JLPT N4 Nouns Vocabulary List

This is a Japanese vocabulary list of Noun(s) you need to know in order to pass the JLPT N4.

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101 isshoukenmei

いっしょうけんめい

very hard; with utmost effort
102 ito

いと

thread
103 jamu

jam
104 ji

character
105 jidai

じだい

period
106 jiko

じこ

accident
107 jimusho

じむしょ

office
108 jinja

じんじゃ

Shinto shrine
109 jinkou

じんこう

population
110 jinsei

じんせい

human life
111 jishin

じしん

earthquake
112 jiten

じてん

dictionary
113 jiyuu

じゆう

freedom
114 josei

じょせい

woman; female
115 junbi

じゅんび

to prepare
116 juubun

じゅうぶん

enough; sufficient; plenty; adequate; satisfactory
117 juudou

じゅうどう

judo
118 juusho

じゅうしょ

address
119 kaaten

curtain
120 kabe

かべ

wall
121 kachou

かちょう

section manager; section chief
122 kaeri

かえり

return; coming back
123 kagaku

かがく

science
124 kagami

かがみ

mirror
125 kaigan

かいがん

coast
126 kaigi

かいぎ

meeting; conference; session; assembly
127 kaigishitsu

かいぎしつ

conference room; conference hall; council room
128 kaijou

かいじょう

assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
129 kaiwa

かいわ

conversation
130 kaji

かじ

fire
131 kakkou

かっこう

appearance
132 kami

かみ

hair
133 kanai

かない

(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
134 kangofu

かんごふ

female nurse
135 kankei

かんけい

relationship
136 kantan

かんたん

simple; easy
137 katachi

かたち

shape
138 kawari

かわり

instead; in place
139 ke

hair or fur
140 keeki

cake
141 kega

けが

to injure
142 keikaku

けいかく

to plan
143 keiken

けいけん

to experience
144 keisatsu

けいさつ

police
145 keizai

けいざい

finance, economy
146 kenbutsu

けんぶつ

sightseeing; visit
147 kenka

けんか

to quarrel
148 kenkyuu

けんきゅう

research
149 kenkyuushitsu

けんきゅうしつ

laboratory
150 keshigomu

eraser
151 keshiki

けしき

scenery
152 ki

spirit
153 kibun

きぶん

feeling; mood
154 kikai

きかい

chance; opportunity
155 kiken

きけん

danger
156 kimochi

きもち

feeling
157 kimono

きもの

kimono; Japanese traditional clothing
158 kinjo

きんじょ

neighbourhood
159 kinu

きぬ

silk
160 kisetsu

きせつ

season
161 kisha

きしゃ

train
162 kisoku

きそく

rule
163 ko

child
164 kokoro

こころ

heart
165 kokusai

こくさい

international
166 kome

こめ

(husked grains of) rice
167 kondo

こんど

this time; next time
168 kono aida

このあいだ

the other day; recently
169 kono goro

these days; nowadays
170 konpyuuta

computer
171 konsaato

concert
172 konya

こんや

this evening; tonigh
173 koshou

こしょう

to break-down
174 kotae

こたえ

response
175 kotori

ことり

small bird
176 kouchou

こうちょう

principal; headmaster
177 koudou

こうどう

auditorium
178 kougai

こうがい

suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city
179 kougi

こうぎ

lecture
180 kougyou

こうぎょう

industry
181 koujou

こうじょう

factory
182 koukou

こうこう

senior high school; high school​
183 koukousei

こうこうせい

high school student
184 koumuin

こうむいん

government worker
185 koutougakkou

こうとうがっこう

high school
186 koutsuu

こうつう

traffic
187 kubi

くび

neck
188 kumo

くも

cloud
189 kusa

くさ

grass
190 kuuki

くうき

air
191 kuukou

くうこう

airport
192 kyaku

きゃく

guest; customer
193 kyouiku

きょういく

education
194 kyoukai

きょうかい

church; congregation; Christian church
195 kyoumi

きょうみ

interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
196 kyousou

きょうそう

competition
197 kyuukou

きゅうこう

hurrying (to somewhere); rushing; hastening
198 manga

まんが

comic
199 mannaka

まんなか

middle; centre; center
200 mawari

まわり

around

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