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3524 words · JLPT N3
JLPT N3 vocabulary
Words 191–200
yurui
loose
このシャツは少し緩いです。
この しゃつ は すこし ゆるい です。
kono shatsu wa sukoshi yurui desu.
This shirt is a little loose.
Tie 緩い to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “loose” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →surudoi
sharp
このナイフはとても鋭いです。
この ないふ は とても するどい です。
kono naifu wa totemo surudoi desu.
This knife is very sharp.
When you meet 鋭い in real text, pause on it once — meeting “sharp” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →nibui
dull / slow
このはさみは鈍くて、よく切れません。
この はさみ は にぶくて、よく きれません。
kono hasami wa nibukute, yoku kiremasen.
These scissors are dull and do not cut well.
Say 鈍い out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “dull” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →erai
great / admirable
毎日勉強していて偉いですね。
まいにち べんきょう していて えらい です ね。
mainichi benkyou shiteite erai desu ne.
It is admirable that you study every day.
When you meet 偉い in real text, pause on it once — meeting “great” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →tsurai
hard / painful (emotionally)
慣れるまでは仕事が辛かったです。
なれる まで は しごと が つらかった です。
nareru made wa shigoto ga tsurakatta desu.
Until I got used to it, the job was hard.
Tie 辛い to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “hard” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →kakujitsu
certain / reliable
この方法のほうが確実です。
この ほうほう の ほう が かくじつ です。
kono houhou no hou ga kakujitsu desu.
This method is more reliable.
Say 確実 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “certain” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →seikaku
accurate
この時計は正確です。
この とけい は せいかく です。
kono tokei wa seikaku desu.
This clock keeps accurate time.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “accurate” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 正確 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →tekitou
suitable / (or careless)
適当な大きさの箱を探しています。
てきとうな おおきさ の はこ を さがしています。
tekitouna ookisa no hako o sagashiteimasu.
I am looking for a box of a suitable size.
Say 適当 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “suitable” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →juubun
sufficient
準備の時間は十分あります。
じゅんび の じかん は じゅうぶん あります。
junbi no jikan wa juubun arimasu.
There is enough time to prepare.
Say 十分 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “sufficient” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →kichou
precious
貴重な経験ができました。
きちょうな けいけん が できました。
kichouna keiken ga dekimashita.
I was able to have a valuable experience.
Make 貴重 yours: write one short sentence about “precious” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
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