Lesson 1

Question 1

One

Answer 1

くんよみ　ひとつ
おんよみ　イチ，イツ

一　one
一度　one time
一つ　one thing
一月　January
一日　first day of the month
一般　normal, general

Question 2

Two

Answer 2

くんよみ　ふたつ
おんよみ　二

二　two
二つ　two things
二月　February
二日　second day of the month
二階　second floor
二時　two O’clock

Question 3

Three

Answer 3

くんよみ　みっつ
おんよみ　サン

三　three
三月　March
三日　third day of the month
三角　a triangle
三つ　three things
三次元　third dimension

Question 4

Four

Answer 4

くんよみ　よっつ
おんよみ　シ，ヨン

四　four
四月　April
四日　fourth day of the month
四角　a square
四つ　four things
四季　four seasons

Question 5

Five

Answer 5

くんよみ　いっつ
おんよみ　ゴ

五　five
五月　May
五日　fifth day of the month
五冠　five senses
五分　five minutes

Question 6

Six

Answer 6

くんよみ　むっつ、むい
おんよみ　ロク、ロッ

六　six
六日　sixth day of the month
六月　June
六つ　six things
六十　60
六百　600

Question 7

how long; how much (time, money)

Answer 7

どれぐらい、どのぐらい

Question 8

(about) how long ago

Answer 8

どれぐらいまえ

Question 9

a nurse

Answer 9

かんごふ(さん)

Question 10

the other day

Answer 10

このあいだ

Question 11

telephone bill

Answer 11

でんわだい

Question 12

hello (telephone only)

Answer 12

もしもし

Question 13

from now (starting from now)

Answer 13

いまから

Question 14

starting now (from now on)

Answer 14

これから

Question 15

again later

Answer 15

またあとで

Question 16

page

Answer 16

ページ

Question 17

Los Angeles (short version)

Answer 17

ロス

Question 18

amazing, great, wow (い adjective)

Answer 18

すごい

Question 19

to go or come back, return (regular)

Answer 19

もどる

Question 20

to do your best (regular)

Answer 20

がんばる

Question 21

to stay (overnight) (regular)

Answer 21

とまる

Question 22

to work (regular)

Answer 22

はたらく

Question 23

to speak or talk (regular)

Answer 23

はなす

Question 24

もどる verb usage

Answer 24

かえる is usually used only when you are going to return to the place or origin. もどる can be used when returning to the place of origin or any point along the way. It can also be used when referring to non-physical places such as “returning to the beginning”

[place] にもどる
return to [place]

Question 25

がんばる verb usage

Answer 25

[something] をがんばる
do your best at [something]

Question 26

とまる verb usage

Answer 26

[place] にとまる
stay over at [place]

Question 27

はたらく verb usage

Answer 27

[place]ではたらく
work at [place]

Question 28

はなす verb usage

Answer 28

[person] とはなす
talk with [person]

[person]にはなす
tell/inform [person]

[thing]のことをはなす
talk about [thing]

Question 29

Time spans

Answer 29

When counting time spans for days, months, and years, sometimes the suffix かん is added at the end (except 1 for days). It is optional for days, months, and years but not for hours or weeks.

Question 30

Using まえ to mean “ago”

Answer 30

When used with time spans, まえ means “ago” の is not needed to connect まえ with the time span.

[time span]+まえ(に)
[time span] ago

Use に when talking about stuff in the past.

Question 31

page counter

Answer 31

The word page comes after the number. When referring to a specific page the particle に must be used.

Question 32

The difference between これから and いまから

Answer 32

いまから can be used in expressions like 「いまから三ねんまえに」 (three years ago from now) which refers to events in the past. This is the only difference.

Question 33

Come here soon

Answer 33

はやくきてね

Question 34

Do your best

Answer 34

がんばってね