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3524 words · JLPT N3
JLPT N3 vocabulary
Words 41–50
kettei
decision
会議で来年の計画が決定しました。
かいぎ で らいねん の けいかく が けってい しました。
kaigi de rainen no keikaku ga kettei shimashita.
Next year's plan was decided in the meeting.
決定 is the decision landing — stamped, official, done. 判断 weighs; 決定 commits. 正式決定 means it is now beyond debate.
Read the full tip →sentaku
selection
三つの中から一つ選択してください。
みっつ の なか から ひとつ せんたく して ください。
mittsu no naka kara hitotsu sentaku shite kudasai.
Please choose one of the three.
選択 is picking one from several — options on a screen, paths in a career. A list of choices is 選択肢, and every settings menu is full of them.
Read the full tip →henkou
change / modification
会議の時間を三時に変更しました。
かいぎ の じかん を さんじ に へんこう しました。
kaigi no jikan o sanji ni henkou shimashita.
The meeting time was changed to three o'clock.
変更 is switching something to something else — the meeting moved, the spec changed. It says nothing about better or worse: 修正 fixes, 改善 improves, 変更 just changes.
Read the full tip →shuusei
correction / fix
バグを修正してテストしました。
ばぐ を しゅうせい して てすと しました。
bagu o shuusei shite tesuto shimashita.
I fixed the bug and tested it.
修正 is fixing what is wrong — the typo, the bug, the miscalculation. Smaller than a redesign: you correct the course, not the direction. Commit messages in Japan are full of 修正.
Read the full tip →chousei
adjustment
お客様と日程を調整しています。
おきゃくさま と にってい を ちょうせい しています。
okyakusama to nittei o chousei shiteimasu.
I am coordinating the schedule with the client.
調整 is fine-tuning until things fit — schedules aligned, settings dialed in. 日程調整, the eternal calendar dance of finding a time everyone can make.
Read the full tip →chousa
investigation
市場について調査しています。
しじょう について ちょうさ しています。
shijou nitsuite chousa shiteimasu.
We are researching the market.
調査 is going and finding out — gathering facts, surveying users, digging into logs. 確認 verifies what you already expect; 調査 uncovers what you do not know yet.
Read the full tip →bunseki
analysis
売り上げのデータを分析しました。
うりあげ の でーた を ぶんせき しました。
uriage no deeta o bunseki shimashita.
I analyzed the sales data.
分析 is taking data apart to see what it means — breaking the numbers down until a pattern shows. データ分析 is the daily bread of every dashboard.
Read the full tip →hikaku
comparison
二つのプランを比較して選びました。
ふたつ の ぷらん を ひかく して えらびました。
futatsu no puran o hikaku shite erabimashita.
I compared the two plans and chose one.
比較 is putting two things side by side — plans, prices, benchmarks — to see the difference clearly. Comparison sites are 比較サイト.
Read the full tip →hyouka
evaluation
上司から高い評価をもらいました。
じょうし から たかい ひょうか を もらいました。
joushi kara takai hyouka o moraimashita.
I received a high evaluation from my supervisor.
評価 is assigning value after looking closely — a performance review, a star rating, an assessment. 高く評価される means your work is well regarded.
Read the full tip →kentou
consideration
その提案を検討しています。
その ていあん を けんとう しています。
sono teian o kentou shiteimasu.
We are considering that proposal.
検討 is turning an idea over carefully before deciding. Note the business nuance: 検討します can be a polite maybe. 確認 checks facts, 調査 gathers them, 検討 weighs them.
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