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3524 words · JLPT N3
JLPT N3 vocabulary
Words 151–160
mamoru
to protect / to keep
約束の時間を守ってください。
やくそく の じかん を まもって ください。
yakusoku no jikan o mamotte kudasai.
Please keep to the agreed time.
Make 守る yours: write one short sentence about “protect” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →yaburu
to break / to tear
間違えた書類を破って捨てました。
まちがえた しょるい を やぶって すてました。
machigaeta shorui o yabutte sutemashita.
I tore up the wrong document and threw it away.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “break” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 破る to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →okurikaesu
to send back
間違った商品を店に送り返しました。
まちがった しょうひん を みせ に おくりかえしました。
machigatta shouhin o mise ni okurikaeshimashita.
I sent the wrong product back to the store.
Make 送り返す yours: write one short sentence about “send back” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →uketoru
to receive
午前中に荷物を受け取りました。
ごぜんちゅう に にもつ を うけとりました。
gozenchuu ni nimotsu o uketorimashita.
I received the package in the morning.
Tie 受け取る to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “receive” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →torikesu
to cancel
予約を取り消してもいいですか。
よやく を とりけして も いい です か。
yoyaku o torikeshite mo ii desu ka.
May I cancel the reservation?
Tie 取り消す to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “cancel” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →minaosu
to review / re-examine
出す前にもう一度書類を見直しました。
だす まえ に もう いちど しょるい を みなおしました。
dasu mae ni mou ichido shorui o minaoshimashita.
I looked over the documents once more before submitting them.
Say 見直す out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “review” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →hanashiau
to discuss
チームで問題について話し合いました。
ちーむ で もんだい について はなしあいました。
chiimu de mondai nitsuite hanashiaimashita.
We discussed the problem as a team.
Make 話し合う yours: write one short sentence about “discuss” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →mukau
to head toward
今、駅に向かっています。
いま、えき に むかっています。
ima, eki ni mukatteimasu.
I am heading to the station now.
Tie 向かう to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “head toward” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →shitagau
to follow / obey
ルールに従って作業してください。
るーる に したがって さぎょう して ください。
ruuru ni shitagatte sagyou shite kudasai.
Please work according to the rules.
Say 従う out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “follow” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →atsukau
to handle
この店ではパソコンの部品も扱っています。
この みせ で は ぱそこん の ぶひん も あつかっています。
kono mise de wa pasokon no buhin mo atsukatteimasu.
This store also handles computer parts.
When you meet 扱う in real text, pause on it once — meeting “handle” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
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