Learn Japanese Vocabulary N4
1嘘
Hiragana :うそ
Meaning :lie, falsehood, incorrect fact; Really!, Unbelievable!, No way!
Ex :容疑ようぎ者しゃは捜査そうさ官かんにうそを言っいった。
Trans :The suspect told a lie to the inspector.
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2内
Hiragana :うち
Meaning :inside, within; while; among, amongst, between; we (referring to one's in-group, i.e. company, etc.), our; my spouse; imperial palace grounds; emperor; I (primarily used by women and children), me
Ex :そのうちの2に、3さん羽わが巣すから押し出さおしだされ、さらにベランダからも落ちおちてしまった。
Trans :Of those 2 or 3 were pushed out of the nest, and then fell down from the balcony as well.
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3打つ
Hiragana :うつ
Meaning :to hit, to strike, to knock, to beat, to punch, to slap, to tap, to bang, to clap, to pound; to strike (noon, etc.), to sound (cymbals, etc.), to beat (a drum, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move, to impress, to touch; to drive in, to hammer in, to put in, to inject; to type, to send, to transmit; to insert, to write in, to mark; to make (noodles, etc.), to prepare; to till (soil); to sprinkle, to throw, to cast; to do, to carry out, to play, to perform, to engage in (gambling, etc.); to pay (a deposit, etc.); to visit (on a pilgrimage); to line (a coat); to bind (a criminal)
Ex :諸しょ神かみは悪あくを雷かみなりで打つうつという。
Trans :They say the gods smite evil with thunderbolts.
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4美しい
Hiragana :うつくしい
Meaning :beautiful, lovely
Ex :丹精たんせいをこめてつくったこの美しいうつくしい織物おりものをごらんください。
Trans :Take a look at this beautiful embroidery made with great effort.
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5写す
Hiragana :うつす
Meaning :to transcribe, to duplicate, to reproduce, to imitate, to trace; to describe; to film, to picture, to photograph
Ex :彼かれは友達ともだちのノートを写すうつすのに忙しかっいそがしかった。
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6移る
Hiragana :うつる
Meaning :to move (house), to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected, to be contagious, to spread (as in fire)
Ex :画像がぞうをクリックすると次つぎページへ移りうつります!
Trans :Click the picture to go to the next page!
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7腕
Hiragana :うで
Meaning :arm; skill
Ex :肩かた関節かんせつは、単独たんどくで動くうごくほか、腕うでの動きうごきにも連動れんどうして動きうごきます。
Trans :The shoulder joints, as well as moving on their own, also move in conjunction with arm movements.
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8うまい
Hiragana :うまい
Meaning :skillful, clever, expert, wise, successful; delicious, appetizing, appetising; fortunate, splendid, promising
Ex :うまい写真しゃしんをとるにはちょっとした工夫くふうとコツがあるんです。
Trans :To take good pictures there are some knacks to learn and a little trick.
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9裏
Hiragana :うら
Meaning :bottom (or another side that is hidden from view), undersurface, opposite side, reverse side; rear, back, behind (the house); lining, inside; out of sight, behind the scenes; proof; opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.); inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.); bottom (of an inning), last half (of an inning)
Ex :裏うらには裏うらがある。
Trans :There are wheels within wheels.
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10売り場
Hiragana :うりば
Meaning :place where things are sold, point of sale, POS, sales floor, counter (in shop)
Ex :彼かれは逃げるにげるように野菜やさい売り場うりばを立ち去ったちさって、精肉せいにくコーナーへ。
Trans :As if fleeing, he left the vegetable aisle to go to the meat corner.
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11嬉しい
Hiragana :うれしい
Meaning :happy, glad, pleasant
Ex :連れつれてきてもらえてうれしいです。
Trans :Thanks for bringing me here.
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12うん
Hiragana :うん
Meaning :yes, yeah, uh huh
Ex :うん。前まえの先生せんせいに紹介しょうかいしてもらって、転院てんいんしたの。
Trans :Yes. She got an introduction from her old doctor and transferred.
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13運転
Hiragana :うんてん
Meaning :operation, motion, driving
Ex :東北とうほく・秋田あきた新幹線しんかんせんが運転うんてんを見合わせるみあわせるなど交通こうつうも混乱こんらんした。
Trans :Traffic was also disrupted including the suspension of the Akita, Tohoku bullet train.
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14運転手
Hiragana :うんてんしゅ
Meaning :driver, chauffeur
Ex :彼女かのじょはタクシーの運転うんてん手しゅですか。
Trans :Is she a taxi driver?
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15運動
Hiragana :うんどう
Meaning :motion, exercise
Ex :子どもこどもから高齢こうれい者しゃまで適度てきどな運動うんどうは体からだにとってよい効果こうかをもたらす。
Trans :From children to the elderly, sensible exercise has a good effect on the body.
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16エスカレーター
Hiragana :エスカレーター
Meaning :escalator
Ex :標識ひょうしきはエスカレーターの位置いちを示ししめしている。
Trans :The sign indicates the location of the escalator.
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17枝
Hiragana :えだ
Meaning :branch, bow, bough, twig, limb
Ex :「どうしたの?」「あのね、植木うえきの枝えだの剪定せんていをして欲しかっほしかったのよ」
Trans :"What is it?" "Well, you see, I wanted the shrubs pruned."
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18選ぶ
Hiragana :えらぶ
Meaning :to choose, to select
Ex :彼かれは二者択一にしゃたくいつを選ぶえらぶことでしょう。武術ぶじゅつか死しか。
Trans :Which will he choose I wonder, Martial arts or death?
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19遠慮
Hiragana :えんりょ
Meaning :reserve, constraint, restraint, modesty, diffidence, hesitation, holding back, discretion, tact, thoughtfulness; declining, refraining; forethought, foresight
Ex :ご遠慮なくえんりょなくお使いつかいください。
Trans :Be my guest.
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20おいでになる
Hiragana :おいでになる
Meaning :to be; to come; to go
Ex :取りとりにおいでになるまで荷物にもつは郵便ゆうびん局きょくで保管ほかんします。
Trans :The parcel will be kept at the post office until you call for it.
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21お祝い
Hiragana :おいわい
Meaning :congratulation, congratulations, celebration, festival, congratulatory gift
Ex :父ちちは誕生たんじょう日びのお祝いに、私わたしにデジタル時計とけいを買っかってくれました。
Trans :My father bought me a digital watch for birthday present.
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22オートバイ
Hiragana :オートバイ
Meaning :motorcycle
Ex :彼女かのじょは自転車じてんしゃにはもちろんオートバイにも乗れのれない。
Trans :She cannot ride a motorcycle, not to mention a bicycle.
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23おかげ
Hiragana :おかげ
Meaning :grace (of God), benevolence (of Buddha), blessing; assistance, help, aid; effects, influence
Ex :彼かれが成功せいこうしたのは単にたんに幸運こううんのおかげだ。
Trans :He owes his success only to good luck.
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24おかしい
Hiragana :おかしい
Meaning :funny, amusing, comical, laughable, ridiculous; strange, odd, funny, peculiar, weird, unusual, eccentric; improper, unsuitable, unbecoming; suspicious
Ex :うむ。これだけのことをされて、ブチキレないほうがおかしい。
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25億
Hiragana :おく
Meaning :10^8, 100,000,000, hundred million
Ex :貿易ぼうえき収支しゅうしは輸出ゆしゅつ3さん1いち4よん0ぜろ億おくドル、輸入ゆにゅう2に3さん0ぜろ億おくドルで、7なな6ろく0ぜろ億おくドルの黒字くろじを計上けいじょうした。
Trans :The trade balance registered a surplus of $76 billion, with exports reaching $314 billion and imports $238 billion.
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26屋上
Hiragana :おくじょう
Meaning :rooftop
Ex :彼女かのじょは屋上おくじょうでよくヴァイオリンの練習れんしゅうをしていたものだ。
Trans :She would often practice the violin on the roof.
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27贈り物
Hiragana :おくりもの
Meaning :present, gift
Ex :彼女かのじょには一いち組くみのイヤリングはすてきな贈り物おくりものだ。
Trans :A pair of earrings is a nice present for her.
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28送る
Hiragana :おくる
Meaning :to send (a thing), to dispatch, to despatch, to transmit; to take or escort (a person somewhere), to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed), to bury; to spend (time), to live one's life; to pass (down the line); to affix okurigana
Ex :いかにも敬虔けいけんなるクリスチャンが送るおくる、礼節れいせつ重きおもき言葉ことばです。
Trans :So characteristic of what a pious Christian would say, this courteous phrase.
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29遅れる
Hiragana :おくれる
Meaning :to be late, to be delayed, to fall behind schedule, to be overdue
Ex :列車れっしゃは定刻ていこくより遅れおくれている。
Trans :The trains are running behind time.
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30起す
Hiragana :おこす
Meaning :to raise, to cause, to wake someone
Ex :最近さいきん寝ねてるときにこむらがえりを起こしおこします。
Trans :Recently I get leg cramps when I sleep.
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31行う
Hiragana :おこなう
Meaning :to perform, to do, to conduct oneself, to carry out
Ex :馬術ばじゅつ競技きょうぎは男女だんじょ混合こんごうで行わおこなわれる唯一ゆいいつのオリンピック競技きょうぎです。
Trans :Equestrian is the only mixed-gender Olympic event.
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32押し入れ
Hiragana :おしいれ
Meaning :closet
Ex :私わたしは押入れおしいれに閉じ込めとじこめられるのがこわかった。
Trans :I was afraid of being put into a closet.
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33お嬢さん
Hiragana :おじょうさん
Meaning :daughter; young lady
Ex :彼女かのじょはいささかとりすました良家りょうけのお嬢さんだった。
Trans :She was a rather prim and proper young lady.
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34お宅
Hiragana :おたく
Meaning :your house, your home, your family; your husband; your organization; you (referring to someone of equal status with whom one is not especially close)
Ex :明朝みんちょうお宅たくに伺っうかがってもよろしいですか。
Trans :May I call on you at your house tomorrow morning?
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35落る
Hiragana :おちる
Meaning :to fall down, to drop, to fall (e.g. rain), to sink (e.g. sun or moon), to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze), to be used in a certain place (e.g. money); to be omitted, to be missing; to decrease, to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class), to lose (contest, election, etc.); to crash, to degenerate, to degrade, to fall behind; to become indecent (of a conversation); to be ruined, to go under; to fade, to come out (e.g. a stain), to come off (e.g. makeup), to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list); to fall (into someone's hands), to become someone's possession; to fall (into a trap), to fall (for a trick); to give in, to give up, to confess, to flee; to fall, to be defeated, to surrender; to come to (in the end), to end in; to fall (in love, asleep, etc.); to swoon (judo); to consent, to understand; to crash, to freeze; (of animals) to die; to move to the depths
Ex :ブレーカーが落ちおちて真っまっ暗闇くらやみになった時とき、赤ちゃんあかちゃんが怖くこわくて泣きなきだしました。
Trans :When the breaker tripped and it became pitch black, the baby got scared and started crying.
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36おっしゃる
Hiragana :おっしゃる
Meaning :to say, to speak, to tell, to talk
Ex :私わたしでお役に立つやくにたつことがあったら、何なになりとおっしゃってください。
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37夫
Hiragana :おっと
Meaning :husband
Ex :夫おっとと娘むすめはぐっすりと眠っねむっている。
Trans :My husband and daughter are fast asleep.
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38おつり
Hiragana :おつり
Meaning :change (i.e. money), balance
Ex :有料ゆうりょう高速こうそく道路どうろの通行つうこう料金りょうきんを払うはらうにはお釣りがあってはいけません。
Trans :You need to have exact change to pay the toll of the expressway.
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39音
Hiragana :おと
Meaning :sound, noise, report; note (music); fame; Chinese-derived character reading
Ex :音おとを吸収きゅうしゅうする素材そざいのことを吸音吸音材ざいといいます。
Trans :Sound absorbing material is called acoustic material.
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40落す
Hiragana :おとす
Meaning :to drop, to lose, to let fall, to shed (light), to cast (one's gaze), to pour in (liquid), to leave behind; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.), to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair), to lose, to spend money at a certain place, to omit, to leave out, to secretly let escape; to lose (a match), to reject (an applicant), to fail (a course), to defeat (in an election); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice), to lessen (e.g. production or body weight), to worsen (quality), to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity), to speak badly of, to make light of, to fall into straitened circumstances; to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin), to make one's own, to have one's bid accepted, to force surrender, to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle), to forcefully convince, to press for a confession, to deal with; to download, to copy from a computer to another medium; to make someone swoon (judo); to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line); to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)
Ex :日本語にほんごのソフトを落とすおとすコツ・いいサイトありませんか?
Trans :Are there any knacks, or good sites, for downloading Japanese software?
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41踊り
Hiragana :おどり
Meaning :dance
Ex :踊りおどりによってその食糧しょくりょうまでの距離きょりや方角ほうがくを伝えるつたえる。
Trans :They communicate the distance and direction of the food by dancing.
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42踊る
Hiragana :おどる
Meaning :to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
Ex :踊りおどり手しゅたちは舞台ぶたいを横切っよこぎって軽々とかるがると踊っおどっていった。
Trans :The dancers tripped lightly across the stage.
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43驚く
Hiragana :おどろく
Meaning :to be surprised, to be astonished
Ex :ガーデニングの本ほんを見みてたら、ドクロマークのついたのがいっぱいあって驚きおどろきました。
Trans :When I looked in a gardening book I was surprised by how many were marked poisonous.
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44お祭り
Hiragana :おまつり
Meaning :festival, feast, carnival
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45お見舞い
Hiragana :おみまい
Meaning :calling on someone who is ill, enquiry, inquiry
Ex :先日せんじつ、私わたしたちは彼かれのお兄さんにいさんをお見舞いみまいにいった。
Trans :The other day we went to ask after his brother.
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46お土産
Hiragana :おみやげ
Meaning :present, souvenir
Ex :彼女かのじょへのお土産みやげには何なにが一番いちばんいいと思うおもう?
Trans :What souvenir do you think she would like most?
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47思い出す
Hiragana :おもいだす
Meaning :to recall, to remember
Ex :彼女かのじょは学生がくせい時代じだいを思い出しおもいだした。
Trans :She looked back on her school days.
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48思う
Hiragana :おもう
Meaning :to think, to consider, to believe; to think (of doing), to plan (to do); to judge, to assess, to regard; to imagine, to suppose, to dream; to expect, to look forward to; to feel, to desire, to want; to recall, to remember
Ex :彼かれは思っおもったことを口くちにする。
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49おもちゃ
Hiragana :おもちゃ
Meaning :toy, plaything
Ex :おもちゃコンサルタントの方々かたがたが甲斐甲斐しくかいがいしく働くはたらく姿すがたがとても印象いんしょう的てきでした。
Trans :Seeing the briskly working toy consultants also left a strong impression.
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50表
Hiragana :おもて
Meaning :surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.), obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside, exterior; appearance; public; first half (of an innings), top (of an inning); cover (for tatami mats, etc.); foreground
Ex :表ひょうに出よでようか。
Trans :Shall we take this outside?
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