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1508 words · JLPT N4
JLPT N4 vocabulary
Words 71–80
hakobu
to carry
重い箱を二人で運びました。
おもい はこ を ふたり で はこびました。
omoi hako o futari de hakobimashita.
The two of us carried the heavy box.
Tie 運ぶ to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “carry” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →erabu
to choose
メニューから好きな料理を選びます。
めにゅー から すきな りょうり を えらびます。
menyuu kara sukina ryouri o erabimasu.
I choose the dish I like from the menu.
Tie 選ぶ to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “choose” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.
Read the full tip →tanomu
to request
店員にお水を頼みました。
てんいん に おみず を たのみました。
ten'in ni omizu o tanomimashita.
I asked the waiter for water.
Make 頼む yours: write one short sentence about “request” from your own life, and this word will come back when you actually need it.
Read the full tip →susumu
to advance
工事は少しずつ進んでいます。
こうじ は すこし ずつ すすんでいます。
kouji wa sukoshi zutsu susundeimasu.
The construction is progressing little by little.
When you meet 進む in real text, pause on it once — meeting “advance” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →modoru
to return
昼ご飯の後、事務所に戻ります。
ひるごはん の あと、じむしょ に もどります。
hirugohan no ato, jimusho ni modorimasu.
I will go back to the office after lunch.
When you meet 戻る in real text, pause on it once — meeting “return” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
Read the full tip →kayou
to commute
妹は電車で学校に通っています。
いもうと は でんしゃ で がっこう に かよっています。
imouto wa densha de gakkou ni kayotteimasu.
My younger sister commutes to school by train.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “commute” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 通う to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →tetsudau
to help
引っ越しを友だちが手伝ってくれました。
ひっこし を ともだち が てつだって くれました。
hikkoshi o tomodachi ga tetsudatte kuremashita.
My friend helped me with the move.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “help” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 手伝う to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →maniau
to be in time
最後の電車に間に合いました。
さいご の でんしゃ に まにあいました。
saigo no densha ni maniaimashita.
I made it in time for the last train.
Say 間に合う out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “be in time” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.
Read the full tip →hirou
to pick up
道でハンカチを拾いました。
みち で はんかち を ひろいました。
michi de hankachi o hiroimashita.
I picked up a handkerchief on the street.
Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “pick up” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 拾う to that exact scene.
Read the full tip →warau
to laugh
子どもたちが大きい声で笑っています。
こどもたち が おおきい こえ で わらっています。
kodomotachi ga ookii koe de waratteimasu.
The children are laughing loudly.
When you meet 笑う in real text, pause on it once — meeting “laugh” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.
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