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N4Lesson 43 of 437 min

N4 kanji: the next 200

How the second batch differs from the first, and the highest-value characters in it.

N5 kanji were mostly concrete: numbers, nature, body parts, things you can point at. The N4 set is more abstract, and far more of it appears in two-kanji compounds, which is where on readings start paying off.

Daily life

朝あさ / ちょう
असाmorning
昼ひる / ちゅう
हिरुnoon, daytime
夜よる / や
योरुnight
家いえ / か
इए / काhouse, family
部屋へや
हेयाroom
会社かいしゃ
काइशाcompany
仕事しごと
शिगोतोwork
電車でんしゃ
देन्शाtrain
料理りょうり
र्योउरिcooking, cuisine
買物かいもの
काइमोनोshopping

Abstract and useful

思おも(う) / し
ओमो(उ)think
考かんが(える) / こう
कान्गा(एरु)consider
知し(る) / ち
शि(रु)know
教おし(える) / きょう
ओशि(एरु)teach
習なら(う) / しゅう
नारा(उ)learn
使つか(う) / し
त्सुका(उ)use
待ま(つ) / たい
मा(त्सु)wait
持も(つ) / じ
मो(त्सु)hold, carry
始はじ(める) / し
हाजि(मेरु)begin
終お(わる) / しゅう
ओ(वारु)end

Place and direction

駅えき
एकिstation
道みち / どう
मिचि / दोउroad, path, way
町まち / ちょう
माचिtown
市し
शिcity
県けん
केनprefecture
地図ちず
चिज़ुmap
近ちか(い) / きん
चिका(इ)near
遠とお(い) / えん
तोओ(इ)far