Learn Japanese Vocabulary N4
1包む
Hiragana :つつむ
Meaning :to wrap up, to tuck in, to pack, to do up, to cover with, to dress in; to conceal, to hide, to be engulfed in, to be enveloped by
Ex :夕闇ゆうやみ砂漠さばくをつつんだ。
Trans :Dusk fell over the desert.
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2
Hiragana :つま
Meaning :wife; my dear, dear, honey; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
Ex :よこには喧嘩けんか状態じょうたいつま眠っねむっている。
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3つもり
Hiragana :つもり
Meaning :intention, plan; conviction, belief
Ex :一族いちぞく苦労くろうして積み上げつみあげてきたものを、お前は一瞬いっしゅん反故ほごにするつもりか。
Trans :Do you intend to throw away in one instant what our family has painstakingly built up?
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4連れる
Hiragana :連れる
Meaning :to lead, to take (a person)
Ex :女性じょせい乞食こじきろくにん子どもこどもをぞろぞろつれて物乞いものごいをしていました。
Trans :A female beggar was begging with five or six children following along.
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5丁寧
Hiragana :ていねい
Meaning :polite, courteous, careful, care, kind, close, thorough, conscientious
Ex :漢字かんじ書くかくときはてんやはらいにをつけて、なるべく早くはやくていねいに書きかきましょう。
Trans :When drawing kanji be careful of dots and sweeps, write as carefully and quickly as possible.
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6テキスト
Hiragana :テキスト
Meaning :text; textbook
Ex :わたしはテキストを買っかってますが、流れながれてくる英文えいぶんをテキストずにまず書き出しかきだしています。
Trans :I buy the texts, but first I start writing the English sentences that come along without looking at them.
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7適当
Hiragana :てきとう
Meaning :suitable, proper, appropriate, adequate, fit; noncommittal, vague, equivocal, unserious, irresponsible
Ex :適当てきとうかたりそらしょ満たせみたせ
Trans :Fill the blanks with suitable words.
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8連れる
Hiragana :連れる
Meaning :to lead, to take (a person)
Ex :女性じょせい乞食こじきろくにん子どもこどもをぞろぞろつれて物乞いものごいをしていました。
Trans :A female beggar was begging with five or six children following along.
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9手伝う
Hiragana :てつだう
Meaning :to help, to assist, to aid; to contribute to, to be a factor in
Ex :尿瓶しびんでおしっこするのを手伝ってつだってあげることを専門せんもん用語ようごでなんと言いいいますか?
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10テニス
Hiragana :テニス
Meaning :tennis
Ex :ぼく野球やきゅうやテニスやサッカーのような屋外おくがいスポーツが好きすきだ。
Trans :I like outdoor sports, such as baseball, tennis and soccer.
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11手袋
Hiragana :てぶくろ
Meaning :glove, mitten, mitt
Ex :ははは、はは自身じしん作っつくっ手袋てぶくろをくれました。
Trans :My mother gave me a pair of gloves of her own making.
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12
Hiragana :てら
Meaning :temple (Buddhist)
Ex :むかしはここにてらがありました。
Trans :There used to be an old temple here.
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13
Hiragana :てん
Meaning :spot, mark; point, dot; mark (e.g. in exam), score, points; comma; aspect, matter, respect; counter for goods, items, articles of clothing, works of art, etc.
Ex :義務ぎむは、許可きょか通知つうちのち発行はっこうりょう支払っしはらっのち、も続くつづくてん留意りゅうい
Trans :It should be noted that the duty continues after a notice of allowance is mailed and the issue fee is paid.
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14店員
Hiragana :てんいん
Meaning :shop assistant, employee, clerk, salesperson
Ex :美人びじん店員てんいん手袋てぶくろふくろ包みつつみながら尋ねたずねた。
Trans :The saleswoman queried as she wrapped the gloves.
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15天気予報
Hiragana :てんきよほう
Meaning :weather forecast, weather report
Ex :天気てんき予報よほうかんというのはお天気てんきほう必ずしもかならずしも同意どういをしないひとのことだ。
Trans :A weatherman is someone with whom the weather does not always agree.
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16電灯
Hiragana :でんとう
Meaning :electric light
Ex :部屋へや出るでるときは電灯でんとうをつけっぱなしにしないようにね。
Trans :Do not leave the lights on when you leave the room.
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17電報
Hiragana :でんぽう
Meaning :telegram
Ex :両親りょうしんからすぐに帰れかえれ電報でんぽうた。
Trans :My parents telegraphed me to come back at once.
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18展覧会
Hiragana :てんらんかい
Meaning :exhibition
Ex :美術びじゅつ展覧てんらんかい行きいきましたか。
Trans :Did you go to the art exhibition?
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19
Meaning :capital, metropolis
Ex :かれぎんがある黄金おうごんについてすばらしいはなし聞いきいたことがあった。
Trans :He had heard wonderful stories about cities of gold with silver trees.
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20道具
Hiragana :どうぐ
Meaning :tool, implement, instrument, utensil, apparatus, device; means
Ex :「これは・・・」「軍手ぐんてとスコップ。園芸えんげい基本きほん道具どうぐのひとつだよ」
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21とうとう
Hiragana :とうとう
Meaning :with a roaring sound (of water or wind), sound of feet stamping on the ground; whoa! (command used to stop or quieten down a horse, etc.)
Ex :彼らは夫婦げんかを繰り返したあげくに、とうとう離婚した。
Trans :After fighting for numerous times, they finally got a divorce.
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22動物園
Hiragana :どうぶつえん
Meaning :zoo, zoological gardens
Ex :彼らかれら動物どうぶつえん行っいった。
Trans :They went to the zoo.
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23遠く
Hiragana :とおく
Meaning :far away, distant, at a distance, distant place, by far
Ex :遠くとおく兄弟きょうだいより、良きよき隣人りんじん
Trans :A good neighbour is better than a brother far off.
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24通る
Hiragana :とおる
Meaning :to go by, to go past, to go along, to travel along, to pass through, to use (a road), to take (a route), to go via, to go by way of; to run (between), to operate (between), to connect; to go indoors, to go into a room, to be admitted, to be shown in, to be ushered in, to come in; to penetrate, to pierce, to skewer, to go through, to come through; to permeate, to soak into, to spread throughout; to carry (e.g. of a voice), to reach far; to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen), to be relayed, to be conveyed; to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.), to be approved, to be accepted; to go by (a name), to be known as, to be accepted as, to have a reputation for; to be coherent, to be logical, to be reasonable, to be comprehensible, to be understandable, to make sense; to get across (e.g. of one's point), to be understood; to be straight (e.g. wood grain); to be well-informed, to be wise; to do ... completely, to do ... thoroughly
Ex :松葉杖まつばづえってけっこうムズいな・・・。「すみません、ストレッチャー通りとおります!」
Trans :Crutches are pretty tricky ... "Excuse me, stretcher coming through!"
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25特に
Hiragana :とくに
Meaning :particularly, especially
Ex :ぼくはこのてん特にとくに強調きょうちょうしたい。
Trans :I want to emphasize this point in particular.
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26特別
Hiragana :とくべつ
Meaning :special
Ex :印刷物いんさつぶつには、特別とくべつ郵袋ゆうたい印刷物いんさつぶつというのがあります。
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27とこや
Hiragana :とこや
Meaning :barbershop, barber
Ex :床屋とこや行っいっかみ刈っかってもらいなさい。
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28途中
Hiragana :とちゅう
Meaning :on the way, en route; in the middle of, midway
Ex :おやおや、食事しょくじ途中とちゅうせき立つたつとはマナーに反しはんしますね。
Trans :Oh my, leaving the table in the middle of meal is bad manners, you know.
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29特急
Hiragana :とっきゅう
Meaning :limited express (train, faster than an express); great hurry
Ex :時計とけいがおくれていたので、わたし特急とっきゅうにのりそこねた。
Trans :As my watch was slow, I missed the special express.
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30届ける
Hiragana :とどける
Meaning :to deliver, to forward, to send; to report, to notify, to file notice (to the authorities), to give notice, to register
Ex :はは冷蔵庫れいぞうこ買っかっ届けとどけさせた。
Trans :My mother bought a refrigerator and had it delivered.
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31泊まる
Hiragana :とまる
Meaning :to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked, to be berthed, to be moored
Ex :旅行りょこうしゃたちは海岸かいがんのホテルにとまった。
Trans :The travelers stayed at a seaside hotel.
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32止める
Hiragana :とめる
Meaning :to stop, to turn off; to park; to prevent, to suppress (a cough), to hold back (tears), to hold (one's breath), to relieve (pain); to stop (someone from doing something), to dissuade, to forbid, to prohibit; to notice, to be aware of, to concentrate on, to pay attention to, to remember, to bear in mind; to fix (in place), to fasten, to tack, to pin, to nail, to button, to staple; to detain, to keep in custody
Ex :彼女かのじょはファスナーをとめることができなかった。
Trans :She could not fasten the zip of her dress.
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33取り替える
Hiragana :とりかえる
Meaning :to exchange, to replace
Ex :流れながれ渡っわたっているうま取り替えるとりかえるな。
Trans :Never swap horses while crossing a stream.
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34泥棒
Hiragana :どろぼう
Meaning :thief, burglar, robber, theft
Ex :眠りねむり最大さいだい泥棒どろぼう人生じんせい半分はんぶん盗んぬすんでしまう。
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35どんどん
Hiragana :どんどん
Meaning :tap, rap-tap, tapping
Ex :彼女かのじょゆびでテーブルをとんとんたたいた。
Trans :She drummed her fingers on the table.
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36直す
Hiragana :なおす
Meaning :to cure, to heal; to fix, to correct, to repair; to do over again (after -masu base of verb); to replace, to put back as it was; to convert (into a different state), to transform
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37直る
Hiragana :なおる
Meaning :to be cured, to get well, to be healed; to get mended, to be repaired, to be fixed
Ex :風邪かぜひと移すうつす治るなおるって本当ほんとう
Trans :Is it true that you recover from colds when you give them to someone else?
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38治る
Hiragana :なおる
Meaning :to be cured, to get well, to be healed; to get mended, to be repaired, to be fixed
Ex :風邪かぜひと移すうつす治るなおるって本当ほんとう
Trans :Is it true that you recover from colds when you give them to someone else?
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39中々
Hiragana :なかなか
Meaning :long, drawn-out, very long
Ex :彼女かのじょ外国がいこく経験けいけんについて長々ながなが話しはなした。
Trans :She talked long of her experiences abroad.
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40泣く
Hiragana :なく
Meaning :to cry, to weep, to sob, to howl
Ex :はら空かしすかし赤ちゃんあかちゃんはただ泣くなくばかりでした。
Trans :The hungry baby did nothing but cry.
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41無くなる
Hiragana :なくなる
Meaning :to be lost (e.g. luggage), to be missing; to be used up, to be run out, to be exhausted, to be consumed; to disappear (e.g. pain), to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
Ex :むすめをなくして、すっかりこころ張りはりがなくなりました。
Trans :Losing my daughter has taken away my will to live.
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42亡くなる
Hiragana :なくなる
Meaning :to die
Ex :両親りょうしん亡くなっなくなっ子供こども孤児こじ呼ばよばれる。
Trans :A child whose parents are dead is called an orphan.
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43投げる
Hiragana :なげる
Meaning :to throw, to cast away; to face defeat, to give up
Ex :彼女かのじょかれ疑い深うたがいぶかそうな一瞥いちべつ投げなげた。
Trans :She threw a suspicious glance at him.
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44なさる
Hiragana :なさる
Meaning :to do
Ex :おにく焼きやき加減かげんは、いかがなさいますか?
Trans :How would you like your steak cooked?
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45鳴る
Hiragana :なる
Meaning :to sound, to ring, to resound, to echo, to roar, to rumble
Ex :かみなり鳴るなると、あめ降りふり始めはじめた。
Trans :First it thundered, and then it started to rain.
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46なるべく
Hiragana :なるべく
Meaning :as much as possible, wherever practicable
Ex :なるべく姉ちゃんねえちゃんにも周りまわりにも迷惑めいわくをかけずに、事態じたい早期そうき解決かいけつをなんとか頼むたのむぞ。
Trans :I want you to somehow resolve the situation as promptly and avoiding to cause trouble for my sister and those around us as much as possible.
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47なるほど
Hiragana :なるほど
Meaning :I see, That's right!, Indeed
Ex :なるほど彼女かのじょ美人びじんではないが、気立てきだてがよい。
Trans :She is not beautiful, to be sure, but she is good-natured.
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48慣れる
Hiragana :なれる
Meaning :to grow accustomed (to), to get too familiar with, to get used (to); to become domesticated, to become tame
Ex :りょう生活せいかつには慣れなれましたか。
Trans :Have you got used to living in the dorm?
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49におい
Hiragana :におい
Meaning :odour, odor, scent, smell, stench; aura, whiff, smacks of ..., sense, flavour, flavor
Ex :猟犬りょうけんたちはキツネの匂いにおいあとをたどった。
Trans :The hunting dogs followed the scent of the fox.
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50苦い
Hiragana :にがい
Meaning :bitter
Ex :こいあじ苦いにがい
Trans :The taste of love is bitter.
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