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3524 words · JLPT N3
JLPT N3 vocabulary
Words 231–240
shokugyou
occupation
書類に職業を書く欄があります。
しょるい に しょくぎょう を かく らん が あります。
shorui ni shokugyou o kaku ran ga arimasu.
There is a space on the form to write your occupation.
When you meet 職業 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “occupation” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →kigyou
company / enterprise
大きい企業より小さい会社で働きたいです。
おおきい きぎょう より ちいさい かいしゃ で はたらきたい です。
ookii kigyou yori chiisai kaisha de hatarakitai desu.
I would rather work at a small company than a large corporation.
Make 企業 yours: write one short sentence about “company” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →sangyou
industry
この町は観光産業が盛んです。
この まち は かんこう さんぎょう が さかん です。
kono machi wa kankou sangyou ga sakan desu.
The tourism industry is thriving in this town.
Make 産業 yours: write one short sentence about “industry” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →shouhin
product / goods
新しい商品が棚に並んでいます。
あたらしい しょうひん が たな に ならんでいます。
atarashii shouhin ga tana ni narandeimasu.
New products are lined up on the shelves.
Say 商品 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “product” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →shoubai
business / trade
祖父は長年、商売をしています。
そふ は ながねん、しょうばい を しています。
sofu wa naganen, shoubai o shiteimasu.
My grandfather has been in business for many years.
Tie 商売 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “business” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →uriage
sales (amount)
今月の売り上げは先月より伸びました。
こんげつ の うりあげ は せんげつ より のびました。
kongetsu no uriage wa sengetsu yori nobimashita.
This month's sales grew compared to last month.
Make 売り上げ yours: write one short sentence about “sales (amount)” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →rieki
profit
会社の利益が増えました。
かいしゃ の りえき が ふえました。
kaisha no rieki ga fuemashita.
The company's profits increased.
Make 利益 yours: write one short sentence about “profit” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →hiyou
expense
引っ越しの費用を計算しました。
ひっこし の ひよう を けいさん しました。
hikkoshi no hiyou o keisan shimashita.
I calculated the cost of moving.
Say 費用 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “expense” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →yosan
budget
プロジェクトの予算が決まりました。
ぷろじぇくと の よさん が きまりました。
purojekuto no yosan ga kimarimashita.
The project budget has been decided.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “budget” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 予算 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →zeikin
tax
給料から税金が引かれます。
きゅうりょう から ぜいきん が ひかれます。
kyuuryou kara zeikin ga hikaremasu.
Taxes are deducted from your salary.
Make 税金 yours: write one short sentence about “tax” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
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