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LEARN JAPANESE with English

Aug 24
3 min read

Updated: Oct 22

Lesson 3 Learn Japanese words at school with English explanations and fun illustrations. Build your Japanese vocabulary through practical words and expressions you can use in everyday situations.


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 In this blog, Japanese words are shown with Hiragana and Katakana readings in parentheses.

The reading before “/” is in Hiragana, and the reading after “/” is in Roman letters.


 Use our free charts to check how the Japanese characters are read.

 Download the charts from the Free Japanese Printables page.


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=Today's Japanese Words: At School=

CONTENTS 目次

鉛筆 (えんぴつ / e m pi tsu): a pencil


鉛筆があります。: There is a pencil.

empitsu ga arimasu


Slow → Natural ×2 → English

❀Related words

色鉛筆 (いろえんぴつ / i ro e m pi tsu): a colored pencil シャープペンシル (しゃーぷぺんしる / sha a pu pe n shi ru): a mechanical pencil ボールペン (ぼーるぺん / bo u ru pe n): a ballpoint pen 油性マジックペン (ゆせいまじっく / yu se i ma ji kku pe n): a permanent marker サインペン (さいんぺん / sa i m pe n): a felt-tip pen


♠︎Tip

Sharpen means "to make something sharp," such as sharpening a pencil. It sounds similar to シャーペン (しゃーぺん / sha a pe n), the Japanese abbreviation for シャープペンシル, but they have completely different meanings.


♠︎Tips

Official

Abbreviation

シャープペンシル

シャーペン(sha a pe n)

油性マジックペン

マジック(ma ji kku), 名前ペン(na ma e pe n)


落ちる (おちる / o chi ru): fall


鉛筆が机から落ちています。: The pencil is falling off the desk.

empitsu ga tsukue kara ochite imasu


Slow → Natural ×2 → English

♠︎Tips

鉛筆が机から落ちそうになっている。: The pencil is about to fall off the desk.

empitsu ga tsukue kara ochisou ni natteiru

鉛筆が机から落ちていました。: The pencil had fallen off the desk.

empitsu ga tsukue kara ochite imashita

鉛筆が机から落ちてしまいました。: The pencil fell off the desk.

empitsu ga tsukue kara ochite shimaimashita

鉛筆が机の上に落ちます。: The pencil falls onto the desk.

empitsu ga tsukue no ue ni ochimasu


拾う (ひろう / hirou): pick up


誰かが鉛筆を拾っています。 / Someone is picking up the pencil.

dareka ga empitsu o hirotte imasu


Slow → Natural ×2 → English

♠︎Tips

誰かが鉛筆を拾ってくれます。: Someone picks up the pencil for me.

dareka ga empitsu o hirotte kuremasu

誰かが鉛筆を拾っていきます。: Someone picks up the pencil and takes it with them.

dareka ga empitsu o hirotte ikimasu


友達 (ともだち / to mo da chi): a friend


友達のルイスです。: This is Lewis, our friend.

tomodachi no ruisu desu


Slow → Natural ×2 → English

❀Related words

友人 (ゆうじん / yu u ji n): a friend 恋人 (こいびと / ko i bi to): a partner 親友 (しんゆう / shi n yu u): a best friend 親戚 (しんせき / shi n se ki): a relative いとこ (i to ko): a cousin クラスメイト (くらすめいと / ku ra su me i to): a classmate 仕事仲間 (しごとなかま / shi go to na ka ma)、同僚 (どうりょう / do u ryo u): a colleague


気が利く (きがきく / ki ga ki ku): thoughtful


ルイスは気が利くウサギです。: Lewis is a thoughtful rabbit.

ruisu wa ki ga kiku uragi desu


Slow → Natural ×2 → English

❀Related words

優しい (やさしい / ya sa shi i)、親切な (しんせつな / shi n se tsu na): kind, helpful


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