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Japanese
Words & Phrases
Japanese
writing is quite complicated and involves three separate sets
of characters – thousands of the Chinese characters
called Kanji and two sets of syllable characters
called Hiragana and Katanka (each containing
46 characters). Japanese can also be written with Western
characters and when it is done this way, it is called Romaji
For more
information on learning to write Japanese, check out the Japanese
writing tutor website.
See if you can pronounce the following words. Try using them
this month to learn a little bit of the Japanese language.
| Seasons: |
Family: |
| Winter
– fuyu |
Mom
(Mother) – haha (okasan) |
| Spring
– haru |
Dad
(Father) – chichi (otosan) |
| Summer
– natsu |
Grandma
(Grandmother) – sobo (obachan) |
| Fall
– aki |
Grandpa
(Grandfather) – sofu (ojiichan) |
| |
Son
– musuko |
| |
Daughter
– musume |
| |
Sister
– ane, imoto |
| |
Brother
– ani, ototo |
| |
Aunt
– oba |
| |
Uncle
– oli
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| Colours: |
Numbers: |
| white
– shiro |
rei
- Zero |
| gray
– haiiro |
ichi
- one |
| black
– huro |
ni
- two |
| red
– aka |
san–
three |
| purple
– murasaki iro |
yon, shi - four |
| paysaa
– money |
go
- five |
| yellow
– kiiro |
roku
- six |
| green
– midori |
nana,
shichi - seven |
| pink
– pinku |
hachi
- eight |
| orange
– orenji |
ku,
kyu - nine |
| brown
– chairo |
ju - ten |
| blue
– aoiro |
|
| gold
– kin’iro |
|
| silver
– gin’iro |
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To learn more Japanese words, check out the book:
Let's
Learn Japanese Picture Dictionary 
by Marlene Goodman
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