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3524 words · JLPT N3
JLPT N3 vocabulary
Words 241–250
hoken
insurance
日本では健康保険に入る必要があります。
にほん で は けんこう ほけん に はいる ひつよう が あります。
nihon de wa kenkou hoken ni hairu hitsuyou ga arimasu.
In Japan, you need to join health insurance.
Say 保険 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “insurance” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →kyuuyo
salary / wages
給与の明細をオンラインで確認できます。
きゅうよ の めいさい を おんらいん で かくにん できます。
kyuuyo no meisai o onrain de kakunin dekimasu.
You can check your salary statement online.
Tie 給与 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “salary” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →shoukin
prize money
コンテストで賞金をもらいました。
こんてすと で しょうきん を もらいました。
kontesuto de shoukin o moraimashita.
I received prize money in the contest.
Say 賞金 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “prize money” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →shiryou
materials / data
発表の資料を共有してください。
はっぴょう の しりょう を きょうゆう して ください。
happyou no shiryou o kyouyuu shite kudasai.
Please share the presentation materials.
Say 資料 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “materials” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →kiji
article (news)
日本語のニュース記事を毎日読んでいます。
にほんご の にゅーす きじ を まいにち よんでいます。
nihongo no nyuusu kiji o mainichi yondeimasu.
I read Japanese news articles every day.
Make 記事 yours: write one short sentence about “article (news)” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →bangumi
TV program
毎週この番組を見ています。
まいしゅう この ばんぐみ を みています。
maishuu kono bangumi o miteimasu.
I watch this program every week.
Say 番組 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “TV program” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →gamen
screen
画面が急に暗くなりました。
がめん が きゅう に くらく なりました。
gamen ga kyuu ni kuraku narimashita.
The screen suddenly went dark.
When you meet 画面 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “screen” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →kikai
machine
この機械の使い方を教えてください。
この きかい の つかいかた を おしえて ください。
kono kikai no tsukaikata o oshiete kudasai.
Please teach me how to use this machine.
Say 機械 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “machine” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →kinou
function
このアプリには便利な機能が多いです。
この あぷり に は べんりな きのう が おおい です。
kono apuri ni wa benrina kinou ga ooi desu.
This app has many useful functions.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “function” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 機能 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →souchi
device / equipment
工場に新しい装置を導入しました。
こうじょう に あたらしい そうち を どうにゅう しました。
koujou ni atarashii souchi o dounyuu shimashita.
New equipment was introduced at the factory.
When you meet 装置 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “device” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
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