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JLPT N4 Kanji List

This is not a cumulative list. (It doesn't contain the kanji needed by JLPT N5).

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
. .

- - - hand

power, strong, strain, bear up,

exert

. . question, ask, problem

. . . -. substitute, change, convert,

replace, period, age,
.
generation, charge, rate, fee

. . .

. . . - bright, light
.
. . .

move, motion, change,

. .
confusion, shift, shake

capital, 10**16

eye, class, look, insight,

-
experience, care, favor

. . -. - traffic, pass through, avenue,

.
. . . -. commute, counter for letters

. say

logic, arrangement, reason,

justice, truth

body, substance, object,

reality, counter for images

rice field, rice paddy

lord, chief, master, main thing,

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principal

topic, subject

idea, mind, heart, taste,

thought, desire, care, liking

negative, non-, bad, ugly,

clumsy

make, production, prepare,

-. . .
build

utilize, business, service, use,

.
employ

- degrees, occurrence, time,

. counter for occurrences

. . .
strong
. .

public, prince, official,

governmental

. . -. hold, have

plains, field, rustic, civilian life

by means of, because, in view

.
of, compared with

. . . think

house, home

generation, world, society,

public

. . . many, frequent, much

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correct, justice, righteous,

. .
. 10**40

relax, cheap, low, quiet,

. . .
rested, contented, peaceful

Inst., institution, temple,

mansion, school

heart, mind, spirit

world

. teach, faith, doctrine
.

sentence, literature, style, art,

decoration, figures, plan

beginning, former time, origin

. . . heavy, heap up, pile up, nest

. . of boxes, -fold

near, early, akin, tantamount
.

. . consider, think over

. . .
brush-stroke, picture
.

sea, ocean

. . sell

. . know, wisdom

road-way, street, district,

journey, course, moral,
teachings

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gather, meet, congregate,

. . .
swarm, flock

separate, branch off, diverge,

. .
fork, another, extra, specially

- thing, object, matter

. . -. -
use
.

goods, refinement, dignity,

article, counter for meal
courses

. . plot, plan, scheme, measure

. .- death, die

special

private, I, me

. . -. commence, begin

morning, dynasty, regime,

epoch, period, (North) Korea

carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot,

.
transport, progress, advance

. -. . .
. end, finish

pedestal, a stand, counter for

machines and vehicles

. . .
wide, broad, spacious
. .

. . dwell, reside, live, inhabit

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-.

- true, reality, Buddhist sect

possess, have, exist, happen,

.
occur, approx

mouth

. . few, little

village, town, block, street

fee, materials

craft, construction

. . . -. build

. . . empty, sky, void, vacant,

.
. . vacuum

hurry, emergency, sudden,

. .
steep

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

. escort, send

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

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

. polish, study of, sharpen

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leg, foot, be sufficient, counter

. . .
for pairs of footwear

research, study
.

. . music, comfort, ease
.

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

. - . -. . 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

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England, English

. . doctor, medicine

. attend, doing, official, serve

gone, past, quit, leave,

-. .
elapse, eliminate, divorce

. flavor, taste

copy, be photographed,
. . - .
describe

character, letter, word, section

-
of village

. . solution, answer

night, evening

-
sound, noise

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
.

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map, drawing, plan,

.
unexpected, accidentally

week

room, apartment, chamber,

greenhouse, cellar

. . walk, counter for steps

- - wind, air, style, manner

paper

. . black

flower

springtime, spring (season)

- . . red
.

- blue, green
.

building, mansion, large

building, palace

roof, house, shop, dealer,

seller

color

. run

autumn

summer

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. . learn

station

ocean, western style

trip, travel

clothing, admit, obey,

discharge

evening

. borrow, rent

weekday

. -. drink, smoke, take

meat

. .- - lend

public chamber, hall

bird, chicken

meal, boiled rice

. exertion

winter

daytime, noon

tea

younger brother, faithful

service to elders

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cow

- fish

elder brother, big brother

- dog

younger sister

elder sister

Sino-, China

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