Vocabulary list for JLPT N4

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adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
lunch break, noon recess, noon rest period

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
to put on weight, to gain weight, to grow fat, to get stout
Other readings:
肥る【ふとる】

adverb, noun
1.
all, everyone, everybody(usually kana)
2.
everything(usually kana)
All readings:
みんな《皆》
みんな《皆んな》[1]
みな《皆》
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun
Asia(usually kana)
All readings:
アジア《亜細亜》[1]
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

pronoun
1.
he, him
See also:彼女
noun
2.
boyfriend
See also:彼氏

noun
return, coming back
Other readings:
還り【かえり】

noun
1.
limited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required)(abbreviation)(used by JR, Seibu, Kintetsu, etc.)
See also:特別急行
2.
limited express (train making a limited no. of stops)(abbreviation)(used by Keiō, Keikyu, Hankyū, Hanshin, etc.)
See also:特別急行
3.
great hurry

adverb
1.
surely, undoubtedly, almost certainly, most likely (e.g. 90 percent)(usually kana, onomatopia)
2.
sternly, severely(usually kana, onomatopia)(esp. キッと)
3.
having no slack, rigid, stiff, tight(usually kana, onomatopia)
4.
suddenly, abruptly, instantly(usually kana, onomatopia, archaism)
Other readings:
きっと《急度》[1]
キッと
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

noun
suburb, residential area on the outskirt of a city, commuter belt

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
to sound, to ring, to resound, to echo, to roar, to rumble

Godan-ku verb, intransitive verb
1.
to open (e.g. doors)(esp. 開く)
2.
to open (e.g. business, etc.)(esp. 開く)
3.
to be empty(esp. 空く)
4.
to be vacant, to be available, to be free(esp. 空く)
5.
to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.)(esp. 明く)
6.
to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)(esp. 明く)
7.
to come to an end(esp. 明く)
Godan-ku verb, transitive verb
8.
to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.)(esp. 明く)
Godan-ku verb, intransitive verb
9.
to have a hole, to form a gap, to have an interval (between events)
See also:穴が開く
All readings:
開く【あく】
空く【あく】
明く【あく】

adverb
particularly, especially, in particular, expressly

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to throw away, to cast away, to dump, to discard
2.
to abandon, to desert, to leave
3.
to give up, to resign
Other readings:
棄てる【すてる】

noun
1.
heat
2.
fever, temperature
noun, suffix
3.
zeal, passion, enthusiasm, mania, craze, rage

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to make a mistake (in), to commit an error (e.g. in calculation)
2.
to confuse, to mistake something for something else

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
to notify, to advise, to inform
Other readings:
報せる【しらせる】

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
to examine, to look up, to investigate, to check up, to sense, to study, to inquire, to search

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective, na-adjective
1.
opposition, resistance, antagonism, hostility, objection, dissent
noun, no-adjective
2.
reverse, opposite, inverse, contrary

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to raise, to rear, to bring up
2.
to train, to teach, to educate
3.
to promote the growth of, to nurture, to foster, to develop

noun
1.
woods, forest, copse, thicket
2.
bunch, line (of something), collection

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator), to get chilly, to cool down

noun, auxillary suru verb
match, game, bout, contest
Other readings:
仕合【しあい】[1]
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

noun, auxillary suru verb
use, utilization, utilisation, application

na-adjective, noun
1.
simple, easy, uncomplicated
2.
brief, quick, light
Other readings:
簡短【かんたん】[1]
簡端【かんたん】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

noun
1.
train (esp. long distance train)
2.
steam train(orig. meaning)

na-adjective
1.
enough, sufficient, plenty, adequate, satisfactory
adverb
2.
sufficiently, fully, thoroughly, well, perfectly
noun, auxillary suru verb
3.
division into ten(only relevant for 十分)
Other readings:
充分【じゅうぶん】

noun
assembly hall, meeting place, venue, grounds

noun
1.
hair
2.
fur, wool
3.
down, plumage, feathers

na-adjective, noun
1.
unreasonable, unnatural, unjustifiable
2.
impossible
3.
forcible, forced, compulsory(often as 無理に)
na-adjective
4.
excessive (work, etc.), immoderate
auxillary suru verb
5.
to work too hard, to try too hard
interjection
6.
no way, not a chance, never, dream on(colloquialism)
no-adjective
7.
irrational(mathematics)
Other readings:
ムリ

adverb, to-adverb
1.
slowly, quietly, steadily, gradually, gingerly(onomatopia)
2.
soon, momentarily, before long, any time now(onomatopia)
Other readings:
ソロソロ

noun
cartoon, comic, comic strip, manga
Other readings:
マンガ

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
to recall, to remember, to recollect
Other readings:
思いだす【おもいだす】
おもい出す【おもいだす】
思出す【おもいだす】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun
gasoline, petrol

Godan-mu verb, intransitive verb
1.
to be crowded, to be packed
2.
to be complex
auxiliary verb
3.
to go into, to put into, to remain (seated), to be plunged into (silence), to do thoroughly(only relevant for 込む)
4.
to do intently(only relevant for 込む)
5.
to continue in the same state(only relevant for 込む)
Other readings:
混む【こむ】
籠む【こむ】[1]
篭む【こむ】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
to do(humble language, usually kana)

noun
1.
mind, heart, spirit
2.
the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)

Godan-aru verb (special), intransitive verb
1.
to come, to go, to be (somewhere)(honorific language)(sometimes erroneously written 居らっしゃる)
Godan-aru verb (special), auxiliary verb
2.
to be (doing)(honorific language)(after a -te form, or the particle "de")

Godan-u verb, intransitive verb
1.
to laugh
2.
to smile
3.
to sneer, to ridicule(esp. 嗤う)
4.
to be dumbfounded, to be flabbergasted(as 笑ってしまう or 笑っちゃう)
Other readings:
咲う【わらう】
嗤う【わらう】

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to break, to fracture, to break off, to snap off, to pick (e.g. flowers)
2.
to fold, to bend
3.
to make (origami)
4.
to interrupt, to end
See also:筆を折る

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
1.
hurrying (to somewhere), rushing, hastening
See also:緩行 (antonym)
noun
2.
express (train)(abbreviation)
See also:急行列車

adverb
always, without exception, necessarily, certainly, without fail, positively, invariably

noun
1.
neck
2.
head
3.
dismissal, discharge, firing (from a job)(usually kana)(also written as 馘)
Other readings:
【くび】
【くび】
クビ

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
opinion, view, comment

noun
cake(food term)
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