This Cheat Sheet PDF Guide is the ultimate resource for Beginner Japanese Learners .
It covers numbers, time, verb cojugation, and even includes a handy hiragana and katakana chart. This one-sheet PDF has all that you need to be familiar with the basics of most Japanese Concepts.
Get the free download of our learning cheat sheet below.
The easiest thing to remember is that each day of the week ends with the kanji “曜日” and each day is represented by a different element of nature. The first kanji of the days come from the five visible planets which named after the five Chinese elements (metal 金, wood 木, water水, fire火, earth土), and also the moon 月 and sun 日.
Monday
月曜日
げつようび
Tuesday
火曜日
かようび
Wednesday
水曜日
すいようび
Thursday
木曜日
もくようび
Friday
金曜日
きにょうび
Saturday
土曜日
どようび
Sunday
日曜日
にちようび
Days of the month-
The counter is にち (日) and you can simply add the number of the day. The first 10 days have special readings that you should pay attention to.
Trying to figure out how to type in Japanese on a Mac?
Maybe you’ve already read our article on How to Type Japanese on Windows 10, but the installation process looks quite different for Mac and iOS Apple devices.
In this article, we will take you through the Step-by-step process of setting up the Japanese keyboard on your Mac computer, or your iOS device.
Most Apple Computers and Laptops in Japan come standard with both keyboards already installed and ready to go.
However if you own a Mac computer bought in an English speaking or Western country, you will need take a few extra steps to install and set up the Japanese keyboard on your computer. But don’t sweat it – it’s a simple process with only a few steps!
Installing the Japanese Keyboard
Installing the Japanese keyboard on your Mac takes only a couple steps. First direct yourself to the System Preferences either from the dropdown menu or from the Launchpad. Alternatively, you can select “Open Keyboard Preferences” from the dropdown keyboard menu in the top right menu bar.
From there simply select “Keyboard” from the list.
Under “Keyboard” you will see 5 tabs: “Keyboard”, “Text”, “Shortcuts”, “Input Sources”, “Dictation”. Click on “Input Sources”, and you will notice in the right hand bar a list of keyboards. At the bottom click the “+” button.
An alphabetized language list will appear, and you can scroll down to find Japanese and select it. The Japanese Keyboard is now installed, and you should have access to the keyboard preferences:
You can adjust the preferences as you see fit, but we recommend just using it as is until you familiarize yourself with the keyboard. Then later you can divert from the default settings according to your own personal preferences.
Voila! Now you can begin to type in Japanese on your Mac Computer!
Typing in Japanese on Your Mac Computer
The Japanese keyboard on Mac will have 3 settings: Romaji, Hiragana, and Katakana, and you can toggle between them depending on what you are trying to type.
Shortcuts:
Romaji → *control* + *shift* + *;*
Hiragana → *control* + *shift* + *j*
Katakana → *control* + *shift* + *k*
The Romaji keyboard functions like your normal alphabetical keyboard, with a few exceptions such as the ¥ symbol. You can view/adjust the specifics in the Keyboard Settings.
So let’s type with Hiragana to start. You can open up “Notes” (or any other Apple word processor such as Pages) and toggle the keyboard over to Hiragana by either clicking it from the drop down menu or using the shortcut *control* + *shift* + *j*.
You are now ready to start typing. Type out the Japanese word phonetically, and it will automatically convert to hiragana. So if you wanted to type べんきょうします you would type out “b e n n k y o u s h i m a s u.”
Notice that the punctuation keys are a bit different, so you’ll want to play around with them to familiarize yourself with their new functions.
Press enter when you are done typing the word or phrase and it will output it onto the word processor.
Using Kanji
You will notice right away that the default setting for the Mac computer’s Japanese keyboard automatically converts the hiragana into kanji. This is a convenient feature that will help streamline your Japanese typing process.
It’s a given, however, that you must be able to understand Japanese Kanji well enough to differentiate between 2 words with similar pronounciation and different kanji. Observe the following:
Notice how even though I have typed the word “ijou” / いじょう, there are multiple possible kanji that appear with the same pronounciation. There are dictionary definitions that appear alongside them, but unfourtunately those are all in Japanese.
Thankfully you don’t need to be able to read all of them, however, you just need to recognize the kanji that you are trying to use. You can navigate the suggested characters with either the arrowkeys, the spacebar, or the mouse.
Hitting “enter/return” will finalize the selection and the keyboard will move on to process the next word or phrase. The Katakana keyboard does not convert to Kanji.
We have looked at how to install and type with a Japanese keyboard on Mac, but what about on your iPhone or iPad?
The Japanese keyboard on iOS devices is a little bit different to install and use, but it’s just as easy to do as on a Mac computer.
Installing the Japanese Keyboard
Installing the Japense Keyboard on iOS devices is a similar process to the Mac computer. It’s also how you install emoji keyboards, so you may be familiar with the process. Go to Settings → General → Keyboard
At the top you should see an option for “Keyboards” so tap again to go into that, and tap “Add New Keyboard…” at the bottom.
Now just scroll to find the Japanese Keyboard. You will notice that there are 2: Kana and Romaji. You can tap both enable both or just one or the other. We recommend starting with the Romaji keyboard as the Kana keyboard layout can be confusing.
If you use the emoji keyboard, then you already know how to switch between keyboards. But just in case you don’t know, all you have to do is press and hold down the globe image key on the bottom left hand side of your keyboard, and a list should appear.
Just scroll down to 日本語ローマ字 (Japanese Romaji) and you will be able to type Japanese on your iPhone or iOS device just like on a computer.
Typing in Japanese on Your iOS Device
So once you’ve switched your keyboard over to Japanese Romaji, you can now start typing in Japanese on your iOS device.
The iOS Romaji Keyboard is functionally the same as the Mac one. So to spell out words and phrases, tap out their phonetics in roman letters. For example:
すし → sushi げんき → genki こんにちは → konnnichiha
And so on. Often times, you need to hit “n” twice for the ん character, so just be wary of that.
Using Kanji
One thing to bear in mind is that while the Japanese Romaji Keyboard will automatically suggest kanji for you to use, it will not automatically convert them like on Mac.
Instead, you will see suggestions above the keyboard of kanji and word predictions. This also utilizes word prediction based on your recent typing, so if you are typing the same things in Japanes multiple times, your iPhone or iPad will try to predict the Japanese words and kanji just as it does in English. Convenient!
As with typing on the computer, you will need to at least be able to recognize the kanji you are wanting to use. Otherwise you will run the risk of using wrong kanji and therefore making some rather confusing Japanese sentences!
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons (あつまれ 動物の森) is one of the hottest games to hit the shelves in 2020 – And it’s making people’s self-isolation period a lot more enjoyable.
Animal Crossing has quickly taken the gaming world by storm, selling out in many stores across North America. Now that most people are not in a hurry to leave their homes in the real world, they instead choose to do so on their Nintendo Switches.
In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, you can collect bugs and fossils, try your hand at interior decoration, go fishing, pay your bills to Tom Nook, or even…
Practice your Japanese With Animal Crossing!
Due to the game’s layout, playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons (あつまれ 動物の森) in Japanese is a fantastic way to study the language. The game’s use of kana, kanji, colloquial form – and more – make studying Japanese while playing easy.
In this article we will cover some ways in which you can advance your Japanese study just by playing あつまれ 動物の森!
Study Japanese by Playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Animal Crossing: New Horizons (あつまれ 動物の森) is a life sim where you get your own island to build on and customize. You start out by coming to the island and getting land from Tom Nook.
Tom Nook, although presented in the English version of the game as a raccoon, is actually a Tanuki. His name in the Japanese edition is たぬきち. (the Tanuki are a kind of rare Japanese raccoon-dog animal)
Unfourtunately, Tom Nook is more or less the antagonist of the game. He takes advantage of your lack of resources and slugs you with a mountainload of debt at the very beginnning of the game! Much of the beginning of the game is spent doing fun activities and tasks for him to repay your debt.
Once you have established your home a bit on the island, you can build upon what you have. You can decorate your home and customize the layout, as well as across the whole island. You can collect insects, fish, and fossils to give to the museum, and trade with friends online!
You’re basically just living island life on your own terms! Well, except for paying back that たぬきち…
How to Learn Japanese with Animal Crossing: Kana, Kanji, and Vocab
One of the big ways in which you can study Japanese by playing Animal Crossing is with Kana
As you probably know, studying written Japanese begins with the Kana. That is: Hiragana (ひらがな) and Katakana (カタカナ). It is the basis for written Japanese – and without it, it is very hard to master vocabulary and grammar, even for spoken Japanese.
Animal Crossing makes frequent use of kana, both Hiragana and Katakana. If you can already read these, great! Now you can practice reading them to get your reading speed up.
If you aren’t quite there yet, that’s ok too! You can try getting through it and refer to this chart anytime you get stuck.
The more you read through Hiragana and Katakana, the more you will be familiarizing yourself with Japanese vocabulary. You will be building up your internal Japanese vocabulary list without fully realizing it!
The names the game uses for insects, plants, fossils, and fishes are all their real world Japanese names. This means that you will be reading, re-reading, and memorizing the Japanese names for all of these items!
But mostly, you can learn from the dialogue
More than that, you will be picking up vocabulary, nouns, and verbs from reading the Japanese game dialogue flashing across your screen.
All of these names, words and terms you will pick up with Hiragana, Katakana, or Kanji. Just like in this screenshot.
Yes there’s Kanji! As you can see, the game features Kanji with the furigana readings
All of the Kanji in the game has furigana. Because of this, you will not only be building upon your vocabulary, but you will also familiarize yourself with Kanji readings and their meanings.
Practice associating the Kanji with its reading, and the reading with its meaning. And you will be well on your way! That plus the frequent use of kana will ensure that your Japanese list is building – Even if you aren’t aware of it.
How to Study Japanese with Animal Crossing: Reading Comprehension
This is directly connected to the point above about practicing Kana, Vocab, and Kanji. By getting in all those hours playing Animal Crossing in Japanese, you will be building up Japanese comprehension – especially reading.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a rather slow paced game. You can take your time doing tasks and building out your island. This means you can also take your time reading the Japanese text as it pops up on your screen.
Even if you don’t understand certain words or phrases right away, the visual association will help you figure it out. As long as you keep actively reading through the Japanese, you will be improving your reading comprehension!
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a very visual game. Your brain will absorb the words together with the images, and your reading comprehension will level up. All while playing a super fun game!
The other thing about playing Animal Crossing in Japanese is the Grammar.
Since Animal Crossing: New Horizons in Japanese is made for a native Japanese audience, it exposes you to natural ways the Japanese language uses its grammar.
Japanese grammar can be complicated and overwhelming. That’s why interacting with it in a fun setting like Animal Crossing is a good way to get Japanese grammar stuck inside your brain.
By reading over the gameplay text, you will be able to gain a deeper understanding of the use of Japanese grammar. Which you will be able to use for reading, listening, writing or speaking. Animal Crossing is a fantastic resource for building Japanese comprehension by exposure to native interactive Japanese.
In short, the simplistic gameplay style and slow pacing of Animal Crossing: New Horizons make it a great resource for Japanese reading comprehension.
How to Study Japanese with Animal Crossing: Colloquial Form Japanese and Accents
If you want to advance your conversational Japanese, Animal Crossing can help here as well. It features a variety of different “accents” and forms of colloquial Japanese.
Because the Japanese in Animal Crossing is mainly interactive dialogue, most of the Japanese is casual. To get the most Japanese study out of this, it might be a good idea to practice reading the game dialogue out loud to yourself.
This way you are hearing yourself say it while reading it. You are practicing Japanese pronunciation and training your ears to hear Japanese.
Animal Crossing is mostly casual Japanese
In other words, if you are especially keen on studying spoken Japanese for conversation and daily life, Animal Crossing: New Horizons has you covered.
What’s more is that some of the NPC’s that you interact with will use different accents. Pay attention to how they use different slang and speech patterns to identify what purpose the vocabulary serves!
Just like in real life Japan, some people might have little language quirks or attributes that make their speaking style unique. Animal Crossing is a great way to train your brain to understanding this type of Japanese in a natural way.
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Before joining, students should: Know basic verbs and adjectives Be able to read all hiragana and katakana fluently
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This course focuses on the core basic sentence patterns, improving vocabulary for a variety of daily situations, and building longer sentences through combinations.
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Before joining, students should: Know all the basic conjugations Be able to make a basic conversation only in Japanese
Are you homeschooling your child and looking for language learning resources? Japanese is a good fit for homeschoolers due to its unique visual writing systems.
Below we have laid out several apps that would be good for homeschoolers learning Japanese.
Dr. Moku’s Hiragana and Katakana
Doctor Moku’s Hiragana and Katakana: With a fun and friendly visual interface – this app teaches the basics of two of the Japanese writing systems. It is family-friendly and a great way to learn – appropriate for younger students. It is also very friendly to absolute beginners – and should spark an interest in the continued study.
Mindsnacks is a visually stunning and fun Game-based learning app. With different quiz and challenge modes you can learn many nouns and expressions in Japanese as well as the basics of the writing systems. It’s quite fun!
The most comprehensive of the learning apps we will suggest – this may not be age-appropriate for the little ones – but can serve 11 years and up quite nicely.
Duo-lingo comes close to being a comprehensive textbook for Japanese learning – and its visual style and gammification make it a natural choice for students who easily get distracted. They will have fun trying to get points and collect badges.
You even get an avatar and can spend the virtual currency that you get on your owl avatar to dress them up.
For high-school aged homeschoolers that are looking for a digital Japanese textbook – we recommend human Japanese – as it is the most comprehensive digital textbook and you can download the lite version for free.
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We offer supportive and friendly teachers that will help your children learn Japanese face to face via video chat in an engaging way.
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How to Use Microsoft IME on Windows 10 to Type in Japanese
For Mac, iPhone, iOS click here. Looking to type in Japanese? In our modern age, typing has become an essential and integrated part of daily life. From emails to Facebook comments to Google searches, we type almost without thinking on a regular basis. But what if you want to practice typing in Japanese? Isn’t it exciting that for us in 2020, it’s super easy to do so? Back before Windows came out if you wanted to type in Japanese you had to buy a keyboard with kana. Even now most Japanese keyboards come still standard with kana on them, but not many young people use the kana keys because typing in romaji has become more popular. In recent years, Windows has come out with a Japanese IME – Japanese typing software that utilizes Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji using an English keyboard. What’s more: it’s super simple to install and easy to use!
Installing the Japanese IME on Windows 10
Just in case you don’t already have the IME installed on your computer, let’s run through how to do that real quick! (if you already have the IME installed, skip to Typing in Japanese) First, click on the start button in the bottom left-hand corner and open “Settings”. Second, navigate to “Time & language” and click to go into that. Next, open “Region & language” and select the “Add a language” button listed under Languages. Select “日本語 – Japanese” and voila! “Japanese is added” means that the Microsoft IME is now installed and ready to go. Confirm by checking the language bar on the bottom right side of the display, which is probably still set to ENG (English). So go ahead and switch that to “Japanese Microsoft IME” to try it out! You will notice that the keyboard still types English characters because it is set to [ A ]. This mode is used for typing English words with a Japanese keyboard, so click [ A ] and the typing mode will change to [ あ ]. Now you can type in Japanese Kana and Kanji on an English keyboard! Now that we have installed the Microsoft IME, let’s try it out!
Romanization Systems for Typing in Japanese
The first thing you need to know is that there are 3 systems of romanization for Japanese: nihon-shiki (日本式), the Hepburn system, and kunrei-shiki (訓令式). In short, the nihon-shiki is a transliteration of the Japanese writing system, the Hepburn system was historically the nihon-shiki’s competing system, and the kunrei-shiki is a modernized variation of the Hepburn system. The main difference is that the nihon-shiki directly transliterates the kana into English, whereas the Hepburn and kunrei systems convert into roman words with clear pronunciation. For example, nihon-shiki converts ち into “ti”, even though ち is actually pronounced “chi”. These are generalizations because the distinctions are more complicated. The main thing to keep in mind is that the Hepburn system uses more punctuation than the others, making it a bit more difficult to type with. I recommend sticking with the kunrei-shiki, but if typing on the IME using the nihon-shiki works better for you then you can use that instead.
Using the Microsoft IME to Type Japanese
Alright, now you are all set to give it a shot! Open up Microsoft Word (or any other word processing app you use) and switch your keyboard mode. It will be in the default mode (Half-width alphanumeric) where you can type in English like normal. The only exception is that some of the punctuation keys will have different values. Let’s say you wanted to type in Hiragana to start. You can switch the keyboard by right-clicking the language bar on the bottom right-hand side and selecting “Hiragana”. When you type, it will first appear as alpha-numeric (romaji) until you enter a valid kana. Try typing a Japanese word like hajimemashite and it should convert into はじめまして. Then hit “enter” and the IME will leave the kana word as it is, and is ready for you to input the next word.
What About Typing Kanji?
But what about selecting kanji? Let’s say you want to type sushi, for example, and want to use its kanji: 寿司. Type in sushi and it will convert to すし, but instead of pressing “enter”, tap the space bar instead. A list will pop up and you can use the arrow keys and space bar to go through the options available, so go to 寿司 and hit enter. Since many Japanese kanji share common readings, multiple kanji options will appear for you to select from. However, this means you need to be able to recognize the kanji you are trying to use. When you are all done, shortcut easily back to English typing mode with “alt” + “shift”. For information regarding our Japanese courses, click the link below or right here. Some of the images displayed are from cosom.co.
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Have you been practicing your U-verbs regularly? Did you enjoy this series?
All good things need to come to an end, but don’t worry! We would be releasing other conjugations such as Ru-verbs, irregular verbs and adjectives as well! Stay tuned!
きのう、わたしはおんせんにはいりました。
Kinou, watashi wa onsen ni hairimashita.
Yesterday, I entered the Onsen.
Speak・話します
Verb 2: Speak
かぞくのもんだいについてはなしません。
Kazoku no mondai ni tsuite hanashimasen.
We do not speak/talk about family problems.
Pay・払います
Verb 3: Pay
ともだちですから、わたしがかのじょのぶんをはらってもかまいません。
Tomodachi desukara, watashi ga kanojyo no bun o haratte mo kamaimasen.
Since she is my friend, I don’t mind paying for her.
Turn・曲がります
Verb 4: Turn
まっすぐいって、みぎにまがります。
Massugu itte , migi ni magarimasu.
After you walk straight, turn right.
Wait・待ちます
Verb 5: Wait
ここでともだちを１じかんまちました。
Kokode tomodachi o ichi jikan machimashita.
I have waited here for my friend for 1 hour.
Receive/Get・貰います
Verb 6: Receive/Get
ことしのたんじょうびにははからあたらしいくつをもらいました。
Kotoshi no tanjyoubi ni haha kara atarashii kutsu o moraimashita.
I received a pair of new shoes from my mother for my birthday this year.
Be Absent/Get Rest・休みます
Verb 7: Be Absent/Get Rest
きぶんがわるいので、うちでやすんでいます。
Kibun ga waruinode, uchi de yasundeimasu.
I don’t feel well, so I am resting at home.
Read・読みます
Verb 8: Read
わたしはこのほんをよみたくないです。こわいですから。
Watashi wa kono hon wo yomitakunai desu. kowaidesu kara.
I don’t want to read this book. It is scary.
Understand/Know・分かります
Verb 9: Understand/Know
このもんだいが わかりますか？
kono mondai ga wakarimasuka?
Do you understand this question?
わたしは あしを いためてしまったので かたを かしてもらえますか？
Watashi wa ashi wo itametesimatta node , kata wo kashitemoraemasuka?
Because I hurt my leg, can I lend your shoulder?
Do One’s Best・頑張ります
Verb 2: Do one’s best
ことしのぶんかさいはがんばってね。
Kotoshi no bunkasai wa ganbatte ne.
This year’s culture day, do you best.
Listen/Hear・聞きます
Verb 3: Listen/Hear
どんなおんがくをききますか？
Donna ongaku wo kikimasu ka?
What kind of music do you listen to?
Live・住みます
Verb 4: Live
いま、かぞくごにんですんでいます。
ima, kazoku gonin de sundeimasu.
Now, im living with 5 family members.
Sit・座ります
Verb 5: Sit
あしがいたいから、すわりません。
Ashi ga itai kara, suwarimasen.
Because my leg hurts, I would not sit.
Smoke (cigarettes)・タバコを吸います
Verb 6: Smoke (cigarettes)
まえは、タバコをすっていました。
Mae wa tabako o sutte imashita.
I smoke cigarettes last time.
Use・使います
Verb 7: Use
このパソコンをつかっていますか？
Kono pasokon o tsukatteimasuka?
Are you using the computer?
Make・作ります
Verb 8: Make
きのう、おかあさんといっしょにすしをつくりました。
kinou, okaasan to issyoni sushi o tsukurimashita.
I made sushi with my mother yesterday.
Give one’s Help・手伝います
Verb 9: Give One’s Help
このはこをはこぶのをてつだってもらえますか？
Kono hako o hakobuno wo tetsudatte moraemasuka?
Can I help you carry this box?
Stop/Stay (at a hotel)・止まります/泊まります
Verb 10: Stop/Stay (at a hotel)
ブレーキがおかしい！くるまがとまらない！
Bure-ki ga okashii! Kuruma ga tomaranai!
The break is broken! The car would not stop!
Take a Picture・撮ります
Verb 11: Take (a Picture)
ほっかいどうはけしきがきれいだったから、たくさんしゃしんをとったんです！
Hokkaidou wa keshiki ga kirei datta kara, takusan Syashin o tottandesu !
Because the Hokkaido’s scenery was beautiful , I took a lot of picture .
Drink・飲みます
Verb 12: Drink
みせいねんなので、おさけはのみません。
Miseinenna node, osake wa nomimasen.
As I am underage, I don’t drink sake.
In Japanese, what are U-verbs? Are they the same as Ru-verbs?
In this blog, we will be talking about the difference between Japanese U and Ru verbs. As well as their different forms.
We will be releasing more similar articles over the coming weeks! So keep your eyes peeled on this blog.
What do you know about verb conjugation? In the Japanese language – you must “conjugate” a verb into a tense to convey the meaning of your sentence.
But before we can conjugate a verb, we would need to differentiate 「る」and 「う」verbs because both have different conjugation rules! We would be talking about 2 special cases in another series!
For example, let’s use the verb “swim”. The verb can be conjugated into the present, past, and future tenses. so it would turn out to be:
Swim
Swam
Will swim
The verbs are conjugated to Present（ます）, Present Affirmative（Dictionary form）, Present Negative（ない form）and Past Affirmative（た form）.
て form, itself, is used to combine verb sentences together. There is no past tense for て form, but the tense of the sentence is determined by the tense of the last verb of the sentence.
Now that you have understood the meaning of “conjugate”, let’s take a look at more verb illustration with sentence examples!
きのう、ともだちにあった。 Kinou, tomodachi ni atta. Yesterday, I met my friend.
Keep (a luggage)・預かります
Verb 2: Keep (a luggage)
ともだちのにもつをあずかります。 Tomodachi no nimotsu o azukarimasu. I keep my friend’s luggage.
Rain・雨が降ります
Verb 3: Rain
あしたはあめがふらない。 ashita wa ame ga furanai. It would not rain tomorrow.
Walk・歩きます
Verb 4: Walk
さっき、こうえんまであるきました。 sakki, kouen made arukimashita. I walked to the park just now.
Go・行きます
Verb 5: Go
ことしはシンガポールにいって、そしてバリ島にいった。 kotoshi wa singapo-ru ni itte, soshite baritou ni itta. This year I went to Singapore, after which, I went to Bali.
Hurry・急ぎます
Verb 6: Hurry
いこうとはがっこうにおくれていたから、いそいだ。 Imouto wa gakkou ni okureteita kara, isoida. Because my younger sister was late for school, she was in a hurry.
Think/Guess/Suppose・思います
Verb 7: Think/Guess/Suppose
このえいがはおもしろいとおもいます。 kono eiga wa omoshiroi to omoimasu. I think this movie is funny/interesting.
Buy・買います
Verb 8: Buy
このドレスをかった。 kono doresu o katta. I bought this dress.
Return (things)・返します
Verb 9: Return (things)
きのう、やまださんはホッチキスをかえした。 kinou, yamada-san wa hocchikisu o kaeshita. Yesterday, Yamada-san returned the stapler.
Return/Go Home・帰ります
Verb 10: Return/Go Home
きょうはともだちのうちにとまるから、うちにかえれられない。 kyou wa tomodachi no uchi ni tomaru kara, uchi ni kaererarenai. Because I will stay at my friend’s place, I won’t go home.
It takes (time)/Cost・かかります
Verb 11: It takes (time)/Cost
けっかをみるには、じかんがかかります。 kekka o miru niwa, jikan ga kakarimasu. To see results, it takes time.
Write/Draw・かきます
Verb 12: Write/Draw
はこねのけしきをかいた。 hakone no keshiki o kaita. I drew Hakone’s scenery.
Do you know how to describe and write the position of something in Japanese using directions?
We have a new unit for your Kanji practice and studies! This features N5 Kanji that deal with directions such as up, down, north, south, etc.
This is the fifth unit in a series of free Kanji writing practice sheets that you can download and print. It features N5 Kanji that will appear on the JLPT N5, and mastering these kanji is an important step to passing the test!
