Chapter 1

Question 1

部屋

Answer 1

へや

room
(heya)

部: section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
屋: roof, house, shop, dealer, seller

Question 2

家

Answer 2

いえ

house

家: house, home, family, professional, expert, performer

Question 3

犬

Answer 3

いぬ

犬: dog

Question 4

おじゃまします

Answer 4

おじゃまします

excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you
when going into someone’s home
Ojamashimasu

Question 5

そうです

Answer 5

そうです

That’s right
Sō desu

Question 6

どうぞ

Answer 6

どうぞ

```
go ahead
dōzo
~~~

Question 7

猫

Answer 7

猫
ねこ

cat
(neko)

Question 8

私の部屋です

Answer 8

私の部屋です

Watashi no heya desu.

This is my room

部: section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
屋: roof, house, shop, dealer, seller

Question 9

私の犬です

Answer 9

私の犬です

Watashi no inu desu.

It’s my dog

Question 10

はい、そうです。

Answer 10

yes, that’s right

Hai, sō desu.

Question 11

豚肉

Answer 11

豚肉
ぶたにく
とんにく

pork

butaniku
tonniku
豚: pork, pig
肉: meat

Question 12

はい、どうぞ。

Answer 12

Here you go

Hai, dōzo

Question 13

おじゃましました

Answer 13

This literally
means “I have been a nuisance”

O-jama shimashita

Question 14

これは日本の車です。

Answer 14

これは日本の車です。

This is a Japanese car.

Kore wa Nihon no kuruma desu.

Question 15

Watashi no ie

Boku no kuruma

Teirā no inu

Suzuki-san no neko

Answer 15

my house

my car

Taylor’s dog

Ms. Suzuki’s cat”

Question 16

電話

Answer 16

でんわ

telephone call, phone call

denwa

電: electricity
話: tale, talk

Question 17

電話機

Answer 17

でんわき

telephone instrument
(denwaki)

電: electricity
話: tale, talk
機: mechanism, opportunity, occasion, machine, airplane

Question 18

絵かき

Answer 18

絵かき
えかき

painter, artist

絵: picture, drawing, painting, sketch

Question 19

赤い

Answer 19

あかい

red or Red(Communist)

赤: red

Question 20

青い
蒼い
碧い

Answer 20

あおい

blue, green
pale
unripe, inexperienced

青: blue, green
碧: blue, green
蒼: blue, pale

Question 21

記憶

Answer 21

きおく

memory, recollection, remembrance
storage

記: scribe, account, narrative
憶: recollection, think, remember

Question 22

それ

Answer 22

それ

that

Question 23

おいしい

Answer 23

delicious

Question 24

いただきます。

Answer 24

I will start eating. (lit: I will receive.)

Question 25

あれ

Answer 25

that (over there)

Question 26

茶

Answer 26

ちゃ

Tea
(cha)

茶: tea

Question 27

茶道

Answer 27

茶道
さどう or
ちゃどう

tea ceremony, Way of Tea

茶: tea
道: road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings
さどう sadou
ちゃどう chadou

Question 28

日本茶

Answer 28

にほんちゃ

Japanese tea
日: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
本: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
茶: tea
(nihoncha)

Question 29

それは、日本茶ですか。

Answer 29

Is that Japanese tea?

Sore wa nihon-cha desu ka.

Question 30

東京はすごいです。

Answer 30

Tokyo is great.

Tōkyō wa sugoi desu.

Kanji in this word= Tokyo
東: east
京: capital, 10**16

Question 31

東京

Answer 31

とうきょう

Tokyo

東: east
京: capital, 10**16

Question 32

「ようかん」はなんですか

Answer 32

What is yōkan?

Yōkan wa nan desu ka?”