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Listening exercise
Basic words and phrases
Kikitori


Use your ears and learn the Japanese sound!
We have listed words that have basic Japanese sounds.
The first 10 words have only the sounds of the vowels (a i u e o).
The next 10 words have the sounds of the vowels and the sounds of the characters in “ka-gyo” (ka ki ku ke ko).
Then words will gradually have more sounds; the vowels, the sounds of the characters in ka-gyo, sa-gyo and more..
To begin with, just listen to the sound and write it down, and then check the answer by clicking the 「show」button.

 

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001

love
あい
Ai
002
house
いえ
Ie
003
above,up うえ
Ue
004
assume
おう
Ou
005
meet
あう
Au
006
good
いい
Ii
007
blue
あおい
Aoi
008
No
いいえ
iie
009
picture

E
010
many
おおい
Ooi

011
buy
かう
Kau
012
listen
きく
Kiku
013
write
かく
Kaku
014
voice
こえ
Koe
015
pond
いけ
Ike
016
face
かお
Kao
017
tree

Ki
018
here
ここ
Koko
019
red
あかい
Akai
020
local train
かくえき
Kakueki

021
sushi すし
Sushi
022
salt
しお
Shio
023
world
せかい
Sekai
024
umbrella
かさ
Kasa
025
snack ; sweet treat
おかし
Okashi
026
lie
うそ
Uso
027
morning
あさ
Asa
028
chair
いす
Isu
029
like
すき
Suki
030
few
すこし
Sukoshi

031
stand up
たつ
Tatsu
032
desk
つくえ
Tsukue
033
iron
てつ
Tetsu
034
high
たかい
Takai
035
subway,tube
ちかてつ
Chikatetsu
036
land とち
Tochi
037
near
ちかい
Chikai
038
hand
Te
039
under,below
した
Shita
040
hot ; thick
あつい
Atsui

041
meat
にく
Niku
042
cloth ぬの
Nuno
043
you
あなた
Anata
044
dog
いぬ
Inu
045
cat
ねこ
Neko
046
two ; second
Ni
047
seven
なな
Nana
048
what
なに
Nani
049
money
おかね
Okane
050
fish
さかな
Sakana

051
mother
はは
Haha
052
flower
はな
Hana
053
fire ; date
Hi
054
star
ほし
Hoshi
055
box
はこ
Hako
056
boat ; ship
ふね
Fune
057
eight
はち
Hachi
058
people
ひと
Hito
059
cheeck
ほほ
Hoho
060
fence
へい
Hei

061

cold さむい
Samui
062
shop ; restaurant
みせ
Mise
063
rain
あめ
Ame
064
sea
うみ
Umi
065
drink
のむ
Nomu
066
name
なまえ
Namae
067
now
いま
Ima
068
ear
みみ
Mimi
069
eye
Me
070
duck
かも
Kamo

071
snow
ゆき
Yuki
072
room
へや
Heya
073
mountain
やま
Yama
074
break
やすみ
Yasumi
075
kind
やさしい
Yasashii
076
strong
つよい
Tsuyoi
077
cheap
やすい
Yasui
078
winter
ふゆ
Fuyu
079
dream
ゆめ
Yume
080
read
よむ
Yomu

081
bath
ふろ
Furo
082
white
しろい
Shiroi
083
black
くろい
Kuroi
084
spring
はる
Haru
085
cherry
さくら
Sakura
086
medicine ; drug
くすり
Kusuri
087
this
これ
Kore
088
sleep
ねる
Neru
089
he
かれ
Kare
090
sky
そら
Sora

091
young
わかい
Wakai
092
finish
おわり
Owari
093
garden
にわ
Niwa
094
river
かわ
Kawa
095
book
ほん
Hon
096
teacher
せんせい
Sensei
097
test
しけん
Shiken
098
Japan
にほん
Nihon
099
weather
てんき
Tenki
100
take medicine
くすりをのむ
Kusuri o nomu

 

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