What are some N4 likely grammar topics that genki DOESN'T cover?

Cramming, need to figure out what specifically I don’t know.

You mean Genki I and II or just Genki I?

Something outsids both 1 and 2

I did both Genki books a while ago and this is what i don’t remember being in there. Some of these probably do exist so if I’m wrong I apologize.
I am going off of the Bunpro list of N4 grammar points. I’m no JLPT expert and since there is no official list of included grammar points, obviously other ones might be needed.

Sentences are taken from: iKnow!, A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar, various native material and BunPro.

・とか〜とか
私はバッハとかモーツアルトとかベートーベンが好きだ。
I like Bach, Mozart and Beethoven, among others.

・場合は
分からない場合は私に聞いてください。
Please ask me if you don’t understand. (In the event of not understanding, as me please.)

・ところ
春江は晩ご飯を食べるところだ。
Harue is just about to eat her dinner.
(means different things depending on verb form before ところ so look it up)

・ていく、て行く
わからないことをノートに書いて行った
I went on taking notes on things I didn’t understand.

・てくる、て来る
私はコンピューターが少し分かって来た
Now I have begun to understand computers.

ゴルフが少しずつ上手になって来た
I have become a better golfer bit by bit.

・うちに
雨が降らないうちにテニスをして来ます。
I will go and play tennis before it rains. (negative + うちに = before)

走っているうちにお腹が痛くなりました。
My stomach started to ache while I was running.

・かな
風邪かな
I wonder if it’s a cold. (that I’ve caught)

・必要がある
焦ってすぐに返信する必要はありません
You don’t have to impatiently reply immediately. (necessary to)

・など
食費、電気代などを入れて、1ヶ月の生活費は、十万円ぐらいだ。
The cost of living is one hundred thousand yen for one month, including (things like) food expenses and electricity bills.

・どんどん
何となく、どんどん寒くなっている。
For some reason it’s getting colder and colder. (progressively)
(also has other meanings)

・だけで
彼女は自分で勉強しただけで、いい成績を取った。
She got a good grade just by studying on her own.

・そんなに
このケーキはそんなに甘いんですか。
Is this cake really that sweet?

・といってもいい
彼はとてもいい人だといってもいいです。
You might say that he is a very good person.

・らしい
松田さんはアメリアへ行くらしい
It seems/I heard that Mr. Matsuda is going to America.

あの学校の入学試験は難しいらしい
That school’s entrance exam seems difficult.

大木さんは男らしくない
Mr. Oki is not manly. (Mr. Oki is not like a man.)

・ようにする
私は毎日運動するようにする
I will make sure that I do exercises everyday.

山川には合わないようにした
I’ve made sure that I won’t see Yamakawa.

・〜たばかり
今、家を出たばかりです。
I just left home.

・ようになる
林さんは酒を読まないようになりました
Mr. Hayashi has reached the point where he does not drink sake.

もうすぐおもしろさがわかるようになりますよ。
You will soon come to understand the fun of it, I tell you.

・じゃないか
ここまで来るだけで一苦労じゃないか
Wasn’t just coming this far a pain?

・かい
日本語は面白いかい
Is Japanese interesting? (masc. “yes or no” question marker)

・だい
誰が行くだい
Who is going? (masc. “open-ended” question marker)

・〜出す
車が動き出した
The car started to move.

・と言われている
この町はたくさん有名な食べ物があると言われている
It is said that this town has a lot of famous foods.

・ということ
この店は美味しいということをよく聞きます。
I often hear that this restaurant is delicious. [phrase → noun]

・それでも
このコーヒーは甘いですが、それでも砂糖を加える。
This coffee is sweet but nevertheless, I will add sugar. (but still/and yet)

・かしら
田中さんと言えばもう病気は治ったのかしら
Speaking of Mr. Tanaka, I wonder if he’s gotten over his illness yet. (fem.)

・ほとんど
私はほとんど貯金していない。
I am pretty much not saving money. (practically/almost/about etc)

・とうとう
それはとうとう始まった。
It began at last.

・もし
もし雨が降ったら、行きません。
I won’t go if it rains.

・だけでなく
彼は新しい家の設計をしただけでなく自分でそれを建築した。
He not only designed the new house but built it himself.

・なるべく
なるべく早く来て下さい。
Please come as early as possible.

・ように言う
坂本さんは雪江に図書館の前で待っているように言った
Mr. Sakamoto told Yukie to be waiting in front of the library. (To tell/inform/request to do (in such a way))

先生は学生に宿題をするように言った
The teacher told his students to do homework. (To tell/inform/request to do (in such a way))

・でも〜でも
これでも、それでも、何でもいいです!
Whether this, or that, whatever (is fine)!

・ごとに
私は3時間ごとに薬を飲んだ。
I took medicine every three hours.

正月は家ごとに門松を立てる。
They put up pine tree decorations at every house on New Year’s Day.

・〜は〜の一つだ
ホンダ車のメーカーの一つだ。
Honda is one of (many) car makers.

・と考えられている
英語はアメリカだけでなく、世界中に使える言語と考えられている
English is considered a worldly language, not only used in America.

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Updated the original post.

Japanesetest4you.com has a full list of JLPT grammar points broken down by level with handy (digital) “cards” for studying each point.

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…Iiii’m screwed

Something to maybe make you feel a little better. Grammar is intimidating, but almost all the above grammar points really do mean what they say. Not to say they aren’t used in an idiomatic fashion or that you don’t have to remember nuances of usage. But they aren’t just random words. If you can read the literal meaning you will be a long way to understanding.

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Like @oyotta said, many of these are not really completely new grammar concepts and if you have a look at them you will come to see that the stuff is not too crazy.

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