日本語能力試験 · upper-beginner
N4 vocabulary, kanji and grammar with real examples, plus full-length mock exams built to the official structure. The Japan Foundation defines N4 as “The ability to understand basic Japanese”.
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Everything for N4, in one place
The exam · 試験
Reading · 読解
Can read and understand passages on familiar daily topics written in basic vocabulary and kanji.
Listening · 聴解
Can follow conversations encountered in daily life and generally understand their content, provided they are spoken slowly.
Pass mark · 合格点
90/ 180
What you study at N4
Kanji · 漢字
Every kanji has its own page with on’yomi and kun’yomi readings, example words and animated stroke order.
Vocabulary · 語彙
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 盗むぬすむ | ぬすむnusumu | to steal |
| 塗るぬる | ぬるnuru | to paint, to plaster |
| 濡れるぬれる | ぬれるnureru | to get wet |
| 値段ねだん | ねだんnedan | price, cost |
| 熱ねつ | ねつnetsu | fever, temperature |
| 熱心ねっしん | ねっしんnesshin | zeal, enthusiasm |
| 寝坊ねぼう | ねぼうnebou | sleeping in late |
| 眠いねむい | ねむいnemui | sleepy, drowsy |
| 眠るねむる | ねむるnemuru | to sleep |
| 残るのこる | のこるnokoru | to remain, to be left |
Grammar · 文法
Prefer lessons? The grammar path teaches every N4 point step by step, with quick practice after each one.
Open the N4 grammar path模擬試験 · Mock exam
3 complete sets of 85 questions, timed, with the official 問題 structure and recorded audio for every listening question. Each result is saved to your account and shows in the app’s exam hall too.
Vocabulary & Kanji
言語知識（文字・語彙） · 28 questions · 25 min
Grammar & Reading
言語知識（文法）・読解 · 29 questions · 55 min
Listening
聴解 · 28 questions · 35 min
Pro · プロ
The N4 mock exams are part of Pro
Want to see the format first? N5 sets 1 and 2 are free and use the same exam room.
Practice · 練習
Flashcards, quizzes and lessons that remember what you got wrong. Every one earns XP.
XP · levels · ranks · 経験値
Lessons, quizzes, flashcards, speaking and the words you save from Lena all earn XP: +10 for a lesson, +8 for a card you know, +40 for a strong mock exam. Every 150 XP is a level — 50 levels across seven samurai ranks — and a daily streak and goal keep you coming back. One free account carries it all between the website and the LenGaki Android app.
Inside LenGaki · 中身
Pricing · 料金
Free · 無料
With a free account, at every level
Pro · プロ
/ month
Everything in Free, plus:
FAQ · よくある質問
N4 roughly doubles the vocabulary and kanji, and it is where verb conjugation takes over: plain form, potential, passive, causative and the conditionals. The exam papers are longer and the listening is less forgiving.
90 out of 180 overall, with at least 38 out of 120 in language knowledge and reading, and at least 19 out of 60 in listening.
The N4 mock exams are part of Pro. Every N4 kanji page and grammar point page is free to read, and so is a sample of the vocabulary and kanji lists.
