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JLPT N3 Vocabulary — Part 16 of 22 (通信 … 特徴)
Words 1501–1600 of the 2139-word JLPT N3 list. Kanji link to their study pages, verbs and adjectives link to their conjugation tables, and any word can be tapped to hear it. Test yourself with the N3 vocabulary quiz.
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| Word | Reading | Meaning | Conjugation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 通信 | つうしん tsuushin | correspondence, communications | — |
| 通訳 | つうやく tsuuyaku | interpretation; interpreter | — |
| 捕まる | つかまる tsukamaru | to be arrested; to be caught | verb → |
| 掴む | つかむ tsukamu | to seize, to catch, to grasp | verb → |
| 疲れ | つかれ tsukare | tiredness, fatigue | — |
| 付き合い | つきあい tsukiai | socialization; friendship; association | — |
| 付合う | つきあう tsukiau | to associate with, to keep company with, to get on with | verb → |
| 次々 | つぎつぎ tsugitsugi | in succession, one by one | — |
| 付く | つく tsuku | to adjoin, to be attached, to adhere | verb → |
| 就く | つく tsuku | to settle in (place), to take (seat position), to study (under teacher) | verb → |
| 突く | つく tsuku | to thrust, to strike; to poke | verb → |
| 次ぐ | つぐ tsugu | to rank next to, to come after | verb → |
| 注ぐ | つぐ tsugu | to pour (into) | — |
| 付ける | つける tsukeru | to attach, to join, to add | verb → |
| 着ける | つける tsukeru | to put on, to wear; to draw up | verb → |
| 伝わる | つたわる tsutawaru | to be handed down, to be transmitted | verb → |
| 土 | つち tsuchi | earth, soil | — |
| 続き | つづき tsuzuki | sequel, continuation | — |
| 包み | つつみ tsutsumi | bundle, package | — |
| 勤め | つとめ tsutome | work, employment | — |
| 務め | つとめ tsutome | duty | — |
| 繋がる | つながる tsunagaru | to be connected to, to be related to | verb → |
| 繋ぐ | つなぐ tsunagu | to tie, to fasten, to connect | verb → |
| 繋げる | つなげる tsunageru | to connect | verb → |
| 常に | つねに tsuneni | always (same as いつも) (written expression) | — |
| 翼 | つばさ tsubasa | wings | — |
| つまり | つまり tsumari | namely; in other words; in short | — |
| 罪 | つみ tsumi | crime, fault, indiscretion | — |
| 積む | つむ tsumu | to pile up, to stack | verb → |
| 詰める | つめる tsumeru | to pack, to shorten, to work out (details) | verb → |
| 積もる | つもる tsumoru | to pile up | verb → |
| 梅雨 | つゆ tsuyu | rainy season | — |
| 辛い | つらい tsurai | painful, heart-breaking | — |
| 釣 | つり tsuri | fishing | — |
| 連れ | つれ tsure | companion, company | — |
| 出 | で de | outflow, coming (going) out, graduate (of) | — |
| 出会い | であい deai | meeting, rendezvous, encounter | — |
| 出合い | であい deai | an encounter | — |
| 出会う | であう deau | to meet by chance, to come across, to happen to encounter | verb → |
| 提案 | ていあん teian | proposal, proposition, suggestion | — |
| 定期 | ていき teiki | fixed term | — |
| 抵抗 | ていこう teikou | resistance, opposition | — |
| 提出 | ていしゅつ teishutsu | presentation, submission, filing | — |
| 停電 | ていでん teiden | failure of electricity | — |
| 程度 | ていど teido | degree, amount, level | — |
| 停留所 | ていりゅうじょ teiryuujo | bus or tram stop | — |
| デート | デート de-to | date (in the sense of 'social engagement' only) | — |
| 敵 | てき teki | enemy, rival | — |
| 出来事 | できごと dekigoto | incident happening, event | — |
| 適する | てきする tekisuru | to fit, to suit | verb → |
| 適切 | てきせつ tekisetsu | appropriate, adequate, relevance | na-adj → |
| 適度 | てきど tekido | moderate | na-adj → |
| 適用 | てきよう tekiyou | applying | — |
| できれば | できれば dekireba | if possible… | — |
| 手品 | てじな tejina | conjuring trick, magic | — |
| ですから | ですから desukara | therefore | — |
| 鉄 | てつ tetsu | iron | — |
| 哲学 | てつがく tetsugaku | philosophy | — |
| 手伝い | てつだい tetsudai | help, helper, assistant | — |
| 徹底 | てってい tettei | thoroughness, completeness | — |
| 鉄道 | てつどう tetsudou | railway; railroad | — |
| 徹夜 | てつや tetsuya | staying up all night, sleepless night | — |
| 手間 | てま tema | time, labor | — |
| デモ | デモ demo | demo, demonstration | — |
| 典型 | てんけい tenkei | type, pattern, archetypal | — |
| 天候 | てんこう tenkou | weather | — |
| 電子 | でんし denshi | electron; electronic | — |
| テント | テント tento | tent | — |
| 伝統 | でんとう dentou | tradition, convention | — |
| 天然 | てんねん tennen | nature, spontaneity | — |
| 問い | とい toi | question, query | — |
| 党 | とう tou | party (political) | — |
| 塔 | とう tou | tower, pagoda | — |
| 答案 | とうあん touan | examination paper, examination script | — |
| 同一 | どういつ douitsu | identity, sameness, similarity | — |
| 銅貨 | どうか douka | copper coin | — |
| 当時 | とうじ touji | at that time, in those days (same as そのころ) | — |
| 動詞 | どうし doushi | verb | — |
| 同時 | どうじ douji | simultaneous(ly), same time | — |
| どうしても | どうしても doushitemo | at any cost, no matter what, no matter how hard one tries | — |
| どうぞよろしく | どうぞよろしく douzoyoroshiku | pleased to meet you | — |
| 到着 | とうちゃく touchaku | arrival | — |
| 道徳 | どうとく doutoku | morals | — |
| 投票 | とうひょう touhyou | voting, poll | — |
| 東洋 | とうよう touyou | Orient | — |
| 同様 | どうよう douyou | identical, same (kind), like | — |
| 童謡 | どうよう douyou | children's song, nursery rhyme | — |
| 同僚 | どうりょう douryou | colleague; co-worker | — |
| 道路 | どうろ douro | road | — |
| 通す | とおす toosu | to let pass, to overlook, to continue | verb → |
| 通り過ぎる | とおりすぎる toorisugiru | to pass, to pass through | verb → |
| 都会 | とかい tokai | city | — |
| 溶く | とく toku | to dissolve (paint) | verb → |
| 解く | とく toku | to unfasten; answer, solve | verb → |
| 退く | どく doku | to retreat, to recede, to withdraw | verb → |
| 毒 | どく doku | poison, toxicant | — |
| 得意 | とくい tokui | pride, triumph, prosperity | — |
| 読書 | どくしょ dokusho | reading | — |
| 独身 | どくしん dokushin | single, unmarried | — |
| 特徴 | とくちょう tokuchou | characteristic(s); feature(s); trait(s) | — |
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