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
壊れるこわれる

to be broken, to break, to fall apart, to collapse, to be destroyed, to be damaged; to break (down), to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.), to collapse, to break down (of a relationship, negotiations, etc.), to be broken off, to be ruined (of an atmosphere, one's image, etc.)

N4
申すもうす

to say, to be called; to do

N4
払うはらう

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off, to wipe away, to clear away, to dust off, to cut off (e.g. branches); to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded), to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention), to show (e.g. respect, concern); to make (e.g. effort, sacrifice), to expend, to exert; to move out (of one's own place), to vacate; to sweep (e.g. one's legs), to knock aside; to make a sweeping stroke (in Japanese calligraphy); to reset (an abacus)

N4
増えるふえる

to increase, to multiply

N4
玩具おもちゃ

toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything

N4
急ぐいそぐ

to hurry, to rush, to hasten, to make something happen sooner

N4
決めるきめる

to decide, to choose, to determine, to make up one's mind, to resolve, to set one's heart on, to settle, to arrange, to set, to appoint, to fix; to clinch (a victory), to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing, to go through with; to always do, to have made a habit of; to take for granted, to assume; to dress up, to dress to kill, to dress to the nines; to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.), to succeed in doing; to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.); to eat or drink something, to take illegal drugs

N4
笑うわらう

to laugh; to smile; to sneer, to ridicule; to be dumbfounded, to be flabbergasted

N4
不便ふべん

inconvenience, inexpediency, unhandiness

N4
文法ぶんぽう

grammar

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