Lesson 11 - Vocab: weather and school Flashcards
Physical Education (P.E.)
たいいく
math
すうがく
science
かがく
physics
ぶつりがく
psychology
しんりがく
history
れきし
tornado
たつまき
cloudy
くもり
lightning and/or thunder
かみなり
* Japanese does have separate words for thunder and lightning (でんこう and らいめい), but かみなり is much more common.
clear skies
はれ
* Used in describing the weather (opposite of cloudy).
wind
かぜ
earthquake
じしん
why?
なんで
なぜ
* なぜ is more formal
two together
ふたりで
* As in “The two of us went to dinner together.”
marriage
けっこん
a meal
しょくじ
practice
れんしゅう
study
べんきょう
sports
スポーツ
baseball
やきゅう
ベースボール
* やきゅう is more common.
ski
スキー
sukiー
a match
(as in ‘sports competition’)
しあい
everybody
みんな
* Sometimes shortened to みな when さん is added.
Singapore
シンガポール
shingapoーru
a long time ago
むかし
MGM hotel
エム・ジー・エム
emu jiー emu
difficult, hard (adj.)
むずかしい