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JLPT N4 core vocabulary (page 5)
754 words
253 tested in past papers
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行動
こうどう
action, conduct, behavior
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声
こえ
voice; sound; opinion
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事
こと
thing; matter; fact
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米
こめ
uncooked rice
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これまで
これまで
so far; up to now
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壊れる
こわれる
to break; to be damaged
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今回
こんかい
this time
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今後
こんご
from now on, hereafter
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今夜
こんや
tonight
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ご〜
ご〜
polite prefix ご-; used in honorific, humble, or beautifying expressions depending on the construction
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ごみ
ごみ
trash, garbage
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ごみ箱
ごみばこ
trash can
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さあ
さあ
come on; well...
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最高
さいこう
the best; highest; supreme
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最大
さいだい
biggest; maximum
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下がる
さがる
to go down; to drop; to step back; to fall behind
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先に
さきに
first, ahead (of others); before; in advance
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桜
さくら
cherry blossom, cherry tree
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酒
さけ
alcohol; sake
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差す
さす
to shine in; to hold up (an umbrella); to put in (liquid); to insert
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寂しい
さびしい
lonely; desolate
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触る
さわる
to touch; to feel
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死
し
death, decease
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市
し
city
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幸せ
しあわせ
happiness; happy
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仕方
しかた
way of doing; method
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失敗
しっぱい
failure; mistake; to fail
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失礼
しつれい
rudeness; excuse me; leaving
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品物
しなもの
thing; item; article; goods
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死ぬ
しぬ
to die
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閉まる
しまる
to close, to be closed
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市民
しみん
citizen
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閉める
しめる
to close; to shut
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社長
しゃちょう
president of a company
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週末
しゅうまつ
weekend
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紹介
しょうかい
introduction; to introduce
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正月
しょうがつ
New Year; New Year holidays
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少女
しょうじょ
young girl
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承知
しょうち
to know; to understand; to agree, to consent
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少年
しょうねん
boy; youth
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将来
しょうらい
(in the) future; prospects
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食料
しょくりょう
food; provisions
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知らせ
しらせ
notice; news
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知らせる
しらせる
to inform; to notify
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資料
しりょう
materials, data
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新幹線
しんかんせん
Shinkansen, "Bullet Train"
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信じる
しんじる
to believe; to trust; to have faith in
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信用
しんよう
trust; credit
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字
じ
character; letter; handwriting
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時間割
じかんわり
timetable, schedule
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事件
じけん
event, affair, incident
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自己紹介
じこしょうかい
self-introduction
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自身
じしん
oneself; itself
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時代
じだい
age, period, epoch, era
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実は
じつは
actually; to tell the truth
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自動
じどう
automatic, self-motion
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事務所
じむしょ
office
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準備
じゅんび
preparation; to prepare
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状態
じょうたい
condition; state
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人口
じんこう
population
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神社
じんじゃ
Shinto shrine
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水泳
すいえい
swimming
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過ぎる
すぎる
to pass; to exceed; to be too much
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過ごす
すごす
to spend (time); to live; to overdo
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進む
すすむ
to advance; to progress
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涼しい
すずしい
cool, refreshing (in reference to weather)
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すっかり
すっかり
all, completely
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ずつ
ずつ
each; ... at a time; little by little
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背
せ
height; back (of the body)
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正確
せいかく
accurate; correct
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生活
せいかつ
life; living; to live
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成功
せいこう
success; to succeed
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生産
せいさん
production; to produce
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接待
せったい
entertaining (guests, clients); treating
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専門
せんもん
specialty; field of study
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全〜
ぜん〜
all, whole (prefix 全〜)
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全然
ぜんぜん
not at all (with a negative); entirely
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全体
ぜんたい
whole; entire
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そうだ
そうだ
that's right; oh, right!
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その後
そのご
after that; since then; afterward
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蕎麦
そば
soba (buckwheat noodles)
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それぞれ
それぞれ
each; respectively
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それで
それで
so; and then; because of that
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それとも
それとも
or, or else
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それなら
それなら
in that case
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それに
それに
moreover; besides
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象
ぞう
elephant
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田
た
rice field
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体育
たいいく
physical education, gymnastics, athletics
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体育館
たいいくかん
gymnasium
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大使館
たいしかん
embassy
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倒れる
たおれる
to fall over; to collapse; to fall ill
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訪ねる
たずねる
to visit; to call on
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尋ねる
たずねる
to ask; to inquire; to look for
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卓球
たっきゅう
table tennis
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立てる
たてる
to set up; to make (a plan); to raise (a noise)
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建てる
たてる
to build
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例えば
たとえば
for example
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楽しみ
たのしみ
pleasure; something to look forward to
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楽しむ
たのしむ
to enjoy; to have a good time
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