New and Old Words

Question 1

夕方

Answer 1

yuugata

early evening or dusk

Question 2

景色 [けしき]

Answer 2

[けしき]

Scenery, landscape, view

Question 3

観光

Answer 3

[かんこう]

Sightseeing

Question 4

家族

Answer 4

かぞく

Family

Question 5

観光地

Answer 5

[かんこうち]

Tourist attraction

Question 6

飛行機

Answer 6

[ひこうき]

Airplane

Question 7

場所

Answer 7

ばしょ

Place

Question 8

暖かい

Answer 8

あたたかい

Warm, mild temperature

Question 9

りゅうがくせい

Answer 9

exchange student

Question 10

こうかんがくせい

Answer 10

Another word for exchange student

Question 11

近所の人

きんじょのひと

Answer 11

きんじょのひと

neighbors

Question 12

Foreign language

Answer 12

がいこくご

Question 13

外国語

Answer 13

Foreign language

Question 14

Washing, laundry

Answer 14

せんたく

Question 15

洗濯

Answer 15

せんたく

Question 16

は

Answer 16

Particle which defines the topic of a sentence, which is what the sentence is talking about.

Question 17

が

Answer 17

Particle which defines the subject, which is the person who performed the action.

Question 18

Difference between は and が

Answer 18

ashita wa ame ga furimasu.
明日あしたは雨あめが ふります。

This is what each particle tells us here:

wa – The topic of the sentence is “ashita”, meaning “tomorrow”.

ga – The thing that performed the act of falling (the subject) is “ame”, meaning “rain”.

So, this sentence is talking about tomorrow (the topic), but the main action being described – falling – will be performed by the rain (the subject).

In this case, the topic (tomorrow) and subject (rain) are distinctly different things, so it’s easier to know which particle to use where.