Vocabulary list for JLPT N4

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Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to escape, to run away
Other readings:
迯げる【にげる】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

noun
factory, plant, mill, workshop
Other readings:
工場【こうば】

noun
1.
guest, visitor
2.
customer, client, shopper, spectator, audience, tourist, sightseer, passenger
counter
3.
counter for containers used to entertain guests
Other readings:
【かく】

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to live, to exist
2.
to make a living, to subsist
3.
to be in effect, to be in use, to function
4.
to come to life, to be enlivened
5.
to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)
Other readings:
活きる【いきる】

noun
1.
blood
2.
blood, ancestry, lineage, stock
3.
(the) blood, feelings, passions

noun
1.
population
2.
common talk

Godan-u verb, transitive verb
1.
to help, to assist, to aid
2.
to contribute to, to be a factor in
Other readings:
手つだう【てつだう】

adjective
1.
terrible, dreadful(usually kana)
2.
amazing (e.g. of strength), great (e.g. of skills), wonderful, terrific(usually kana)
3.
to a great extent, vast (in numbers)(usually kana)
adverb
4.
awfully, very, immensely(usually kana, colloquialism)
See also:凄く
Other readings:
スゴイ
スゴい

noun
price, cost
Other readings:
直段【ねだん】

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to change, to alter, to transform, to convert, to turn, to vary
2.
to reform, to revise, to amend

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to boil, to heat(only relevant for 沸かす)
2.
to excite(only relevant for 沸かす)
3.
to melt (metal)(archaism)
Other readings:
鎔かす【わかす】

noun, noun (suffix)
1.
sound, noise, report
2.
note(music term)
3.
fame(only relevant for おと)
4.
Chinese-derived character reading(only relevant for おん)
See also:訓 (くん)
Other readings:
【ね】
【おん】

noun
junior high school, middle school, lower secondary school

adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
1.
this time, now
2.
next time, another time, shortly, soon
3.
recently, lately, the other day

noun
primary school, elementary school, grade school

noun
gas station, petrol station
Other readings:
ガソリン・スタンド

noun
suitcase

noun, auxillary suru verb
reply, answer, response
Other readings:
返辞【へんじ】

noun, auxillary suru verb
trade (foreign)

pronoun
1.
you, buddy, pal(male term, familiar language)(also used colloquially by young females)
noun
2.
monarch, ruler, sovereign, (one's) master(orig. meaning)
Other readings:
【きみ】

pronoun
1.
she, her
See also:彼 (かれ)
noun
2.
girlfriend
See also:彼氏

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to search for, to look for, to hunt for, to seek(esp. 探す for something desired and 捜す for something lost)
2.
to search (a house, pocket, etc.), to search through, to rummage in (e.g. a drawer), to fish around
Other readings:
捜す【さがす】

noun
1.
knowing(honorific language)
See also:存じ
2.
(an) acquaintance
Other readings:
ご存知【ごぞんじ】[1]
御存じ【ごぞんじ】
御存知【ごぞんじ】[1]
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to tidy up, to put in order, to straighten up, to put away
2.
to settle (problem), to clear (dispute)
3.
to finish, to bring something to an end
4.
to marry off (e.g. a daughter)(sometimes 嫁ける)
5.
to do away with someone, to bump someone off
Other readings:
片づける【かたづける】

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
to shine, to glitter, to be bright

noun
employee (of a store), shop assistant, clerk, salesperson
Other readings:
店員【ていいん】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kana usage

na-adjective, noun
deplorable, regrettable, disappointing, vexing, unfortunate

adjective
bitter

noun
church, congregation

adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
these days, nowadays, now, at present, recently, lately
Other readings:
この頃【このころ】[1]
此の頃【このごろ】
此の頃【このころ】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun
middle, centre, center, midpoint, heart
Other readings:
まん中【まんなか】

noun, auxillary suru verb
seeing, looking at(humble language, polite language)
Other readings:
拜見【はいけん】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

noun
lake

noun, auxillary suru verb
plans, arrangement, schedule, program, programme, expectation, estimate

adjective
scary, frightening, eerie, dreadful
Other readings:
恐い【こわい】

noun
1.
air, atmosphere
2.
mood, situation
3.
someone with no presence, someone who doesn't stand out at all(colloquialism, idiom )

Godan-tsu verb, intransitive verb
to win, to gain victory
Other readings:
克つ【かつ】
贏つ【かつ】

noun
1.
place, location, spot, position
2.
room, space
3.
basho, wrestling tournament(sumo term)

noun
1.
society, public, community, the world
2.
social studies(abbreviation)

Godan-ru verb
to apologize, to apologise

Godan-u verb, intransitive verb
1.
to go to and from (a place), to go back and forth between, to run between (e.g. bus, train, etc.), to ply between
2.
to go to (school, work, etc.), to attend, to commute, to frequent
3.
to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity), to be communicated (e.g. thought)
4.
to resemble

noun, auxillary suru verb
traffic, transportation, communication, exchange (of ideas, etc.), intercourse

noun, no-adjective
season, time of year

noun
baby, infant
Other readings:
赤ん坊【あかんぼ】
赤んぼ【あかんぼ】
赤んぼう【あかんぼう】

noun, auxillary suru verb, na-adjective, no-adjective
1.
sleeping in late, oversleeping
noun
2.
late riser, sleepyhead
Other readings:
寐坊【ねぼう】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

noun
1.
announcer, presenter, broadcaster, reporter
2.
in-house television talent who does on-location fluff pieces for variety shows
Other readings:
アナウンサ[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kana usage

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》

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
education, schooling, training, instruction, teaching, upbringing
2.
culture, cultivation, education
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