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3524 words · JLPT N3
JLPT N3 vocabulary
Words 31–40
kensaku
search
分からない言葉をネットで検索しました。
わからない ことば を ねっと で けんさく しました。
wakaranai kotoba o netto de kensaku shimashita.
I searched online for a word I did not know.
検索 is hunting through data for a match — the search bar, the query. ググる is slang; 検索 is the proper word on every website.
Read the full tip →koushin
update / renewal
アプリを最新版に更新してください。
あぷり を さいしんばん に こうしん して ください。
apuri o saishinban ni koushin shite kudasai.
Please update the app to the latest version.
更新 is bringing something up to date — a page refresh, a renewed contract, an updated record. ページを更新してください: please reload the page.
Read the full tip →setsuzoku
connection
Wi-Fiに接続できません。
Wi-Fi に せつぞく できません。
Wi-Fi ni setsuzoku dekimasen.
I cannot connect to the Wi-Fi.
接続 is making a connection — Wi-Fi joining, a database answering, a cable clicking in. 接続できません is the error nobody wants to see.
Read the full tip →soushin
sending (data)
書類をメールで送信しました。
しょるい を めーる で そうしん しました。
shorui o meeru de soushin shimashita.
I sent the documents by email.
送信 is hitting send — mail, forms, data leaving your side. 受信 is the same message landing on the other side.
Read the full tip →jushin
receiving (data)
新しいメールを受信しました。
あたらしい めーる を じゅしん しました。
atarashii meeru o jushin shimashita.
I received a new email.
受信 is receiving what was sent — incoming mail, downloaded data. Your inbox is literally a 受信箱, a “receiving box.”
Read the full tip →shori
processing
データの処理に時間がかかります。
でーた の しょり に じかん が かかります。
deeta no shori ni jikan ga kakarimasu.
Processing the data takes time.
処理 is working through something until it is dealt with — a batch job, an order, an error. データ処理 is data processing; 処理中 is the spinner on the screen.
Read the full tip →taiou
handling / response
お客様からの問い合わせに対応しました。
おきゃくさま から の といあわせ に たいおう しました。
okyakusama kara no toiawase ni taiou shimashita.
I handled an inquiry from a customer.
対応 is responding to whatever comes at you — a support ticket, a bug, a customer. 対応中 means “on it,” and 対応できます also means something is compatible.
Read the full tip →taisaku
countermeasure
ミスを防ぐ対策を考えましょう。
みす を ふせぐ たいさく を かんがえましょう。
misu o fusegu taisaku o kangaemashou.
Let us think of measures to prevent mistakes.
Tie 対策 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “countermeasure” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →kaiketsu
solution
問題はもう解決しました。
もんだい は もう かいけつ しました。
mondai wa mou kaiketsu shimashita.
The problem has already been solved.
解決 is the knot coming undone — problem solved, case closed. 問題を解決する is the phrase every incident report wants to end with.
Read the full tip →handan
judgment
状況を見て判断します。
じょうきょう を みて はんだん します。
joukyou o mite handan shimasu.
I will decide after looking at the situation.
判断 is the judgment call — weighing what you know and deciding. 判断が難しい: a hard call. 決定 is the decision made final; 判断 is the weighing itself.
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