N4 Adverb List

JLPT N4 Adverbs List (Beginner Japanese)

Kanji	Hiragana	Romaji	Meaning
たった今	たったいま	tattaima	just now; a moment ago
	やっと	yatto	at last; finally
	ちょうど	choudo	exactly; precisely
今にも	いまにも	imanimo	just about to; at any minute
確か	たしか	tashika	firm; accurate
	はっきり	hakkiri	clearly; plainly
	ちょっとも	chotto mo	not at all; not a bit
	できるだけ	dekiru dake	as much as possible; if at all possible
直接	ちょくせつ	chokusetsu	direct
	ほとんど	hotondo	mostly; almost
絶対に	ぜったいに	zettai ni	absolutely; never (with neg. verb)
	たまに	tama ni	occasionally
滅多に	めったに	mettani	rarely; seldom (with neg. verb)
早速	さっそく	sassoku	immediately; without delay
	しばらく	shibaraku	for a moment; for a minute; for a while
	けっこう	kekkou	quite; reasonably; fairly
	のんびり	nonbiri	in a relaxed manner; peacefully
別に	べつに	betsuni	Especially; other
別々に	べつべつに	betsubetsu ni	separately; apart
一方	いっぽう	ippou	the other side; one direction; one side
急に	きゅうに	kyuu ni	suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
	つまり	tsumari	in other words; in short; in brief; to sum up
最初に	さいしょに	saisho ni	At first
最後に	さいごに	saigo ni	At the end
最低	さいてい	saitei	lowest; minimum
非常に	ひじょうに	hijou ni	very; extremely; exceedingly
	たいてい	taitei	most; almost all; ordinary (before a neg. form)
	もしかしたら	moshika shitara	maybe; by some chance
	もっと	motto	(some) more; even more; further
	ずっと	zutto	transparent; long ago; much more
自由に	じゆうに	jiyuu ni	freely; at will
一緒懸命	いっしょうけんめ	issho kenmei	hard working; hard
	ぴったり	pittari	exactly; precisely; perfectly (suited)
	きちんと	kichinto	careful; neatly; tidily
	ついに	tsui ni	finally; at last
	せっかく	sekkaku	take the effort; try so hard for what
	わざわざ	wazawaza	try; work hard
結局	けっきょく	kekkyoku	after all; in the end; eventually

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