Vocabulary Card – 朝ご飯 – asagohan

May 16, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Furigana: あさごはん

Romaji: asagohan

Meaning: breakfast

Level: JLPT N5

Word Type: noun

Writing

Kanji Meaning Onyomi Kunyomi JLPT
朝 morning CHUO asa 5
ご hiragana go honorific prefix 5
飯 meal, cooked rice HAN meshi 4

Examples

Kanji もう朝ご飯を食べましたか？
Furigana もうあさごはんをたべましたか？
Romaji mou asagohan o tabemashitaka?
English Did you already have breakfast

Vocabulary

Synonym

Kanji Furigana
 Romaji Meaning JLPT
朝食 ちょうしょく choushoku breakfast –
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Opposite

Kanji Furigana
 Romaji Meaning JLPT
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Related words

Kanji Furigana
 Romaji Meaning JLPT
昼ご飯 ひるごはん hirugohan lunch –
晩ご飯 ばんごはん bangohan dinner –
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Kanji Card – 昼 – hiru

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昼

663C - 昼

Meaning noon
Onyomi CHUU
Kunyomi hiru
Strokes 9 (click on the pick to start the video)

Vocabulary

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning JLPT
お昼 おひる ohiru noon 5
昼食 ちゅうしょく chuushoku lunch 5
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Radicals

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Kanji Card – 着

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着

7740 - 着

Meaning arrival, clothes
Onyomi CHAKU
Kunyomi ki(ru), tsu(keru), ki(seru), tsu(ku)
Strokes 12 (click on the pick to start the video)

Vocabulary

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning JLPT
着く つく tsuku to arrive 5
着る きる kiru to wear 5
到着 とうちゃく touchaku arrival –

Radicals

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Kanji Card – 茶 – cha

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茶

8336 - 茶

Meaning tea
Onyomi CHA, SA
Kunyomi –
Strokes 9 (click on the pick to start the video)

Vocabulary

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning JLPT
お茶 おちゃ ocha tea 5
緑茶 りょくちゃ ryokucha green tea –
茶葉 ちゃば chaba tea leaves –

Radicals

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Vocabulary Card – 良い – ii

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furigana: いい・よい
romaji: ii or yoi
Meaning: good
Level: JLPT N5

Writing

Kanji Meaning Onyomi Kunyomi JLPT
良 good RYOU yo(i) –
い hiragana i 5

Grammar: i-adjective

Form Kanji Furigana
 Romaji JLPT
plain form 良い よい・いい yoi / ii 5
past 良かった よかった yokatta –
negation 良くない よくない yokunai –
past negation 良くなかった よくなかった yokunakatta –
sa form 良さ よさ yosa –
sou form 良さそう よさそう yosasou –

Be careful since there is an exception on the sou-form. It is not yosou but yosasou (for easier pronunciation).

Examples

Kanji 私の父はとても良い人です。
Furigana わたしのちちはとてもいいひとです。
Romaji watashi no chichi wa totemo ii hito desu.
English My father is a very good person

Vocabulary

Synonym

Kanji Furigana
 Romaji Meaning JLPT
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Opposite

Kanji Furigana
 Romaji Meaning JLPT
悪い わるい warui bad 5

Related words

Kanji Furigana
 Romaji Meaning JLPT
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