Chapter 5 - Verb Types

Question 1

ある

Answer 1

To exist (for inanimate items)

Question 2

いる

Answer 2

To exist (for animate items, like people and animals)

Question 3

上 (relative location term)

Answer 3

ue - Upper/top area

Question 4

下 (relative location term)

Answer 4

Shita - Lower area

Question 5

中 (relative location term)

Answer 5

naka - inside

Question 6

右 (relative location term)

Answer 6

Migi - Right

Question 7

左 (relative location term)

Answer 7

hidari - Left

Question 8

上げる

Answer 8

Raises something (tr.)

Question 9

上がる

Answer 9

Something rises (intr.)

Question 10

回す

Answer 10

Turns something (tr.)

Question 11

回る

Answer 11

Something turns (intr.)

Question 12

つける

Answer 12

Turns something on (tr.)

Question 13

つく

Answer 13

Something turns on (intr.)

Question 14

おこる

Answer 14

To get angry (has hidden get, use with いる)

Question 15

あげる/さしあげる

Answer 15

To give (used when くれる can’t be used)

Question 16

くれる/くださる

Answer 16

To give (an in-group member receives)

Question 17

もらう/いただく

Answer 17

To receive

Question 18

やる

Answer 18

To give - used instead of あげる when giving to animals, plants, your child, or your younger sibling

Question 19

から

Answer 19

Particle used to mark the giver (used with もらう)

Question 20

干

Answer 20

hi, ho - Dry/Ebb
Less common: KAN
Visual: Clothesline for Drying clothes.
Aural: You can Dry things with a heat hose.

Question 21

金

Answer 21

KIN; kane - Gold/metal/money
Less common: KON; kana
Visual: A genie gives a Gold snowboard to a snowboarder but he has to keep it dry under an umbrella, because it will turn back to fiberglass if it gets wet.
Aural: Khan ate Gold when he was younger, but his parents weren’t KIN on that so they made him stop.

Question 22

語

Answer 22

GO; kata - Words
Less common: katari
Visual: Vampire bosses say a lot of Words at the end of the workday (five o’clock)
Aural: The words GO kata sound like GO-kart.

Question 23

士

Answer 23

SHI - Gentleman
Visual: Looks like the profile of a Gentleman wearing a hat.
Aural: A genderqueer Gentleman who goes by SHI pronouns.

Question 24

朝

Answer 24

CHŌ; asa - Morning
Visual: Each Morning the moon tells the scarecrow, “You’re up early.”
Aural: Each Morning I CHŌke on my carne asada - I should start cutting it before I eat it.

Question 25

青

Answer 25

SEI; ao - Blue
Less common: SHŌ
Visual: Once in a Blue moon, when the moon gets Blue, it doesn’t put out enough light and it takes out a candleholder to appear brighter.
Aural: Instead of SEIing ao at an event, say Blue for a private word.

Question 26

土

Answer 26

DO; tsuchi - Dirt/soil/earth
Less common: TO
Visual: Small plant growing out of the ground.
Aural: I got Sue cheetahs and DOes that are running around on my patch of Dirt.

Question 27

掛

Answer 27

ka - Hang
Visual: Finger-wagging a bad figure skater, and telling them to Hang up their skates, makes them want to hide behind a couple of piles of earth.
Aural: Crows Hang out on trees and say, “ka!”

Question 28

万

Answer 28

MAN - Ten thousand
Less common: BAN
Visual: Ten thousand Spartans fighting Persia, each with a lawn chair and a shield to cover them.
Aural: The pokeMAN universe has Ten Thousand (countless) Pokémon.

Question 29

雨

Answer 29

ame, ama - Rain
Less common: U
Visual: Rain falling outside of a window.
Aural: In Rain, tamatoes do well. Or is it tametoes?

Question 30

電

Answer 30

DEN - Electric
Visual: Before Electricity, things that were soaked with the rain were hung on hooks out in the sun.
Aural: Warning! DENgerous Electric current!

Question 31

売

Answer 31

BAI; u - Sell
Visual: Gentleman in a UFO selling ballet gear.
Aural: BAIing and Selling oodles of noodles.

Question 32

者

Answer 32

SHA - Individual
Less common: mono
Visual: Earth, comets, and suns are each their own separate Individuals.
Aural: George Bernard Shaw is a unique Individual.

Question 33

入

Answer 33

NYŪ; hai, i - Entering/putting in
Visual: Looks like a doorknob with a “Please Enter” sign attached.
Aural: IN Ūtah, Entering the haiway is considered ivil (evil).

Question 34

雪

Answer 34

yuki - Snow
Less common: SETSU
Visual: Coming out of the rain, and combing my hair; I notice dandruff, but then I realize the rain had become Snow.
Aural: You keep your snowshoes, in case it Snows.

Question 35

門

Answer 35

MON; kado - Gate
Visual: Looks like a gate.
Aural: Make a door for the Gate, so the PokeMON don’t escape.

Question 36

出

Answer 36

SHUTSU; de, da - Exit:
Less common: SUI
Visual: Doing Exit polls by putting votes in a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ garbage can.
Aural: He never SHUTS Up about the Exit, singing, “La de da, there’s the Exit.”

Question 37

生

Answer 37

SEI; i, u, nama - Life
Less common: SHŌ; o, ha, ki
Visual: No better symbol of Life than a jellybean stuck to a candlestick holder, growing brittle over time.
Aural: i was given the Life time achievement award - or SEI ur name award - by Beyoncé.

Question 38

牛

Answer 38

GYŪ; ushi - Cow, Ox, Bull
Visual: Looks like a flying cow.
Aural: “DouG, YŪ missed the true sheen of that Cow flying out of the water!”