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Minna no Nihongo Lesson 5 Grammar

Minna no Nihongo Lesson 5 Grammar 1. N (place) へ行きます / 来ます / 帰ります When a verb indicates movement to a certain place, the particle へ is put after the place noun to show the direction of the move. 京都へ行きます。 I will go to Kyoto. 日本へ …

Minna no Nihongo Lesson 4 Grammar

Minna no Nihongo Lesson 4 Grammar 1. 今 – 時 – 分です To express time, the counter suffixes 時 (o’clock) and 分 (minutes) are used. The number are put before them. 分 is read ふん after 2, 5, 7 or 9 and ぶん after 1, 3, 4, 6, 8 or 10. …

Minna no Nihongo Lesson 3 Grammar

Minna no Nihongo Lesson 3 Grammar 1.ここ / そこ / あそこ / こちら / そちら / あちら The demonstratives これ, それ and あれ that are discussed in Lesson 2 refer to a thing, while これ, それ and あれ refer to a place. ここ is the place where the speaker is, そこ …

Minna no Nihongo Lesson 2 Grammar

Minna no Nihongo Lesson 2 Grammar 1. これ / それ / あれこれ, それ and あれ are demonstratives. They work as nouns. これ refers to a thing near the listener. それ refers to a thing near the listener. あれ refers to a thing far from the speaker and listener. それは …

Minna no Nihongo Lesson 1 Grammar

Minna no Nihongo Lesson 1 Grammar 1. N1 は N２です。 1) Particle は The particle は indicates that the words before it is the topic of the sentence. You select a noun you want to talk about, add は to show that it is the topic and give a statement about …

Countries Names in Japanese

Countries Names in Japanese Countries in Japanese – Names of different nations Kanji Hiragana/ Katakana Romaji Meaning 国くに kuni country 国々くにぐに kuniguni countries 中国ちゅうごく chuugoku china 韓国かんこく kankoku south korea 北朝鮮きたちょうせん kitachousen north korea 台湾たいわん taiwan taiwan 香港ホンコン honkon hongkong ドイツ doitsu germany …

Shopping Vocabulary In Japanese

Shopping Vocabulary In Japanese Japanese Vocabulary for Shopping 鼓膜　「こまく」　eardrum 物色する　「ぶっしょくする」　to look for a particular thing, to rummage 染み　「しみ」　stain, smudge 微か　「かすか」　faint, vague, meager 煙草　「たばこ」　cigarette 掌　「てのひら」　palm of hand 咄嗟に　「とっさに」　at once, promptly 回り続ける　「まわりつづける」　to continue turning 綺麗　「きれい」　pretty, clean 一斉に　「いっせいに」　all at once 凝視する　「ぎょうしする」　to stare 雀　「すずめ」　sparrow 囁く　「ささやく」　to whisper, to murmur 仰天する　「ぎょてんする」　to be taken aback, …