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Japanese — JLPT N4

The natural next step after N5 — N4 kanji, plain form and casual speech, potential, volitional and conditional forms, transitive/intransitive pairs, and giving and receiving. Japanese script, romaji and English throughout.

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N4 Kanji — Readings and Meanings

Common N4 kanji with their on'yomi and kun'yomi, taught through the compounds they appear in.

Plain Form and Casual Speech

The dictionary form and its family — how Japanese sounds among friends, and where the plain form is required even in polite speech.

Potential, Volitional and Conditional Forms

Saying what you can do, what you intend to do, and what happens if — the four N4 conditionals and how they differ.

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Transitive and Intransitive Verb Pairs

自動詞 and 他動詞 — the paired verbs that trip up every learner, with the particle that gives each away.

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Giving and Receiving — あげる, くれる and もらう

Who gives what to whom — direction verbs, their humble and honorific forms, and the te-form favours built on them.

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Keigo Basics — Polite and Humble Forms

The three registers of Japanese politeness, the two productive patterns, and the special honorific and humble verbs that replace everyday ones outright.

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N4 Vocabulary by Theme

N4 vocabulary grouped by the situations it turns up in — travel, work and study, health, weather and everyday life.

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