Society is the 74th skill (assuming read left to right) in the Japanese language course. It has 6 lessons.
Grammar Notes[]
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Use of -そう[]
-そう means "apparently". Attached to -い adjectives, it replaces -い when doing so:
面白い (interesting) → 面白そう (apparently interesting)
Lessons[]
Lesson 1[]
Duolingo Society
- 天皇 (ten-nō) = emperor
- 象徴 (shō-chō) = symbol
- 国家 (ko-kka) = nation
- 平和 (hei-wa) = peace
- ...を大切にすべきだ (...wo-tai-se-tsu-ni-su-be-ki-da) = you should value ...
- [国家間, 両国家, 平和的]
Lesson 2[]
- 建てました (ta-te-ma-shi-ta) = I built
- 世界 (se-kai) = world
- 世界中 (se-kai-jū) = around the world
- 社会 (sha-kai) = society
- 社会の窓 (sha-kai-no-mado) = trousers' zipper ("the society's window" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)
- 文化 (bun-ka) = culture
Lesson 3[]
- 戦争 (sen-sō) = war
- 経済 (kē-zai) = Economics
- 経済学者 (kē-zai-gaku-sha) = economist (‘economics student’)
- 行動 (kō-dō) = behaviour/person's actions
- 行動を起こすとき (kō-dō-wo-o-ko-su-to-ki) = the time to take actions
- 反対語 (han-tai-go) = antonym
- 経済的 (kē-zai-te-ki) = economically
Lesson 4[]
- 生活 (sē-ka-tsu) = lifestyle
- 番組 (ban-gu-mi) = TV show
- 面白そう (o-mo-shi-ro-sō) = seems interesting
- 活動する (ka-tsu-dō-su-ru) = to be active
- 部活動 (bu-ka-tsu-dō) = club activity
- 活動的な人 (ka-tsu-dō-te-ki-na-hi-to) = an active person
- 慣れています (na-re-te-i-ma-su) = I am used to
- 話すこと (ha-na-su-ko-to) = speech
Lesson 5[]
- 山口 (ya-ma-gu-chi) = Yamaguchi (a city name)
- 千葉 (chi-ba) = Chiba (a city name)
- 市 (shi) = city
- 県 (ken) = prefecture
- 独立していない (do-ku-ri-tsu-shi-te-i-nai) = be not independent
- 進歩 (shin-po) = the progress
- 進歩した (shin-po-shi-ta) = I made progress
- 文明 (bun-mē) = civilisation
- [進歩的]
Lesson 6[]
- 計画しています (kē-ka-ku-shi-te-i-ma-su) = I am planning
- 受付 (u-ke-tsu-ke) = reception
- 地元 (ji-mo-to) = local
- 物価 (bu-kka) = the cost of living
- AとしてB (A-to-shi-te-B) = B as/as the role of A (more like "A being played by B")
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 • |