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JLPT N4 Kanji List

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Kanji

Onyomi

Kunyomi

English
meeting, meet, party,
association, interview, join

. . .

same, agree, equal

matter, thing, fact, business,

reason, possibly

. .

oneself

company, firm, office,

association, shrine

. . . . .

discharge, departure, publish,

emit, start from, disclose

someone, person

ground, earth

business, vocation, arts,

performance

direction, person, alternative

. . -

new

location, place

-.

employee, member, number, the

one in charge
. -. .- . -.
stand up
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. . -. .
open, unfold, unseal
.

- - -

. .

substitute, change, convert,

. . . -. .
replace, period, age, generation,

charge, rate, fee

. . . .
. . -. . bright, light
.

eye, class, look, insight,

experience, care, favor

. . -. -.
. . -.

traffic, pass through, avenue,

commute, counter for letters

say

hand
power, strong, strain, bear up,
exert
question, ask, problem

move, motion, change,

confusion, shift, shake
capital, 10**16

logic, arrangement, reason,

justice, truth

body, substance, object, reality,

counter for images
rice field, rice paddy

lord, chief, master, main thing,

principal

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topic, subject

idea, mind, heart, taste, thought,

desire, care, liking

negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy

-.

-.

. . . .
strong

. -.

hold, have

plains, field, rustic, civilian life

. . .

think

house, home

. . .

many, frequent, much

. .

correct, justice, righteous, 10**40

. .

relax, cheap, low, quiet, rested,

. .

make, production, prepare, build

utilize, business, service, use,
employ
degrees, occurrence, time,
counter for occurrences

public, prince, official,

governmental

by means of, because, in view

of, compared with

generation, world, society, public

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contented, peaceful

Inst., institution, temple,

mansion, school

heart, mind, spirit

world

teach, faith, doctrine

sentence, literature, style, art,

decoration, figures, plan

. . .
brush-stroke, picture
.

sell

know, wisdom

. .

gather, meet, congregate,

swarm, flock

separate, branch off, diverge,

fork, another, extra, specially

beginning, former time, origin

. . . . heavy, heap up, pile up, nest of
.
boxes, -fold
near, early, akin, tantamount
consider, think over

sea, ocean

road-way, street, district, journey,

course, moral, teachings

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thing, object, matter

. . -. -.

use

goods, refinement, dignity,

article, counter for meal courses

plot, plan, scheme, measure

. .-

death, die

private, I, me

. -.

commence, begin

. -. . .
end, finish

. . . .
wide, broad, spacious
.

-.

. .

dwell, reside, live, inhabit

true, reality, Buddhist sect

special

morning, dynasty, regime,

epoch, period, (North) Korea
carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot,
transport, progress, advance

pedestal, a stand, counter for

machines and vehicles

possess, have, exist, happen,

occur, approx

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. .

few, little

village, town, block, street

fee, materials

craft, construction

. . -.

. . . .
empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum
.

. .

-.

. -. . -. . . . . stop, halt
. . -. .

-.

. -. . -. -. .
cut, cutoff, be sharp
-. . -.

. . . .
revolve, turn around, change
. .

. .

. . . . .
rouse, wake up, get up

build

hurry, emergency, sudden, steep

escort, send

polish, study of, sharpen

. .

leg, foot, be sufficient, counter

for pairs of footwear
research, study

music, comfort, ease

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. - . -. . . don, arrive, wear, counter for

suits of clothing

store, shop

. -.

ill, sick

substance, quality, matter,

temperament

-.

wait, depend on

. .

test, try, attempt, experiment,

ordeal

tribe, family

silver

. - . .
early, fast

-.

. . .

reflect, reflection, projection

- .

parent, intimacy, relative,

familiarity, dealer (cards)

verification, effect, testing

. .

doctor, medicine

attend, doing, official, serve

-.

gone, past, quit, leave, elapse,

eliminate, divorce

flavor, taste

. . - .

copy, be photographed, describe

England, English

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character, letter, word, section of

village

solution, answer

night, evening

. . .

pour, irrigate, shed (tears), flow

into, concentrate on, notes,
comment, annotate

. . . .

homecoming, arrive at, lead to,

result in

-.

. -

old

song, sing

buy

. - . . -.
bad, vice, rascal, false, evil,
.
wrong

room, apartment, chamber,

greenhouse, cellar

walk, counter for steps

wind, air, style, manner

paper

. .

black

sound, noise

map, drawing, plan, unexpected,

accidentally
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flower

springtime, spring (season)

- . .

red

blue, green

building, mansion, large building,

palace

roof, house, shop, dealer, seller

color

run

autumn

summer

. .

learn

station

ocean, western style

clothing, admit, obey, discharge

evening

trip, travel

borrow, rent
weekday

. -.

drink, smoke, take

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meat

public chamber, hall

bird, chicken

meal, boiled rice

exertion

winter

daytime, noon

tea

younger brother, faithful service

to elders

cow

. .- -

lend

fish
elder brother, big brother

dog
younger sister

elder sister
Sino-, China