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1508 words · JLPT N4
JLPT N4 vocabulary
Words 101–110
saku
to bloom
公園の桜が咲きました。
こうえん の さくら が さきました。
kouen no sakura ga sakimashita.
The cherry blossoms in the park have bloomed.
Say 咲く out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “bloom” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →kawaku
to dry
洗濯物がまだ乾いていません。
せんたくもの が まだ かわいて いません。
sentakumono ga mada kawaite imasen.
The laundry has not dried yet.
Make 乾く yours: write one short sentence about “dry” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →tsutaeru
to convey
部長にメッセージを伝えました。
ぶちょう に めっせーじ を つたえました。
buchou ni messeeji o tsutaemashita.
I passed the message on to the manager.
Tie 伝える to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “convey” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →todokeru
to deliver
落とし物を交番に届けました。
おとしもの を こうばん に とどけました。
otoshimono o kouban ni todokemashita.
I took the lost item to the police box.
Say 届ける out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “deliver” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →tsuzukeru
to continue
三年間、日本語の勉強を続けています。
さんねんかん、にほんご の べんきょう を つづけています。
sannenkan, nihongo no benkyou o tsuzuketeimasu.
I have been keeping up my Japanese studies for three years.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “continue” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 続ける to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →yameru
to quit
体のために、甘い物を止めました。
からだ の ため に、あまい もの を やめました。
karada no tame ni, amai mono o yamemashita.
I gave up sweets for my health.
When you meet 止める in real text, pause on it once — meeting “quit” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →atsumeru
to collect
会議の資料を集めています。
かいぎ の しりょう を あつめています。
kaigi no shiryou o atsumeteimasu.
I am gathering the materials for the meeting.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “collect” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 集める to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →katazukeru
to tidy up
使った後は、机を片付けてください。
つかった あと は、つくえ を かたづけて ください。
tsukatta ato wa, tsukue o katazukete kudasai.
Please tidy up the desk after you use it.
Say 片付ける out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “tidy up” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →machigaeru
to make a mistake
電車の駅を間違えました。
でんしゃ の えき を まちがえました。
densha no eki o machigaemashita.
I got off at the wrong station.
Tie 間違える to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “make a mistake” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →kuraberu
to compare
二つの店の値段を比べました。
ふたつ の みせ の ねだん を くらべました。
futatsu no mise no nedan o kurabemashita.
I compared the prices at two shops.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “compare” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 比べる to that exact scene.
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