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JLPT N4

641 words, in teaching order

Words 1–100
こと
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; …
Noun
日ひ
day; days; sun; sunshine; sunlight; (the) day; daytime; daylight; date; deadline; …
Noun
そう
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
Auxiliary
お
honorific/polite/humble prefix
Prefix
月つき
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
Noun
内うち
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; within (e.g. a day); in the course of; among; amongst; (out) of; between; …
Noun
ため
good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; …
Noun
あ
ah; oh; hey!
Interjection
気き
spirit; mind; heart; nature; disposition; intention; will; motivation; mood; feelings; …
Noun
思おもう
to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; …
Godan verb
必ひつ要よう
necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement
Na-adjective
そんな
such; that sort of; that kind of; like that
Pre-noun adjectival
世せ界かい
the world; society; the universe; sphere; circle; world; world-renowned; world-famous; realm governed by one Buddha; space
Noun
ああ
like that; so
Adverb
市し
city
Noun
皆みな
everyone; everybody; all; everything
Noun
関かん係けい
relation; relationship; connection; participation; involvement; concern; influence; effect; sexual relations; sexual relationship; …
Noun
くれる
to give; to let (one) have; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
Ichidan verb
僕ぼく
I; me
Pronoun
力ちから
force; strength; might; vigour; vigor; energy; capability; ability; proficiency; capacity; …
Noun
以い上じょう
not less than ...; ... and over; ... and above; ... and upwards; ... or more; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; more than; further than; the above; …
Suffix
場ば合あい
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
Noun
子こ
child; kid; teenager; youngster; young (non-adult) person; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot; …
Noun
間あいだ
space (between); gap; interval; distance; stretch; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between); …
Noun
ほど
extent; degree; measure; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of; the status of; the condition of; …
Noun
女じょ性せい
woman; female; feminine gender
Noun
君きみ
you; buddy; pal; monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master
Pronoun
君くん
Mr; master; boy; Ms; miss
Suffix
最さい近きん
recently; lately; these days; nowadays; right now; nearest; closest
Noun
用よう
business; task; errand; engagement; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...; made for ...; call of nature; …
Noun
時じ代だい
period; epoch; era; age; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness; antiquity; antique; …
Noun
アメリカ
(United States of) America; United States; US; USA; America (land mass); the Americas
Noun
彼かれ
he; him; boyfriend
Pronoun
心こころ
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
Noun
別べつ
distinction; difference; discrimination; separate; different; another; extra; exception; exclusion; classified by; …
Noun
場ば所しょ
place; location; spot; position; area; room; space; sumo tournament
Noun
最さい後ご
end; conclusion; last; final; latest; most recent; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it); if ... occurs (, ... will follow); do ..., and it's all over; …
Noun
点てん
dot; spot; point; speck; mark; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; score; points; point (in a game); …
Noun
社しゃ会かい
society; public; community; the world; social studies
Noun
最さい初しょ
beginning; outset; first; onset
No-adjective
理り由ゆう
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
Noun
すごい
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); wonderful; terrific; to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
I-adjective
彼かの女じょ
she; her; girlfriend
Pronoun
はず
should (be); bound (to be); expected (to be); must (be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
Auxiliary
利り用よう
use; utilization; utilisation; application
Noun
漫まん画が
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
Noun
無む理り
unreasonable; unnatural; unjustifiable; impossible; forcible; forced; compulsory; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate; to work too hard; …
Na-adjective
以い外がい
excluding; except (for); apart from; other than; besides; in addition to; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
Suffix
普ふ通つう
normal; ordinary; regular; usual; common; average; normally; ordinarily; usually; generally; …
No-adjective
簡かん単たん
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
Na-adjective
気き持もち
feeling; sensation; mood; state of mind; preparedness; readiness; attitude; thought; sentiment; consideration; …
Noun
生せい活かつ
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
Noun
だめ
no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken; hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless; cannot; must not; …
Na-adjective
娘むすめ
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
Noun
放ほう送そう
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
Noun
音おと
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
Noun
運うん動どう
exercise; physical training; workout; sports; athletics; appeal; campaign; drive; crusade; movement; …
Noun
計けい画かく
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
Noun
工こう場じょう
factory; plant; mill; workshop
Noun
生せい産さん
production; manufacture
Noun
輸ゆ出しゅつ
export; exportation; efferent
Noun
輸ゆ入にゅう
import; importation; introduction; afferent
Noun
安あん全ぜん
safety; security
Noun
意い見けん
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke; admonition; cautioning; warning
Noun
行おこなう
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
Godan verb
夫おっと
husband
Noun
会かい議ぎ
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention; congress
Noun
形かたち
(physical) form; shape; figure; visage; (facial) features; appearance (of a person); looks; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); style; …
Noun
技ぎ術じゅつ
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
Noun
客きゃく
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper; spectator; audience; tourist; sightseer; passenger; …
Noun
教きょう育いく
education; schooling; training; instruction; teaching; upbringing; culture; cultivation
Noun
経けい済ざい
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; financial circumstances; being economical; thrift
Noun
警けい察さつ
police; police officer; police station
Noun
原げん因いん
cause; origin; source
Noun
研けん究きゅう
research; study; investigation
Noun
高こう校こう
senior high school; high school
Noun
国こく際さい
international
No-adjective
試し合あい
match; game; bout; contest
Noun
事じ故こ
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
Noun
市し民みん
citizen (of a country); citizenry; citizen (of a city); resident; inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
Noun
社しゃ長ちょう
company president; manager; director
Noun
自じ由ゆう
freedom; liberty
Noun
将しょう来らい
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to; causing; incurring
Noun
人じん口こう
population; common talk
Noun
政せい治じ
politics; government
Noun
戦せん争そう
war; fighting; fierce competition
Noun
男だん性せい
man; male; masculine gender
Noun
妻つま
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
Noun
特とくに
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
Adverb
特とく別べつ
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
Na-adjective
番ばん組ぐみ
program (e.g. TV); programme
Noun
反はん対たい
opposition; resistance; antagonism; hostility; objection; dissent; reverse; opposite; inverse; contrary
Noun
光ひかり
light; illumination; ray; beam; gleam; glow; happiness; hope; influence; power; …
Noun
部ぶ長ちょう
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
Noun
文ぶん化か
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
Noun
貿ぼう易えき
(foreign) trade; (international) commerce; importing and exporting
Noun
最もっとも
most; extremely
Adverb