JLPT Level 3 Expression List
The JLPT also includes an Expression list - written in the Test Content Spec as 「あいさつ語等表現」 - or Greetings and other Expressions. These expressions are quite frequently used in the exam and I recommend you know all of them. Note: these expressions are not in the vocabulary list - as they are expressions rather than words.
I have compiled and formatted this Expression list (and added my own definitions) from the latest official JLPT Test Content Specification book (as of 2007): Japanese Language Proficiency Test: Test Content Specifications (Revised Edition), The Japan Foundation and Association of International Education, Japan (2004).
The Level 3 list below does not include expressions from Level 4. There are currently 11 expressions for Level 3 (+21 from Level 4 = 32).| Num | Expression | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | いってらっしゃい。 | A farewell greeting |
| 2 | いってまいります。 | I'm going now |
| 3 | おかえりなさい | Welcome Home |
| 4 | おかげさまで | Thanks to you |
| 5 | おだいじに | Take care (if someone is ill) |
| 6 | お待たせしました。 | Sorry to have kept you waiting |
| 7 | おめでとうございます。 | Congratulations |
| 8 | かしこまりました。 | Certainly Sir/Madam |
| 9 | それはいけませんね。 | That's no good |
| 10 | ただいま。 | "I'm home" (said when returning home) |
| 11 | よく、いらっしゃいました。 | Welcome |
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Updated: 2-June-2007