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1508 words · JLPT N4
JLPT N4 vocabulary
Words 61–70
undou
exercise
健康のために、毎朝運動しています。
けんこう の ため に、まいあさ うんどう しています。
kenkou no tame ni, maiasa undou shiteimasu.
I exercise every morning for my health.
Say 運動 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “exercise” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →kengaku
study visit
来週、工場を見学します。
らいしゅう、こうじょう を けんがく します。
raishuu, koujou o kengaku shimasu.
We will tour the factory next week.
Make 見学 yours: write one short sentence about “study visit” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →sewa
care / looking after
犬の世話は私の仕事です。
いぬ の せわ は わたし の しごと です。
inu no sewa wa watashi no shigoto desu.
Taking care of the dog is my job.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “care” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 世話 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →chokin
savings
毎月三万円貯金しています。
まいつき さんまんえん ちょきん しています。
maitsuki sanman'en chokin shiteimasu.
I save thirty thousand yen every month.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “savings” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 貯金 to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →chuumon
order (goods)
ネットで新しい椅子を注文しました。
ねっと で あたらしい いす を ちゅうもん しました。
netto de atarashii isu o chuumon shimashita.
I ordered a new chair online.
Say 注文 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “order (goods)” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →kakunin
confirmation
メールの内容をご確認ください。
めーる の ないよう を ごかくにん ください。
meeru no naiyou o gokakunin kudasai.
Please check the contents of the email.
確認 is the double-check that keeps Japanese offices running: open the file, look again, make sure. ご確認お願いします asks someone to take that look. Deeper digging is 調査 and weighing options is 検討 — 確認 just verifies what should already be true.
Read the full tip →todoku
to be delivered
荷物が今朝届きました。
にもつ が けさ とどきました。
nimotsu ga kesa todokimashita.
The package arrived this morning.
Say 届く out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “be delivered” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →omoidasu
to remember
その店の名前をやっと思い出しました。
その みせ の なまえ を やっと おもいだしました。
sono mise no namae o yatto omoidashimashita.
I finally remembered the name of that shop.
Tie 思い出す to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “remember” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →sagasu
to search for
駅の近くでアパートを探しています。
えき の ちかく で あぱーと を さがしています。
eki no chikaku de apaato o sagashiteimasu.
I am looking for an apartment near the station.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “search for” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 探す to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →watasu
to hand over
受付で名刺を渡しました。
うけつけ で めいし を わたしました。
uketsuke de meishi o watashimashita.
I handed over my business card at the reception desk.
When you meet 渡す in real text, pause on it once — meeting “hand over” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
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