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N4 · Getting around

Daily life in short, real sentences: cooking, shopping, driving, your dog. This level is for learners who can read kana and hold the N5 core — and it's where the site's first lessons live.

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Units, in order

Unit 1 · Cooking ← start here
The most universal daily-life verbs on the site: make, eat, drink, cut, grill — plus the three meals of the day.
11 words · 9:13
Unit 2 · Shopping ← start here
Money and the grocery run: buy, cheap, expensive, cart, bag, checkout — core N4 and core travel survival.
11 words · 8:35
Unit 3 · Driving ← start here
On the road: car, drive, traffic light, stop, right, left, straight. The direction words double as travel survival.
11 words · 8:53
Unit 4 · Dogs ← start here
Everyday verbs and feelings, with a dog: walk, run, sit, wait, play, sleep. The personal favorite goes last, as a reward lesson.
11 words · 8:45

Each unit lists the words it assumes you already know — and because the chain is cumulative, every one of them was taught by an earlier unit, in this level or in N5 below it.

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