Vocabulary list for JLPT N4

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noun
two-storied building
Other readings:
二階建【にかいだて】

noun
1.
selling area, counter, section, department, sales floor
2.
favorable time to sell, good time to sell
See also:売り時,  買い場
Other readings:
売場【うりば】

noun
primary school, elementary school, grade school

noun
1.
vehicle, conveyance, transport
2.
ride (playground, fair, carnival), playground facility
Other readings:
乗物【のりもの】

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

noun
1.
culture, civilization, civilisation
2.
Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

noun, auxillary suru verb
study, research, investigation

pre-noun adjectival
1.
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener), like that, that sort of
See also:あんな,  こんな,  どんな
interjection
2.
no way!, never!(colloquialism)

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

noun, no-adjective
coast, beach

noun, no-adjective
1.
substitute, replacement, substituting, replacing
2.
stand-in, proxy, alternate, deputy, relief, successor
noun
3.
compensation, exchange, return(usu. as 〜代わりに, etc.)
See also:代わりに
4.
another helping, second helping, seconds, refill(usu. as お代わり)
5.
upcoming program, upcoming programme(abbreviation)(esp. 替わり, 替り)
Other readings:
替わり【かわり】
代り【かわり】
替り【かわり】

adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
this evening, tonight

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
to paint, to plaster, to lacquer, to varnish, to spread, to smear, to put up (wallpaper)

adverbial noun
with the exception of, excepting

らん
goranninaru
expression, Godan-ru verb
1.
to see, to look, to watch(honorific language)
See also:見る
2.
to try to(after the -te form of a verb)
Other readings:
御覧になる【ごらんになる】
ご覧に成る【ごらんになる】
御覧に成る【ごらんになる】

noun, no-adjective
season, time of year

noun
Shinto shrine
Other readings:
神社【じんしゃ】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kana usage

noun
the West, the Occident, Western countries
See also:東洋

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】

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to stop (an activity), to cease, to discontinue, to end, to quit(usually kana)(only relevant for 止める and 已める)
2.
to cancel, to abandon, to give up, to abolish, to abstain, to refrain(usually kana)
Other readings:
やめる《已める》
やめる《廃める》

adverb, to-adverb
1.
drumming (noise), beating, pounding, banging, booming, stamping(onomatopia)
2.
rapidly, quickly, steadily(onomatopia)
3.
continuously, one after the other, in succession(onomatopia)
Other readings:
ドンドン

expression, adverb
soon, shortly, before long, nearly, almost(usually kana)

noun
leaf, blade (of grass), (pine) needle

noun
senior high school, high school(abbreviation)
See also:高等学校

conjunction
thereupon, hereupon

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
to get better, to get well, to recover (from an illness), to be cured, to be restored, to heal

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to get used to, to grow accustomed to, to become familiar with(esp. 慣れる)
2.
to become skilled in, to become experienced at(esp. 慣れる)
3.
to become tame, to become domesticated(esp. 馴れる)
Ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
4.
to get used to doing(after the -masu stem of a verb)
Other readings:
馴れる【なれる】

adjective
tender, kind, gentle, graceful, affectionate, amiable

adjective
1.
severe, strict, rigid, unsparing, relentless
2.
hard (to do), difficult, tricky
3.
intense (e.g. cold), harsh (weather), inclement
Other readings:
酷しい【きびしい】

Godan-mu verb, intransitive verb
1.
to advance, to go forward
2.
to precede, to go ahead (of)
3.
to make progress, to improve
4.
to deepen, to heighten
5.
to be fast (of a clock), to be ahead
6.
to do of one's own free will
See also:進んで

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb
1.
to touch, to feel
Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
2.
to get involved (with), to approach
3.
to be harmful to, to hinder, to interfere with, to irritate
See also:障る

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
translation
2.
deciphering, decoding
noun
3.
translation(biology term)
Other readings:
飜訳【ほんやく】

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to fish, to angle, to catch
2.
to lure in, to tempt, to attract, to entice, to allure
See also:釣られる

noun, no-adjective
neighbourhood, neighborhood

pronoun
1.
I, me(male term)
2.
you(used for addressing young boys)
3.
manservant
See also:しもべ

noun, auxillary suru verb
review (of learned material), revision

adjective
1.
right, correct
2.
proper, righteous, just, honest, truthful, lawful

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to turn back (e.g. half-way)
2.
to return, to go back
3.
to recover (e.g. something lost), to be returned
4.
to rebound, to spring back

noun
1.
slope, incline, hill
2.
milestone, (age) mark(e.g. 60の坂)
Other readings:
【さか】

auxiliary, na-adjective
appearing that, seeming that, looking like, having the appearance of(after -masu stem or adj. stem)

noun
escalator
Other readings:
エスカレータ

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to deliver, to forward, to send
2.
to report, to notify, to file notice (to the authorities), to give notice, to register
Other readings:
屆ける【とどける】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

conjunction
and, thereupon, because of that(usually kana)

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to plant, to grow, to raise
2.
to insert, to transplant, to implant, to set (type)
3.
to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent)
4.
to instill (idea, value, etc.), to inculcate

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to be sufficient, to be enough
2.
to be worth doing, to be worthy of, to deserve(in the form に足りる after a verb)
3.
to do (the job), to serve, to answer

noun
1.
daughter
2.
girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
a short while ago, a moment ago, just now, some time ago(usually kana)
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