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3524 words · JLPT N3
JLPT N3 vocabulary
Words 161–170
yatou
to employ
あの店は学生をたくさん雇っています。
あの みせ は がくせい を たくさん やとっています。
ano mise wa gakusei o takusan yatotteimasu.
That store employs a lot of students.
When you meet 雇う in real text, pause on it once — meeting “employ” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →kasegu
to earn
アルバイトで生活費を稼いでいます。
あるばいと で せいかつひ を かせいでいます。
arubaito de seikatsuhi o kaseideimasu.
I earn my living expenses through a part-time job.
Say 稼ぐ out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “earn” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →fusegu
to prevent
手を洗って風邪を防ぎましょう。
て を あらって かぜ を ふせぎましょう。
te o aratte kaze o fusegimashou.
Let us wash our hands and prevent colds.
Say 防ぐ out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “prevent” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →sumu
to be settled / finished
手続きは十分で済みました。
てつづき は じゅっぷん で すみました。
tetsuzuki wa juppun de sumimashita.
The procedure was over in ten minutes.
Tie 済む to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “be settled” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →susumeru
to advance something
計画を少しずつ進めています。
けいかく を すこしずつ すすめています。
keikaku o sukoshizutsu susumeteimasu.
I am moving the plan forward little by little.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “advance something” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 進める to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →susumeru
to recommend
先輩がこの本を勧めてくれました。
せんぱい が この ほん を すすめて くれました。
senpai ga kono hon o susumete kuremashita.
A senior colleague recommended this book to me.
Say 勧める out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “recommend” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →makaseru
to entrust
この仕事は私に任せてください。
この しごと は わたし に まかせて ください。
kono shigoto wa watashi ni makasete kudasai.
Please leave this job to me.
Say 任せる out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “entrust” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →azukeru
to deposit / leave with
駅で荷物を預けました。
えき で にもつ を あずけました。
eki de nimotsu o azukemashita.
I left my luggage at the station.
Make 預ける yours: write one short sentence about “deposit” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →tashikameru
to confirm
出発の前に時間を確かめました。
しゅっぱつ の まえ に じかん を たしかめました。
shuppatsu no mae ni jikan o tashikamemashita.
I made sure of the time before departure.
Say 確かめる out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “confirm” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →mitomeru
to admit / approve
自分のミスを認めて謝りました。
じぶん の みす を みとめて あやまりました。
jibun no misu o mitomete ayamarimashita.
I admitted my mistake and apologized.
Tie 認める to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “admit” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
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