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1508 words · JLPT N4
JLPT N4 vocabulary
Words 161–170
buka
subordinate
部下の仕事をチェックしました。
ぶか の しごと を ちぇっく しました。
buka no shigoto o chekku shimashita.
I checked my subordinate's work.
Say 部下 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “subordinate” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →kyaku
customer / guest
三時にお客が来ます。
さんじ に おきゃく が きます。
sanji ni okyaku ga kimasu.
A customer is coming at three.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “customer” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 客 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →uketsuke
reception
受付で名前を書いてください。
うけつけ で なまえ を かいて ください。
uketsuke de namae o kaite kudasai.
Please write your name at the reception desk.
Make 受付 yours: write one short sentence about “reception” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →kaijou
venue
会場は駅から歩いて五分です。
かいじょう は えき から あるいて ごふん です。
kaijou wa eki kara aruite gofun desu.
The venue is a five-minute walk from the station.
Say 会場 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “venue” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →meishi
business card
初めて会う人と名刺を交換しました。
はじめて あう ひと と めいし を こうかん しました。
hajimete au hito to meishi o koukan shimashita.
I exchanged business cards with someone I met for the first time.
Make 名刺 yours: write one short sentence about “business card” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →shorui
documents
この書類にサインをお願いします。
この しょるい に さいん を おねがい します。
kono shorui ni sain o onegai shimasu.
Please sign this document.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “documents” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 書類 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →shiryou
materials
会議の資料を印刷しました。
かいぎ の しりょう を いんさつ しました。
kaigi no shiryou o insatsu shimashita.
I printed the materials for the meeting.
Say 資料 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “materials” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →sukejuuru
schedule
来週のスケジュールを確認しましょう。
らいしゅう の すけじゅーる を かくにん しましょう。
raishuu no sukejuuru o kakunin shimashou.
Let's check next week's schedule.
Say スケジュール out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “schedule” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →arubaito
part-time job
学生のとき、コンビニでアルバイトをしました。
がくせい の とき、こんびに で あるばいと を しました。
gakusei no toki, konbini de arubaito o shimashita.
When I was a student, I worked part-time at a convenience store.
Tie アルバイト to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “part-time job” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →shigotoba
workplace
仕事場は家から近いです。
しごとば は いえ から ちかい です。
shigotoba wa ie kara chikai desu.
My workplace is close to my home.
Tie 仕事場 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “workplace” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
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