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JLPT N4 Study Hub

Study JLPT N4 Japanese with free beginner grammar and vocabulary lessons, structured lesson clusters, and review-focused practice.

Start here if you are studying beginner Japanese for JLPT N4

Use this hub as your structured path for JLPT N4. Start with the featured beginner lessons below, then move through grammar, vocabulary, reading practice, and review so each new topic builds on the previous one.

These focused lessons target specific JLPT and beginner Japanese questions, so students can enter from Google and continue into the full roadmap.

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Best first lessons for N4 beginners

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JLPT N4 grammar lessons

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Grammar: Comparing (より、ほう)

Beginner-friendly explanation, examples, FAQ schema, and guided review for Grammar: Comparing (より、ほう).

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Grammar: Doing something for someone (てあげる/もらう)

Beginner-friendly explanation, examples, FAQ schema, and guided review for Grammar: Doing something for someone (てあげる/もらう).

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Grammar: Must / Have to (なければなりません)

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Grammar: Conditional (たら/ば)

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Grammar: Passive Form (れる/られる)

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Grammar: Intentions (つもり/よう)

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Grammar: Giving Advice (ほうがいい)

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Grammar: Trying something (〜てみる)

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Grammar: Potential Form (できる / られる)

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Grammar: Reasons & Explanations (から / ので)

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Grammar: Experience (〜たことがある)

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Grammar: Nominalizing Verbs (〜こと / 〜の)

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JLPT N4 vocabulary lessons

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N4 Verbs (Dictionary Form)

Beginner-friendly explanation, examples, FAQ schema, and guided review for N4 Verbs (Dictionary Form).

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N4 Adjectives

Beginner-friendly explanation, examples, FAQ schema, and guided review for N4 Adjectives.

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Weather & Disasters

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Nature & Places

Beginner-friendly explanation, examples, FAQ schema, and guided review for Nature & Places.

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Transportation & City

Beginner-friendly explanation, examples, FAQ schema, and guided review for Transportation & City.

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Reading N4 Kanji

Beginner-friendly explanation, examples, FAQ schema, and guided review for Reading N4 Kanji.

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Reading N4 Verbs Kanji

Beginner-friendly explanation, examples, FAQ schema, and guided review for Reading N4 Verbs Kanji.

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Vocabulary: School, Work & Goals

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Japanese Counters (枚・本・冊・台)

Beginner-friendly explanation, examples, FAQ schema, and guided review for Japanese Counters (枚・本・冊・台).

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