Learn the top 25 most common Japanese nouns
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| Risa: Hi everybody, today we are going to do top 25 nouns. Let’s go. |
| 1. 問題(mondai) 問題(mondai) Problem |
| 問題を解く(mondai o toku) 環境問題(kankyōmondai) 問題(mondai) |
| 2. 質問(shitsumon) 質問(shitsumon) Question |
| 質問をする(shitsumon o suru) ask a question 質問に答える(shitsumon ni kotae ru) answer the question 質問です！(Shitsumon desu!) あなたの好きな日本の言葉は何ですか？(Anatano suki na Nihon no kotoba wa nan desu ka?) What is your favorite Japanese word? 質問(shitsumon) |
| 3. 店(mise) store |
| お店(o-mise) お気に入りのお店に買い物に行く。(O-kiniiri no o-mise ni kaimono ni iku.) |
| あなたの好きなお店はどこですか？何ですか？(Anata no suki na o-mise wa doko desu ka? Nan desu ka?) 店(mise) |
| 4. 駅(eki) Station |
| 東京駅はいつもたくさんの人がいる。(Tōkyoōeki wa itsumo takusan no hito ga iru.) 東京駅はどうやって行ったらいいですか？(Tōkyōeki wa dō yatte ittara ii desu ka?) How can I get to Tokyo station? |
| 5. 水(mizu) water |
| 水(mizu) お水を下さい(o-mizu o kudasai) Can I have a tap water? 水(mizu) It’s not tap water. |
| 6. 意味(imi) meaning |
| その言葉の意味を教えて下さい(Sono kotoba no imi o oshiete kudasai) 意味(imi) 意味、意味をすぐに知りたがる(Imi, Imi o sugu ni shiritagaru.) どうして？(Dōshite?) Why どうして、どうして？(Dōshite, dōshite?) 意味(imi) 意味を教えて下さい。(Imi o oshiete kudasai.) どうしてー(Dōshitē.) |
| 7. 写真(shashi) Picture |
| 写真を撮る(shashin o toru) 写真を撮ってもいいですか？Shashin o totte mo ii desu ka?) チッチッチッチ(chitchitchitchi ) Selfie! フゥー！(Fū!) |
| 8. 車(kuruma) Car. |
| In English...the last week I went to 秋葉原(Akihabara) and I saw lots of 痛車(itasha) 痛車(itasha) means not an Italian car. It means like uh..a lame car. Normally Otaku people is on that car. |
| 9. 部屋(heya) room |
| 部屋(heya) my favorite room is my room. I love to sleep. 部屋(heya) |
| 10. 言葉(kotoba) word |
| 言葉(kotoba) I like ありがとう(arigatō) 言葉(kotoba) word |
| 11. 映画(eiga) movie |
| My favorite movie, I have lots of my favorite movie but I like グランチュリーノ(Guranchurīno) and I like Stand by me, シザーハンズ(Shizāhanzu) |
| 12. 名前(namae) name |
| 名前(namae) name. My name is Lisa. Nice to meet you. |
| 13. 学校(gakkou) school |
| 学校(gakkou) to play dodge ball in the playground. |
| 14. 仕事(shigoto) work. |
| When I have to work. Oh I don’t wanna wake up! Ten more minutes! |
| 15. 会社(kaisha) company |
| 会社(kaisha) 会社(kaisha) company, company. Company 何があるー、わからないー(nani ga arū, wakaranaī), company.. There is a lot of companies in Tokyo. |
| 16. 家(ie) House, |
| house... In future, I want to have a house near the sea and mountain in the nature. |
| 17. 明日(asu) tomorrow. |
| I am going to meet with my friend tomorrow. Yay! |
| 18. 昨日(kinō) yesterday. |
| I ate lots of avocado yesterday. Phew... アボガド(abogado) |
| 19. 今(ima) now |
| 今でしょ！(Ima desho!) 古いな、このギャグ。(Furui na, kono gyagu.) Now, now, now! Now, now, now! Now, now, now! 今(ima) Now. Now, now, now, now I am here. |
| 20. 今日(kyō) today. |
| 今日(kyō) Today is gonna be today da da da da.... Today is going to be the day that they are going to throw you back to you hey! 今日(kyō) today |
| 21. 時間(jikan) time. |
| 時間(jikan) We are running out of the time. In hurry! |
| 22. みんな(minna) everybody. |
| Hello everybody. Somebody, everybody. Everybody knows but nobody really knows how to make it work or how to ease the hurt. みんな、これちょっと全部、歌にしちゃっていいかな。(Minna kore chotto zenbu, uta ni shichatte ii ka na.) |
| 23. 人(hito) Person |
| Person, 人(Person, nin) 人(hito) He is a nice person. むず！(muzu!) あー、シンプル、シンプル(Ā, simpuru, simpuru) 人(hito) Person. I know a person who knows a person who knows a person. |
| 24. 物(mono) thing |
| 物(mono) 物(mono) おいしい物が食べたい。(Oishii mono ga tabetai.) I want to eat something delicious. I am hungry. 今何食べたいかなー。(Ima nani ga tabetai ka nā.) いっぱい食べたい物がある。(Ippai tabetai mono ga aru.) I want to eat Thai curry. |
| 25. 事(koto) thing |
| 事(koto) 事(koto) thing 昨日起こった事(kinō okotta koto) The thing happened yesterday. I need a one thing in the da da da one thing. |
| Thank you for watching top 25 nouns. I hope you enjoyed it. Bye for now. See you next time, thank you for watching. Thank you, thank you, thank you. |
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