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JLPT Level N3 Resources
| Kanji: ~650 | Vocabulary: ~3,750 | Summary: Can understand native materials if rewritten with simplified vocabulary and kanji. Can follow everyday conversations at natural speed. |
Products I've found:
"Where are the N3 textbooks?" I hear (many of) you cry. Ah, here they are:Vocabulary
VocabList.N3.doc (1.6 MB)
VocabList.N3.pdf (2.4 MB)
n3-vocab-kanji-eng.anki (1.6 MB)
n3-vocab-kanji-hiragana.anki (1.4 MB)
n3-vocab-kanji-eng.mem (413.1 KB)
n3-vocab-kanji-hiragana.mem (363.4 KB)
Kanji
KanjiList.N3.doc (597.5 KB)
KanjiList.N3.pdf (762.2 KB)
n3-kanji-char-eng.anki (500 KB)
n3-kanji-char-eng.mem (84.7 KB)
All Jouyou Kanji (常用漢字)
Meanings and characters separated so you can test yourself
jouyou_kanji_selftest.doc (642.9 KB)
Grammar
GrammarList.N3.doc (74.5 KB)
GrammarList.N3.pdf (142.4 KB)
The official word
Here's the official "executive summary" of the changes made to the JLPT. Gives a breakdown of points for each level and answers some common questions. 12 page PDF. execsummary_jlpt2010.pdf (473.1 KB)Official lists
Right, here's the deal. There's no official JLPT N3 vocabulary, kanji or grammar list. They have stated on their site they will not release any lists, just like TOEFL.The new N1, N2, N4 and N5 levels are said to be at the same level as the old levels 1, 2, 3 and 4, so we can be sure of the content for N1, N4 and N5.
However N2 and N3 have to be estimated.
But don't worry! (Hurrah!)
Various Internet people (including me) have been working on this problem... My lists are above, but if you want to check out some other estimates, have a look below.
JLPT 3 Vocabulary
By corpus frequency - Tanos.co.uk
I present... the JLPTSuperTable. It's taken me weeks!All the words from all the levels of the old JLPT, scaled to matched the specification of the new JLPT.
All words that have an unclear level when mapped to N3 have been sorted by occurance frequency in general Japanese (using the Tanaka corpus) so that the right proportion of more common (easier) words, are set as the easier level.
Level N3 vocabulary list
By newspaper frequency - Mund-tandem
Here's a set from Mund-tandem. It takes the vocab from the N2, N4 and N5, and calculates the most probable words based on how commonly they appear in Japanese newspapers.
jlpt_n3_vocabulary.txt (448.7 KB)
jlpt_n3_vocabulary.xls (481.5 KB)
By combining lists - PlaySay.com
This set uses nearly all of the 880 vocabulary items (Japanese Headwords) from this book, and all but two of the Japanese headwords in my JLPT N3 list (どう and バン).PlaySay JLPT3 vocab list
JLPT 3 Kanji
By corpus frequency - Tanos.co.uk
In the same way as the vocabulary list above, I've mapped all JLPT kanji to their new levels. Enjoy!By Japanese school year - Mund-tandem
Here's another set from Mund-tandem. N3 kanji are estimated by looking at what year they are learnt in Japanese school. jlpt_n3_kanji.txt (4.1 KB) jlpt_n3_kanji.xls (50.5 KB)
JLPT 3 Grammar
By corpus frequency - Tanos.co.uk
And again, in the same way, I've mapped all old JLPT grammar to their new "N" levels.Make your own!
If you want to try to make a vocabulary, kanji or grammar list by yourself, here are a few resources that might be useful.If you send me a list, I'll put it on this page.
Frequency list of words in Japanese newspapers:
wordfreq.txt (2.1 MB)Tanaka corpus of Japanese and English example sentences:
corpus.txt (29.8 MB)
JLPT 3 level check
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The Conversation Book
Sure up your knowledge of grammar by reading example conversations and answering questions.
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The Conversation Book helps you get a grip on JLPT grammar. One conversation for each grammar of JLPT N3, with multiple choice questions to test yourself. |
