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1508 words · JLPT N4
JLPT N4 vocabulary
Words 151–160
anzen
safe
この道のほうが安全です。
この みち の ほう が あんぜん です。
kono michi no hou ga anzen desu.
This road is safer.
Tie 安全 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “safe” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →kiken
dangerous
ここは危険なので、入らないでください。
ここ は きけん な ので、はいらないで ください。
koko wa kiken na node, hairanaide kudasai.
It is dangerous here, so please do not enter.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “dangerous” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 危険 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →jiyuu
free / freedom
昼休みは自由に使っていいです。
ひるやすみ は じゆう に つかって いい です。
hiruyasumi wa jiyuu ni tsukatte ii desu.
You may use your lunch break freely.
Tie 自由 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “free” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →juubun
enough
時間はまだ十分あります。
じかん は まだ じゅうぶん あります。
jikan wa mada juubun arimasu.
There is still plenty of time.
Say 十分 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “enough” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →zannen
regrettable
試合に負けて残念です。
しあい に まけて ざんねん です。
shiai ni makete zannen desu.
It is disappointing that we lost the match.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “regrettable” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 残念 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →shachou
company president
社長が新入社員に挨拶をしました。
しゃちょう が しんにゅうしゃいん に あいさつ を しました。
shachou ga shinnyuushain ni aisatsu o shimashita.
The president greeted the new employees.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “company president” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 社長 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →buchou
department manager
部長に報告書を出しました。
ぶちょう に ほうこくしょ を だしました。
buchou ni houkokusho o dashimashita.
I submitted the report to the department manager.
Tie 部長 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “department manager” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →kachou
section chief
課長はいま会議中です。
かちょう は いま かいぎちゅう です。
kachou wa ima kaigichuu desu.
The section chief is in a meeting right now.
Tie 課長 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “section chief” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →douryou
coworker
同僚とランチに行きました。
どうりょう と らんち に いきました。
douryou to ranchi ni ikimashita.
I went to lunch with my coworkers.
Make 同僚 yours: write one short sentence about “coworker” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →joushi
boss
上司に休みの相談をしました。
じょうし に やすみ の そうだん を しました。
joushi ni yasumi no soudan o shimashita.
I talked to my boss about taking time off.
When you meet 上司 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “boss” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
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