Games is the 49th skill (assuming read left to right) in the Japanese language course. It has 5 lessons.
Grammar Notes[]
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Lessons[]
Lesson 1[]
- ゼルダ (ze-ru-da) = Zelda (female name)
- ゲーム (gee-mu) = video game
- スマホ (su-ma-ho) = smart phone
- オタク (o-ta-ku) = otakus/geeks/nerds
- 伝説 (den-setsu) = legend/legends (でんせつ)
- 多くの (oo-ku-no) = many (おおくの)
- 一番好きな (ichi-ban-su-ki-na) = (my/your/etc.) favorite (いちばんすきな)
- いろいろな (i-ro-i-ro-na) = various
Lesson 2[]
- 初心者 (sho-shin-sha) = beginner/novice (しょしんしゃ) (‘person of initial intentions’)
- 倒す (tao-su) = (2) to defeat; to kill; to beat (v5s, vt) (たおす)
- 倒し (tao-shi) = defeat (たおし)
- 倒した (tao-shi-ta) = I defeated (たおした)
- 倒しました (tao-shi-ma-shi-ta) = I defeated it (たおしました)
- 倒しましたか？(tao-shi-ma-shi-ta-ka) = did you defeat it? (たおしましたか)
- レベル (re-be-ru) = level
- ボス (bo-su) = boss
- 小包 (ko-zu-tsu-mi) = parcel
- 高すぎる (ta-ka-su-gi-ru) = too high
Lesson 3[]
- チーム (chii-mu) = team
- 試合 (shi-ai) = match/game/competition (しあい)
- 勝つ (ka-tsu) = to win; to gain victory (v5s, vi) (P) (かつ)
- ✅ 試合に勝ちました = won at the match (in English: "won the match")
- ❌ 試合を勝ちました = Since 勝つ is intransitive, it cannot have an object[1]
- 勝ちます (ka-chi-ma-su) = I will win (かちます)
- 勝ちました (ka-chi-ma-shi-ta) = I won (かちました)
- 勝っていますか？(ka-tte-i-ma-su-ka) = are you winning? (かっていますか)
- 負ける (ma-ke-ru) = (1) to lose; to be defeated (v1, vi) (まける)
- 負けました (ma-ke-ma-shi-ta) = I lost (まけました)
- 負けなかった (ma-ke-na-ka-tta) = I did not lose (まけなかった)
Lesson 4[]
- 最初 (sai-sho) = beginning; first; onset (さいしょ)
- 最初から (sai-sho-ka-ra) = from the beginning (さいしょから)
- に勝つ (ni-ka-tsu) = it wins against/it beats (にかつ)
- に負ける (ni-ma-ke-ru) = it loses to (まける)
- グー (guu) = rock
- パー (paa) = paper
- チョキ (cho-ki) = scissors
- じゃんけん (jan-ken) = rock-paper-scissors
- じゃんけんポン (jan-ken-pon) = rock-paper-scissors shoot
Lesson 5[]
- 得意 (to-kui) = good at (とくい)
- 得意だ (to-kui-da) = I am good at (とくいだ)
- 苦手 (ni-ga-te) = bad at (にがて)
- 苦手だ (ni-ga-te-da) = I am bad at (にがてだ)
References[]
| Japanese | |
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| Japanese Skills | Basics • People • Greetings • Cafe • Countries • Directions • Belongings • Neighbors • Time • Travel • Welcome • My Family • Hobbies • Mealtime • Clothes • Restaurant • Weekend • Station • Routines • New Friend • New Home • Transport • Sights • Emergency • Weather • Family 2 • Chores • Travel 2 • Visiting • Pastries • Cooking • School • Occupation • Theme Park • Bookstore • Office • Hobbies 2 • Events • Date Plans • Station 2 • University • Animal Cafe • Outdoors • Food • Hotel • Past Trip • Birthday • Computers • Comcert • College • Clothes 2 • Seasons • Birthday 2 • Slow Day • Meet Up • Cruise • Sakura • Zoo • Sick Day • Work Place • Gifts • Ryokan • Clothes 3 • College 2 • Cooking 2 • New Home 2 • Clinic • Hotel 2 • Growing Up • Bad Date • Doctor • Summer • Restaurant 2 • Wedding • Invitation • Resaurant 3 • University 2 • Good Date • Stationery • Konbini • In Town • Routines 2 • Home 1 • Intro 3 • Family 3 • Restaurant 3 • Activity 1 • Position • Activity 2 • Hobby 1 • Family 4 • Transit 1 • Clothes 1 • Hobby 2 • Weather 1 • Food 2 • Direction 2 • Food 3 • Dates • Shopping 1 • People 2 • Weather 2 • Clothes 4 • Classroom • Konbini 2 • Classroom 2 • Feelings 1 • Direction 4 • Object • Shopping 2 • Clothes 3 • Hobby 3 • Classroom 3 • Health 1 • Vacation • Memories 1 • Post Office • Games • The City • Olympics • Ability 1 • Favors • Money 1 • Nature 2 • Ability 2 • Restaurant 4 • Nature • Condition • Possibilities • Cooking 3 • Science 1 • Resources • Transit 2 • Edcation • Work 1 • Numbers 2 • Nature 4 • Desires 1 • Ideas 1 • Airport • Edcation 2 • Religion 1 • Ideas 2 • Health 2 • Seafood • Society • Work 2 • Feelings 2 • Politics 1 • The Arts 1 • Memories 2 • Geography 1 • Law 1 • Weather 3 • Plans • Cooking 4 • Conflict 1 • Emergency 2 • Law 2 • Home 3 • Obligation 2 • Plans 2 • Honorifics 1 • Work 3 • Geography 2 • Money 2 • Politics 2 • Health 3 • Hotel 3 • News 1 • Conflict 2 • Transit 4 • The Gym • Fantasy 1 • Tech 1 • Ideas 3 • Events 1 • The Clinic • Cooking 5 • The Train • Money 3 • Work 4 • Home 4 • News 2 • Feelings 3 • Authority • Natre 5 • Animals • Space • Casal 1 • Religion 2 • Desires 2 • Hair Salon • Dentist • Tech 2 • Cooking 6 • Work 5 • People 3 • Education 3 • Clinic 2 • The Arts 2 • Ideas 4 • History • Restaurant 5 • Nature 6 • Fantasy 2 • Casual 2 • The Farm • Honorfics 3 • Language • Feelings 4 • Science 3 • Money 4 • Ideas 5 • Nature 7 • Law 3 • Seasons • Feelings 5 • |