This is a Japanese vocabulary list of Noun(s) you need to know in order to pass the JLPT N4.
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| # | 名詞 | Noun | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | 一生懸命 | isshoukenmei いっしょうけんめい | very hard; with utmost effort |
| 102 | 糸 | ito いと | thread |
| 103 | ジャム | jamu | jam |
| 104 | 字 | ji じ | character |
| 105 | 時代 | jidai じだい | period |
| 106 | 事故 | jiko じこ | accident |
| 107 | 事務所 | jimusho じむしょ | office |
| 108 | 神社 | jinja じんじゃ | Shinto shrine |
| 109 | 人口 | jinkou じんこう | population |
| 110 | 人生 | jinsei じんせい | human life |
| 111 | 地震 | jishin じしん | earthquake |
| 112 | 辞典 | jiten じてん | dictionary |
| 113 | 自由 | jiyuu じゆう | freedom |
| 114 | 女性 | josei じょせい | woman; female |
| 115 | 準備 | junbi じゅんび | to prepare |
| 116 | 十分 | juubun じゅうぶん | enough; sufficient; plenty; adequate; satisfactory |
| 117 | 柔道 | juudou じゅうどう | judo |
| 118 | 住所 | juusho じゅうしょ | address |
| 119 | カーテン | kaaten | curtain |
| 120 | 壁 | kabe かべ | wall |
| 121 | 課長 | kachou かちょう | section manager; section chief |
| 122 | 帰り | kaeri かえり | return; coming back |
| 123 | 科学 | kagaku かがく | science |
| 124 | 鏡 | kagami かがみ | mirror |
| 125 | 海岸 | kaigan かいがん | coast |
| 126 | 会議 | kaigi かいぎ | meeting; conference; session; assembly |
| 127 | 会議室 | kaigishitsu かいぎしつ | conference room; conference hall; council room |
| 128 | 会場 | kaijou かいじょう | assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds |
| 129 | 会話 | kaiwa かいわ | conversation |
| 130 | 火事 | kaji かじ | fire |
| 131 | 格好 | kakkou かっこう | appearance |
| 132 | 髪 | kami かみ | hair |
| 133 | 家内 | kanai かない | (my) wife; inside the home; one's family |
| 134 | 看護婦 | kangofu かんごふ | female nurse |
| 135 | 関係 | kankei かんけい | relationship |
| 136 | 簡単 | kantan かんたん | simple; easy |
| 137 | 形 | katachi かたち | shape |
| 138 | 代わり | kawari かわり | instead; in place |
| 139 | 毛 | ke け | hair or fur |
| 140 | ケーキ | keeki | cake |
| 141 | 怪我 | kega けが | to injure |
| 142 | 計画 | keikaku けいかく | to plan |
| 143 | 経験 | keiken けいけん | to experience |
| 144 | 警察 | keisatsu けいさつ | police |
| 145 | 経済 | keizai けいざい | finance, economy |
| 146 | 見物 | kenbutsu けんぶつ | sightseeing; visit |
| 147 | 喧嘩 | kenka けんか | to quarrel |
| 148 | 研究 | kenkyuu けんきゅう | research |
| 149 | 研究室 | kenkyuushitsu けんきゅうしつ | laboratory |
| 150 | 消しゴム | keshigomu | eraser |
| 151 | 景色 | keshiki けしき | scenery |
| 152 | 気 | ki き | spirit |
| 153 | 気分 | kibun きぶん | feeling; mood |
| 154 | 機会 | kikai きかい | chance; opportunity |
| 155 | 危険 | kiken きけん | danger |
| 156 | 気持ち | kimochi きもち | feeling |
| 157 | 着物 | kimono きもの | kimono; Japanese traditional clothing |
| 158 | 近所 | kinjo きんじょ | neighbourhood |
| 159 | 絹 | kinu きぬ | silk |
| 160 | 季節 | kisetsu きせつ | season |
| 161 | 汽車 | kisha きしゃ | train |
| 162 | 規則 | kisoku きそく | rule |
| 163 | 子 | ko こ | child |
| 164 | 心 | kokoro こころ | heart |
| 165 | 国際 | kokusai こくさい | international |
| 166 | 米 | kome こめ | (husked grains of) rice |
| 167 | 今度 | kondo こんど | this time; next time |
| 168 | この間 | kono aida このあいだ | the other day; recently |
| 169 | このごろ | kono goro | these days; nowadays |
| 170 | コンピュータ | konpyuuta | computer |
| 171 | コンサート | konsaato | concert |
| 172 | 今夜 | konya こんや | this evening; tonigh |
| 173 | 故障 | koshou こしょう | to break-down |
| 174 | 答え | kotae こたえ | response |
| 175 | 小鳥 | kotori ことり | small bird |
| 176 | 校長 | kouchou こうちょう | principal; headmaster |
| 177 | 講堂 | koudou こうどう | auditorium |
| 178 | 郊外 | kougai こうがい | suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city |
| 179 | 講義 | kougi こうぎ | lecture |
| 180 | 工業 | kougyou こうぎょう | industry |
| 181 | 工場 | koujou こうじょう | factory |
| 182 | 高校 | koukou こうこう | senior high school; high school |
| 183 | 高校生 | koukousei こうこうせい | high school student |
| 184 | 公務員 | koumuin こうむいん | government worker |
| 185 | 高等学校 | koutougakkou こうとうがっこう | high school |
| 186 | 交通 | koutsuu こうつう | traffic |
| 187 | 首 | kubi くび | neck |
| 188 | 雲 | kumo くも | cloud |
| 189 | 草 | kusa くさ | grass |
| 190 | 空気 | kuuki くうき | air |
| 191 | 空港 | kuukou くうこう | airport |
| 192 | 客 | kyaku きゃく | guest; customer |
| 193 | 教育 | kyouiku きょういく | education |
| 194 | 教会 | kyoukai きょうかい | church; congregation; Christian church |
| 195 | 興味 | kyoumi きょうみ | interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for) |
| 196 | 競争 | kyousou きょうそう | competition |
| 197 | 急行 | kyuukou きゅうこう | hurrying (to somewhere); rushing; hastening |
| 198 | 漫画 | manga まんが | comic |
| 199 | 真ん中 | mannaka まんなか | middle; centre; center |
| 200 | 周り | mawari まわり | around |
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