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🇯🇵 Japanese

JLPT N4

Elementary — everyday life, work and plans.

672 words in 50 themed units. Tap any word for its stroke order, memory trick and example.

Family & pets

家族family両親parents親parent兄(my) older brother姉(my) older sister弟younger brother妹younger sister兄弟siblings; brothers主人husband; owner自分oneself家house; home住所address犬dog鳥bird動物animal金魚goldfish

Plans & arrangements

準備preparation予定plan; schedule案内guidance; showing around相談consultation; talking over都合convenience; circumstances支度getting ready出席attendance欠席absence集合gathering; meeting up中止cancellation確認confirmation間に合うto be in time手伝うto help世話care; looking after

Adverbs of degree

ずいぶんquite; considerablyなかなかquite; not easilyだいぶgreatly; a lotかなりfairly; considerablyほとんどalmost; hardlyすっかりcompletelyさらにfurthermore; even moreちっともnot at allほぼalmost; nearlyそれほどnot that muchできるだけas much as possible

Seasons & colours

春spring夏summer秋autumn冬winter色colour赤いred青いblue黒いblack茶色brown風wind暑いhot (weather)寒いcold (weather)花見cherry-blossom viewing空気air

At work

会議室meeting room部長department head課長section chief社員employee同僚colleague受付reception desk書類documents休憩break; rest通勤commuting職業occupation技術technology; skill会計accounting; bill産業industry貿易trade輸出export輸入import

Frequency & timing

そろそろsoon; it's about timeようやくfinally; at lengthとうとうfinally; in the endこのあいだthe other dayしばらくfor a whileたまにoccasionallyもうすぐsoon; shortlyまもなくshortly; soonそのうちbefore long; eventually

Town & shops

町town銀行bank図書館library映画館cinema本屋bookshop店員shop assistant売るto sell売り場sales counter; department品物goods買い物shopping道road; way公園park建物building場所place入口entrance出口exit中古second-hand

Feelings

興味interest楽しみlooking forward; pleasure笑顔smiling face涙tears感動being moved懐かしいnostalgic羨ましいenvious気が付くto notice幸せhappiness; happy

Certainty & attitude

かならずwithout failもしかしたらperhaps; possiblyやはりas expected; after allやっぱりas expected; after allまさかsurely not; no wayどうせanyway; after allせっかくwith much trouble; speciallyわざわざgoing out of one's wayわざとon purposeなるべくas much as possibleちゃんとproperly; neatly

School & study

教室classroom勉強study教えるto teach; to tell習うto learn漢字kanji字character; handwriting質問question答えるto answer問題problem; question研究所research institute実験experiment作文composition; essay文学literature発音pronunciation私立private (school etc.)高校high school英会話English conversation

Polite life

丁寧polite; careful失礼rudeness; excuse meお礼thanks; gratitudeお祝いcelebration; giftお土産souvenir拝見looking at (humble)伺うto visit; to ask (humble)申すto say (humble)申し上げるto say (very humble)召し上がるto eat (honorific)差し上げるto give (humble)致すto do (humble)参るto go; to come (humble)存じるto know (humble)御覧になるto see (honorific)下さるto give (honorific)

Manner adverbs

うっかりcarelesslyにっこりwith a smileほっとrelievedふらふらdizzy; unsteadyびっしょりsoaking wetしっかりfirmly; reliablyはっきりclearlyじっとstill; fixedlyそっとsoftly; gentlyどんどんrapidly; steadilyいっしょうけんめいwith all one's mightついにfinally; at lastとにかくanyway; at any rate

Work

仕事work; job会社員office worker社長company president工場factory事務所office働くto work用事errand; things to do工業industry社会society計画plan公務員civil servant作業work; task会場venue代わりsubstitute; instead店長store manager

Hobbies & culture

文化culture美術館art museum美術fine arts漫画comics; manga放送broadcast踊りdance釣りfishing祭りfestival見物sightseeing競争competition柔道judo動物園zoo

Linking words

なおfurthermore; stillけれどbut; howeverそれにbesides; moreoverそのうえin additionそれともor; or elseところがhowever; butところでby the wayするとthereupon; thenそこでso; accordinglyそれならin that caseまたはor; otherwiseつまりin short; that isたとえばfor example

Food & cooking

料理cooking; dishご飯rice; meal朝ご飯breakfast昼ご飯lunch夕飯dinner肉meat牛肉beef鳥肉chicken (meat)野菜vegetableお茶tea飲み物drink食べ物food味taste; flavour洋食Western food食堂dining hall; canteen

Around town

神社shrineお寺temple教会church郊外suburbs辺りvicinity; around駐車場parking lot美容院beauty salon床屋barber売店kiosk; stand歩道sidewalk県prefecture村village

Conditionals & grammar words

もしifたとえeven ifまるでjust like; as ifどうしてもno matter whatままas is; unchangedばかりonly; justためfor the sake of; because ofはずshould be; expectedつもりintention; planところjust about to; pointようにso that; like

Body & health

体body頭head顔face心heart; mind首neck声voice病気illness病院hospital医者doctor死ぬto die力strength; power気分feeling; mood注意care; caution薬medicine心配worry

Getting around

運ぶto carry飛行場airfield; airport新幹線bullet train駐車parking停留所bus stop見送るto see off旅journey海外overseas帰国returning to one's country通るto pass through地下underground線line; track

Set phrases

おつかれさまでしたthanks for your hard workようこそwelcomeおひさしぶりですlong time no seeいってまいりますI'm off (polite)おまたせしましたsorry to keep you waitingおめでとうございますcongratulationsかしこまりましたcertainly (polite)おじゃましますsorry to intrudeおだいじにtake care of yourselfおさきにexcuse me for leaving first

Travel

旅行trip; travel旅館Japanese inn運転driving自転車bicycle自動車car; automobile地下鉄subway特急limited express急行express (train)駅員station staff写真photo海sea外国foreign country東京Tokyo京都Kyoto世界world地方region; the provinces

Home

布団futon畳tatami mat屋上rooftop引き出しdrawer鏡mirror人形doll棚shelf暖房heating冷房air conditioning湯hot water沸かすto boil; to heat沸くto boil

Honorific & polite words

いらっしゃるto be; come; go (honorific)おっしゃるto say (honorific)なさるto do (honorific)めしあがるto eat; drink (honorific)くださるto give (honorific)いただくto receive (humble)まいるto go; come (humble)もうすto say (humble)いたすto do (humble)ござるto be (polite)おるto be (humble)さしあげるto give (humble)うかがうto visit; ask (humble)ございますto be (polite)

Hobbies & things

音楽music歌song歌手singer映画film; movie画家painter試合match; game運動exercise; sport小説novel新聞newspaper洋服clothes; Western clothes着物kimono手紙letter時計clock; watch部屋room台stand; counter for machines物thing

Things happen

汚れるto get dirty割れるto break; to crack壊れるto be broken壊すto break; to destroy燃えるto burn焼くto bake; to grill焼けるto be burnt; to be grilled揺れるto shake; to sway起こるto happen止むto stop (rain etc.)盗むto steal逃げるto run away

Onomatopoeia

そわそわrestless; fidgetyがっかりdisappointedにこにこsmilingどきどきheart poundingわくわくexcitedいらいらirritatedぺらぺらfluentぴかぴかsparkling; shinyぐっすりsoundly (sleep)ばらばらscattered; in piecesごろごろlazing around; rumblingざあざあpouring (rain)のんびりrelaxed; carefreeすっきりrefreshed; neatぺこぺこstarvingきらきらglitteringがらがらempty; rattling

Everyday verbs

始めるto begin (sth)始まるto begin; to start終わるto end; to finish開けるto open (sth)開くto open; to be opened止まるto stop止めるto stop (sth); to park待つto wait借りるto borrow貸すto lend帰るto go home; to return走るto run歩くto walk起きるto get up; to wake up着るto wear; to put on持つto hold; to have

Food & cooking

食料品groceries材料ingredients; materials味噌miso豆腐tofu朝食breakfast夕食dinner弁当boxed lunch煮るto simmer冷えるto get cold温めるto warm up

Kana nouns & verbs

おもちゃtoyおしゃべりchatting; talkativeおしゃれstylish; fashionableおつりchange (money)おみやげsouvenirていねいpolite; carefulけんかquarrel; fightうそlieすりpickpocketいたずらprank; mischiefがんばるto do one's bestさわぐto make noiseこわれるto breakすべるto slipびっくりするto be surprisedかまうto mind; care aboutたまるto accumulate

More verbs

思うto think考えるto think about; to consider知るto know知らせるto inform動くto move集まるto gather歌うto sing通うto commute; to attend使うto use作るto make送るto send着くto arrive切るto cut別れるto part; to break up足りるto be enough建てるto build転ぶto fall over

Health & body

具合condition; health注射injection入院hospitalization退院leaving hospital胸chest喉throat毛hair; fur亡くなるto pass away折れるto break; to be folded治すto cure看護師nurse体重body weight

Shopping (katakana)

カタログcatalogベルトbeltサンダルsandalsイヤリングearringsマフラーmuffler; scarfレジcash registerアクセサリーaccessoryサイズsizeセールsaleサービスservice; free extraレシートreceiptブランドbrandハンドバッグhandbagスカーフscarf

Describing

明るいbright; cheerful早いearly近いnear遠いfar重いheavy強いstrong弱いweak悪いbad楽しいfun; enjoyable正しいcorrect; right親切kind有名famous便利convenient不便inconvenient安心relief; peace of mind同じsame広いwide; spacious

School & study

大学院graduate school講義lecture数学mathematics歴史history地理geography物理physics卒業graduation点point; score教育education校長principal間違えるto make a mistake

Food & drink (katakana)

ドレッシングdressingマヨネーズmayonnaiseパスタpastaスパゲッティspaghettiソーセージsausageハムhamステーキsteakハンバーグhamburger steakサンドイッチsandwichジャムjamデザートdessert

Time

朝morning昼noon; daytime夜night今朝this morning今夜tonight毎週every week今週this week来週next week先週last week去年last year曜日day of the week昼休みlunch break時代era; period一度once今度next time; this time

Communication

小包parcel伝言message知らせnotice; news相手partner; other party話し合うto discuss謝るto apologize褒めるto praise叱るto scold尋ねるto ask訪ねるto visit文句complaint

Tech & media (katakana)

ドラマTV dramaポスターposterレポートreportホームページwebsiteスマホsmartphoneアプリappテキストtextbook; textソフトsoftwareインターネットinternetデータdataプリンターprinterステレオstereoアナウンスannouncement

Useful words

言葉word; language話talk; story用意preparation思い出memory自由freedom; free以上more than; that's all地元hometown; local area特にespecially少しa little多分probably本当truth; real上手skilful; good at下手unskilful; bad at田舎countryside安全safe; safety目立つto stand out

Nature & weather

光るto shine光light林woods湖lake砂sand枝branch咲くto bloom坂slope; hill火事fire海岸coast植えるto plant

Life & travel (katakana)

オートバイmotorcycleトラックtruckガイドguideガラスglassベンチbenchピクニックpicnicヘルメットhelmetガソリンgasolineガソリンスタンドgas stationスケジュールscheduleパスポートpassportスーツケースsuitcase

Shopping & money

お釣りchange (money)貯金savings無料free of charge有料paid; with a fee料金fee; charge税金tax両替money exchange売れるto sell well見本sample商店shop安売りbargain sale新品brand-new item現金cash借金debt包むto wrap

Leisure & work (katakana)

オフィスofficeチャンスchanceルールruleパートpart-time workスピーチspeechトレーニングtrainingコンサートconcertゴルフgolfジョギングjoggingアニメanimeマンガmangaチケットticketボランティアvolunteerミーティングmeeting

People

恋人sweetheart孫grandchild親戚relative知り合いacquaintance男性man; male女性woman; female青年young man; youth少年boy少女girl先輩senior (at school/work)後輩junior (at school/work)

Society & life

世の中society; the world国民citizens; nation法律law宗教religion習慣custom; habit人生life事情circumstances機会opportunity方法method目的purpose離婚divorce公共public世代generation

Describing people & things

熱心enthusiastic真面目serious; diligent盛んthriving; popular急sudden; urgent重要important; essential正直honest退屈boring不思議mysterious; strange迷惑trouble; annoyance邪魔hindrance; in the way平気fine; unconcerned楽easy; comfortable

More adjectives

得意good at; strong point苦手poor at; weak point嫌unpleasant; disliked様々various素晴らしいwonderful親しいclose; intimate硬いhard; stiff酷いcruel; terrible寝坊oversleeping

More verbs

調べるto look up; to investigate頑張るto do one's best祈るto pray見つけるto find見つかるto be found決まるto be decided変わるto change続くto continue増えるto increase減るto decrease似合うto suit慌てるto panic動かすto move (something)直すto fix; to correct

Even more verbs

残るto remain残すto leave behind勝つto win投げるto throw取り替えるto exchange足すto add思い出すto remember感じるto feel信じるto believe過ぎるto pass; to exceed騒ぐto make noise触るto touch塗るto paint; to spread飾るto decorate隠すto hide移るto move; to shift

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