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The next 87 N3 words by frequency (travel and nature, society, sport and the arts, home and food, health, work and money, study and reading, judgement), each in an original N3 sentence with its translation, the pitch accent for most words, and a note where it helps.

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  1. かつやくする (活躍する) (v., irregular)
    兄は今、海外のサッカーチームでかつやくしています。
    to be active (in a role); to play an active part; to do well [0]

    My older brother is now doing great things for a football team abroad.

    Watch out: Praise for doing well in a role; plain 'activity' is 活動 (かつどう).
    する-verbs
  2. かしゅ (歌手) (n.)
    テレビで見たその歌手のコンサートに、来月行くことになりました。
    singer [1]

    I'm going to a concert next month by that singer I saw on TV.

    Note: 手 marks a person who does something: 歌手, 選手, 運転手.
    People & Relationships
  3. ふくそう (服装) (n.)
    うちの会社はふくそうが自由なので、毎日ジーンズで通っています。
    clothes; dress; what someone is wearing [0]

    My company has no dress code, so I go to work in jeans every day.

    Note: More formal than 服; 服装は自由です = there is no dress code.
    Home & Daily Life
  4. ね (根) (n.)
    にんじんは、ねの部分を食べる野菜です。
    root; (fig.) root, origin; nature (of a person) [1]

    Carrots are a vegetable whose root is the part you eat.

    Watch out: Homophone 値 (ね) = price; 根はやさしい = kind at heart.
    Town · Travel & Nature
  5. せつやくする (節約する) (v., irregular)
    一人で暮らし始めてから、食費をせつやくするために、安いスーパーで買い物をしています。
    to save; to economise; to cut down on [0]

    Since I started living on my own, I've been shopping at a cheap supermarket to save on food.

    Note: Not only money: 時間をせつやくする = to save time; 水をせつやくする = to save water.
    Work & Money
  6. あつまり (集まり) (n.)
    日曜日の集まりには、近所の人が二十人ぐらい来ました。
    gathering; meeting; get-together [3]

    About twenty neighbours came to Sunday's get-together.

    Note: From 集まる (to gather); 集まりが悪い = a poor turnout.
    Society & Events
  7. じゅんばん (順番) (n.)
    子どもたちは、ブランコに乗るじゅんばんを守って、一人ずつ遊んでいました。
    order; turn [0]

    The children kept to their turns on the swing and played one at a time.

    Note: 順番に = in turn, one after another.
    Time & Change
  8. ひはんする (批判する) (v., irregular)
    新しいルールは、多くの人から強くひはんされました。
    to criticise; (n.) criticism [0]

    The new rules were strongly criticised by many people.

    Note: Formal; a review or critique of a book or film is 批評 (ひひょう).
    Feelings & Thinking
  9. びみょう (微妙) (な-adj.)
    その二つの色はびみょうに違うので、よく見ないとわかりません。
    subtle; delicate; (colloq.) iffy, doubtful [0]

    The two colours are subtly different, so you can't tell unless you look carefully.

    Note: In conversation びみょう often means 'not great' or 'hard to say': 味はちょっとびみょう.
    Describing Words
  10. やがて (adv.)
    最初は静かだった会場も、やがて人でいっぱいになりました。
    before long; soon; eventually

    The hall was quiet at first, but before long it was full of people.

    Note: Written and narrative in tone; in conversation もうすぐ or そのうち is more usual.
    Adverbs & Small Words

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  • Word selection follows the JLPT N3 vocabulary list compiled by Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk, CC BY); there is no official JLPT list since 2010. Order by frequency in the OpenSubtitles 2016 Japanese word list (hermitdave/FrequencyWords). Meanings, kanji spellings and verb groups checked against JMdict (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Reference only; all example sentences are original.
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