Chapter 4 - Basic Verb Forms

Question 1

くる conjugations

Answer 1

To come:

くる、きます、こない、き

Question 2

する conjugations

Answer 2

To do:

する、します、しない、し

Question 3

帰る (かえる)

Answer 3

Return (u verb)

Question 4

しゃべる

Answer 4

Chat (u verb)

Question 5

減る (へる)

Answer 5

Decrease (u verb)

Question 6

蹴る (ける)

Answer 6

Kick (u verb)

Question 7

滑る (すべる)

Answer 7

Slide (u verb)

Question 8

ねる

Answer 8

Knead (u verb)

Question 9

照る (てる)

Answer 9

Shine

Question 10

いる

Answer 10

Need (u verb)

Question 11

入る (はいる)

Answer 11

Enter (u verb)

Question 12

知る (しる)

Answer 12

Get to know (u verb)

Question 13

切る (きる)

Answer 13

Cut (u verb)

Question 14

走る (はしる)

Answer 14

Run (u verb)

Question 15

参る (まいる)

Answer 15

Go (honorific) (u verb)

Question 16

煎る (いる)

Answer 16

Roast (u verb)

Question 17

散る (ちる)

Answer 17

Scatter (u verb)

Question 18

混じる (まじる)

Answer 18

Mix (u verb)

Question 19

限る (かぎる)

Answer 19

Limit (u verb)

Question 20

ねじる

Answer 20

Twist (u verb)

Question 21

-て or -で at end of verb

Answer 21

Do… and (continuing form)

Question 22

-た or -だ at end of verb

Answer 22

Plain past affirmative form (did)

Question 23

-なかった

Answer 23

Plain past negative form (did not do)

Question 24

-て form + いる or います

Answer 24

Progressive form (am doing).
いる is plain, います is polite

Question 25

こられる

Answer 25

To be able to come (potential form of くる)

Question 26

できる

Answer 26

To be able to do (potential form of する)

Question 27

水

Answer 27

SUI; mizu - Water
Visual: Harpoon being pulled out of the water.
Aural: “Watch me zoom across the Water with my SWEEt moves.”

Question 28

安

Answer 28

AN; yasu - Ease (can mean inexpensive)
Visual: Legendary women of history used pincers to lead lives of Ease; pincers would deposit them in baths, etc.
Aural: AN (On) a businessman’s salary, you can buy a suit with Ease.

Question 29

力

Answer 29

RYOKU, RIKI; chikara - Strength/Power
Visual: Flexing bicep.
Aural: In RIO, COUpons feature RIKI, a Powerful bodybuilder, who has in his cheek a rat.

Question 30

夏

Answer 30

KA; natsu - Summer
Less common: GE
Visual: At the Summer barbecue it’s self-serve; you get the top of a bun and a running chicken, and you take it from there.
Aural: In the Summer, the main delicacy is something KAlled (called) gnat soup.

Question 31

千

Answer 31

SEN - Thousand
Less common: chi
Visual: The comet told the scarecrow, “ A journey of a Thousand miles starts with a single step,” but of course the scarecrow couldn’t move.
Aural: Thou-SEN-d.

Question 32

休

Answer 32

KYŪ; yasu - Rest
Visual: Giraffes Rest in trees.
Aural: “Try a souffle!” “That’s tacky, you know. You’re supposed to let souffles Rest before you serve them.”

Question 33

手

Answer 33

SHŪ; te - Hand
Less common: ta
Visual: A hand holding chopsticks.
Aural: If someone is bugging you, raise your Hand and go, “SHU! Take off!”

Question 34

本

Answer 34

HON; moto - Main, origin, book, this, etc.
Visual: The world’s Main myth is that people can from a union of hamburger patties and trees.
Aural: In motocross, they HONe their Main skills before focusing on details.

Question 35

化

Answer 35

KA - Change
Less common: KE; ba
Visual: Giving a beggar a stuffed giraffe instead of Change.
Aural: KAr Change.

Question 36

川

Answer 36

kawa - River
Less common: SEN
Visual: Looks like a River.
Aural: Saying, “kawabunga!” while surfing on the River.

Question 37

体

Answer 37

TAI; karada - Body
Less common: TEI
Visual: The Main part of a giraffe’s self-identity is its Body.
Aural: The Body ship can make a rad ambulance by TAI-ing a surfboard to the top of it.

Question 38

北

Answer 38

HOKU; kita - North
Visual: Sleepwalker heads North past beggar; beggar follows, thinking she’s going to Santa’s workshop, where Santa gives away presents.
Aural: HOK Ur (Hock your) wares in the North, so you can charge a ski tax.

Question 39

田

Answer 39

DEN; ta - Rice field/field.
Visual: Looks like a rice field.
Aural: “DENg! The rice in my Rice Field is getting tall!”

Question 40

男

Answer 40

DAN; otoko - Man/male
Less common: NAN
Visual: Strong Men working in a field.
Aural: DAN in a Male polar bears club, dipping his toe in the water and saying, “O! Toe cold!”

Question 41

家

Answer 41

KA; ie - House (can have relation to family)/ as a suffix, means a person skilled with preceding kanji
Less common: KE; ya
Visual: To try to make friends, I hung a pig on pincers outside my House. It did not work.
Aural: I park my Canadian KAr at my House.

Question 42

東

Answer 42

TŌ; higashi - East
Visual: Sun rising in the East behind a tree.
Aural: When I lived on the East Coast, I had a friend who always cut open his TŌ. Boy, did he gash easy!

Question 43

思

Answer 43

SHI; omo - Think
Visual: I buried the heart in a rice field, but then I kept Thinking of all the ways it could be discovered.
Aural: SHIla Thinks in slow motion.

Question 44

耳

Answer 44

mimi - Ear
Less common: JI
Visual: Looks like an Ear.
Aural: When my friend asked who in our group had pierced Ears, I tugged on my Ear and said, “Me! Me!”

Question 45

父

Answer 45

FU; chichi - Father
Visual: Jupiter, the Father of the gods, dumps his wishbones and other scraps into a volcano.
Aural: A stutterer might say FU-Father or chi-chiter (cheater).

Question 46

言

Answer 46

GEN; i - Say
Less common: GON; koto
Visual: Actor playing Dracula, Saying what’s on his script.
Aural: And aGEN (again) I Say…