Vocabulary
How to say father, mother, older sister, and younger brother in Japanese?
おとうさん、おかあさん、おねえさん、おとうと
Read out and translate the following sentence:
おおさかはおおさかじょうでゆうめいです。
Osaka is famous for the Osaka castle.
Read out and translate the following words:
九、十九、九十、九十九
きゅう、じゅうきゅう、きゅうじゅう、きゅうじゅうきゅう
Nine, nineteen, ninety, ninety-nine
Which culture has greatly impacted the Japanese culture? What example can you give?
How many basic Hiraganas/Katakanas are there in the Hiragana/Katakana chart?
46
How to say English is fun, and music is boring in Japanese?
えいごはおもしろいです。そして、おんがくはつまらないです。
How to say "The summer in Australia is from December to Feburary?"
オーストラリアのなつはじゅうにがつからにがつまでです。
Read out and translate the following words:
食べます、見ます、行きます、月よう日
たべます、みます、いきます、げつようび
To eat, to see, to go, Monday
East Asia
What does いいとも mean?
Good friend
How to say 4 o'clock, 7 o'clock and 9 o'clock in Japanese?
When referring to time, what are the minutes that we should use 分 (ぷん) instead of 分 (ふん)?
Read out and translate the following Kanji:
秋、学校、春、冬休み、夏、七時半
あき、がっこう、はる、ふゆやすみ、なつ、しちじはん
Autumn, school, spring, winter hoilday, summer, half past seven
Why do the textbooks for こくご、どうとく and しょしゃ have been printed in the way that opens from left to right, and all the texts are vertical?
Because the department of education in Japan wants to perseve the traditional way of reading a book in the culturally heavy subjects.
How to say boys, girls, left and right in Japanese?
おとこのこ、おんなのこ、ひだり、みぎ
What do the following words mean?
けしょうひん、ほうせき、つけもの、おそうざい
Make up, jewellery, pickles, small dish
How to say "I went to Eastland to watch Toy Story 5?" (use に行きます)
私はイストランドにトイ・ストーリー５を見に行きました。
Read out and translate the following words:
安い、時々、今年、来年
やすい、ときどき、ことし、らいねん
Cheap, sometimes, this year, next year
What does ワイワイ mean? What kind of word is this? Can you think of any other examples?
This is a onomatopic or mimetic word meaning noisily or clamorously, other examples include きらきら, どきどき
How to say Spongebob likes to catch jellyfish?
スポンジボッブはくらげをつかまえることがすきです。
What does のろい mean as an i-adjective? What differences it has with another more commonly seen i-adjective that means the same thing?
Despite both meaning slow, おそい is neutral, and のろい is much more critical and mean.
Sort the following verbs into Ichidan, Godan or Irregular.
逃(に)げます, します, 来(き)ます, 祈(いの)ります, 負(ま)けます, 想像(そうぞう)します, しゃがみます
Ichidan: 逃げます、負けます
Godan: 祈ります、しゃがみます
Irregular: します、来ます、想像します
Read out and translate the following words:
朝食、発見、旅人、月見、外国
ちょうしょく、はっけん、たびびと、つきみ、がいこく
Breakfast, discovery, traveller, moon-sighting, foreign country
Which Japanese festival is coming up next month? Which culture was it originated from? Which legend story is it based on?
Tanabata on the 7th of July. It is originated from the Chinese culture, based on the ancient Chinese legend of おりひめ (Orihime), the clothes weaver, represented by the star Vega, and ひこぼし (Hikoboshi), the cow herder, represented by the star Altair.
What are the two ancient Hiraganas/Katakanas that have already been removed from the Hiragana/Katakana chart?
ゐ/ヰ (wi), ゑ/ヱ(we)