List: JLPT Level N4 words
JLPT N4 words: Elementary Level
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to cease, to stop, to be over
popular JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to stop (an activity), to cease, to discontinue, to end, to quit
- to cancel, to abandon, to give up, to abolish, to abstain, to refrain
popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic)
- character (esp. kanji), letter, written text
- handwriting, penmanship
- the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
popular irregular okurigana JLPT N4 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to exchange, to swap, to barter
- to replace, to substitute
popular JLPT N4 onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the と particle
- soon, before long, any time now, momentarily
- slowly, quietly, steadily, gradually, gingerly
- already, about time
popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic)
- barbershop, barber shop, barber
popular obsolete kanji JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to burn
- to roast, to broil, to grill, to bake, to toast, to barbecue
- to heat, to heat up
- to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.), to bake, to fire, to burn
- to tan (i.e. suntan), to burn
- to print (a photo), to burn (an optical disc)
- to be jealous of, to be envious of, to envy
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to burn, to burn down, to go down in flames
- to be roasted, to be thoroughly cooked
- to be sunburnt, to fade (in the sun)
- to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset)
- to become hot (from the sun)
- to be jealous, to be envious
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- sleeping in late, oversleeping
- late riser, sleepyhead
popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic)
- mind, heart, spirit
- the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)