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3524 words · JLPT N3
JLPT N3 vocabulary
Words 181–190
kuwashii
detailed / knowledgeable
彼はこの機械に詳しいです。
かれ は この きかい に くわしい です。
kare wa kono kikai ni kuwashii desu.
He knows a lot about this machine.
Say 詳しい out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “detailed” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →hageshii
intense
今日は雨が激しいです。
きょう は あめ が はげしい です。
kyou wa ame ga hageshii desu.
The rain is heavy today.
Tie 激しい to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “intense” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →mazushii
poor
祖父は貧しい家で育ちました。
そふ は まずしい いえ で そだちました。
sofu wa mazushii ie de sodachimashita.
My grandfather grew up in a poor family.
When you meet 貧しい in real text, pause on it once — meeting “poor” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →yutakanakurashi
rich (life) — set phrase
家族と豊かな暮らしを送りたいです。
かぞく と ゆたかな くらし を おくりたい です。
kazoku to yutakana kurashi o okuritai desu.
I want to live a rich life with my family.
Say 豊かな暮らし out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “rich (life) — set phrase” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →shitashii
close (relationship)
彼とは学生のときから親しいです。
かれ と は がくせい の とき から したしい です。
kare to wa gakusei no toki kara shitashii desu.
He and I have been close since we were students.
When you meet 親しい in real text, pause on it once — meeting “close (relationship)” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →ayashii
suspicious
怪しいメールは開かないでください。
あやしい めーる は ひらかないで ください。
ayashii meeru wa hirakanaide kudasai.
Please do not open suspicious emails.
Make 怪しい yours: write one short sentence about “suspicious” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →urayamashii
envious
日本語が上手な人が羨ましいです。
にほんご が じょうず な ひと が うらやましい です。
nihongo ga jouzu na hito ga urayamashii desu.
I envy people who are good at Japanese.
Make 羨ましい yours: write one short sentence about “envious” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →koishii
missed / longed for
国の料理が恋しいです。
くに の りょうり が こいしい です。
kuni no ryouri ga koishii desu.
I miss the food from my country.
Say 恋しい out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “missed” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →natsukashii
nostalgic
昔の写真を見て懐かしくなりました。
むかし の しゃしん を みて なつかしく なりました。
mukashi no shashin o mite natsukashiku narimashita.
Looking at old photos made me feel nostalgic.
Make 懐かしい yours: write one short sentence about “nostalgic” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →kewashii
steep / grim
この山の道は険しいです。
この やま の みち は けわしい です。
kono yama no michi wa kewashii desu.
The path up this mountain is steep.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “steep” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 険しい to that exact scene.
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