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1508 words · JLPT N4
JLPT N4 vocabulary
Words 131–140
mezurashii
rare
この店には珍しい果物があります。
この みせ に は めずらしい くだもの が あります。
kono mise ni wa mezurashii kudamono ga arimasu.
This shop has unusual fruit.
Make 珍しい yours: write one short sentence about “rare” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →tadashii
correct
正しい答えを選んでください。
ただしい こたえ を えらんで ください。
tadashii kotae o erande kudasai.
Please choose the correct answer.
When you meet 正しい in real text, pause on it once — meeting “correct” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →fukai
deep
この川は思ったより深いです。
この かわ は おもった より ふかい です。
kono kawa wa omotta yori fukai desu.
This river is deeper than I expected.
Say 深い out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “deep” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →asai
shallow
ここは浅いので、子どもも遊べます。
ここ は あさい ので、こども も あそべます。
koko wa asai node, kodomo mo asobemasu.
It is shallow here, so children can play too.
Tie 浅い to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “shallow” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →nemui
sleepy
昨日あまり寝なかったので、眠いです。
きのう あまり ねなかった ので、ねむい です。
kinou amari nenakatta node, nemui desu.
I did not sleep much last night, so I am sleepy.
Make 眠い yours: write one short sentence about “sleepy” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →itai
painful
朝から頭が痛いです。
あさ から あたま が いたい です。
asa kara atama ga itai desu.
My head has hurt since this morning.
Make 痛い yours: write one short sentence about “painful” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →abunai
dangerous
ここは車が多くて危ないです。
ここ は くるま が おおくて あぶない です。
koko wa kuruma ga ookute abunai desu.
There are many cars here, so it is dangerous.
Make 危ない yours: write one short sentence about “dangerous” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →yawarakai
soft
このパンはとても柔らかいです。
この ぱん は とても やわらかい です。
kono pan wa totemo yawarakai desu.
This bread is very soft.
When you meet 柔らかい in real text, pause on it once — meeting “soft” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →katai
hard (object)
この肉は少し硬いです。
この にく は すこし かたい です。
kono niku wa sukoshi katai desu.
This meat is a little tough.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “hard (object)” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 硬い to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →komakai
fine / detailed
細かい字は読みにくいです。
こまかい じ は よみにくい です。
komakai ji wa yominikui desu.
Small print is hard to read.
When you meet 細かい in real text, pause on it once — meeting “fine” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
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