Vocabulary list for JLPT N4
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adjective
1.
hard, solid, tough(esp. 固い and 堅い for wood, 硬い for metal and stone)
2.
stiff, tight, wooden, unpolished (e.g. writing)
3.
strong, firm (not viscous or easily moved)
4.
safe, steady, honest, steadfast
5.
obstinate, stubborn
6.
bookish, formal, stuffy
Other readings:
固い【かたい】
、堅い【かたい】
、緊い【かたい】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
noun
1.
water supply, water service, waterworks
2.
channel, strait
3.
water course, waterway
Godan-u verb, transitive verb
•
to perform, to do, to conduct oneself, to carry out
Other readings:
行なう【おこなう】
noun
1.
insect, bug, cricket, moth
2.
worm, roundworm
3.
one's emotions, one's feelings
See also:虫を殺す (むしをころす)
4.
nervousness, fretfulness
See also:虫気 (むしけ)
5.
person devoted to one thing, single-minded person
See also:本の虫 (ほんのむし)
6.
valve core
Other readings:
蟲【むし】[1]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to go by, to go past, to go along, to travel along, to pass through, to use (a road), to take (a route), to go via, to go by way of
2.
to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.), to operate (between), to connect
3.
to go indoors, to go into a room, to be admitted, to be shown in, to be ushered in, to come in
4.
to penetrate, to pierce, to skewer, to go through, to come through
5.
to permeate, to soak into, to spread throughout
6.
to carry (e.g. of a voice), to reach far
7.
to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen), to be relayed, to be conveyed
8.
to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.), to be approved, to be accepted
9.
to go by (a name), to be known as, to be accepted as, to have a reputation for
10.
to be coherent, to be logical, to be reasonable, to be comprehensible, to be understandable, to make sense
11.
to get across (e.g. of one's point), to be understood
12.
to pass for, to come across as, to seem like
13.
to be straight (e.g. wood grain)
14.
to be well-informed, to be wise(archaism)
suffix, Godan-ru verb
15.
to do ... completely, to do ... thoroughly(after the -masu stem of a verb)
Other readings:
徹る【とおる】
、透る【とおる】
noun
•
electric light
Other readings:
電燈【でんとう】[1]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
noun
1.
2.
sake, purpose, objective, aim(usually kana)
3.
consequence, result, effect(usually kana)
4.
affecting, regarding, concerning(usually kana)
Other readings:
ため《爲》[1]
、ため《為め》[2]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
- irregular okurigana usage
anaunsaa
Common word
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:
- word containing irregular kana usage
sukkari
Common word
adverb, to-adverb
•
all, completely, totally, entirely, thoroughly(onomatopia)
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to burn, to be roasted, to be heated, to be sunburnt, to fade (in the sun), to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset)(only relevant for 焼ける)
2.
to be jealous, to be envious
Other readings:
灼ける【やける】
、妬ける【やける】
noun
1.
character (esp. kanji), letter, written text
2.
handwriting, penmanship
3.
adjective
1.
deep
2.
profound
3.
dense, thick
4.
close (relationship)
5.
intense, strong
6.
late
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
competition, contest, rivalry, race
2.
competition (between organisms or species)(biology term)
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:
- word containing out-dated kanji
noun
1.
culture, civilization, civilisation
2.
Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
match, game, bout, contest
Other readings:
仕合【しあい】[1]
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
noun (temporal), noun
1.
period, epoch, era, age
2.
the times, those days
3.
oldness, ancientness, antiquity
4.
Godan-mu verb, intransitive verb
1.
to finish, to end, to be completed
2.
to merely result in something less severe than expected
3.
to feel at ease
4.
to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone, to be sorry(in the negative)
Other readings:
濟む【すむ】[1]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
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】
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】
Godan-su verb, intransitive verb
•
to move (house), to change residence
Other readings:
引越す【ひきこす】[1]
、引き越す【ひきこす】
、引っこす【ひっこす】
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
Godan-mu verb, transitive verb
1.
to step on, to tread on, to trample on
2.
to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil), to stand on, to visit
3.
to experience, to undergo
4.
to follow (rules, principles, etc.), to go through (e.g. formalities), to complete
5.
to estimate, to guess, to judge, to value, to appraise
6.
to rhyme
See also:韻を踏む
7.
to succeed to (e.g. the throne)
Other readings:
履む【ふむ】
、践む【ふむ】
adverb
•
always, without exception, necessarily, certainly, without fail, positively, invariably
Godan-u verb, intransitive verb
1.
to be in time (for)
2.
to serve (suit, meet) the purpose, to be good enough, to be enough, to manage, to make do
Other readings:
間にあう【まにあう】
noun
1.
inside, within
2.
while (e.g. one is young), during, within (e.g. a day), in the course of(usually kana)
3.
among, amongst, (out) of, between(usually kana)(as 〜のうち)
4.
in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.), amidst, with (e.g. success)(usually kana)(also 裡, 裏; as のうちに after a noun representing a state or condition)
5.
within oneself, one's feelings, inner thoughts
noun, no-adjective
6.
7.
noun
8.
my spouse, my husband, my wife(only relevant for 内)
9.
signed on behalf of (husband's name) by his wife(only relevant for 内)(in a letter after the husband's name)
pronoun
10.
I, me(usually kana, Kansai-ben (dialect))(only relevant for 内)(primarily used by women and children)
noun
11.
imperial palace grounds(archaism)(only relevant for 内)
12.
emperor(archaism)(only relevant for 内)
Other readings:
中【うち】
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to ill-treat, to bully, to torment, to pick on, to tease, to be cruel to, to persecute(usually kana)
2.
to be tough on (e.g. one's body), to treat harshly(usually kana)
Other readings:
いじめる《虐める》
noun
1.
rate, ratio, percentage, proportion
adverb
2.
comparatively
3.
contrary to expectations
Other readings:
割り合い【わりあい】[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to be sufficient, to be enough
2.
3.
to do (the job), to serve, to answer
noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
1.
relation, relationship, connection
2.
participation, involvement, concern
3.
influence, effect
noun, auxillary suru verb
4.
sexual relations, sexual relationship
noun (suffix)
5.
related to, connected to
noun
1.
cotton (material)
2.
Other readings:
木綿【きわた】
、木棉【きわた】
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】
noun
1.
blood
2.
blood, ancestry, lineage, stock
3.
(the) blood, feelings, passions
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