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3524 words · JLPT N3
JLPT N3 vocabulary
Words 141–150
tesuto
test
新しい機能をテストしています。
あたらしい きのう を てすと しています。
atarashii kinou o tesuto shiteimasu.
We are testing the new feature.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “test” — at work, at the station, online — and attach テスト to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →risetto
reset
パスワードをリセットしました。
ぱすわーど を りせっと しました。
pasuwaado o risetto shimashita.
I reset the password.
Say リセット out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “reset” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →kyanseru
cancellation
ホテルの予約をキャンセルしました。
ほてる の よやく を きゃんせる しました。
hoteru no yoyaku o kyanseru shimashita.
I canceled the hotel reservation.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “cancellation” — at work, at the station, online — and attach キャンセル to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →tsutawaru
to be conveyed
私の話が相手にうまく伝わりませんでした。
わたし の はなし が あいて に うまく つたわりません でした。
watashi no hanashi ga aite ni umaku tsutawarimasen deshita.
My point did not get across to the other person well.
Make 伝わる yours: write one short sentence about “be conveyed” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →kuwawaru
to join / be added
来月から新しいメンバーがチームに加わります。
らいげつ から あたらしい めんばー が ちーむ に くわわります。
raigetsu kara atarashii menbaa ga chiimu ni kuwawarimasu.
A new member will join the team from next month.
When you meet 加わる in real text, pause on it once — meeting “join” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →kawaru
to change (intransitive)
会議の時間が三時に変わりました。
かいぎ の じかん が さんじ に かわりました。
kaigi no jikan ga sanji ni kawarimashita.
The meeting time changed to three o'clock.
Say 変わる out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “change (intransitive)” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →nokoru
to remain
会議室にまだ資料が残っています。
かいぎしつ に まだ しりょう が のこっています。
kaigishitsu ni mada shiryou ga nokotteimasu.
The materials are still left in the meeting room.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “remain” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 残る to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →komaru
to be troubled
道が分からなくて困りました。
みち が わからなくて こまりました。
michi ga wakaranakute komarimashita.
I did not know the way and was stuck.
Tie 困る to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “be troubled” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →tayoru
to rely on
分からないときは先輩に頼ります。
わからない とき は せんぱい に たよります。
wakaranai toki wa senpai ni tayorimasu.
When I do not understand, I rely on a senior colleague.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “rely on” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 頼る to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →kotowaru
to refuse
忙しかったので、誘いを断りました。
いそがしかった ので、さそい を ことわりました。
isogashikatta node, sasoi o kotowarimashita.
I was busy, so I turned down the invitation.
Tie 断る to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “refuse” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
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