Vocabulary Flashcards
ii desu ne
sounds good!
to go
いく / 行く/ iku
く has a higher pitch than い.
to come
くる / 来る / kuru
to do; to play (a sport)
する / suru
する is a useful word and can also be translated as “to have”, “to take” and “to make”.
person
hito
人
(same symbol for jin)
class
クラス / kurasu
every month; per month
まいつき / 毎月 / maitsuki
to eat
たべる / 食べる / taberu
(verb)
We don’t roll our tongues when we say る / ru.
to drink
のむ / 飲む / nomu
to see; to watch
みる / 見る / miru
to read
よむ / 読む / yomu
to buy and its masu form? (2)
かう (to buy)
かいます (masu form)
to speak and its masu form? (2)
はなす (to speak)
はなします (masu form)
to stand and its masu form? (2)
たつ (to stand)
たちます (masu form)
to play and its masu form? (2)
あそぶ (to play)
あそびます
asobu
asobimasu
to make and its masu form? (2)
つくる (to make)
つくります
tsukuru
tsukurimasu
(tsu sounds like tskuru)
buckwheat noodles
そば / soba
The stress is on the beginning of the word, “そ”.
おにぎり / お握り
おにぎり / お握り / onigiri
みず / 水
mizu
water
coffee
コーヒー
ko-hi-
too/also (particle)
も
mo
fruit juice
ジュース / ju-su
movie
えいが / 映画 / eiga
Pronounced “ehhh-gah”
We pronounce えい with a long え.
music
おんがく / 音楽 / ongaku
The stress is on the beginning of the word, “お”.