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Animals Click the link to hear the pronunciation.

1

doubutsu 動物

animals

2

buta 豚

pig

3

hitsuji 羊

sheep

4

inu 犬

dog

5

kaba かば（河馬）

hippopotamus

6

kitsune 狐

fox

7

kirin きりん（麒麟）

giraffe

8

kuma 熊

bear

9

neko 猫

cat

10

nezumi ねずみ（鼠）

mouse

11

ookami 狼

wolf

12

raion ライオン

lion

13

rakuda らくだ（駱駝）

camel

14

risu りす（栗鼠）

squirrel

15

saru 猿

monkey

16

shika 鹿

deer

17

shimauma しまうま（縞馬）

zebra

18

tora

tiger

虎 19

tori 鳥

bird

20

usagi うさぎ（兎）

rabbit

21

ushi 牛

cow, ox

22

uma 馬

horse

23

yagi やぎ（山羊）

goat

24

zou 象

elephant

Although there are kanji characters for (5) kaba, (7) kirin, (10) nezumi, (13) rakuda, (14) risu, (17) shimauma、(20) usagi and (23) yagi, they are normally written in hiragana or katakana. The counter for small animals is "hiki（匹）" and for large animals is "tou（頭）". Inu ga go-hiki imasu. 犬が五匹います。

There are five dogs.

Watashi wa kuma o ni-tou mimashita. 私は熊を二頭見ました。

I saw two bears

Body Click the link to hear the pronunciation. karada 体

body

atama 頭

head

kami 髪

hair

kao 顔

face

hitai 額

forehead

me 目

eye

mayu 眉

eyebrow

mabuta まぶた

eyelid

matsuge まつげ

eyelash

hana 鼻

nose

mimi 耳

ear

kuchi 口

mouth

kuchibiru 唇

lip

ha 歯

teeth

shita 舌

tongue

nodo のど

throat

ago あご

jaw

kubi 首

neck

kata 肩

shoulder

ude 腕

arm

hiji ひじ

elbow

te 手

hand

yubi 指

finger

tsume 爪

nail

mune 胸

chest

senaka 背中

back

onaka おなか

stomach

ashi 足

foot, leg

hiza ひざ

knee

ashikubi 足首

ankle

kakato かかと

heel

tsumasaki つま先

toe

Click here to learn expressions to describe health problems. To learn expressions including the word "atama (head)," click here.

Colors Click the link to hear the pronunciation. iro 色

colors

ao 青

blue

aka 赤

red

chairo 茶色

brown

daidaiiro 橙色

orange

haiiro 灰色

gray

kiiro 黄色

yellow

kimidori 黄緑

light green

kuro 黒

black

midori 緑

green

mizuiro 水色

light blue

momoiro 桃色

pink

murasaki 紫

purple

shiro 白

white

Sukina iro wa nan desu ka. 好きな色は何ですか。

What is your favorite color?

In Japanese, all colors are treated as nouns, unlike English (Colors are treated as adjectives or nouns in English). Click here to see how to write the colors of the rainbow in kanji. Audio Phrasebook

Calendar Click the link to hear the pronunciation.

Months ichigatsu 一月

January

nigatsu 二月

February

sangatsu 三月

March

shigatsu 四月

April

gogatsu 五月

May

rokugatsu 六月

June

shichigatsu 七月

July

hachigatsu 八月

August

kugatsu 九月

September

juugatsu 十月

October

juuichigatsu 十一月

November

juunigatsu

December

十二月 There is no capitalization in Japanese. Months are basically numbers (1~12) + gatsu. Pay attention to April, July and September. April is shigatsu not yongatsu, July is shichigatsu not nanagatsu and September is kugatsu not kyuugatsu. Click here to learn the old names of the months.

The Days of the Week nichiyoubi 日曜日

Sunday

getsuyoubi 月曜日

Monday

kayoubi 火曜日

Tuesday

suiyoubi 水曜日

Wednesday

mokuyoubi 木曜日

Thursday

kinyoubi 金曜日

Friday

doyoubi 土曜日

Saturday

Kyou wa nan youbi desu ka. 今日は何曜日ですか。

What day is it today?

Four Seasons shiki 四季

four seasons

haru 春

spring

natsu 夏

summer

aki 秋

fall

fuyu 冬

winter

Click here for how to write the four seasons in hiragana.

Dates Click the link to hear the pronunciation. The basic rule for dates is number + nichi. For example, juuichi-nichi (11th), juuni-nichi (12th), nijuugo-nichi (25th) and so on. However, 1st~10th, 14th, 20th and 24th are irregular. tsuitachi 一日

1st

futsuka 二日

2nd

mikka 三日

3rd

yokka 四日

4th

itsuka 五日

5th

muika 六日

6th

nanoka 七日

7th

youka 八日

8th

kokonoka 九日

9th

tooka 十日

10th

juuyokka 十四日

14th

hatsuka 二十日

20th

nijuuyokka 二十四日

24th