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JLPT N4 Vocabulary

The 630 words on the JLPT N4 list, the next step after N5. Each card has the word with furigana, its meaning, an example sentence, and audio.

In the app: Library tab → JLPT N4 Vocabulary.

Sample cards

展覧会てんらんかい

tenrankai

noun

exhibition

私わたしたちは毎年まいとし展覧会てんらんかいを開ひらく。

We hold an exhibition every year.

似にる

niru

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb

to resemble, to look like

Also: to be like, to be alike, to be similar

私わたしの妹いもうとは、祖母そぼに似にている。

My sister resembles my grandmother.

すると

suruto

conjunction

(and) then, and

Also: thereupon, whereupon, in that case

スージーは真夜中まよなかまでおきていた。すると奇妙きみょうな物音ものおとが聞きこえた。

Susie sat up until midnight, when she heard a strange noise.

アルバイト

arubaito

noun, suru noun, intransitive verb

part-time job, side job

政治せいじ

seiji

noun

politics, government

政治せいじについて討論とうろんしよう。

I suggest we discuss politics.

すごい

sugoi

i adjective

terrible, dreadful

Also: amazing (e.g. of strength), great (e.g. of skills), wonderful

Usually written in kana. Kanji: 凄い

今いますごい名案めいあんがうかんだぞ。

I've just come up with a great idea.

The first 100 cards

In study order. The full deck has 630 in the app.

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Questions

Do the Japanese decks have furigana?

Yes. The JLPT decks, Core 2000, Core 6000 and Tae Kim's grammar sentences show the reading above each kanji, the way furigana is printed in learner books.

Are there JLPT vocabulary decks?

Yes, one per level: N5 (667 words), N4 (630), N3 (1,647), N2 (1,737) and N1 (3,053). Each card has the word with furigana, its meaning, an example sentence and audio. The JLPT itself has not published official vocabulary lists since 2010, so any JLPT word list is an unofficial one.

Is this like the Anki Core 2000 / Core 6000 deck?

It covers the same frequency-ordered vocabulary, with audio, furigana and an example sentence per word, and it is ready to study in the app with no import step. Core 6000 uses cloze cards: you fill in the missing word from the sentence.

Can I learn hiragana and katakana with these decks?

Yes. The Hiragana deck has all 46 characters and the Katakana deck all 104, each card with pronunciation audio.