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Every word comes with furigana, romaji, and an original example sentence from real life in Japan.

1508 words · JLPT N4

JLPT N4 vocabulary

Part 87

Words 861–870

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polite past: was shallow

kyonen yori asakattadesu.

It was more shallow than last year.

💡 Form of 浅い (shallow).

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polite past: was sleepy

zenkai yori zutto nemukattadesu.

It was much more sleepy than last time.

💡 Form of 眠い (sleepy).

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polite past: was painful

zenkai yori zutto itakattadesu.

It was much more painful than last time.

💡 Form of 痛い (painful).

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polite past: was dangerous

sono hi wa tokuni abunakattadesu.

That day it was especially dangerous.

💡 Form of 危ない (dangerous).

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polite past: was soft

sono hi wa tokuni yawarakakattadesu.

That day it was especially soft.

💡 Form of 柔らかい (soft).

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polite past: was hard (object)

hajime no koro wa katakattadesu.

In the early days it was hard (object).

💡 Form of 硬い (hard (object)).

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polite past: was fine

saisho wa totemo komakakattadesu.

At first it was very fine.

💡 Form of 細かい (fine / detailed).

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polite past: was thick

hajime no koro wa futokattadesu.

In the early days it was thick.

💡 Form of 太い (thick).

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polite past: was thin

sono hi wa tokuni hosokattadesu.

That day it was especially thin.

💡 Form of 細い (thin).

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polite past: was bitter

zenkai yori zutto nigakattadesu.

It was much more bitter than last time.

💡 Form of 苦い (bitter).

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