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EasyN4–N3Life in Japan1 min readPublished Nov 7, 2026

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EasyN4–N3Life in Japan1 min readPublished Nov 7, 2026
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- N3日本PopularJapan
- N5のpossessive marker in front of a noun; possessor + の + possessed noun (Noun+の+Noun); standalone possessive pronoun form (mine/yours) using の followed by だ/です; possessive marker; genitive marker of ownership; shows that something belongs to someone/something; the 's' possessive in Japanese; subject marker inside a noun-modifying (attributive) clause; replaces が in relative clauses (ga/no alternation, e.g. 彼の言うこと = 彼が言うこと); Noun1 の Noun2 where Noun1 describes Noun2 instead of owning it: place, time, kind, material or quantity (e.g. 大阪の会社, a company in Osaka; 7つの会社, seven companies)
- —農林水産省Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; MAFF
- N3によると・によればAccording to; As stated by; Per the source; Based on (what someone says)
- —スーパーPopularsupermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
- —コメ(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity; (online) comment
- N3値段Popularprice; cost
- N5がSubject marking particle; Identification/attributive marking in some contexts (as in 'X is Y')
- N3週間Popularweek
- N2ぶりにfor the first time in a long time; after a long interval; after not doing something for a while
- N1上がるPopularto rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water); to come ashore; to be washed ashore; to float atop the water; to surface from the sea (e.g. of a corpse); to rise to the surface; to increase; to be raised (e.g. of a salary); to rise; to improve; to make progress; to be promoted; to advance; to be made (of profit, etc.); to occur (esp. of a favourable result); to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.); to be finished; to be done; to be over; to stop (of rain); to clear up (of weather); to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die; to win (in a card game, etc.); to be spoken loudly; to be raised loudly (of a voice); to get nervous; to get stage fright; to be offered (to the gods, etc.); to go; to visit; to eat; to drink; to serve (in one's master's home); to enter a red light district; to amuse oneself in a red light district; to visit a brothel; to arise vigorously (e.g. of voices in excitement); to become excited; to be in uproar (e.g. of a crowd); to be complete; to finish; adds the connotation of an action happening strongly or violently; above; north of
- N5ますPolite verb ending; Masu-form ending; Polite form of verbs
- N5今月Popularthis month
- —1日Popularfirst day of the month; the first of the month
- N4までUntil / up to (a time or place); even; to even; to the extent of
- —一週間Popularone week
- N3平均Popularaverage; mean; balance; equilibrium
- N5はAs for... (highlights sentence topic); Topic marker used to indicate what the sentence is about; Marks the topic of the sentence, sometimes with contrast
- N5キロPopularkilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer; kilo-; 1024; 2^10
- N3円Popularyen (currency of Japan); circle
- N5だった・でしたwas or were (past tense of copula); past form of 'to be' for nouns/na-adjectives; casual past: was/were; polite past: was/were
- —前の週previous week
- N4よりmore than; over; than; Than (comparative marker)
- N5高いPopularhigh; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.); loud; high-pitched; shrill
- N3成るPopularto become; to get; to grow; to turn; to reach; to attain; to result in; to turn out; to end up; to prove (to be); to consist of; to be composed of; to be made up of; to be completed; to be realized; to succeed; to be attained; to be accomplished; to change (into); to turn (into); to transform; to come (to do); to begin (to do); to grow (to do); to come to; to amount to; to add up to; to make; to play (the part of); to act as; to be used for; to be useful for; to serve as; to be promoted; to do ...
- N5去年Popularlast year
- —年末Popularend-of-year; year-end
- N4ごろAround, about (a point in time); Approximately; Roughly around a certain point in time
- N5〜て・〜でConnects clauses to show sequence or cause; Links characteristics to another fact; Used to list things or describe a situation in sequence
- —今まででto date; as of now
- N5いちばんPopularnumber one; first; first place; best; most; game; round; bout; as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively; song (e.g. in noh); piece
- N5ている②resulting state: the state left after a change (is open, is married); used with change-of-state verbs (開く, 止まる, 結婚する…)
- N5しかしPopularhowever; but
- N5今年Popularthis year
- N5たくさんPopulara lot; lots; plenty; many; a large number; much; a great deal; a good deal; enough; sufficient; enough; too many; too much
- —穫れるto be harvested; to be picked; to be able to harvest; to be able to pick
- N5〜てlink actions in sequence; and then; one action follows another; cause or reason linked to result; to do something and then do something else; to sequence actions: first A, then B; one action followed by another
- N2余るPopularto remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
- N5〜た・〜ている+名詞Verb modifies noun; Relative clause: a verb phrase describing the noun that follows; Past or ongoing action describing the noun
- N3ため(に)for the sake of; in order to; for the benefit of; to aim for; because of; due to; as a result of
- N1下がるPopularto come down; to go down; to fall; to drop; to sink; to get lower; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to withdraw; to retire; to deteriorate; to fall off; to be downgraded; to get closer to the present day; to play a sagari; to extend downwards
- N5古いPopularold; aged; ancient; antiquated; antique; timeworn; long; since long ago; time-honored; of the distant past; long-ago; stale; threadbare; hackneyed; corny; old-fashioned; outmoded; out-of-date
- N5とand; together with; as well as; with (accompaniment); along with; and (in sense of accompanying); Standard of comparison with 同じ, 違う, 似る (e.g. いつもと違う, different from usual; 姉と同じ, the same as my sister)
- —新米Popularnew rice; first rice crop of the year; novice; beginner; newcomer; new hand
- N4あまり~ないnot very; not much; not really; hardly
- N5違うPopularto differ (from); to be different; to be distinct; to be unlike; to vary; to disagree (with); to be wrong; to be incorrect; to be mistaken; to become abnormal; to go wrong; isn't it?; wasn't it?
- N4とWhen/at the moment; Whenever; As soon as; Conditional: if/when a situation occurs (natural consequence)
- N5をDirect object marker; Marks the object of a verb; Indicates what is being acted upon
- N4選ぶPopularto choose; to select; to pick (out)
- N5人Popularperson; someone; somebody; human beings; mankind; man; people; humans; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others; character; personality; nature; capable person; competent person; suitable person; right person; adult; grown-up; I; me; one
- N5多いPopularmany; numerous; a lot; large amount of; large quantity of; a lot; much; frequent; common
- N4ことTurning a verb into a noun; the act of verb-ing; Nominalizing a verb to talk about the action itself; The abstract or general idea of doing the verb
- N4理由Popularreason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
- N4ようだIt seems that; It appears that; It looks like
- N5とquoting someone's words; reporting speech or thought; direct speech marker; quotative particle for thought or speech
- N3言うPopularto say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
- N5ている①general ている: an action or state continuing at the time referred to; ongoing action: is doing; resulting state: remains in the state after a change; habitual or repeated action: does regularly
- N2民間Popularprivate; non-governmental; non-official; civilian; civil; folk; popular
- N1業者Populartrader; dealer; businessperson; company; vendor; supplier; manufacturer; maker; contractor; fellow trader; people in the same trade
- N5持つPopularto hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry; to possess; to have; to own; to maintain; to keep; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive; to take charge of; to be in charge of; to hold (meeting, etc.); to have (opportunity, etc.); to have "it"; to have that special something; to be blessed with good luck
- —9月PopularSeptember; ninth month of the lunar calendar
- N4終わりPopularend; ending; close; conclusion; end of (one's) life; death
- N5にto indicate location/time/destination; to indicate the indirect object/recipient; to indicate purpose or goal in simple contexts; Target of a verb or adjective: what an action, feeling or attitude is directed at (e.g. 雨に注意する, watch out for rain; 時間にルーズ, careless about time; 規格に合う, meet the standard); Agent: the person made, allowed or asked to do something, or by whom something is done (causative, passive, 〜てほしい; e.g. 弟に食べさせる, make my brother eat; 先生に叱られる, be scolded by the teacher); The person who can or cannot perceive, understand or do something (e.g. 私には分からない, I don't understand; 君にしか見えない, only you can see it); Turns a noun into an adverb of manner, order or rank (e.g. 個別に, individually; 2番目に早い, the second earliest)
- N5万Popular10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; various
- —トンPopularton (esp. a metric ton, i.e. 1000 kg); tonne
- —このためPopularbecause of this
- N4これからPopularfrom now on; after this; in the future; in future; from here; from this point
- N5もalso; too; as well; even; either; neither; Question word + も: every, all, both (e.g. どのケーキも, every cake; どちらも, both)
- —少しずつPopularlittle by little; bit by bit
- N4ていくto progress into doing something; to go on with a action over time; to start doing and continue into the future; to move away from the present toward the future; Movement away from the speaker or the scene (e.g. 飛んでいく, fly away; 出ていく, go out)



