JLPT N4 Vocabulary List

ごい Vocabulary Type Meaning

赤ん坊 akanbou Noun baby; infant

あかんぼう

部長 buchou Noun manager; head (chief, director) of a section or department

ぶちょう

中学校 chuugakkou Noun junior high school; middle school

ちゅうがっこう

花見 hanami Noun cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing

はなみ

開く hiraku Transitive verb to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack

ひらく

昼間 hiruma Noun daytime; during the day

ひるま

昼休み hiruyasumi Noun lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period

ひるやすみ

一度 ichido Noun once; one time; on one occasion

いちど

意見 iken Noun opinion; view; comment

いけん

急ぐ isogu Intransitive verb to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
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いそぐ

人口 jinkou Noun population

じんこう

課長 kachou Noun section manager; section chief

かちょう

会場 kaijou Noun assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds

かいじょう

会話 kaiwa Noun conversation

かいわ

家内 kanai Noun (my) wife; inside the home; one's family

かない

聞こえる kikoeru Intransitive verb to be heard; to be audible; to be said

きこえる

今度 kondo Noun this time; next time

こんど

今夜 konya Noun this evening; tonigh

こんや

校長 kouchou Noun principal; headmaster

こうちょう

高校 koukou Noun senior high school; high school

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こうこう

高校生 koukousei Noun high school student

こうこうせい

急 kyuu な-adjective sudden; abrupt; unexpected

きゅう

急行 kyuukou Noun hurrying (to somewhere); rushing; hastening

きゅうこう

見える mieru Intransitive verb to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem

みえる

見つかる mitsukaru Intransitive verb to be found; to be discovered

みつかる

見つける mitsukeru Transitive verb to discover; to find; to come across; to detect; to spot

みつける

寝坊 nebou Noun sleeping in late; oversleeping

ねぼう

入学 nyuugaku Noun entry to school or university; enrollment

にゅうがく

入院 nyuuin Noun hospitalization

にゅういん

押し入れ oshiire Noun closet

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おしいれ

利用 riyou Noun use; utilization; application

りよう

昨夜 sakuya Noun last night

さくや

再来月 saraigetsu Noun month after next

さらいげつ

再来週 saraishuu Noun week after next

さらいしゅう

社長 shachou Noun company president; manager; director

しゃちょう

品物 shinamono Noun goods; article; thing

しなもの

新聞社 shinbunsha Noun newspaper company

しんぶんしゃ

食料品 shokuryouhin Noun food; groceries

しょくりょうひん

小学校 shougakkou Noun elementary school

しょうがっこう

店員 ten'in Noun employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk

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てんいん

ごい Vocabulary Type Meaning

特急 tokkyuu Noun limited express (train, faster than an express)

とっきゅう

特別 tokubetsu な-adjective special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional

とくべつ

特に tokuni Adverb particularly; especially; in particular; expressly

とくに

売り場 uriba Noun selling area

うりば

用 you Noun business; task; errand; use; purpose

よう

用意 youi Noun preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready

ようい

用事 youji Noun tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of

ようじ

Grammar Lesson 文法レッスン Grammar Meaning

ba ば if… then (conditional)
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dake de だけで just by; just by doing
dewa nai ka ではないか right?; isn't it?
gari がり personality; tend to~; sensitivity towards~
garu; gatteiru がる・がっている to show signs of; to appear; to feel, to think
hajimeru 始める（はじめる） to start; to begin to ~
hazu da はずだ it must be; it should be (expectation)
hazu ga nai はずがない cannot be (impossible)
hitsuyou ga aru 必要がある（ひつようがある） need to; it is necessary to
janai ka じゃないか right?; isn't it?
ka shira かしら I wonder
kamo shirenai かもしれない might; perhaps; indicates possibility
kana かな I wonder; should I?
koto ga aru ことがある there are times when
koto ga dekiru ことができる can; able to
kyuu ni 急に（きゅうに） suddenly
made ni までに by; by the time; indicates time limit
nagara ながら while; during; as; simultaneously
nara なら if; in the case that ~
ni mieru にみえる to look; to seem; to appear

nikui にくい difficult to do

owaru 終わる（おわる） to finish; to end
rareru られる able to do something / passive voice
saserareru させられる to be made to do something (passive causative)
saseru させる to make/let somebody do something
sou da そうだ [2] looks like; appears like
sou da そうだ [1] I heard that; it is said that
sou ni / sou na そうに・そうな seems like; looks like
ta bakari たばかり just finished; something just occurred
tagaru たがる want to do~ (third person)
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te ageru てあげる to do for; to do a favor
te hoshii てほしい I want you to; need you to~
te iku ていく to start; to continue; to go on
te kureru てくれる to do a favor; do something for someone
te kuru てくる to do… and come back; to become; to continue; to start
te miru てみる try doing
te morau てもらう to get somebody to do something
te yaru てやる to do for; to do a favor (casual)
to ittemo ii と言ってもいい（といってもいい） you could say; one might say
to mieru とみえる it seems that..

toka~toka とか～とか among other things; such as; like

tsuzukeru 続ける（つづける） continue to; keen on
yasui やすい easy to; likely to
yori より than; rather than; more than
you da ようだ appears / seems / looks as if
you ni / you na ように / ような like; as; similar to
you ni suru ようにする to try to; to make sure that
zurai づらい difficult to do