List: JLPT Level N4 words
JLPT N4 words: Elementary Level
popular obsolete kanji JLPT N4 honorific language usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to do
popular JLPT N4 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to raise, to rear, to bring up
- to train, to teach, to educate
- to promote the growth of, to nurture, to foster, to develop
popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) adverb noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- far away, distant place, a (great) distance, a long way off, afar
- long ago, far back, far (into the future)
- by far
popular search-only kana form JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to ill-treat, to bully, to torment, to pick on, to tease, to be cruel to, to persecute
- to be tough on (e.g. one's body), to treat harshly
popular JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb computing mathematics food, cooking sports
- to open, to undo, to unseal, to unpack
- to bloom, to unfold, to spread out
- to open (for business, e.g. in the morning)
- to be wide (gap, etc.), to widen
- to hold (meeting, party, etc.), to give, to open
- to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.), to open (a new business), to set up, to establish, to start
- to open (ports, borders, etc.)
- to open (an account)
- to open up (new land, path, etc.), to clear, to develop
- to open (a file, etc.)
- to extract (root), to reduce (equation)
- to cut open (fish)
- to change (kanji into hiragana)
- to flare (e.g. skirt)
- to slacken (into a poor posture)
popular JLPT N4 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to break, to be smashed
- to split, to crack, to fissure, to be torn
- to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.), to split (e.g. of a party)
- to come to light, to become clear, to be identified, to be revealed
- to become distorted (of sound), to clip
- to be divisible (without a remainder)
- to drop below a minimum
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb archaic
- to bite
- to chew, to gnaw, to masticate
- to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.), to falter with one's words, to stutter, to stammer
- to crash against (e.g. of waves), to break onto (shore)
- to engage (of cogs, zippers, etc.), to mesh, to fit together
- to be involved in
- to convince, to persuade
popular JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to get dry
popular JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb
- to cry, to shed tears, to weep, to sob
- to suffer (from), to be troubled (by), to face hardship
- to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.), to do reluctantly, to make sacrifices
- to be not worth worth the name, to suffer (of a reputation), to be spoiled, to be put to shame
- to lament, to bemoan, to bewail
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be surprised, to be taken aback, to be amazed, to be astonished, to be shocked
- to be frightened, to be startled, to be alarmed