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1508 words · JLPT N4
JLPT N4 vocabulary
Words 191–200
dorobou
thief
泥棒に自転車を盗まれました。
どろぼう に じてんしゃ を ぬすまれました。
dorobou ni jitensha o nusumaremashita.
My bicycle was stolen by a thief.
Make 泥棒 yours: write one short sentence about “thief” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →tonari
next door / neighbor
隣の人に引っ越しの挨拶をしました。
となり の ひと に ひっこし の あいさつ を しました。
tonari no hito ni hikkoshi no aisatsu o shimashita.
I greeted my next-door neighbour after moving in.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “next door” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 隣 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →kinjo
neighborhood
近所においしいパン屋があります。
きんじょ に おいしい ぱんや が あります。
kinjo ni oishii pan'ya ga arimasu.
There is a good bakery in my neighbourhood.
Make 近所 yours: write one short sentence about “neighborhood” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →kougai
suburbs
郊外は家賃が安いです。
こうがい は やちん が やすい です。
kougai wa yachin ga yasui desu.
Rent is cheap in the suburbs.
Make 郊外 yours: write one short sentence about “suburbs” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →shima
island
週末に船で島へ行きました。
しゅうまつ に ふね で しま へ いきました。
shuumatsu ni fune de shima e ikimashita.
I went to an island by boat on the weekend.
Say 島 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “island” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →kaigan
coast
海岸を散歩するのが好きです。
かいがん を さんぽ する の が すき です。
kaigan o sanpo suru no ga suki desu.
I like walking along the coast.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “coast” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 海岸 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →mizuumi
lake
湖の近くのホテルに泊まりました。
みずうみ の ちかく の ほてる に とまりました。
mizuumi no chikaku no hoteru ni tomarimashita.
I stayed at a hotel near the lake.
When you meet 湖 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “lake” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →mori
forest
森の中は涼しかったです。
もり の なか は すずしかった です。
mori no naka wa suzushikatta desu.
It was cool in the forest.
Make 森 yours: write one short sentence about “forest” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →kuuki
air
山の空気はきれいです。
やま の くうき は きれい です。
yama no kuuki wa kirei desu.
The air in the mountains is clean.
Make 空気 yours: write one short sentence about “air” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →hikari
light
朝の光で目が覚めました。
あさ の ひかり で め が さめました。
asa no hikari de me ga samemashita.
I woke up with the morning light.
Tie 光 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “light” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
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