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3524 words · JLPT N3
JLPT N3 vocabulary
Words 131–140
tsuuyaku
interpretation
会議で通訳をお願いしました。
かいぎ で つうやく を おねがい しました。
kaigi de tsuuyaku o onegai shimashita.
We asked for an interpreter at the meeting.
Say 通訳 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “interpretation” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →rokuon
audio recording
授業を録音してもいいですか。
じゅぎょう を ろくおん して も いい です か。
jugyou o rokuon shite mo ii desu ka.
May I record the class?
When you meet 録音 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “audio recording” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →satsuei
filming / shooting
ここでは写真の撮影ができません。
ここ で は しゃしん の さつえい が できません。
koko de wa shashin no satsuei ga dekimasen.
You cannot take photos here.
When you meet 撮影 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “filming” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →insatsu
printing
資料を十部印刷してください。
しりょう を じゅうぶ いんさつ して ください。
shiryou o juubu insatsu shite kudasai.
Please print ten copies of the materials.
When you meet 印刷 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “printing” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →kopii
copy
この書類をコピーしてください。
この しょるい を こぴー して ください。
kono shorui o kopii shite kudasai.
Please make a copy of this document.
Tie コピー to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “copy” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →daunroodo
download
アプリをダウンロードして登録しました。
あぷり を だうんろーど して とうろく しました。
apuri o daunroodo shite touroku shimashita.
I downloaded the app and registered.
When you meet ダウンロード in real text, pause on it once — meeting “download” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →appuroodo
upload
写真をクラウドにアップロードしました。
しゃしん を くらうど に あっぷろーど しました。
shashin o kuraudo ni appuroodo shimashita.
I uploaded the photos to the cloud.
When you meet アップロード in real text, pause on it once — meeting “upload” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →insutooru
installation
新しいソフトをインストールしました。
あたらしい そふと を いんすとーる しました。
atarashii sofuto o insutooru shimashita.
I installed the new software.
Tie インストール to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “installation” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →roguin
login
パスワードを入れてログインしてください。
ぱすわーど を いれて ろぐいん して ください。
pasuwaado o irete roguin shite kudasai.
Please enter your password and log in.
Say ログイン out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “login” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →chekku
check
送る前にメールをチェックしました。
おくる まえ に めーる を ちぇっく しました。
okuru mae ni meeru o chekku shimashita.
I checked the email before sending it.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “check” — at work, at the station, online — and attach チェック to that exact scene.
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