Vocabulary list for JLPT N4

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noun, noun (suffix)
1.
playing
2.
play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)(usually kana)

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

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
to gather, to collect, to assemble
Other readings:
集る【あつまる】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
to be found, to be discovered
Other readings:
見付かる【みつかる】

adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
this evening, tonight

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
promise, agreement, arrangement, one's word, contract, pact, appointment, engagement, date
2.
convention, rule
3.
destiny, fate

Godan-ru verb
to apologize, to apologise

noun
typhoon, hurricane
Other readings:
颱風【たいふう】

na-adjective, adverb, noun
1.
mostly, ordinarily, usually, generally(usually kana)
2.
probably
no-adjective, noun
3.
most, almost all
4.
ordinary(before a neg. form)
na-adjective
5.
proper, appropriate, moderate(usu. as 〜にする)
Other readings:
たいてい《大てい》

adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
1.
day, days(only relevant for 日)
2.
sun, sunshine, sunlight
3.
case (esp. unfortunate), event(only relevant for 日)(as 〜した日には, 〜と来た日には, etc.)
Other readings:
【ひ】

no-adjective, adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
beginning, outset, first, onset

noun
eraser, rubber
Other readings:
消ゴム【けしゴム】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun
1.
force, strength, might, vigour, vigor, energy
2.
capability, ability, proficiency, capacity, faculty
3.
efficacy, effect
4.
effort, endeavours, endeavors, exertions
5.
power, authority, influence, good offices, agency
6.
support, help, aid, assistance
See also:力になる
7.
stress, emphasis
8.
means, resources

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
to collect, to assemble, to gather

na-adjective, noun
1.
strange, odd, peculiar, weird, curious, queer, eccentric, funny, suspicious, fishy
2.
unexpected
3.
change
4.
incident, disturbance, disaster, accident
noun (prefix)
5.
flat(music term)
See also:変ロ短調
Other readings:
【へん】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

noun
salad(food term)

noun
scenery, scene, landscape
Other readings:
景色【けいしょく】

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

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

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

noun
motorcycle

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

noun, noun (suffix)
1.
corner, nook, recess
noun
2.
downstage right (on a noh stage)(obscure)(only relevant for 角)
See also:目付柱
Other readings:
【すま】
【すみ】

noun
1.
hot water
See also:水 (みず)
2.
hot bath, hot spring
3.
molten iron

noun
reason, pretext, motive
Other readings:
理由【わけ】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kana usage

noun
1.
surface
See also: (antonym)
2.
face (i.e. the visible side of an object)
3.
front (of a building, etc.), obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin
4.
outside, exterior
5.
appearance
6.
public
7.
first half (of an inning), top (of an inning)(baseball term)
See also: (antonym)
8.
cover (for tatami mats, etc.)
9.
foreground(computer term)

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to glide, to slide (e.g. on skis), to slip
2.
to fail (an examination), to bomb (when telling a joke)
3.
to drop, to go down, to come down, to fall (e.g. in status)
Other readings:
辷る【すべる】

adjective
1.
small
2.
fine, minute
3.
minor, trivial
4.
sensitive, attentive
5.
careful, frugal, stingy

conjunction, particle
but, however, although
All readings:
けど
けれど
けれども
けども
けんど

noun
1.
futon, Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet
2.
round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
Other readings:
蒲団【ふとん】
薄団【ふとん】[2]
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading
  2. word containing irregular kanji usage

conjunction
or, either ... or ...(usually kana)

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

Godan-bu verb, transitive verb
1.
to carry, to transport, to move, to convey
Godan-bu verb
2.
to come, to go(honorific language)(usu. as お運びになる, お運び下さる, etc.)
See also:足を運ぶ
Godan-bu verb, transitive verb
3.
to wield (a tool, etc.), to use
Godan-bu verb, intransitive verb
4.
to go (well, etc.), to proceed, to progress

Godan-ku verb, intransitive verb
1.
to continue, to last, to go on
2.
to continue (without a break), to be unbroken
3.
to occur again and again
4.
to lead to, to connect to, to adjoin
5.
to come after, to follow, to succeed, to rank next to
6.
to hold out, to keep, to last

noun
branch, bow, bough, twig, limb

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
swimming

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

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to break, to destroy, to demolish
2.
to wreck, to ruin, to spoil, to damage
3.
to break (a bill, etc.)
Other readings:
毀す【こわす】

noun, na-adjective
1.
danger, peril, hazard
See also:安全 (antonym)
2.
risk

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
to die

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

Godan-u verb, intransitive verb
1.
to face
2.
to go towards, to head towards
Other readings:
向う【むかう】
対う【むかう】

na-adjective, noun
1.
polite, courteous, civil
2.
careful, close, thorough, conscientious
Other readings:
叮嚀【ていねい】

noun
1.
flavor, flavour, taste
2.
charm, appeal, uniqueness, attractiveness
3.
experience, taste (e.g. of victory)
na-adjective
4.
smart, clever, witty, strange
See also:味な

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

noun, no-adjective, auxillary suru verb
failure, mistake, blunder

adverb
occasionally, once in a while, now and then, rarely, seldom(usually kana)
Other readings:
たまに《適に》
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