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JLPT N3 Vocabulary — Section 69

Words 1361–1380 of 1793, in the order a vocabulary book lists them.

  1. 1361
    歩道(ほどう)
    Nouncommon
    1. 1.footpath; walkway; sidewalk; pavement
    2. 2.Sidewalk

    歩道を歩きなさい。

    Walk on the pavement.

    歩 walk道 road-way

  2. 1362
    骨(ほね)
    Nouncommon
    1. 1.bone
    2. 2.frame
    3. 3.outline; core

    骨折はしてない。

    No bone was broken.

    骨 skeleton

  3. 1363
    炎(ほのお)
    Nouncommon
    1. 1.flame; blaze
    2. 2.flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
    3. 3.The Unforgettable Fire

    炎を弱くしなさい。

    Turn the flame down low.

    炎 inflammation

  4. 1364
    頬(ほほ)
    Nouncommon
    1. 1.cheek (of the face)
    2. 2.Cheek

    頬にキスしたいな。

    I'd like to kiss your cheeks.
  5. 1365
    微笑(ほほえ)む
    Godan verb with 'mu' endingcommon
    1. to smile

    彼女はいつも僕に微笑む。

    She always smiles at me.

    微 delicate笑 laugh

  6. 1366
    褒(ほ)める
    Ichidan verbcommon
    1. to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of

    国王はいつも自分を褒めるおべっか使いにうんざりしていたので彼らを遠くへ飛ばした。

    The king was tired of his sycophants always praising him, so he sent them away.

    褒 praise

  7. 1367
    濠(ほり)
    Nouncommon
    1. 1.moat; fosse
    2. 2.canal; ditch
    3. 3.Moat
  8. 1368
    本当(ほんと)
    Nouncommon
    1. 1.truth; reality; actuality; fact
    2. 2.proper; right; correct; official
    3. 3.genuine; authentic; real; natural

    本 book当 hit

  9. 1369
    本人(ほんにん)
    Nouncommon
    1. the person in question; the person themselves; said person

    彼は日本人です。

    He is Japanese.

    本 book人 person

  10. 1370
    本物(ほんもの)
    Nouncommon
    1. genuine article; real thing; real deal

    これ、マジで本物？

    Is this really real?

    本 book物 thing

  11. 1371
    棒(ぼう)
    Nouncommon
    1. 1.pole; rod; stick; baton
    2. 2.line; dash
    3. 3.spoken monotonously

    泥棒じゃないよ。

    I'm not a thief.

    棒 rod

  12. 1372
    冒険(ぼうけん)
    Nouncommon
    1. 1.adventure; venture
    2. 2.venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger; hazard
    3. 3.Adventure

    彼は冒険好きだ。

    He is fond of adventure.

    冒 risk険 precipitous

  13. 1373
    ぼんやり
    Adverb (fukushi)common
    1. 1.dimly; faintly; indistinctly; vaguely
    2. 2.absentmindedly; vacantly; carelessly; in a spaced out manner
    3. 3.idly; aimlessly

    彼女はぼんやりして頼りない者だ。

    She is an absent-minded and unreliable person.
  14. 1374
    間(ま)
    Nouncommon
    1. 1.time; pause
    2. 2.space
    3. 3.room

    間 interval

  15. 1375
    まあ
    Adverb (fukushi)common
    1. 1.just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; now, now
    2. 2.tolerably; passably; moderately; reasonably
    3. 3.well ...; I think ...; it would seem ...; you might say ...

    まあ、そうかも。

    Could be, could be.
  16. 1376
    迷子(まいご)
    Nouncommon
    1. lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child

    簡単に迷子になる。

    It's easy to get lost.

    迷 astray子 child

  17. 1377
    任(まか)せる
    Ichidan verbcommon
    1. 1.to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to entrust (someone) with
    2. 2.to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to let (happen); to give (oneself to something)
    3. 3.to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely; to use without reserve

    時間は任せるよ。

    The time is up to you.

    任 responsibility

  18. 1378
    幕(まく)
    Nouncommon
    1. 1.curtain
    2. 2.act (in a play)
    3. 3.falling of the curtain; end (of a scene)

    事件は幕を閉じた。

    The case came to a close.

    幕 curtain

  19. 1379
    負(ま)け
    Nouncommon
    1. 1.defeat; loss; losing (a game)
    2. 2.failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.)
    3. 3.discount; loss (on a sale)

    負 defeat

  20. 1380
    孫(まご)
    Nouncommon
    1. grandchild

    孫は8人いるよ。

    We have eight grandkids.

    孫 grandchild

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