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1508 words · JLPT N4
JLPT N4 vocabulary
Words 211–220
kisoku
rule
会社の規則を守ってください。
かいしゃ の きそく を まもって ください。
kaisha no kisoku o mamotte kudasai.
Please follow the company rules.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “rule” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 規則 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →houritsu
law
新しい法律が四月から始まります。
あたらしい ほうりつ が しがつ から はじまります。
atarashii houritsu ga shigatsu kara hajimarimasu.
The new law takes effect in April.
Say 法律 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “law” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →seiji
politics
若い人は政治にあまり興味がありません。
わかい ひと は せいじ に あまり きょうみ が ありません。
wakai hito wa seiji ni amari kyoumi ga arimasen.
Young people are not very interested in politics.
Tie 政治 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “politics” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →keizai
economy
日本の経済についてニュースで見ました。
にほん の けいざい について にゅーす で みました。
nihon no keizai nitsuite nyuusu de mimashita.
I saw news about the Japanese economy.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “economy” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 経済 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →jinkou
population
この町の人口は減っています。
この まち の じんこう は へっています。
kono machi no jinkou wa hetteimasu.
The population of this town is decreasing.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “population” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 人口 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →ryoukin
fee
電気の料金が上がりました。
でんき の りょうきん が あがりました。
denki no ryoukin ga agarimashita.
Electricity charges have gone up.
Say 料金 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “fee” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →souryou
shipping fee
五千円以上買うと、送料が無料になります。
ごせんえん いじょう かう と、そうりょう が むりょう に なります。
gosen'en ijou kau to, souryou ga muryou ni narimasu.
Shipping is free if you buy five thousand yen or more.
Tie 送料 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “shipping fee” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →otsuri
change (money)
お釣りは五百円です。
おつり は ごひゃくえん です。
otsuri wa gohyakuen desu.
Your change is five hundred yen.
Say お釣り out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “change (money)” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →saifu
wallet
電車の中で財布をなくしました。
でんしゃ の なか で さいふ を なくしました。
densha no naka de saifu o nakushimashita.
I lost my wallet on the train.
Tie 財布 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “wallet” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →nimotsu
luggage
重い荷物を持って駅まで歩きました。
おもい にもつ を もって えき まで あるきました。
omoi nimotsu o motte eki made arukimashita.
I walked to the station carrying heavy luggage.
Say 荷物 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “luggage” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
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