JLPT Vocabulary

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Master essential Japanese words organized by JLPT level. Each entry includes readings, meanings, and example sentences to help you learn effectively.

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N4
木綿もめん

cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)

N4
深いふかい

deep; profound; dense, thick; close (relationship); intense, strong; late

N4
沸かすわかす

to boil, to heat (a liquid), to prepare (a bath, hot drink); to excite, to rouse, to stir

N4
役に立つやくにたつ

to be helpful, to be useful

N4
乗り換えるのりかえる

to transfer (trains), to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.), to switch (to a different system, method, etc.), to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)

N4
引き出すひきだす

to pull out, to take out, to draw out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable), to summon (e.g. to court), to bring (e.g. someone to the negotiating table), to drag; to withdraw (money), to draw; to bring out (talent, potential, beauty, flavour, etc.), to extract (information, the truth, etc.), to get (e.g. an answer out of someone), to obtain (e.g. a result), to elicit, to draw (a conclusion), to derive (e.g. pleasure); to get (money) out of someone, to coax out of someone, to get someone to pay, to make someone produce (funds)

N4
向かうむかう

to face; to go towards, to head towards

N4
別れるわかれる

to part (usu. of people), to part from, to part with, to be apart from; to separate (of a couple), to break up, to divorce; to lose (e.g. one's mother), to be bereaved

N4
下がるさがる

to 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

N4
迎えるむかえる

to go out to meet, to receive, to welcome, to greet, to salute, to hail; to call for, to summon, to invite; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family), to take (e.g. a wife); to reach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.), to enter (a new phase, new era, etc.), to approach (e.g. death)

N4
進むすすむ

to advance, to go forward; to precede, to go ahead (of); to make progress, to improve; to deepen, to heighten; to be fast (of a clock), to be ahead; to do of one's own free will

N4
正しいただしい

right, correct; proper, righteous, just, honest, truthful, lawful

N4
大抵たいてい

mostly, ordinarily, usually, generally; probably; most, almost all; ordinary; proper, appropriate, moderate

N4
致すいたす

to do

N4
電灯でんとう

electric light

N4
冷えるひえる

to grow cold, to get chilly, to cool down

N4
写すうつす

to copy, to duplicate, to reproduce, to trace, to transcribe; to describe, to depict, to portray, to express; to imitate, to model after; to take (a photo), to photograph, to film, to shoot

N4
用事ようじ

business, things to do, engagement, errand, affairs

N4
聞こえるきこえる

to be heard, to be audible, to reach one's ears; to sound (like), to come across (as); to be well known, to be famous; to accept (someone's words), to agree, to understand

N4
以外いがい

excluding, except (for), apart from, other than, besides, in addition to; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)

N4
治るなおる

to get better, to get well, to recover (from an illness), to be cured, to be restored, to heal