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3524 words · JLPT N3
JLPT N3 vocabulary
Words 21–30
kyouiku
education
会社で新人教育を受けました。
かいしゃ で しんじん きょういく を うけました。
kaisha de shinjin kyouiku o ukemashita.
I received new employee training at the company.
When you meet 教育 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “education” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →kunren
training
避難訓練が年に二回あります。
ひなん くんれん が ねん に にかい あります。
hinan kunren ga nen ni nikai arimasu.
We have evacuation drills twice a year.
When you meet 訓練 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “training” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →kaihatsu
development
新しい機能を開発しています。
あたらしい きのう を かいはつ しています。
atarashii kinou o kaihatsu shiteimasu.
We are developing a new feature.
開発 is building something new over time — features, products, land. Software people live inside this word: 開発中 means “in development.”
Read the full tip →sekkei
design (engineering)
データベースの設計を見直しました。
でーたべーす の せっけい を みなおしました。
deetabeesu no sekkei o minaoshimashita.
We reviewed the database design.
設計 is the blueprint stage — deciding how a thing will be built before anyone builds it. Database schemas, UI layouts, and bridges all start as 設計.
Read the full tip →sousa
operation (of a machine)
この機械の操作は簡単です。
この きかい の そうさ は かんたん です。
kono kikai no sousa wa kantan desu.
Operating this machine is easy.
Tie 操作 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “operation (of a machine)” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →nyuuryoku
input
フォームに名前と住所を入力してください。
ふぉーむ に なまえ と じゅうしょ を にゅうりょく して ください。
foomu ni namae to juusho o nyuuryoku shite kudasai.
Please enter your name and address in the form.
入力 is data going in — typing into a field, filling a form. 出力 is what comes back out. Input and output, exactly as the kanji arrows suggest: in-power, out-power.
Read the full tip →shutsuryoku
output
エラーの内容をログに出力します。
えらー の ないよう を ろぐ に しゅつりょく します。
eraa no naiyou o rogu ni shutsuryoku shimasu.
The error details are written out to the log.
出力 is what the system pushes out — printouts, logs, results. The partner word of 入力: what goes in must come out.
Read the full tip →touroku
registration
まずアカウントを登録してください。
まず あかうんと を とうろく して ください。
mazu akaunto o touroku shite kudasai.
First, please register an account.
登録 is putting yourself (or data) onto the official list — creating an account, registering an address at city hall. 会員登録 is the “sign up” button.
Read the full tip →hozon
saving (data)
ファイルを保存してから閉じてください。
ふぁいる を ほぞん して から とじて ください。
fairu o hozon shite kara tojite kudasai.
Please save the file before closing it.
保存 is keeping something safe for later — the save button, leftovers in the fridge, files on a drive. 保存しましたか is the question that prevents heartbreak.
Read the full tip →sakujo
deletion
古いデータを削除しました。
ふるい でーた を さくじょ しました。
furui deeta o sakujo shimashita.
I deleted the old data.
削除 is removing for real — the deleted file, the dropped row. In any UI it is the button that deserves a confirmation dialog.
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