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1508 words · JLPT N4
JLPT N4 vocabulary
Words 111–120
sodateru
to raise
ベランダでトマトを育てています。
べらんだ で とまと を そだてています。
beranda de tomato o sodateteimasu.
I am growing tomatoes on the balcony.
Make 育てる yours: write one short sentence about “raise” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →mitsukeru
to find
駅の近くにいいアパートを見つけました。
えき の ちかく に いい あぱーと を みつけました。
eki no chikaku ni ii apaato o mitsukemashita.
I found a good apartment near the station.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “find” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 見つける to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →suteru
to throw away
古い雑誌を捨てました。
ふるい ざっし を すてました。
furui zasshi o sutemashita.
I threw away the old magazines.
Make 捨てる yours: write one short sentence about “throw away” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →kaeru
to exchange
空港で円をドルに換えました。
くうこう で えん を どる に かえました。
kuukou de en o doru ni kaemashita.
I exchanged yen for dollars at the airport.
Tie 換える to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “exchange” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →kangaeru
to think about
将来のことを考えています。
しょうらい の こと を かんがえています。
shourai no koto o kangaeteimasu.
I am thinking about my future.
When you meet 考える in real text, pause on it once — meeting “think about” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →nareru
to get used to
日本の生活に慣れました。
にほん の せいかつ に なれました。
nihon no seikatsu ni naremashita.
I have gotten used to life in Japan.
When you meet 慣れる in real text, pause on it once — meeting “get used to” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →nigeru
to run away
猫が窓から逃げました。
ねこ が まど から にげました。
neko ga mado kara nigemashita.
The cat escaped through the window.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “run away” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 逃げる to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →makeru
to lose
昨日の試合に負けました。
きのう の しあい に まけました。
kinou no shiai ni makemashita.
We lost yesterday's match.
Say 負ける out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “lose” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →taoreru
to fall over
台風で木が倒れました。
たいふう で き が たおれました。
taifuu de ki ga taoremashita.
A tree fell over in the typhoon.
Make 倒れる yours: write one short sentence about “fall over” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →nureru
to get wet
雨で靴が濡れました。
あめ で くつ が ぬれました。
ame de kutsu ga nuremashita.
My shoes got wet in the rain.
When you meet 濡れる in real text, pause on it once — meeting “get wet” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
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