Your N5 base is usable
Basic particles and polite verb forms are available quickly enough to support longer sentences.
JLPT N4 COURSE · 80 LESSONS
JLPT N4 course for connected everyday Japanese.
Move beyond short beginner exchanges. Learn to describe plans, reasons, experiences and changes while following longer everyday conversations and texts.
16 units80 structured lessonsN5 knowledge reinforced
WHY THIS MATTERS
The level where sentences start to connect
At N4, knowing individual words is no longer enough. Verbs carry more information, clauses begin to connect and the same idea can be expressed with different levels of directness. Listening also becomes harder because familiar language arrives in longer stretches.
The N4 path extends the foundation without abandoning it. New grammar and vocabulary appear in practical units, while weak N5 knowledge continues to return through review, reading and listening.
FIND YOUR STARTING POINT
N4 begins when basic sentences work but connected Japanese does not.
You are ready when you can read kana, handle common N5 forms and understand short familiar exchanges without translating every piece.
You want to explain more than facts
N4 adds reasons, plans, experiences, changes, requests and connected events.
Longer reading and listening cause trouble
Controlled input length grows across the course rather than jumping directly to full test sections.
N4 CONNECTION
Join events, intentions and reasons.
01予定State a plan
02のでGive a reason
03会話Follow the exchange
HOW THE SKILL CONNECTS
How the course turns short answers into connected communication.
N4 is less about collecting another set of facts and more about connecting information across forms, clauses and a longer exchange.
- Connect events and reasons
- Handle more verb forms
- Read longer everyday texts
FROM KNOWING TO DOING
The everyday Japanese that becomes possible at N4.
How the course turns short answers into connected communication.
Connect events and reasons
Explain what happened, why it happened and what you plan to do next.
Handle more verb forms
Choose tense, politeness and constructions that match the sentence rather than recalling one dictionary form.
Read longer everyday texts
Follow connected information across messages, notices, short articles and graded stories.
Stay with a conversation
Understand a familiar exchange even when the answer is longer than the question.
HOW THE APP TRAINS IT1 2 3 4
Check the N5 base
A placement test and ongoing review reveal whether a difficulty comes from new N4 material or an older gap.
Compare similar grammar
Nearby forms are shown together so meaning and usage boundaries become visible.
Increase input length
Reading and listening expand gradually instead of jumping from example sentences to native material.
Produce connected answers
Sentence work asks you to combine forms and ideas rather than fill one predictable blank.
CONCRETE LEARNING MAP
What the 80-lesson N4 path changes.
N4 is less about collecting another set of facts and more about connecting information across forms, clauses and a longer exchange.
StageFocusPracticeEvidence of progress
Early N4
N5 consolidation, て-form networks and everyday intentions
Contrastive grammar and changed sentence prompts
Describe plans, permissions and ongoing actions
Middle N4
Reasons, experience, obligation, comparison and giving
Dialogues, short messages and connected responses
Explain why something happened and negotiate an alternative
Late N4
Reported information, change and longer everyday sequences
Graded stories, listening and cumulative checks
Follow the purpose and order of a familiar situation
CONNECT WHAT HAPPENED
Move from separate facts to plans, reasons and reactions.
N4 practice keeps the whole situation visible so sequence and intention remain attached to the grammar that expresses them.
N4 MISSION EXAMPLE
Change a plan and explain why
土曜日は予定があるので、日曜日でもいいですか。Doyōbi wa yotei ga aru node, nichiyōbi demo ii desu ka?I have plans on Saturday, so would Sunday be okay?
WHAT THE EXERCISE TRAINS
This single exchange combines time vocabulary, 予定, the reason marker ので and a polite alternative. Practice changes the day, reason and response so the grammar has to work as a system.
- Give a reason with ので
- Suggest an alternative
- Understand the reply
EVIDENCE BEFORE YOU MOVE ON
Check whether everyday Japanese is becoming connected.
N4 progress appears when basic forms remain available while reasons, experiences, plans and sequences make the message longer.
01CONNECTION
Link more than one event
Use sequence, reason, condition or contrast to explain how two parts of an everyday situation relate.
02FORM
Choose an ending for its purpose
Retrieve て-form networks, experience, intention, obligation and other common patterns without reducing them to conjugation charts.
03COMPREHENSION
Hold the point across a longer exchange
Follow the plan, problem or final decision while speakers add details or leave familiar information unstated.
04ADAPTATION
Negotiate a changed situation
Suggest another time, explain why something happened or respond when the expected plan no longer works.
Use the result to choose the next task. An N4 base is useful when connected meaning survives outside the original dialogue. Continue reviewing N5 particles and core vocabulary because they often cause the hidden breakdown inside longer sentences.
A PLAN YOU CAN REPEAT
A 25-minute N4 session.
N4 benefits from alternating precise form work with longer meaning. Each session should contain both.
- 7 MIN
Retrieve forms in context
Review verbs, vocabulary and kanji without showing the target ending or reading first.
- 10 MIN
Learn one connected pattern
Compare its meaning with a nearby form and build two changed examples.
- 8 MIN
Follow a complete exchange
Read or listen for the reason, sequence or final decision rather than translating every line.
AVOID THE COMMON DETOURS
Knowing a form but missing its function
Correct conjugation alone does not tell you why a speaker chose it.
Learn the communicative job and compare it with the nearest alternative.Reading one clause at a time
Meaning is lost when connectors and omitted information are treated as separate fragments.
Mark the relationship between clauses, then reread the whole message.Abandoning N5 review
Older particles and vocabulary become the hidden cause of N4 mistakes.
Keep mixed cumulative review active while new N4 material is introduced.WHAT IS ACTUALLY INCLUDED
Inside the JLPT N4 curriculum.
Concrete coverage for this level or skill, connected to lessons, practice and review.
JLPT N4 grammar
The course develops connected verb forms, experience, intention, obligation, permission, comparison, giving and receiving, reported information and the structures needed to explain reasons and changes.
JLPT N4 vocabulary and kanji
The cumulative course target grows toward roughly 1,700 words. Kanji readings and meanings are reinforced through useful vocabulary, sentences and writing practice.
JLPT N4 reading and listening
Practise following a sequence, identifying a reason, matching details and understanding the purpose of everyday communication at a controlled but increasingly natural pace.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Know what to expect before you start.
Direct answers about level, scope, support and offline learning.
Can I start directly at JLPT N4?＋
Yes, if your N5 foundation is stable. The placement test recommends a starting point, and review continues to surface important gaps.
How many lessons are in the N4 course?＋
N4 contains 16 units and 80 structured lessons across vocabulary, grammar, kanji, reading, listening and production.
Does N4 include N5 review?＋
Yes. Earlier language returns through spaced repetition and mixed practice instead of disappearing when a new level begins.
Is the JLPT N4 course offline?＋
Course content, reviews, progress, saved words and dictionary search are designed to remain available offline.
15 COMPLETE BEGINNER LESSONS FREE
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