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JLPT N4 Vocabulary — Home, Town & Nature flashcards

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Ninety-eight N4 nouns for the home, clothes, food, the town, travel and transport, and the natural world, each in a short kana sentence with the word in bold; the back gives the meaning, pitch accent where known, the translation and, on most cards, the look-alike, particle or usage point to watch.

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  1. おたく (お宅) (n.)
    きのう、おたくの ねこが うちの にわで ねて いましたよ。
    your home; (someone else's) house (polite) [0]

    Yesterday your cat was sleeping in our garden.

    Watch out: Polite word for someone else's home; your own is うち or いえ.
    Home & Rooms
  2. おくじょう (屋上) (n.)
    この デパートの おくじょうには ちいさい こうえんが あります。
    rooftop [0]

    There is a small park on the roof of this department store.

    Watch out: A flat roof you can stand on; the sloping roof of a house is やね.
    Home & Rooms
  3. ごみ (n.)
    もえる ごみは かようびと きんようびに だして ください。
    rubbish; garbage

    Please put out burnable rubbish on Tuesdays and Fridays.

    Watch out: A rubbish bin is ごみばこ; to throw something away is すてる.
    Household Things & Materials
  4. ガラス (n.)
    こどもの ボールが あたって、げんかんの ドアの ガラスが われました。
    glass (the material); pane

    A child's ball hit it, and the glass in the front door broke.

    Watch out: ガラス is the material; a drinking glass is コップ or グラス.
    Household Things & Materials
  5. きもの (着物) (n.)
    おしょうがつに ははが わたしに きものを きせて くれました。
    kimono [0]

    At New Year my mother dressed me in a kimono.

    Watch out: Wear one with きる; dress someone else in one with きせる.
    Clothes & Accessories
  6. サンドイッチ (n.)
    きょうの ひるごはんは こうえんで サンドイッチを たべる つもりです。
    sandwich [4]

    For today's lunch I plan to eat sandwiches in the park.
    Food & Drink
  7. とこや (床屋) (n.)
    かみが ながく なったので、とこやへ きりに いきます。
    barber's [0]

    My hair has got long, so I'm going to the barber's to have it cut.

    Watch out: A traditional (men's) barber; a hair salon is びよういん, not びょういん (hospital).
    Town & Buildings
  8. のりもの (乗り物) (n.)
    こどもの ころから のりものが すきで、でんしゃの しゃしんを あつめて います。
    vehicle; (a) ride [0]

    I've liked vehicles since I was a child, and I collect photos of trains.

    Watch out: のる (to ride) + もの (thing): anything you ride, from a bus to a fairground ride.
    Travel & Transport
  9. もり (森) (n.)
    この もりの なかは なつでも すずしくて、とても しずかです。
    forest [0]

    Inside this forest it's cool even in summer, and very quiet.

    Watch out: A large, deep forest; a smaller wood is はやし.
    Nature & Landscape
  10. つき (月) (n.)
    こんやは つきの ひかりで、そとが とても あかるいです。
    moon [2]

    Tonight it's very bright outside in the moonlight.

    Watch out: The same kanji reads がつ in month names (いちがつ) and げつ in いっかげつ and げつようび; the moon alone is つき.
    Sky · Light & Fire

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  • Word selection follows vocabulary commonly listed for JLPT N4 (no official list exists since 2010; checked against the N4 list compiled by Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk, CC BY); meanings and verb groups checked against JMdict (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Reference only; all example sentences are original.
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