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3524 words · JLPT N3
JLPT N3 vocabulary
Words 251–260
dougu
tool
料理の道具をそろえました。
りょうり の どうぐ を そろえました。
ryouri no dougu o soroemashita.
I got a set of cooking tools.
Tie 道具 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “tool” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →zairyou
ingredients / materials
カレーの材料を買いに行きます。
かれー の ざいりょう を かい に いきます。
karee no zairyou o kai ni ikimasu.
I am going to buy ingredients for curry.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “ingredients” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 材料 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →buhin
parts / components
車の部品を交換しました。
くるま の ぶひん を こうかん しました。
kuruma no buhin o koukan shimashita.
I replaced a car part.
When you meet 部品 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “parts” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →kikai
opportunity
日本語を話す機会を増やしたいです。
にほんご を はなす きかい を ふやしたい です。
nihongo o hanasu kikai o fuyashitai desu.
I want more opportunities to speak Japanese.
Make 機会 yours: write one short sentence about “opportunity” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →bamen
scene / situation
仕事では敬語を使う場面が多いです。
しごと で は けいご を つかう ばめん が おおい です。
shigoto de wa keigo o tsukau bamen ga ooi desu.
At work there are many situations where you use polite language.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “scene” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 場面 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →kankei
relationship
同僚と良い関係を作りたいです。
どうりょう と よい かんけい を つくりたい です。
douryou to yoi kankei o tsukuritai desu.
I want to build good relationships with my coworkers.
Tie 関係 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “relationship” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →aite
partner / the other party
相手の話を最後まで聞きましょう。
あいて の はなし を さいご まで ききましょう。
aite no hanashi o saigo made kikimashou.
Let us listen to the other person until the end.
Say 相手 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “partner” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →nakama
companion / colleague
職場に良い仲間がいます。
しょくば に よい なかま が います。
shokuba ni yoi nakama ga imasu.
I have good companions at work.
Say 仲間 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “companion” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →senpai
senior (at work/school)
先輩に仕事のやり方を教わりました。
せんぱい に しごと の やりかた を おそわりました。
senpai ni shigoto no yarikata o osowarimashita.
A senior colleague taught me how to do the job.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “senior (at work” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 先輩 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →kouhai
junior (at work/school)
後輩の質問に丁寧に答えました。
こうはい の しつもん に ていねい に こたえました。
kouhai no shitsumon ni teinei ni kotaemashita.
I answered my junior colleague's question politely.
Say 後輩 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “junior (at work” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →Full-level practice
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