JLPT N4 Grammar List

JLPT N4 Grammar List
This is the list of the Japanese grammar rules needed to study for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test N4.

1. ～し (~shi) : and; and what’s more

2. そうに / そうな (sou ni / sou na) : seem; look like

3. そうです (sou desu) : Looks; seems…

4. てみる (te miru) : try to (do something)

5. たら (tara) : if… then; after; when

6. なら (nara): if; if it is the case that

7. たがる (ta garu) : want to

8. しか～ない (shika~nai) : only; nothing but

9. ておきます (te okimasu) : What to do first…

10. と思う (to omou) : to think…; I think…

11. つもりです (tsumori desu) : Will; intend to do…

12. 予定です (yotei desu) : plan…; intended

13. てあげる (te ageru) : to do for; to do (something) for (someone)

14. てくれる (te kureru) : to do something for me or somebody’s sake

15. ていただけませんか (te itadakemasen ka) : can you please…

16. なさい (nasai) : do… (command/imperative)

17. てしまう (te shimau) : to do something by accident

18. ながら (nagara) : while; during; as

19. のに (noni) : to (do something)

20. はずです (hazu desu) : must; Definitely

21. ば (ba) : if… then (ば conditional)

22. だけで (dake de) : just by; just by doing

23. いたす (itasu) : to do (the polite form of する)

24. じゃないか (janai ka) : right?; isn’t it?

25. てある (te aru) : something is done

26. にくい (nikui) : difficult to…; hard to…

27. てほしい (te hoshii) : I need you to…

28. たところ (ta tokoro) : just finished doing

29. ことにする (koto ni suru) : decide to

30. すぎる (sugiru) : too much

31. てもらう (te morau) : to get somebody to do something

32. ても (temo) : even; even if

33. みたいだ (mitai da) : seems; look like

34. はずがない (hazu ga nai) : cannot be; it’s impossible that

35. ないで (naide) : without doing…; don’t

36. かどうか (ka dou ka) : whether or not

37. やすい (yasui) : easy to; likely to…

38. ようだ (you da) : it seems that, it appears that

39. ておく (teoku) : to do something in advance (as preparation for something else)

40. かもしれない (kamoshirenai) : might; maybe

41. たがる (tagaru) : want to

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