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3524 words · JLPT N3
JLPT N3 vocabulary
Words 201–210
juuyou
important
重要なメールには、すぐに返事をします。
じゅうような めーる に は、すぐ に へんじ を します。
juuyouna meeru ni wa, sugu ni henji o shimasu.
I reply to important emails right away.
Make 重要 yours: write one short sentence about “important” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →shuyou
main / principal
主要な駅にはコインロッカーがあります。
しゅような えき に は こいんろっかー が あります。
shuyouna eki ni wa koinrokkaa ga arimasu.
There are coin lockers at the main stations.
Say 主要 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “main” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →hisshi
desperate / frantic
電車に乗るために必死で走りました。
でんしゃ に のる ため に ひっし で はしりました。
densha ni noru tame ni hisshi de hashirimashita.
I ran desperately to catch the train.
Make 必死 yours: write one short sentence about “desperate” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →igai
unexpected
試験の結果は意外でした。
しけん の けっか は いがい でした。
shiken no kekka wa igai deshita.
The exam result was unexpected.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “unexpected” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 意外 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →kyuusoku
rapid
AI技術は急速に進歩しています。
AI ぎじゅつ は きゅうそく に しんぽ しています。
AI gijutsu wa kyuusoku ni shinpo shiteimasu.
AI technology is advancing rapidly.
When you meet 急速 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “rapid” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →junchou
smooth / on track
プロジェクトは順調に進んでいます。
ぷろじぇくと は じゅんちょう に すすんでいます。
purojekuto wa junchou ni susundeimasu.
The project is progressing smoothly.
When you meet 順調 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “smooth” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →mendou
troublesome
住所変更の手続きは少し面倒です。
じゅうしょ へんこう の てつづき は すこし めんどう です。
juusho henkou no tetsuzuki wa sukoshi mendou desu.
The address-change procedure is a little troublesome.
Tie 面倒 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “troublesome” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →meiwaku
nuisance
夜遅くに電話すると迷惑になるかもしれません。
よる おそく に でんわ する と めいわく に なる かも しれません。
yoru osoku ni denwa suru to meiwaku ni naru kamo shiremasen.
Calling late at night might bother someone.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “nuisance” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 迷惑 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →kaiteki
comfortable
新しい部屋は広くて快適です。
あたらしい へや は ひろくて かいてき です。
atarashii heya wa hirokute kaiteki desu.
The new room is spacious and comfortable.
Make 快適 yours: write one short sentence about “comfortable” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →shinsen
fresh
この店の魚はいつも新鮮です。
この みせ の さかな は いつも しんせん です。
kono mise no sakana wa itsumo shinsen desu.
The fish at this store is always fresh.
Tie 新鮮 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “fresh” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
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