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Chapter 8 - Adjectives and Adverbs Flashcards

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Stem + い

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Affirmative non-past plain adjective (takai)

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Stem + くない

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Negative non-past plain adjective (takaku nai)

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Stem + かった

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Affirmative past plain adjective (takakatta)

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Stem + くなかった

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Negative past plain adjective (takaku nakatta)

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Stem + いです

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Non-past affirmative polite adjective (takai desu)

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Stem + くありません or stem + くないです

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Non-past negative polite adjective (takaku arimasen or takaku nai desu)

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Stem + かったです

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Affirmative past polite adjective (takakatta desu)

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Stem + くありませんでした

or stem + くなかったです

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Negative past polite adjective (takaku arimasendeshita or takaku nakatta desu)

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Stem + だ

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Affirmative non-past plain adjective (kōka da)

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Stem + じゃない

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Negative non-past plain adjective (kōka ja nai)

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Stem + だった

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Affirmative past plain adjective (kōka datta)

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Stem + じゃなかった

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Negative past plain adjective (kōka ja nakatta)

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Stem + です

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Affirmative non-past polite adjective (kōka desu)

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Stem + じゃありません

or stem + じゃないです

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Negative non-past polite adjective (kōka ja arimasen or kōka ja nai desu)

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Stem + でした

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Affirmative past polite adjective (kōka deshita)

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Stem + じゃありませんでした

or stem + じゃなかったです

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Negative past polite adjective (kōka ja arimasendeshita or kōka ja nakatta desu)

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とても

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Very much

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まあまあ

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More or less (positive connotation - speaker feels favorable toward state)

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少し

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すこし - slightly (negative connotation - speaker feels unfavorable toward state)

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ちょっと

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A little (negative connotation - speaker feels unfavorable toward state)

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あまり

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(Not) very much

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ぜんぜん

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(Not) at all

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よく

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Often

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ときどき

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Sometimes

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あまり

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(Not) very often

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ぜんぜん

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(Not) at all

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いつも

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Always

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たいてい

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Usually

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近

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KIN; chika- Near
Visual: A seal, brandishing an axe, coming Nearer and nearer to a waiter who served him frozen salmon.
Aural: He isn’t KIN on going anywhere Near chikago, after that big fire.

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失

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SHITSU; ushina - Lose (misplace)/sense of failure and error
Visual: Sumo wrestlers are always Loseing hammers.
Aural: After Loseing a match, the exhausted female sumo wrestler got a SHITSU massage, and ooh she napped!

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弓

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KYŪ; yumi - Bow (like bow & arrow)
Visual: Looks like a Bow.
Aural: PacK YŪr Bow, yu, mi, and her are going hunting.

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馬

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BA; uma - Horse
Less common: ma
Visual: Saddle on four legs.
Aural: Zoom around in the BArn on a Horse.

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週

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SHŪ - Week
Visual: Every Week the seal swims around its cage.
Aural: The seal wears new SHŪs every Week.

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引

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IN; hi - Pull (sense of attraction, receding, withdrawing)
Visual: Pulling a bow with a pole-like device.
Aural: If you’re IN hilo, try the Pull pork.

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秒

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BYŌ - Second (as in minutes and seconds)
Visual: With few crops, Seconds count; the people grow weaker by the second.
Aural: I could only stand his B.O. for a Second, then I had to leave.

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甲

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KŌ - Shell
Less common: KAN
Visual: Looks like a fly swatter, you’ll need to swat flies when collecting Shells on the beach.
Aural: KŌ sells sea Shells by the seashore.

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気

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KI - Spirit (also air/feeling/mood)
Less common: KE
Visual: My Spirit was crushed after not making the ski team, so I hammered hamburger patties and banana peels into the ski jump so athletes would slip.
Aural: The KI to skiing is high Spirits.

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時

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JI; toki - Time
Visual: A sundial at a temple marking Time.
Aural: JI is used to mark hours of the day. Tokidoki (時々) means someTimes.

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話

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WA; hanashi, hana - Speak (sense of conversations/stories)
Visual: Say + tongue = Speak
Aural: Hannah shielded the Han ambassador from having to Speak by WAving her arms in front of the reporters.

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英

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EI - English (secondary meaning of brilliance)
Visual: The English put English roses in the center of their wreaths.
Aural: English/EInglo-Saxon.

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訓

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KUN - Instruction (more serious/spiritual connotation)
Visual: Instruction for rivers: listen to what I say and flow downhill.
Aural: RaKUN (raccoon) Instruction mostly involves how to forage in trash cans.

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押

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o - Push (suppression/restraint)
Less common: Ō
Visual: Fingers gripping a fly swatter and Pushing it away forcefully.
Aural: If Pushing the orangutan doesn’t get her off of you, use the fly swatter.

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年

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NEN; toshi - Year
Visual: Every Year the whirling dervish wins the hammer toss.
Aural: This Year my NENa got me a lotto sheet as a stocking stuffer.

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来

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RAI; ku - Come (also next)
Less common: ki
Visual: “Come on, dig in” - hamburger patty on uncooked rice.
Aural: “Come on, dig in - the RAI sandwich is kul enough to eat.”

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学

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GAKU; mana - Study/learning; as suffix it means -ology.
Visual: A child who doesn’t study gets snatched by a UFO, unless they scratch their claws on the blackboard (aliens can’t stand it.)
Aural: People Studying at ultra-feminist GAK U (Gawk U) gawk when they hear man answers.

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意

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I - Mind/Thought (in compounds, “will”, “intention”, “opinion”, etc.)
Visual: The sound of your heart fills my Mind.
Aural: In my Mind, the sound of my heart is “Eeeee!”

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又

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mata - Again (this kanji looks like an ironing board)

Visual/aural: mata (mother) forcing me to iron Again and Again.

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赤

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SEKI; aka - Red
Less common: SHAKU
Visual: An anteater looking for Red fireants in the Red Earth.
Aural: “Did you SE KIth (say Keith) can stack apples only if they’re Red?”

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