Hi, I’m SATO Shingo, a native speaker with more than 10 years of experience in teaching Japanese.
In this post, you can make a copy of a JLPT N4 vocabulary list in Google Sheets. It is editable and can be saved as PDF, too.
This list is reliable, as it is made based on the official practice workbook.
JLPT N4 Vocabulary List
You can access Google Sheets of “JLPT N4 Vocabulary List of Nouns” here.
Right now, only vocabulary lists of nouns, verbs and adjectives are available. Other vocabulary lists are in preparation now.
How to Make a Copy and Save as PDF
After you access the Google Sheet, please click the “Make a copy” button.
If you want to convert the Google Sheet to PDF, please follow these steps:
- Click “File”
- Select “Download”
- Click “PDF”
How the List was Made
Vocabulary in this list includes:
- all vocabulary used in the official practice workbook
- vocabulary related to those in the official practice workbook
Details are as follows.
All Vocabulary Used in the Official Practice Workbook
Basically, this list is made based on JLPT Official Practice Workbook. All vocabulary for listening comprehension and reading grammar as well as vocabulary is covered.
This includes the vocabulary of the question text as well as the options.
For listening comprehension, the vocabulary of the listening comprehension script is covered as well as the vocabulary of the question text.
Note: As this vocabulary list is for N4, the vocabulary which is used in N5 Official Practice Workbook are not covered. Please refer to this following post for the N5 Vocabulary List.
JLPT N5 Vocabulary List from Official Workbook
Vocabulary Related to Those in the Official Practice Workbook
Related vocabulary is also included in the list. For example, since “せがたかい（tall）” appears in the official question booklet, the list includes “せがひくい（short）” as the antonym too.
About Kanji
If the vocabulary is written in Kanji characters without furigana in the Official Practice Workbook, the list also uses kanji characters.
The Reason I Referred to the Official Practice Workbook
Since 2010, the JLPT has been closed to the public, both in terms of question criteria and past questions. The only official information available is the official question booklet, so I decided to make the vocabulary list based on this booklet.
Conclusion
In this post, I shared a JLPT N4 vocabulary list in Google Sheets.
I hope you’ll find this useful and pass the exam!
For information on recommended JLPT books, please read this post: Recommended Book for JLPT Preparation
As to how long it takes to pass the JLPT N4, please refer to this post: How Long Does it Take to Learn Japanese? Based on NAT-TEST and JLPT
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