap, fail
- 更 grow late, night watch, sit up late
- 刻 engrave, cut fine, chop
- 賛 approve, praise, title or inscription on picture
- 抱 embrace, hug, hold in arms
- 犯 crime, sin, offense
- 恐 fear, dread, awe
- 息 breath, respiration, son
- 遠 distant, far
- 戻 re-, return, revert
- 願 petition, request, vow
- 絵 picture, drawing, painting
- 越 surpass, cross over, move to
- 欲 longing, covetousness, greed
- 痛 pain, hurt, damage
- 互 mutually, reciprocally, together
- 束 bundle, sheaf, ream
- 似 becoming, resemble, counterfeit
- 列 file, row, rank
- 探 grope, search, look for
- 逃 escape, flee, shirk
- 遊 play
- 迷 astray, be perplexed, in doubt
- 夢 dream, vision, illusion
- 君 mister, you, ruler
- 閉 closed, shut
- 緒 thong, beginning, inception
- 折 fold, break, fracture
- 草 grass, weeds, herbs
- 暮 evening, twilight, season's end
- 酒 sake, alcohol
- 悲 grieve, sad, deplore
- 晴 clear up
- 掛 hang, suspend, depend
- 到 arrival, proceed, reach
- 寝 lie down, sleep, rest
- 盗 steal, rob, pilfer
- 吸 suck, imbibe, inhale
- 陽 sunshine, yang principle, positive
- 御 honorable, manipulate, govern
- 歯 tooth, cog
- 忘 forget
- 雪 snow
- 吹 blow, breathe, puff
- 娘 daughter, girl
- 誤 mistake, err, do wrong
- 洗 wash, inquire into, probe
- 慣 accustomed, get used to, become experienced
- 礼 salute, bow, ceremony
- 窓 window, pane
- 昔 once upon a time, antiquity, old times
- 貧 poverty, poor
- 怒 angry, be offended
- 泳 swim
- 祖 ancestor, pioneer, founder
- 杯 counter for cupfuls, wine glass, glass
- 疲 exhausted, tire, weary
- 皆 all, everything
- 鳴 chirp, cry, bark
- 腹 abdomen, belly, stomach
- 煙 smoke
- 眠 sleep, die, sleepy
- 怖 dreadful, be frightened, fearful
- 耳 ear
- 頂 place on the head, receive, top of head
- 箱 box, chest, case
- 晩 nightfall, night
- 髪 hair of the head
- 忙 busy, occupied, restless
- 才 genius, years old, cubic shaku
- 靴 shoes
- 恥 shame, dishonor
- 偶 accidentally, even number, couple
- 偉 admirable, greatness, remarkable
- 猫 cat
- 幾 how many, how much, how far
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