A short while. Example: 「しばらくお待ちください」 (please wait a moment). Also used to mean a long time, as in 「しばらく会っていない」 (haven't met in a while).
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N4島しま
island. Land surrounded by sea.
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N4市民しみん
A person who lives in that city.
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N4事務所じむしょ
A building or room where office work is done.
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N4社会しゃかい
society. The world in which people gather and live together.
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N4社長しゃちょう
The highest-ranking person at a company.
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N4自由じゆう
freedom. Being able to do as one thinks. Not being stopped by anyone.
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N4習慣しゅうかん
habit. Something one has continued doing for a long time, which has become routine. Example: 「早くねる習慣がある」 (to have the habit of going to bed early). It also refers to a way of doing things that has continued since long ago among the people of a country or a region. Example: 「日本の習慣」 (Japanese customs).
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N4住所じゅうしょ
address. The place where one lives.
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N4柔道じゅうどう
judo. A Japanese martial art in which one throws or pins an opponent.
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N4十分じゅうぶん
enough. A state of having as much as one wants, with nothing lacking. Example:「時間は十分ある」(there is plenty of time). The homophone「充分（じゅうぶん）」is used with the same meaning.
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N4主人しゅじん
The head of a household, shop, or the like. It refers to the person at the top of that house or shop. In the past, it meant the most senior person in the house (often the father). It is also used as a polite way to refer to someone else's husband.
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N4趣味しゅみ
hobby. Something one does in one's free time out of liking it.
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N4紹介しょうかい
introduction. To tell someone who doesn't know a person or thing about them. Example: 「じこ紹介」 (self-introduction).
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N4正月しょうがつ
The special time at the start of the year. January.
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N4小学校しょうがっこう
elementary school. A school attended for 6 years starting at age 6.
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N4小説しょうせつ
novel. A storybook created by a writer.
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N4招待しょうたい
invitation. To invite someone to a party or meal, etc.
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N4承知しょうち
To understand and accept something. Close in meaning to 「かしこまりました」, also used toward superiors. Example: 「承知しました」 (understood/certainly).
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N4将来しょうらい
future. Time yet to come. Example: 「将来のゆめ」 (a future dream).
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N4食事しょくじ
meal. Eating breakfast, lunch, dinner, etc.
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N4食堂しょくどう
A shop or room for eating meals.
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N4食料品しょくりょうひん
Food products. Example: 「食料品店」 (a grocery store).
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N4女性じょせい
woman. A polite way of referring to a female person.
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N4知らせるしらせる
To convey something to a person, letting them know. Example: 「けっかを知らせる」 (to inform of the result).
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N4調べるしらべる
To check something one doesn't know, by looking it up in a book or on the internet, etc.
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N2, N4人口じんこう
population. The number of people living in a certain country or town.
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N4神社じんじゃ
shrine. A Japanese building where a deity is enshrined.
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N4親切しんせつ
kind. To do something for another person's benefit, wholeheartedly.
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N4心配しんぱい
A feeling of unease from thinking something might not go well. Example: 「けんこうが心配だ」 (worried about one's health).
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N4新聞社しんぶんしゃ
A company that produces and publishes newspapers.
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N4水泳すいえい
swimming. To swim, and the sport of doing so.
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N4水道すいどう
The facility that brings water to homes. Water coming out of a faucet.
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N4数学すうがく
mathematics. The subject in which one studies numbers and calculation.
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N4過ぎるすぎる
To pass a time or place. Example: 「えきを過ぎる」 (to pass a station). Also used to mean an excessive degree, as in 「食べ過ぎる」 (to eat too much).
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N4, N5すぐすぐ
immediately. A state of something happening without delay. Example: 「すぐ来ます」 (I'll come right away).
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N4少ないすくない
A state where a number or amount is small. The antonym is 「多い」 (many).
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N4凄いすごい
A state where the degree of something is very great. Used both positively and negatively. Example: 「凄いあめ」 (tremendous rain).
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N4進むすすむ
To move forward. Also used to mean study or work progressing.
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N4捨てるすてる
To throw away something unneeded as trash. Example: 「ごみを捨てる」 (to throw away trash).
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N4砂すな
sand. Fine grains found at the beach, desert, etc.
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N4素晴らしいすばらしい
A wonderful state. So good as to be moving.
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N4隅すみ
corner. The edge of a room or place.
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N4済むすむ
For something to end. Example: 「しごとが済む」 (work is finished). Also used in the form 「〜ないで済む」, meaning one doesn't have to do something.
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N3〜N5するする
To do a certain thing. Example: 「べんきょうする」 (to study), 「しごとをする」 (to work).
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N4正解せいかい
The correct answer.
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N4生活せいかつ
life. To live day to day, eating, sleeping, working, etc.
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N4生産せいさん
To create things. Used as in 「工場で品物を生産する」 (to produce goods at a factory).
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N4政治せいじ
To decide and carry out how a country or town should be governed.
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N4西洋せいよう
Countries of Europe and America. The antonym is 「東洋」 (the East/Asia).
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