JLPT Kanji Level 4

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The Japanese Language Proficiency Test, or JLPT, is a standardized criterion-referenced test to evaluate and certify the Japanese language proficiency of non-native speakers. It is held twice a year in East Asia and once a year in other regions. The JLPT has four levels, with Level 4 the most basic and Level 1 the most difficult.

名【な】 name; given name / title / fame; renown; reputation / pretext; pretense; justification; appearance
木【き】 tree; shrub; bush / wood; timber
友【とも】 friend; companion; comrade; pal
来【らい】 next (year, etc.) / since (last month, etc.)
話【はなし】 talk; speech; chat; story; conversation / discussions; negotiation; argument
六【ろく】 six
父【ちち】 father
ごと《毎》 each; every
万【まん】 10,000; ten thousand / myriad / everything; all / various
母【はは】 mother
北【きた】 north / the North; northern territories / North Korea / north wind
本【ほん】 book; volume; script / this; present / main; head / real; regular / counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls
分【ぶん】 part; segment; share; ration / rate / degree; one's lot; one's status; relation; duty; kind; lot / relationship; connection; correspondence / in proportion to; just as much as
八【はち】 eight
半【はん】 half; semi- / half-past / odd number / unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
百【ひゃく】 100; hundred
白【しろ】 white / innocence; innocent person / blank space / white go stone / white dragon tile / skewered grilled pig intestine
天【てん】 sky / heaven / svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth) / deva (divine being of Buddhism)
南【みなみ】 south
二【に】 two
日【ひ】 day; days / sun; sunshine; sunlight / case (esp. unfortunate); event
入り【いり】 entering / setting (of the sun) / containing; content; audience / income / beginning
年【とし】 year / age; years / past one's prime; old age
土【つち】 earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud / the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land / low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud) / (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
東【ひがし】 east
丈【たけ】 height; stature / length (esp. of clothing) / all (one has); everything / magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
稲妻【いなずま】 lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
西【にし】 west
生【なま】 raw; uncooked; fresh / natural; as it is; unedited; unprocessed / unprotected (i.e. not wearing a condom) / live (i.e. not recorded) / inexperienced; unpolished; green; crude / impudence; sauciness / unpasteurized beer; draft beer; draught beer / just a little; somehow; vaguely; partially; somewhat; half-; semi- / irresponsibly; half-baked / cash / tipsiness
先【さき】 previous; prior; former; first; earlier; some time ago; preceding / point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle / head (of a line); front / ahead; the other side / the future; hereafter / destination / the other party
川【かわ】 river; stream / River; the ... river
千【せん】 1,000; thousand
先【さき】 previous; prior; former; first; earlier; some time ago; preceding / point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle / head (of a line); front / ahead; the other side / the future; hereafter / destination / the other party
大【おお】 big; large
中【なか】 inside; in / among; within / center (centre); middle / during; while
男【おとこ】 man; male / fellow; guy; chap; bloke / male lover; boyfriend; man / manliness; manly honor; manly honour; manly reputation
出【で】 coming out; going out; outflow; efflux; rising (of the sun or moon) / attending (work); appearing (on stage); one's turn to go on / start; beginning / origins; background; person (or item) originating from ...; graduate of ...; native of ...; member of ... (lineage) / architectural member that projects outward / highest point of the stern of a ship / amount (comprising something); amount of time or effort required to do something
車【くるま】 car; automobile; vehicle / wheel
十【じゅう】 ten
上【うえ】 above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter) / top; summit / surface; on / before; previous / superiority; one's superior (i.e. one's elder) / on top of that; besides; what's more / upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after) / matters concerning...; as concerns ... / since (i.e. "for that reason") / suffix indicating higher social standing / place of one's superior (i.e. the throne) / emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo / noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman)
小【しょう】 smallness; small item / short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days) / elementary school / younger or inferior (of two items or people with the same name) / unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)
女【おんな】 female; woman; female sex / female lover; girlfriend; mistress; (someone's) woman
文【ふみ】 letter; writings
人【ひと】 man; person / human being; mankind; people / human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species / character; personality / man of talent; true man / another person; other people; others / adult
食【しょく】 meal; (one's) diet; food; foodstuff; foodstuffs / eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.)
水【みず】 water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water) / fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid / flood; floodwaters / water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout / break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
四【よん】 four
七【しち】 seven / hepta-
時【とき】 time; hour; moment / occasion; case / chance; opportunity; season / the times; the age; the day / tense
子【こ】 child / young (animal) / young woman; young geisha / offshoot / interest / new shares / player who is not a dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.) / bird egg / -er (often of young women)
三【さん】 three / tri-
山【やま】 mountain; hill / mine (e.g. coal mine) / heap; pile / crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire); protruding part of an object / climax; peak; critical point / guess; speculation / criminal case; crime / mountain climbing; mountaineering / festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd) / wall; wall tile / temple; temple grounds / wild
左【ひだり】 left; left hand side
高【たか】 quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
国【くに】 country; state / region / national government; central government / home (i.e. hometown, home country) / province (of Japan) / land; earth
今【いま】 now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more
校【こう】 school / proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs
後【あと】 behind; rear / after; later / after one's death / remainder; the rest / descendant; successor; heir / more (e.g. five more minutes); left / also; in addition / past; previous
語【ご】 language / word
行【ぎょう】 line (i.e. of text); row; verse / carya (austerities) / samskara (formations) / running script (a semi-cursive style of kanji)
月【つき】 moon / month
五【ご】 five
昼【ひる】 noon; midday / daytime / lunch
見【み】 looking; viewing
金【かね】 money / metal
九【きゅう】 nine
気【き】 spirit; mind; heart / nature; disposition / motivation; intention / mood; feelings / ambience; atmosphere; mood
火【ひ】 fire; flame; blaze
何【なに】 what / how many / large number of; many / you-know-what; that / whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them / what? / hey!
下【した】 below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter) / bottom / beneath; underneath / just after; right after / inferiority; one's inferior (i.e. one's junior) / trade-in / preliminary; preparatory
円【えん】 yen; Japanese monetary unit / circle
雨【あめ】 rain
右【みぎ】 right; right hand side / afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing; above
学【がく】 learning; scholarship; study; erudition; knowledge; education / study of ...; -ology; -ics
外【そと】 outside; exterior / open air / other place
間【あいだ】 space (between); gap; interval; distance / time (between); pause; break / span (temporal or spatial); stretch; period (while) / relationship (between, among) / members (within, among) / due to; because of
一つ【ひとつ】 one / for one thing / only / (not) even / just (e.g. "just try it")