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3524 words · JLPT N3
JLPT N3 vocabulary
Words 271–280
joushiki
common sense
国によって常識は違います。
くに に よって じょうしき は ちがいます。
kuni ni yotte joushiki wa chigaimasu.
Common sense differs from country to country.
Make 常識 yours: write one short sentence about “common sense” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →dentou
tradition
この祭りは長い伝統があります。
この まつり は ながい でんとう が あります。
kono matsuri wa nagai dentou ga arimasu.
This festival has a long tradition.
When you meet 伝統 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “tradition” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →shuukyou
religion
世界にはいろいろな宗教があります。
せかい に は いろいろな しゅうきょう が あります。
sekai ni wa iroirona shuukyou ga arimasu.
There are various religions in the world.
Make 宗教 yours: write one short sentence about “religion” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →chiiki
region / area
この地域は外国人が多く住んでいます。
この ちいき は がいこくじん が おおく すんでいます。
kono chiiki wa gaikokujin ga ooku sundeimasu.
Many foreigners live in this area.
When you meet 地域 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “region” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →chihou
region / countryside
地方は生活費が安いです。
ちほう は せいかつひ が やすい です。
chihou wa seikatsuhi ga yasui desu.
The cost of living is low outside the big cities.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “region” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 地方 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →tokai
big city
都会の生活は便利ですが、忙しいです。
とかい の せいかつ は べんり です が、いそがしい です。
tokai no seikatsu wa benri desu ga, isogashii desu.
City life is convenient but busy.
Say 都会 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “big city” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →furusato
hometown
故郷の家族に毎週電話しています。
ふるさと の かぞく に まいしゅう でんわ しています。
furusato no kazoku ni maishuu denwa shiteimasu.
I call my family in my hometown every week.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “hometown” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 故郷 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →shisetsu
facility
この施設は誰でも利用できます。
この しせつ は だれ でも りよう できます。
kono shisetsu wa dare demo riyou dekimasu.
Anyone can use this facility.
Tie 施設 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “facility” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →genba
site / the field
現場の意見を聞くことが大事です。
げんば の いけん を きく こと が だいじ です。
genba no iken o kiku koto ga daiji desu.
It matters to listen to opinions from the field.
Say 現場 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “site” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →madoguchi
service counter
市役所の窓口で手続きをしました。
しやくしょ の まどぐち で てつづき を しました。
shiyakusho no madoguchi de tetsuzuki o shimashita.
I completed the procedure at the city hall counter.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “service counter” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 窓口 to that exact scene.
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