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JLPT N3, N4 AND N5

Kanji List

This is a cumulative list. (It contains the kanji needed by JLPT N4 and below).

Kanji Onyomi Kunyomi English

politics, government

deliberation, consultation,debate, consideration

people, nation, subjects

-. ...take along, lead, join, connect,party, gang, clique

...

..vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal,versus, anti-, compare

-

section, bureau, dept, class,copy, part, portion, counter forcopies of a newspaper or

magazine

-

.

.-..- -

.-.

.

fit, suit, join, 0.1

market, city, town

inside, within, between, among,house, home

inter-, mutual, together, eachother, minister of state,councillor, aspect, phase,physiognomy

.. determine, fix, establish, decide


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.

.-.-.

.-..- -...

-times, round, game, revolve,

counter for occurrences

. elect, select, choose, prefer

rice, USA, metre

..

reality, truth

-.

connection, barrier, gateway,involve, concerning

.-... decide, fix, agree upon, appoint

. .whole, entire, all, complete,fulfill

-.

..surface, table, chart, diagram

...

war, battle, match

...sutra, longitude, pass thru,expire, warp

. utmost, most, extreme

. . present, existing, actual

....

tune, tone, meter, key (music),writing style, prepare, exorcise,investigate

...

.change, take the form of,influence, enchant, delude, -


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ization

....

.

.

hit, right, appropriate, himself

promise, approximately, shrink

neck

method, law, rule, principle,model, system

sex, gender, nature

.need, main point, essence,pivot, key to

system, law, rule

. ...reign, be at peace, calm down,subdue, quell, govt, cure, heal,rule, conserve

. task, duties

-. ..turn into, become, get, grow,elapse, reach

period, time, date, term

-. ...- take, fetch, take up

metropolis, capital

. ...

harmony, Japanese style,peace, soften, Japan

mechanism, opportunity,occasion, machine, airplane

.- even, flat, peace


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..add, addition, increase, join,include, Canada

. .-.accept, undergo, answer(phone), take, get, catch,receive

.

.. continue, series, sequel

. .advance, proceed, progress,

promote

.

.

.number, strength, fate, law,figures

. scribe, account, narrative

-...-

- -.first time, beginning

-. .finger, point to, indicate, putinto, play (chess), measure(ruler)

. authority, power, rights

branch, support, sustain

. ..-products, bear, give birth, yield,childbirth, native, property

....

..spot, point, mark, speck,decimal point

. report, news, reward, retribution


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.

.-.-.

.-..

.

finish, come to an end,excusable, need not

...lively, resuscitation, beinghelped, living

meadow, original, primitive,field, plain, prairie, tundra,wilderness

.-together, both, neither, all, and,alike, with

. . gain, get, find, earn, acquire,can, may, able to, profit,advantage, benefit

....

...

unravel, notes, key,explanation, understanding,untie, undo, solve, answer,cancel, absolve, explain, minute

...

...-

...

mingle, mixing, association,coming & going

assets, resources, capital,funds, data, be conducive to,contribute to

. beforehand, previous, myself, I

.

..-..-

...

..-

yonder, facing, beyond,confront, defy, tend toward,approach

- occasion, side, edge, verge,dangerous, adventurous,indecent, time, when

.-.. victory, win, prevail, excel


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.

mask, face, features, surface

.revelation, tell, inform,announce

-.

...

.anti-

.judgement, signature, stamp,seal

.

.

acknowledge, witness, discern,

recognize, appreciate, believe

.-nonplussed, three, going,coming, visiting, visit, bedefeated, die, be madly in love

. profit, advantage, benefit

.-association, braid, plait,construct, assemble, unite,cooperate, grapple

faith, truth, fidelity, trust

.exist, outskirts, suburbs, locatedin

affair, case, matter, item

side, lean, oppose, regret

. . responsibility, duty, term,entrust to, appoint

. ...- -.pull, tug, jerk, admit, install,quote, refer to

. request, want, wish for, require,


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demand

- place

. next, order, sequence

yesterday, previous

argument, discourse

bureaucrat, the government

. ...increase, add, augment, gain,promote

.-

.person in charge, connection,duty, concern oneself

emotion, feeling, sensation

.feelings, emotion, passion,sympathy, circumstances, facts

.-.

throw, discard, abandon, launch

into, join, invest in, hurl, give up,sell at a loss

.show, indicate, point out,express, display

... unusual, change, strange

. ..- strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen

.

..-.

.. straightaway, honesty,frankness, fix, repair

both, old Japanese coin,counter for vehicles, two

style, ceremony, rite, function,method, system, form,


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bureau, board, office, affair,conclusion, court lady, lady-in-waiting, her apartment

..-..

..set free, release, fire, shoot,emit, banish, liberate

usual, ordinary, normal, regular

status quo, conditions,circumstances, form,appearance

ball, sphere

post, employment, work

..

.

bestow, participate in, give,award, impart, provide, cause,gift, godsend

.-

submit, offer, present, serve(meal), accompany

duty, war, campaign, draftedlabor, office, service, role

. . posture, build, pretend

...

.

proportion, comparatively,divide, cut, separate, split

..expense, cost, spend,consume, waste

-

.-.-...- -.-.-

.-..-

.-

adhere, attach, refer to, append

. wherefore, a reason


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. rumor, opinion, theory

-..-..

..

difficult, impossible, trouble,

accident, defect

. ..tenderness, excel, surpass,actor, superiority, gentleness

. husband, man

. .income, obtain, reap, pay,supply, store

...

severance, decline, refuse,

apologize, warn, dismiss,prohibit, decision, judgement,cutting

stone

...-

...difference, differ

.. extinguish, blow out, turn off,neutralize, cancel

- gods, mind, soul

. turn, number in a series

standard, measure

art, technique, skill, means,trick, resources, magic

. .. equip, provision, preparation

home, house, residence, ourhouse, my husband

harm, injury


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.distribute, spouse, exile,rationing

. admonish, commandment

. ... bring up, grow up, raise, rear

seat, mat, occasion, place

. ..call on, visit, look up, offersympathy

..-.

ride, power, multiplication,record, counter for vehicles,

board, mount, join

...

.remainder, leftover, balance

. concept, think, idea, thought

- voice

wish, sense, idea, thought,

feeling, desire, attention

...

help, rescue, assist

..

..

.

labor, thank for, reward for, toil,trouble

.example, custom, usage,precedent

..sort of thing, so, if so, in thatcase, well

..-. limit, restrict, to best of ability


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.chase, drive away, follow,pursue, meanwhile

.make a deal, selling, dealing in,merchant

leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade,spear, counter for flat things,fragment, piece

...

.-.

transmit, go along, walk along,follow, report, communicate,legend, tradition

. work, (kokuji)

- shape, form, style

scenery, view

. .. fall, drop, come down

. ... fond, pleasing, like something

...

...retreat, withdraw, retire, resign,repel, expel, reject

- head, counter for large animals

...defeat, negative, -, minus, bear,owe, assume a responsibility

.

.

-

.

transit, ford, ferry, cross, import,

deliver, diameter, migrate

..lose, error, fault, disadvantage,loss

..distinction, difference, variation,discrepancy, margin, balance


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end, close, tip, powder,posterity

..- guard, protect, defend, obey

.

.-.

.young, if, perhaps, possibly, lownumber, immature

- species, kind, class, variety,seed

. beauty, beautiful

fate, command, decree, destiny,

life, appoint

blessing, fortune, luck, wealth

.ambition, full moon, hope,desire, aspire to, expect

.un-, mistake, negative, injustice,non-

..outlook, look, appearance,condition, view

guess, presume, surmise,

judge, understand

grade, steps, stairs

sideways, side, horizontal,width, woof

.-...-

deep, heighten, intensify,strengthen

..-have the honor to, sign of themonkey, 3-5PM, ninth sign ofChinese zodiac


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Esq., way, manner, situation,polite suffix

property, money, wealth, assets

harbor

discriminating, know, write

. call, call out to, invite

-accomplished, reach, arrive,attain

-. .-.. good, pleasing, skilled

climate, season, weather

- extent, degree, law, formula,distance, limits, amount

. .. full, enough, pride, satisfy

. failure, defeat, reversal

price, cost, value

.stab, protruding, thrusting,thrust, pierce, prick

. ray, light

- path, route, road, distance

department, course, section

. .-..volume, product (x*y), acreage,contents, pile up, stack, load,amass

other, another, the others


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-.dispose, manage, deal with,sentence, condemn, act,behave, place

. . plump, thick, big around

guest, visitor, customer, client

negate, no, noes, refuse,decline, deny

expert, teacher, master, army,war

.

. ascend, climb up

..easy, ready to, simple, fortune-telling, divination

. .-. quick, fast

suppose, be aware of, believe,feel

-. .. fly, skip (pages), scatter

.-..kill, murder, butcher, slice off,split, diminish, reduce, spoil

.nickname, number, item, title,pseudonym, name, call

simple, one, single, merely

.squat, seat, cushion, gathering,sit

. .rend, rip, tear, break, destroy,defeat, frustrate


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.-.exclude, division (x, 3), remove,abolish, cancel, except

perfect, completion, end

.....

.descend, precipitate, fall,surrender

. blame, condemn, censure

...

..

..

catch, capture

..

.dangerous, fear, uneasy

-. ..salary, wage, gift, allow, grant,bestow on

.-.

..

..

suffering, trial, worry, hardship,feel bitter, scowl

. welcome, meet, greet

park, garden, yard, farm

. .tool, utensil, means, possess,ingredients, counter for armor,suits, sets of furniture

.. resign, word, term, expression

. . cause, factor, be associatedwith, depend on, be limited to

- horse

. love, affection, favourite


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. wealth, enrich, abundant

. he, that, the

..un-, not yet, hitherto, still, evennow, sign of the ram, 1-3PM,eighth sign of Chinese zodiac

.-. dance, flit, circle, wheel

..-.

..deceased, the late, dying,perish

...

...

..

cool, cold (beer, person), chill

.suitable, occasional, rare,qualified, capable

lady, woman, wife, bride

. .-.draw near, stop in, bring near,gather, collect, send, forward

. -...-.crowded, mixture, in bulk,included, (kokuji)

face, expression

. sort, kind, variety, class, genus

. ..too much, myself, surplus,other, remainder

- king, rule, magnate

.-..-

.return, answer, fade, repay

wife, spouse


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..stature, height, back, behind,disobey, defy, go back on, rebel

.heat, temperature, fever, mania,passion

. .inn, lodging, relay station, dwell,lodge, be pregnant, home,dwelling

medicine, chemical, enamel,gunpowder, benefit

.precipitous, inaccessible place,impregnable position, steepplace, sharp eyes

. .. trust, request

...

.memorize, learn, remember,awake, sober up

ship, boat

route, way, road

. permit, approve

.

.-...

.slip out, extract, pull out, pilfer,quote, remove, omit

. convenience

...

.detain, fasten, halt, stop

guilt, sin, crime, fault, blame,offense

.toil, diligent, as much aspossible


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refined, ghost, fairy, energy,vitality, semen, excellence,purity, skill

..-.

..scatter, disperse, spend,squander

.-.. quiet

marriage

. . rejoice, take pleasure in

. ... floating, float, rise to surface

...discontinue, beyond, sever, cutoff, abstain, interrupt, suppress

. . happiness, blessing, fortune

. ..-.-.push, stop, check, subdue,attach, seize, weight, shove,press, seal, do in spite of

.-..overthrow, fall, collapse, drop,break down

- .etc., and so forth, class (first),quality, equal, similar

. . old man, old age, grow old

. .

bend, music, melody,composition, pleasure, injustice,

fault, curve, crooked, perverse,lean

-

..-.

pay, clear out, prune, banish,dispose of

courtyard, garden, yard


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junior, emptiness, vanity, futility,uselessness, ephemeral thing,gang, set, party, people

.-..

.diligence, become employed,serve

. .. slow, late, back, later

. .- reside, to be, exist, live with

.. miscellaneous

.

beckon, invite, summon,

engage

.quandary, become distressed,annoyed

lack, gap, fail

...grow late, night watch, sit uplate, of course

.. engrave, cut fine, chop, hash,mince, time, carving

..approve, praise, title orinscription on picture, assist,agree with

. .. embrace, hug, hold in arms

. crime, sin, offense

....

.

fear, dread, awe

breath, respiration, son, interest(on money)


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. distant, far

..re-, return, revert, resume,restore, go backwards

- .petition, request, vow, wish,hope

picture, drawing, painting,sketch

-. .-.-..surpass, cross over, move to,exceed, Vietnam

.. longing, covetousness, greed,passion, desire, craving

...

.pain, hurt, damage, bruise

. . laugh

.. mutually, reciprocally, together

..

bundle, sheaf, ream, tie inbundles, govern, manage,control

. .becoming, resemble,counterfeit, imitate, suitable

file, row, rank, tier, column

.. grope, search, look for

....

escape, flee, shirk, evade, setfree

. . play

.astray, be perplexed, in doubt,lost, err, illusion


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.. dream, vision, illusion

- old boy, name-suffix

....

.closed, shut

thong, beginning, inception,end, cord, strap

. ..-.fold, break, fracture, bend,yield, submit

- -grass, weeds, herbs, pasture,write, draft

. .livelihood, make a living, spendtime

sake, alcohol

..jail cell, grieve, sad, deplore,regret

. ...- -. clear up

-

.-..-.

-..-.-

..-.

hang, suspend, depend, arriveat, tax, pour

.arrival, proceed, reach, attain,result in

...

.lie down, sleep, rest, bed,remain unsold

.darkness, disappear, shade,informal, grow dark, be blinded

.. steal, rob, pilfer


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. suck, imbibe, inhale, sip

sunshine, yang principle,positive, male, heaven, daytime

-- honorable, manipulate, govern

.

.tooth, cog

. forget

snow

. blow, breathe, puff, emit, smoke

daughter, girl

.-. mistake, err, do wrong, mislead

. wash, inquire into, probe

..accustomed, get used to,become experienced

salute, bow, ceremony, thanks,remuneration

window, pane

once upon a time, antiquity, oldtimes

. poverty, poor

.. angry, be offended

. swim

ancestor, pioneer, founder


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counter for cupfuls, wine glass,glass, toast

.-.. exhausted, tire, weary

all, everything

. ..chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring,echo, honk

abdomen, belly, stomach

. . smoke

. . sleep, die, sleepy

...

.dreadful, be frightened, fearful

ear

.place on the head, receive, topof head, top, summit, peak

box, chest, case, bin, railwaycar

nightfall, night

. cold

hair of the head

..

.

busy, occupied, restless

genius, years old, cubic shaku

shoes

.. shame, dishonor


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.

accidentally, even number,couple, man & wife, same kind

.admirable, greatness,remarkable, conceited, famous,excellent

cat

. -.how many, how much, how far,how long

. .. 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


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location, place

employee, member, number,the one in charge

-.

.-..-.-

..-- -.-

.

stand up

...-.

..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


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logic, arrangement, reason,

justice, truth

body, substance, object, reality,counter for images

rice field, rice paddy

lord, chief, master, main thing,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 viewof, compared with

... think


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house, home

generation, world, society,

public

... many, frequent, much

...

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 ofboxes, -fold

. near, early, akin, tantamount

. . consider, think over

....

brush-stroke, picture

sea, ocean

. . sell


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. . know, wisdom

road-way, street, district,

journey, course, moral,teachings

. ..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 formachines and vehicles


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...

..wide, broad, spacious

-. .. dwell, reside, live, inhabit

- 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


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..

...

.

revolve, turn around, change

. polish, study of, sharpen

. ..leg, foot, be sufficient, counterfor pairs of footwear

.research, study

... music, comfort, ease

...

..rouse, wake up, get up

.-.-.

..don, arrive, wear, counter forsuits 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


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. -.parent, intimacy, relative,familiarity, dealer (cards)

.

verification, effect, testing

England, English

.. doctor, medicine

. attend, doing, official, serve

-. .gone, past, quit, leave, elapse,eliminate, divorce

. flavor, taste

..-

.copy, be photographed,describe

-character, letter, word, sectionof village

. . solution, answer

night, evening

- sound, noise

...pour, irrigate, shed (tears), flowinto, concentrate on, notes,comment, annotate

...

.

homecoming, arrive at, lead to,

result in

-. .- old

. song, sing

. buy


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.-..-

.

.

bad, vice, rascal, false, evil,wrong

. 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, largebuilding, palace

roof, house, shop, dealer, seller

color

. run

autumn


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cow

- fish

elder brother, big brother

- dog

younger sister

elder sister

Sino-, China

- - day, sun, Japan

. - one

country

- - person

year

-

.-. large, big

ten

. . two

book, present, main, true, real,

counter for long things

. in, inside, middle, mean, center

. long, leader

.-.-. exit, leave


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. .

. . three

- time, hour

.

..-.--

.-.going, journey

...see, hopes, chances, idea,opinion, look at, visible

month, moon

. . behind, back, later

- in front, before

-

...

..

....

-.

life, genuine, birth

. five

interval, space

.

--

.-..-

..-.

...

above, up

east

.. four

now

-

- gold


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. nine

. .-.-..-.

enter, insert

. study, learning, science

. .-. tall, high, expensive

. .. circle, yen, round

-child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinesezodiac

..

outside

.. eight

.. six

.

.

...

.-..

.

below, down, descend, give,low, inferior

...

..come, due, next, cause,become

spirit, mind

.-- little, small

. seven

mountain

. tale, talk


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woman, female

north

noon, sign of the horse, 11AM-1PM, seventh sign of Chinesezodiac

hundred

- .-. write

. before, ahead, previous, future,precedence

- name, noted, distinguished,reputation

stream, river

thousand

water

.half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-

male

west, Spain

electricity

exam, school, printing, proof,correction

.. word, speech, language

soil, earth, ground, Turkey


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tree, wood

.. hear, ask, listen

. ... eat, food

car

- what

south

ten thousand

-. every

.- white

heavens, sky, imperial

mama, mother

-- fire

right

-

.. read

friend

left

... rest, day off, retire, sleep

father

- - rain

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