The JLPT 4 is just around the corner but there’s still enough time for some crazy last minute cramming of those all-important JLPT 4 verbs.

Featured below are the Top 100 verbs that you should know to avoid breaking in to a cold sweat when you first flip over your test paper.

If you nail these you are well on your way to a Grammar pass. Then you only have to worry about listening, reading and vocabulary (^_^)

Worksheet Downloads

• Download JLPT 4: Top 100 Verbs Worksheet (w/Kana, Kanji, Meaning)
• Download JLPT 4: Top 100 Verbs Worksheet (Meanings Removed)
• Download JLPT 4: Top 100 Verbs Worksheet (Kana Removed)

Get your knowledge up with the first worksheet and then test yourself with the 2nd and 3rd worksheets, which have certain columns removed. Have fun!

JLPT 4: Top 100 Verbs

Hiragana	Kanji	Meaning
あう	会う	to meet, to see
あく	開く	to open, to become open
あける	開ける	to open
あげる	上げる	to give
あそぶ	遊ぶ	to play, to make a visit
あびる	Kana*	to bathe, to shower
あらう	洗う	to wash
ある	Kana*	to be
ある	Kana*	to have
あるく	歩く	to walk
いう	言う	to say
いく/ゆく	行く	to go
いる	居る	to be (animate), to exist (hum)
いる	要る	to need
いれる	入れる	to put in
うたう	歌う	to sing
うまれる	生まれる	to be born
うる	売る	to sell
おきる	起きる	to get up, to rise
おく	置く	to put, to place
おしえる	教える	to teach, to inform
おす	押す	to push, to press
おぼえる	覚える	to remember, to memorise
およぐ	泳ぐ	to swim
おりる	降りる	to get off, to disembark, to dismount
おわる	終る	to finish, to close
かう	買う	to buy
かえす	返す	to return something
かえる	帰る	to go home, to return
かかる	Kana*	to take (eg time, money)
かく	書く	to write
かける	Kana*	to put on (eg glasses)
かける	Kana*	to dial/call (eg phone)
かす	貸す	to lend
かぶる	Kana*	to wear, to put on (head)
かりる	借りる	to borrow, to have a loan
きえる	消える	to go out, to vanish
きく	聞く	to hear, to listen, to ask
きる	切る	to cut, to chop
きる	着る	to wear, to put on (from shoulders down)
くもる	曇る	to become cloudy, to become dim
けす	消す	to erase, to delete, to turn off power
こたえる	答える	to answer, to reply
こまる	困る	to be worried, to be bothered
さす	差す	to raise (stretch out) hands, to raise (eg umbrella)
しまる	閉まる	to close, to be closed
しめる	閉める	to close, to shut
しめる	締める	to tie, to fasten
しる	知る	to know, to understand
すう	吸う	to smoke, to breathe in, to suck
すむ	住む	to reside, to live in
すわる	座る	to sit
だす	出す	to put out, to send
たつ	立つ	to stand
たのむ	頼む	to request, to ask
たべる	食べる	to eat
つかう	使う	to use
つかれる	疲れる	to get tired, to tire
つく	着く	to arrive at, to reach
つくる	作る	to make, to create
つける	Kana*	to turn on (eg a light)
つとめる	勤める	to serve, to work (for)
でかける	出かける	to depart, to go out
できる	Kana*	to be able to
でる	出る	to appear, to leave
とぶ	飛ぶ	to fly, to hop
とまる	止まる	to come to a halt
とる	取る	to take
とる	撮る	to take (a photo)
なくす	無くす	to lose something
ならう	習う	to learn
ならぶ	並ぶ	to line up, to stand in a line
ならべる	並べる	to line up, to set up
なる	Kana*	to become
ねる	寝る	to go to bed, to sleep
のぼる	登る	to climb
のむ	飲む	to drink
のる	乗る	to get on, to ride in, to board
はいる	入る	to enter, to contain, to hold
はく	Kana*	to wear, to put on (trousers)
はじまる	始まる	to begin
はしる	走る	to run
はたらく	働く	to work
はなす	話す	to speak
はる	貼る	to stick, to paste
ひく	引く	to pull
ひく	弾く	to play (musical instrument)
まがる	曲る	to turn, to bend
まつ	待つ	to wait
みがく	磨く	to brush (teeth), to polish, to shine
みせる	見せる	to show, to display
みる	見る	to see, to watch
もつ	持つ	to hold, to carry, to possess
やすむ	休む	to rest, to have a break, to take a day off
やる	Kana*	to do
よぶ	呼ぶ	to call out, to invite
よむ	読む	to read
わかる	分かる	to understand
わすれる	忘れる	to forget
わたる	渡る	to cross over, to go across

• Generally written in kana rather than kanji

Sourced via zonjineko.com, jlptstudy.com, tangorin.com and Jim Breen

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