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JLPT N3 Kanji — Part 3 flashcards

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Fifty-nine more kanji commonly listed for N3, the most frequent in newspapers — society and law, work and money, news and numbers, everyday verbs, plans and results, and abstract words like whole, most and side — each with meaning, on/kun readings and example words.

Learn deck · part of JLPT N3 · written against: Every word of the JLPT N3 vocabulary list compiled by Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk, CC BY; no official list since 2010) and every N3 kanji of kanji-data not already in the N5 and N4 decks (352 of its 367, with 泣 and 暖: 354 kanji), with grammar patterns and in-context cloze; sentences use N5–N3 kanji, pitch accent from Kanjium. Updated 2026-10-10.

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  1. 認
    Meaning: recognise; admit; approve

    On: ニン · Kun: みと(める)
    Example: 認める (みとめる) — to admit; to recognise · 確認 (かくにん) — confirmation; checking
    Feelings & Mind
  2. 相
    Meaning: mutual; partner; minister

    On: ソウ, ショウ · Kun: あい
    Example: 相手 (あいて) — partner; the other person · 首相 (しゅしょう) — prime minister
    Family & People
  3. 指
    Meaning: finger; point to

    On: シ · Kun: ゆび, さ(す)
    Example: 指 (ゆび) — finger · 指す (さす) — to point at; to indicate
    Body & Health
  4. 原
    Meaning: field; plain; original

    On: ゲン · Kun: はら
    Example: 野原 (のはら) — field; plain · 原因 (げんいん) — cause
    Weather & Nature
  5. 連
    Meaning: take along; connect; in a row

    On: レン · Kun: つ(れる), つら(なる), つら(ねる)
    Example: 連れる (つれる) — to take (someone) along · 連休 (れんきゅう) — consecutive holidays
    Travel & Movement
  6. 部
    Meaning: section; department; part

    On: ブ · Kun: —
    Example: 部長 (ぶちょう) — department head · 部屋 (へや) — room (special reading)
    Work & Money
  7. 表
    Meaning: express; surface; table (chart)

    On: ヒョウ · Kun: おもて, あらわ(す), あらわ(れる)
    Example: 発表 (はっぴょう) — announcement; presentation · 表す (あらわす) — to express; to show
    Study & Communication
  8. 定
    Meaning: decide; fix; settle

    On: テイ, ジョウ · Kun: さだ(める), さだ(まる), さだ(か)
    Example: 決定 (けってい) — decision · 安定 (あんてい) — stability
    Change & Results
  9. 対
    Meaning: opposite; versus; toward

    On: タイ, ツイ · Kun: —
    Example: 絶対 (ぜったい) — absolutely; definitely · 対する (たいする) — to face; toward; regarding
    Qualities & States
  10. 議
    Meaning: deliberation; discussion

    On: ギ · Kun: —
    Example: 会議 (かいぎ) — meeting; conference · 不思議 (ふしぎ) — strange; mysterious
    Society & Law

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Review status: Second-reader reviewed, with corrections applied.

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  • Readings and meanings checked against the jōyō kanji table (Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan, 2010) and KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0); example words against JMdict (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0); reference only, no text copied.
  • Kanji selection follows the set commonly listed for JLPT N3, here the N3 kanji in kanji-data (davidluzgouveia/kanji-data, MIT), and excludes every kanji in the JLPT N5 and N4 kanji decks and in Parts 1–2; there is no official JLPT kanji list since 2010.

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