Kanji characters migrating from 5th and 6th grades to 4th grade＊Listed below is an English translation of the newly added kanji characters and sample sentences, as well as modified sample sentences, in the new revision of Kanji Daisuki (4) based on
MEXT's updated Curriculum Formulation.
** Reading Chapter vocabulary on top and Writing Chapter vocabulary on bottom in the headers.
*** [R] stands for Reading Practice. [W] stands for Writing Chapter（sample sentences for learning kanji) or Writing
Practice.
**** Page numbers are for corresponding pages in the new revision of Kanji Daisuki (4).

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Chapter 1
Other changes"Oh, the fluorescent light died."[R] p.5

My older sister works at a bank.

[W] p.92

My older brother has a job at a company.

[R] p.6

Chapter 3
Other changes"It is very convenient to have a convenience store in
front of my home."

Chapter 5

School lunch and health

Other changes

Nutrition and blood travel through blood vessels
into different parts of body.

[R] p.17(Chapters 5 and 6 in the old edition have been merged.)
Today's school lunch is grilled fish sprinkled with salt.

[R] p.29

Let's finish everything on the plate.

[R] p.29(Chapter 7 in the old edition)

Chapter 6*Originally the kanji for 4th graders but now in a different chapter.
Joining a choir

My school participated in a choir competition andplaced first.
Won’t you join the children’s association?
There is a baseball game on Sunday next week.

To join

Fifteen teams will take part.

Joining a choirplaced first.
Let’s join the discussion[W] p.117[W] p.118

My school participated in a choir competition and

There is a baseball game on Sunday next week.

To join

Fifteen teams will take part.

[R] p.34[W] p.117[W] p.118(Chapter 8 in the old edition)

Chapter 7
Ethics Class[R] p.34

In ethics class, our teacher said, "A promise mademust always be kept."
Ethics class is important.
In ethics class [we] learned that we should give [our]seats to the elderly.

[R] p.40[W] p.122[W] p.124

Other changes

Always keep

Always keep a promisea promise
A promise/
Without failan appointment(Chapter 9 in the old edition)

Chapter 8*Originally the kanji for 4th graders but now in a different chapter.
To remember/

I studied hard, memorized the kanji characters, andTo memorize

got 100 points on a test.
To memorize kanji

Other changes

We all worked hard, and our gakugeikai play was a
big success.

I finished writing New Years postcards using a brushand posted them.

Population of Japan is 127 million people.

Dive to the bottom of the sea, and you will see aschool of fish.
A school of fish

Flock/School
Other changes[W] p.135[R] p.55(Chapter 12 in the old edition)

Chapter 11
A school of fish

[W] p.131(Chapter 11 in the old edition)

Chapter 10
Other changes[W] p.130(Chapter 10 in the old edition)

Chapter 9
Other changes[R] p.45

If I were able to do scuba diving, I want to see aschool of fish at the bottom of the sea.
I want to fly like a bird.

[R] p.66[W] p.147[W] p.149[W] p.149"Yubikiri genman," is what we say, when we make apromise.

[W] p.123

(Chapter 13 in the old edition)

Chapter 12*Originally the kanji for 4th graders but now in a different chapter.
A ranchThe milk [we] drank at the ranch was delicious.

[R] p.71

There are cows in the ranch.

[W] p.152

There are large ranches in Hokkaido.

[W] p.154

Other changes

How tocatch bugs

p.67

MethodChapter 13Society 1(Chapters 14 and 15 in the old edition have been merged.)

A castle

This castle was built during the sengoku period.

[R] p.77

Japan's castles are majestic.

[W] p.158

I will visit museums and old castles.

[W] p.159

My uncle is a member of the Diet.

[R] p.77

The nation's assembly is the Diet

[W] p.157

The minister spoke in front of the Diet.

[W] p.159

I saw old costumes in a museum.

[R] p.77

A people's festival is in August.

[R] p.77

Chapter 14

Society 2(Chapter 16 in the old edition)

Other changes

A long time ago, Columbus voyaged around the

Other changes

A member ofJapanese Diet
The Dietworld.

Transport developed due to the invention of theautomobile.

[R] p.77[W] p.159(New chapter)

Chapter 15

Prefectural Map of Japan

Hokkaido Region

Hokkaido

Tohoku Region

Aomori/Iwate/Miyagi/Akita/Yamagata/Fukushima Prefecture

Kanto Region

Ibaraki/Tochigi/Gumma/Saitama/Chiba Prefecture,Tokyo Metropolis, Kanagawa Prefecture

Chubu Region

Niigata/Toyama/Ishikawa/Fukui/Yamanashi/Nagano/Gifu/Shizuoka/Aichi Prefecture

Kinki Region

Mie/Shiga/Kyoto/Osaka/Hyogo Prefecture

Chugoku Region

Tottori/Shimane/Okayama/Hiroshima/Yamaguchi Prefecture

Shikoku Region

Kagawa/Tokushima/Ehime/Kochi Prefecture

Kyushu Region

Fukuoka/Saga/Nagasaki/Kumamoto/Oita/Miyazaki/Kagoshima/Okinawa Prefecture*Originally the kanji for 4th graders but now in a different chapter.
A country

Tokyo Metropolis comprises 23 special wards, 26
cities, and 1 district.

A prefecture

There are towns and villages in a country.

[W] p.169

There are towns and villages in a country.

[W] p.170

The weather in each[We] go on a field trip. Each group should keep aregion

record.
The weather in each region
I watched weather forecasts for the whole country

Each region

on TV.

In Japan, there is one “to” (metropolis), one “dō”(prefecture), two “fu”(metropolitan prefecture) and府

[R] p.87

43 “ken” (prefecture) . Kyōto-fu and Ōsaka-fu are[R] p.87

metropolitan prefectures.
Kyoto Prefecture and Osaka Prefecture areneighboring.

[W] p.170

4th Grade Kanji
p.190

p.191

2. A big machine

35. A kindly police officer

66. Write by copying the sample.

5. A school of fish

39. I visited a castle.
43. Other side of the street

72. Print flyers.

46. Grilled with some soy sauce.

83. Join a tour of Antarctica.

50. I like monocycles.

84. The communications industry will continue to advance.

6. A special day
19. News of war
21. A member of Japanese Diet
23. Ethics class

80. Laugh and cry.

95. I had takikomi rice for the first time.

[R] p.87[W] p.170[W] p.170