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1508 words · JLPT N4
JLPT N4 vocabulary
Words 1–10
kaigi
meeting
会議は十時からです。
かいぎは じゅうじからです。
kaigi wa juuji kara desu
The meeting is from ten o'clock.
会議 is the formal meeting — agenda, meeting room, decisions. Casual syncs are often called ミーティング; 会議 carries more weight.
Read the full tip →renraku
contact / communication
後で連絡します。
あとで れんらくします。
ato de renraku shimasu
I will contact you later.
💡 Very common at work: ご連絡ありがとうございます。
連絡 is the act of getting in touch — a message, a call, a heads-up. 報告 delivers results upward and 相談 asks for advice; 連絡 simply keeps people informed. Together they form the office trio ほうれんそう.
Read the full tip →yotei
plan / schedule
明日の予定を確認します。
あしたの よていを かくにんします。
ashita no yotei o kakunin shimasu
I will check tomorrow's schedule.
Make 予定 yours: write one short sentence about “plan” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →junbi
preparation
会議の準備をしています。
かいぎの じゅんびを しています。
kaigi no junbi o shite imasu
I am preparing for the meeting.
準備 is everything you do before the real thing starts — materials printed, slides ready, ingredients lined up. Good 準備 makes the actual event feel easy.
Read the full tip →setsumei
explanation
使い方を説明します。
つかいかたを せつめいします。
tsukaikata o setsumei shimasu
I will explain how to use it.
説明 is laying something out so the other person gets it — how the system works, why the bug happened. 説明してください: please walk me through it.
Read the full tip →shitsumon
question
質問してもいいですか。
しつもんしても いいですか。
shitsumon shite mo ii desu ka
May I ask a question?
A hand going up in a meeting — 質問 is a question you ask to get an answer. 質問があります is the polite way to open one.
Read the full tip →kotaeru
to answer
面接で質問に答えました。
めんせつで しつもんに こたえました。
mensetsu de shitsumon ni kotaemashita
I answered questions in the interview.
Make 答える yours: write one short sentence about “answer” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →okureru
to be late
電車が遅れています。
でんしゃが おくれています。
densha ga okurete imasu
The train is delayed.
💡 Use 遅れてすみません to apologize for being late.
Make 遅れる yours: write one short sentence about “be late” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →isogu
to hurry
締め切りがあるので急いでいます。
しめきりが あるので いそいでいます。
shimekiri ga aru node isoide imasu
I am hurrying because there is a deadline.
Say 急ぐ out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “hurry” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →kimeru
to decide
次の予定を決めましょう。
つぎの よていを きめましょう。
tsugi no yotei o kimemashou
Let's decide the next schedule.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “decide” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 決める to that exact scene.
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