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Kanji Card – 春 – haru

May 7, 2011 by Nicolas Leave a Comment

6625 - 春

Meaning	spring
Onyomi	SHUN
Kunyomi	haru
Strokes	9 (click on the pick to start the video)

Vocabulary

Kanji	Furigana	Romaji	Meaning	JLPT
春	はる	haru	spring	5
春日	しゅんじつ	shunjitsu	spring day, spring sunlight	–
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Radicals

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Filed Under: 2. Vocabulary JLPT N5, 5. Kanji JLPT N4 Tagged With: Japanese Language, JLPT N4, kanji, kanji & kana, kanji radicals, Nihongo

i-adectives: past – katta-form

May 7, 2011 by Nicolas 7 Comments

Japanese i-adjectives also can express situations in the past. Whereas in English you have to use “was” in front of the word, i-adjectives can build the past on its own. Remove the い (i) at the end of the plain form and add かった (katta) to the stem of the i-adjective as described in the following examples:

高い => 高- => 高 + かった => 高かった
takai => taka- => taka + katta => takakatta

Plain Form	Romaji	Meaning	Negation	Romaji	Meaning
高い	takai	high	高かった	takakatta	it was high
安い	yasui	cheap	安かった	yasukatta	it was cheap
美味しい	oishii	tasty	美味しかった	oishikatta	it was tasty
広い	hiroi	spacious	広かった	hirokatta	it was spacious
寂しい	sabishii	lonely	寂しかった	sabishikatta	it was lonely

Example

Kanji	この話はあまり面白くなかったです。
Furigana	このはなしはあまりおもしろくなかったです。
Romaji	kono hanashi wa amari omoshirokunanakatta desu.
English	This story was not very interesting.

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Filed Under: Adjectives Tagged With: i-adjective, Japanese grammar

Vocabulary Card – 重い – omoi

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furigana: おもい
romaji: omoi
Meaning: heavy
Level: JLPT N5

Writing

Kanji	Meaning	Onyomi	Kunyomi	JLPT
重	heavy, serious, -fold	JUU, CHOU	omo(i), kasa(naru), -e	4
い	hiragana i			5

Grammar: i-adjective

Form	Kanji	Furigana	Romaji	JLPT
plain form	重い	おもい	omoi	5
past	重かった	おもかった	omokatta	–
negation	重くない	おもくない	omokunai	–
past negation	重くなかった	おもくなかった	omokunakatta	–
sa form	重さ	おもさ	omosa	–
sou form	重そう	おもそう	omosou	–

Examples

Kanji	この鞄は重そうです。
Furigana	このかばんはおもそうです。
Romaji	kono kaban wa omosou desu.
English	This bag looks heavy.