JLPT N3 Vocabulary — Section 55

Words 1081–1100 of 1793, in the order a vocabulary book lists them.

1081
通(とお)り
Nouncommon
1. 1.street; road; avenue; thoroughfare
2. 2.traffic; coming and going
3. 3.flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; running
そう！その通り。
You said it!
通 traffic
1082
通(とお)り過(す)ぎる
Ichidan verbcommon
1. to go past; to pass; to pass by
彼女は通り過ぎるときに必ず声をかけた。
She didn't pass me without speaking to me.
通 traffic 過 overdo
1083
都会(とかい)
Nouncommon
1. 1.city
2. 2.Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
都会に住む予定です。
I plan to live in the city.
都 metropolis 会 meeting
1084
時(とき)
Nouncommon
1. 1.time; hour; moment
2. 2.occasion; case
3. 3.chance; opportunity; season
時 time
1085
解(と)く
Godan verb with 'ku' endingcommon
1. 1.to untie; to unfasten; to unwrap; to undo
2. 2.to unsew; to unstitch
3. 3.to solve; to work out; to answer
これが謎の全てを解く鍵だ。
This is the key to the whole mystery.
解 unravel
1086
得意(とくい)
Nouncommon
1. 1.satisfaction; pride; triumph; elation
2. 2.one's strong point; one's forte; one's specialty
3. 3.regular customer; regular client; patron
書道って、得意？
Are you good at calligraphy?
得 gain 意 idea
1087
特徴(とくちょう)
Nouncommon
1. feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity
礼儀正しいのが彼の特徴であった。
Courtesy marked his manner.
特 special 徴 indications
1088
解(と)ける
Ichidan verbcommon
1. 1.to be solved; to be worked out
2. 2.to come loose; to come untied; to come undone
3. 3.to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban); to be broken (of a spell, curse, etc.)
雪はすぐに解けると思いますよ。
I think that the snow will melt soon.
解 unravel
1089
登山(とざん)
Nouncommon
1. 1.mountain climbing; mountaineering; ascent of a mountain
2. 2.Mountaineering
登山靴を買ったよ。
I bought a pair of hiking boots.
登 ascend 山 mountain
1090
都市(とし)
Nouncommon
1. 1.town; city; municipal; urban
2. 2.City
東京は巨大都市だ。
Tokyo is a very big city.
都 metropolis 市 market
1091
年月(としつき)
Nouncommon
1. months and years
生年月日はいつ？
What is your date of birth?
年 year 月 month
1092
図書(としょ)
Nouncommon
1. books
図書館にいるの？
Are you in the library?
図 map 書 write
1093
年寄(としより)
Nouncommon
1. 1.old person; elderly person; senior citizen
2. 2.trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay
3. 3.senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate)
年寄りを優先しろ。
Do make older people the priority!
年 year 寄 draw near
1094
閉(と)じる
Ichidan verbcommon
1. to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
その舞台は主人公の死で幕を閉じる。
The play concludes with the hero's death.
閉 closed
1095
途端(とたん)
Nouncommon
1. just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as
座った途端、寝てしまった。
The moment I sat down, I fell asleep.
途 route 端 edge
1096
土地(とち)
Nouncommon
1. 1.plot of land; lot; soil
2. 2.locality; region; place
石の多い土地ですね。
It's a very rocky soil, isn't it?
土 soil 地 ground
1097
突然(とつぜん)
Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'common
1. abrupt; sudden; unexpected
突然彼は死んだ。
He died suddenly.
突 stab 然 sort of thing
1098
届(とど)く
Godan verb with 'ku' endingcommon
1. 1.to reach; to touch; to get to; to carry (of sound)
2. 2.to be delivered; to arrive
3. 3.to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to be thorough
天井に手が届くんだよ。
I can touch the ceiling.
届 deliver
1099
飛(と)ばす
Godan verb with 'su' endingcommon
1. 1.to let fly; to make fly; to send flying; to blow off (e.g. in the wind)
2. 2.to skip over; to leave out; to omit; to drop (e.g. a stitch)
3. 3.to run fast; to drive fast; to gallop
テストで解らないところは飛ばす。
Skip the parts you don't understand on the test.
飛 fly
1100
飛(と)び出(だ)す
Godan verb with 'su' endingcommon
1. 1.to jump out; to leap out; to fly out; to run out
2. 2.to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to come out
3. 3.to protrude; to project; to jut out; to stick out
椎間板ヘルニアは背骨の間にある椎間板という軟骨が飛び出すものです。
Disk herniation is when cartilage, called 'intervertebral disk' and found between each vertebra, slips out.
飛 fly 出 exit

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