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1508 words · JLPT N4
JLPT N4 vocabulary
Words 41–50
fukushuu
review (study)
授業の後で、文法を復習します。
じゅぎょう の あと で、ぶんぽう を ふくしゅう します。
jugyou no ato de, bunpou o fukushuu shimasu.
I review the grammar after class.
復習 is going back over what you already learned so it sticks — tonight reviewing this morning’s lesson. 予習 looks forward; 復習 looks back.
Read the full tip →yoshuu
preparation (study)
明日の授業の予習をしました。
あした の じゅぎょう の よしゅう を しました。
ashita no jugyou no yoshuu o shimashita.
I prepared for tomorrow's class.
予習 is studying ahead — reading tomorrow’s material today so the lesson lands easier. The same “beforehand” 予 as in 予約.
Read the full tip →kenkyuu
research
大学でAIについて研究しています。
だいがく で AI について けんきゅう しています。
daigaku de AI nitsuite kenkyuu shiteimasu.
I am researching AI at university.
研究 is deep, patient digging into one subject — labs, papers, prototypes. Everyday looking-into is 調査; 研究 is the long game.
Read the full tip →seisan
production
この工場では車を生産しています。
この こうじょう で は くるま を せいさん しています。
kono koujou de wa kuruma o seisan shiteimasu.
This factory produces cars.
生産 is production at scale — factories turning materials into goods, day after day.
Read the full tip →yushutsu
export
日本は車をたくさん輸出しています。
にほん は くるま を たくさん ゆしゅつ しています。
nihon wa kuruma o takusan yushutsu shiteimasu.
Japan exports many cars.
輸出 sends goods out of the country; 輸入 brings them in. Same transport 輸, opposite directions.
Read the full tip →yunyuu
import
この会社はコーヒー豆を輸入しています。
この かいしゃ は こーひーまめ を ゆにゅう しています。
kono kaisha wa koohiimame o yunyuu shiteimasu.
This company imports coffee beans.
輸入 is bringing goods into the country — imported coffee, imported parts. The flip side of 輸出.
Read the full tip →boueki
trade
父は貿易の仕事をしています。
ちち は ぼうえき の しごと を しています。
chichi wa boueki no shigoto o shiteimasu.
My father works in trade.
Make 貿易 yours: write one short sentence about “trade” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →hon'yaku
translation
この資料を英語に翻訳してください。
この しりょう を えいご に ほんやく して ください。
kono shiryou o eigo ni hon'yaku shite kudasai.
Please translate this document into English.
翻訳 is carrying meaning between languages in writing — documents, subtitles, READMEs. Spoken interpreting is 通訳.
Read the full tip →nyuugaku
school admission
娘は四月に小学校に入学します。
むすめ は しがつ に しょうがっこう に にゅうがく します。
musume wa shigatsu ni shougakkou ni nyuugaku shimasu.
My daughter starts elementary school in April.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “school admission” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 入学 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →sotsugyou
graduation
去年、大学を卒業しました。
きょねん、だいがく を そつぎょう しました。
kyonen, daigaku o sotsugyou shimashita.
I graduated from university last year.
Make 卒業 yours: write one short sentence about “graduation” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
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