The City is the 50th skill (assuming read left to right) in the Japanese language course. It has 6 lessons.
Grammar Notes[]
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Lessons[]
Lesson 1[]
- メイド (me-i-do) = maid/maids
- 渋谷 (shibu-ya) = Shibuya (Tokyo area) (しぶや)
- 秋葉原 (aki-ha-bara) = Akihabara (Tokyo area) (あきはばら)
- 原宿 (hara-juku) = Harajuku (Tokyo area) (はらじゅく)
- 買いましょう (ka-i-ma-sho-u) = let's buy (かいましょう)
- 買い物をしました (ka-i-mono-o-shi-ma-shi-ta) = I went shopping (かいものをしました)
- 止まりますか？(to-ma-ri-ma-su-ka) = does it stop? (とまりますか)
Lesson 2[]
- コスプレをします(ko-su-pu-re-wo-shi-ma-su) = cosplay/dress up
- 交差点 (kou-sa-ten) = intersection/crossing (こうさてん)
- 池袋 (ike-bukuro) = Ikebukuro (Tokyo area) (いけぶくろ)
- 新宿 (shin-juku) = Shinjuku (Tokyo area) (しんじゅく)
- 賑やか (nigi-ya-ka) = lively; crowded; busy; bustling (にぎやか)
- 乗る (no-ru) = (v5r, vi) to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board (のる)
- 乗った (no-tta) = I rode on/I took (のった)
- 乗っています (no-tte-i-ma-su) = I am riding (のっっています)
- 通る (too-ru) = (1) to go past; to go by; to go along; to travel along; (...) (v5r, vi) (とおる)
- 通りました (too-ri-ma-shi-ta) = I passed by (とおりました)
Lesson 3[]
- 線 (sen) = line/lines (せん)
- 便利 (ben-ri) = convenient; handy; useful (べんり)
- 通り (too-ri) = avenue; street; way; road (とおり)
- 山手線 (yama-note-sen) = the Yamanote line (やまのてせん)
- メトロ (me-to-ro) = metro
- サラリーマン (sa-ra-rii-ma-n) = office worker/workers ("salaryman")
- 混む (ko-mu) = to be crowded; to be packed; to be congested; (...) (v5m, vi) (こむ)
- (action/verb in -て(te)-form) + いる/います = on-going action/verb
- 混んでいる (ko-n-de-i-ru) = (on-going process of) being crowded (こんでいる)
- 混んでいます (ko-n-de-i-ma-su) = (on-going process of) being crowded (こんでいます)
- 人で混んでいます = being crowded with people
- 多くの人 (ōku no hito) = many people
- 面 (men) = face; mask (めん)
- 面する (men-su-ru) = to face on; to look out on to (suru-verb) (めんする)
- (action/verb in て-form) + いる/います = on-going action/verb
- 面している (men-shi-te-i-ru) = (plain) to be facing on/to be looking out onto (めんしている)
- 面しています (men-shi-te-i-ma-su) = (polite) to be facing on/to be looking out onto (にめんしています)
- (direction) + に面している (ni-men-shi-te-i-ru) = to be facing (direction) (にめんしている)
- 北に面している (kita-ni-men-shi-te-i-ru) = to be facing north (きたにめんしている)
- 南に面している (minami-ni-men-shi-te-i-ru) = to be facing south (みなみにめんしている)
- (action/verb in plain past) + ことがありますか = Have you ever [done the (action/verb)]?
Lesson 4[]
- 市 (shi) = -city (suffix) (し)
- 都市 (to-shi) = city (とし)
- 市 (shi) = city (word) (し) [from Lesson Work 3]
- 首都 (shu-to) = capital (しゅと)
- 近所 (kin-jo) = neighborhood (きんじょ)
- 人口 (jin-kou) = population (じんこう)
- どれくらい (do-re-ku-ra-i) = how much; how long; how far (どれ位)
- 場所 (ba-sho) = place/location (ばしょ)
- 料理の店 (ryou-ri-no-mise) = restaurant (りょうりのみせ)
- 借りる (ka-ri-ru) = (2) to rent; to hire (v1, vt) (かりる)
- (action/verb in て-form) + いる/います = on-going action/verb
- 借りている = to be renting (a place, an apartment, etc.) (かりている)
- アパートを借りている = to be renting an aparment
- 借りています (ka-ri-te-i-ma-su) = is renting
- 教える (oshi-e-ru) = (v1, vt) to teach; to tell; to inform; to instruct (おしえる)
- 教えてください (oshi-e-te-ku-da-sa-i) = please tell (me) (おしえてください)
Lesson 5[]
- 銀座 (gin-za) = Ginza (area in Tokyo) (ぎんざ)
- 広島 (hiro-shima) = Hiroshima (ひろしま)
- 増える (fu-e-ru) = to increase; to multiply (v1, vi) (P) (ふえる)
- 増え (fu-e) = increase (ふえ)
- 増えた (fu-e-ta) = it has increased (ふえた)
- 増えている (fu-e-te-i-ru) = it is increasing (ふえている)
- 減る (he-ru) = to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate (v5r, vi) (P) (へる)
- 減った (he-tta) = it has fallen/reduced (へった)
- 減りました (he-ri-ma-shi-ta) = it has fallen/reduced (へりました)
- お腹 (o-naka) = stomach; belly; abdomen (おなか)
- お腹が減った (o-hara-ga-he-tta) = I'm starving (literally: "(my) stomach has decreased") (おはらがへった)
- 乗る (no-ru) = (v5r, vi) to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board (のる)
Lesson 6[]
- 数 (ka-zu) = number (かず)
- 住民 (juu-min) = residents (じゅうみん)
- 広場 (hiro-ba) = square/forum/open area (ひろば)
- 集まる (atsu-ma-ru) = to gather; to collect; to assemble (v5r, vi) (P) (あつまる)
- 集まり (atsu-ma-ri) = we will gather (あつまり)
- 集まった (atsu-ma-tta) = we gathered (あつまった)
- 集まっている (atsu-ma-tte-i-ru) = we are gathered (あつまっている)
- 集まろう (atsu-ma-ro-u) = let's gather (あつまろう)
- 集まりましょう (atsu-ma-ri-ma-sho-u) = let's gather/let's get together (あつまりましょう)
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