LEARN JAPANESE with English
Updated: Oct 22
Lesson 8 Learn Japanese words at home 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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＝Today's Japanese Words: At Home＝
CONTENTS 目次
食器棚 (しょっきだな / sho kki da na): a cupboard
食器棚があります。: There is a cupboard.
shokkidana ga arimasu
❀Related words
本棚 (ほんだな / ho n da na): a bookshelf 戸棚 (とだな / to da na): a cupboard 神棚 (かみだな / ka mi da na): a household Shinto altar
開ける (あける / a ke ru): open
アリスは食器棚を開けます。: Alice opens the cupboard.
arisu wa shokkidana o akemasu
♠︎Tip
彼女は門を開けます。: She opens the gate.
kanojo wa mon o akemasu
彼女は予定を空けます。: She keeps her schedule open.
kanojo wa yotei o akemasu
取り出す (とりだす / to ri da su): take out
アリスはコップを取り出します。: Alice takes out a glass.
arisu wa koppu o toridashimasu
♠︎Tip
彼女は食器棚からコップを取り出します。: She takes a glass out of the cupboard.
kanojo wa shokkidana kara koppu o toridashimasu
彼女は引き出しからコップを取り出します。: She takes a glass out of a drawer.
kanojo wa hikidashi kara koppu o toridashimasu
ひねる (ひねる / hi ne ru): turn on
アリスは蛇口をひねります。: Alice turns on the faucet.
♠︎Tip
彼女は蛇口を開けます。: She turns on the faucet.
kanojo wa jaguchi o akemasu
彼女は蛇口のレバーを上げます。: She lifts the faucet lever.
kanojo wa jaguchi no rebaa o agemasu
習慣 (しゅうかん / shu u ka n): habit
朝一番に水を飲むことはアリスの習慣です。: Drinking water first thing in the morning is one of Alice’s habits.
asaichiban ni mizu o nomu koto wa arisu no shuukan desu
♠︎Tip
朝一番に水を飲むことは彼女の日課のひとつです。: Drinking water first thing in the morning is part of her daily routine.
asaichiban ni mizu o nomu koto wa kanojo no nikka no hitotsu desu
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