JLPT N4 Grammar List

1. そうです (sou desu) : Looks; seems…
2. そうに / そうな (sou ni / sou na) : seem; look like
3. ~し (~shi) : and; and what’s more
4. つもりです (tsumori desu) : Will; intend to do…
5. と思う (to omou) : to think…; I think…; you think…
6. しか~ない (shika~nai) : only; nothing but
7. たがる (ta garu) : want to
8. てみる (te miru) : try to (do something)
9. はずです (hazu desu) : must; Definitely
10. のに (noni) : to (do something); in order to
11. ながら (nagara) : while; during; as
12. てしまう (te shimau) : to do something by accident; to finish doing something completely
13. なさい (nasai) : do… (command/imperative)
14. てくれる (te kureru) : to do something for me or somebody’s sake
15. てあげる (te ageru) : to do for; to do (something) for (someone)
16. 予定です (yotei desu) : plan…; intended
17. なら (nara) : if; if it is the case that; as for
18. たら (tara) : if… then; after; when
19. てもらう (te morau) : to get somebody to do something
20. すぎる (sugiru) : too much
21. ことにする (koto ni suru) : decide to
22. たところ (ta tokoro) : just finished doing; was just doing
23. てほしい (te hoshii) : I need you to…; Want (someone) to do…
24. にくい (nikui) : difficult to…; hard to…
25. てある (te aru) : something is done; something has been done
26. いたす (itasu) : to do (the polite form of する)
27. だけで (dake de) : just by; just by doing
28. ば (ba) : if… then (ば conditional)
29. たがる (tagaru) : want to
30. ても (temo) : even; even if; even though
31. みたいだ (mitai da) : seems; look like; appears like
32. はずがない (hazu ga nai) : cannot be; it’s impossible that
33. ないで (naide) : without doing…; don’t
34. やすい (yasui) : easy to; likely to…
35. ようだ (you da) : it seems that, it appears that, it looks like
36. ておく (teoku) : to do something in advance (as preparation for something else)
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