N4 lessons
N4 Japanese lesson catalogue
Browse all published N4 Japanese lessons in the Readnihongo catalogue, then pair each concept with related reading practice.
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N4 lessons reinforce the grammar and sentence connections that help lower-intermediate readers stay in Japanese longer.
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60 N4 lessons
Open full catalogueJust Did: 〜たばかり
Foundations
Learn 〜たばかり to describe actions that feel recent from the speaker’s point of view, even when the exact clock time may vary.
Casual Commands and Prohibitions
Foundations
Understand direct commands, softer casual requests, and strong prohibitions in speech, signs, and manga-style dialogue.
Nothing But / Too Much Of: ばかり
Foundations
Use ばかり to express repeated excess, strong concentration, or “nothing but” in everyday contexts.
Only...Not: しか〜ない
Foundations
Use しか with a negative predicate to express “only” with stronger emphasis than だけ.
Limiting with だけ
Foundations
Use だけ to limit quantity, choice, or action in a neutral way.
Comparison with ほど
Sentence building
Use ほど to compare degree, especially in the common N4 pattern A は B ほど ... ない.
Seems Like: みたいです
Foundations
Learn みたいです for soft similarity and informal-sounding inference in everyday Japanese.
Appearance そうだ
Foundations
Use 〜そうです to describe how something appears based on what you can see or sense right now.
Casual Quotations with って
Particles
Learn how って works as a casual quotation marker in conversation and everyday informal writing.
The One That... with の
Foundations
Learn how の can replace an understood noun, creating natural expressions like 'the red one' or 'the one I bought yesterday.'
Conditional ば
Sentence building
Learn the conditional ば and how it expresses hypothetical conditions, especially in judgments and general statements.
Natural Consequences with と
Sentence building
Learn how the conditional と expresses automatic results, regular sequences, and general truths.