JLPT N4 Vocab

文

ぶん sentence, text

考え

かんがえ thinking, thought, ideas, intention

例題

れいだい example, exercise (for the reader)

作文

さくぶん composition, writing

ひく

ひく to catch (cold)

文法形式

ぶんぽうけいしき grammatical form

判断

はんだん judgement, judgment, decision, adjudication, conclusion, decipherment, divination

文章

ぶんしょう chapter, composition, badge, poem, design

先週

せんしゅう last week, the week before

意見 (する)

いけん opinion, view

正しい (i. Adj.)

ただしい justice, righteous, correct

体

からだ

1) body

2) health

なりやすかった (なりやすい)

It was easy to become ~

非道い (i. Adj)

ひどい cruel, awful, severe, very bad, serious, terrible, heavy, violent

文化

ぶんか culture, civilization, civilisation

週末

しゅうまつ weekend

試験 (する)

しけん examination, test, study, trial, experiment

兄

あに older brother

0動詞

どうし verb

音

おと sound, noise, report

辞書系

じしょけい dictionary form

終わり

おわり the end

夫々

そえぞれ

each, every, either, respectively, severally

可能 (na)

かのう (na)

possible, practicable, feasible

形

かたち

style, form, shape

異

こと !!!

ルール

rule

形容詞

けいようし

(true) adjective, i-adjective

名詞

めいし

noun

例外

れいがい

exception

論文

ろんぶん

thesis, essay, treatise, paper, article

文体

ぶんたい

literary style

夜

よる

evening, night

言葉

ことば

word, words, phrase, term, expression, remark

みがく

to polish, to shine, to brush (e.g. teeth)

受身形

うけみけい

passive voice, passive form

間に合う

まにあう

1) to be in time for

2) to serve (suit, meet) the purpose, to be good enough, to be enough

さわぐ

to make noise, to make racket, to be noisy

重い ( i. Adj.)

おもい

heavy, massive

しかる

to scold

開ける

あける

1) to open (a door, etc.), to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package)

2) to open (for business, etc.)

3) to empty, to clear out, to make space, to make room

病気

びょうき

illness, disease, sickness

とする

(after volitional form of verb) to try to (verb), (after dictionary form) to (decide to) do

として

as (i.e. in the role of), for (i.e. from the viewpoint of)

としても

assuming ..., even if ...

そだてる / そだつ

to raise, to rear, to bring up / to be raised (e.g. child), to be brought up, to grow (up)

ほめる

to praise, to admire, to speak well

仕事

しごと

work, job, business, occupation, employment, vocation, task

すてる

to throw away, to cast aside, to abandon, to resign, to break up with (someone)

叩く

たたく

to strike, to clap, to dust, to beat

しょうたい (+する)

invitation

どろぼう

thief, burglar, robber, theft

ぬすむ

to steal

旅行 (+する)

りょこう

travel, trip

使役の形

しえきのかたち

Causative form

手伝う

てつだう

to help, to assist, to take part in

困る

こまる

to be troubled, to be worried, to be bothered, to be embarrassed, to be stumped

調べる

しらべる

to examine, to investigate, to check up, to sense, to study, to inquire, to search

答える

こたえる

to answer, to reply

静か (な)

しずか

quiet, peaceful

着る

きる

1) to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down), to put on

2) to bear (guilt, etc.)

帰る

かえる

1) to return, to come home, to go home, to go back

社長

しゃちょう

company president, manager, director

使役受身

しえきうけみ

Causative passive

兄弟

きょうだい

siblings, brothers and sisters

工場

こうじょう

factory, plant, mill, workshop

声

こえ

voice

何より / だれより / どこより

...

通う

かよう

1) to go back and forth, to ply between

2) to commute, to attend (school, church, etc.)

着く

つく

1) to arrive at, to reach

2) to sit on, to sit at (e.g. the table)

遠い (i. Adj.)

とおい

far, distant

ちょうど (な)

just, right, exactly

会場

かいじょう

assembly hall, meeting place, the grounds

なんだ

...

好き (な)

すき

liking, fondness, love

試合 (+する)

しあい

match, game, bout, contest

始まる

はじまる

to begin

場所

ばしょ

1) place, location, spot, position

2) room, space

お金

おかね

money

今

いま

now, the present time, just now, soon, immediately, (one) more

出発 (+する)

しゅうぱつ

departure

送る

おくる

1) to send (a thing), to dispatch, to despatch

2) to take or escort (a person somewhere), to see off (a person)

海

うみ

sea, beach

しかない

have no choice

見える

みえる

1) to be seen, to be in sight

2) to look, to seem, to appear

聞こえる

きこえる

1) to be heard, to be audible

2) to be said to be, to be reputed

一度

いちど

once, one time, on one occasion

出た

でた

1) to go out, to exit, to leave

2) to appear, to come forth

3) to answer (the phone or door)

このごろ

recently, nowadays, these days (more common to use さいきん)

入院 (+する)

にゆういん

hospitalisation

すべる

to glide, to slide (e.g. on skis), to slip

けが (+する)

injury (to animate object), hurt

さく

...

科

か

department, section

料理

りょうり

cooking, cookery, cuisine

売る

うる

to sell

生きる

いきる

to live, to exist

計画 (+する)

けいかく

plan, project, schedule, scheme, program, programme

生活 (+する)

せいかつ

living, life (one's daily existence), livelihood

入社試験

にゅうしゃしけん

test for a position in a company, company entrance test